Upstream News

Global coverage of exploration and production, field development, shale, fracking and other upstream sector developments

	Asia Pacific’s Leading Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition 3rd March 2020 More than 250 senior level delegates, including 30%+ operator representatives, will be gathering to participate in OWI APAC 2020, which takes place on 2nd and 3rd June 2020, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ...
	Ocean Infinity to support ExxonMobil in Guyana 28th February 2020 Ocean Infinity will simultaneously deploy their advanced AUVs in water depths of between 70m and 2150m over an area of approximately 3,100 square km. This approach of autonomous operations at scale is a...
	Wood delivering engineering design for Chevron’s Anchor US deepwater project 27th February 2020 The scope of the project included the preliminary, front end engineering and design (Pre-FEED), FEED and now entails detailed design of Anchor, a wet tree development that will employ a semi-submersible...
	Equinor to discontinue exploration drilling plan in the Great Australian Bight 25th February 2020 Following a holistic review of its exploration portfolio, Equinor has concluded that the project’s potential is not commercially competitive compared with other exploration opportunities in the...
	Halliburton Awarded Digital Transformation Contract in Indonesia 25th February 2020 Pertamina has deployed all its petro-technical applications on the iEnergy cloud, a cloud offering from Halliburton’s business line Landmark, which helps reduce corporate infrastructure costs and...
	DNV GL and MSC Software partnership enables engineers to design ships and offshore structures more efficiently 20th February 2020 DNV GL, a leading provider of digital solutions for managing risk, improving safety and asset performance, and MSC Software Corporation (MSC), a global leader in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) simulation...
	Well-supplied global LNG market sees demand build for cleaner-burning energy 20th February 2020 2019 saw key developments that are helping to reshape the industry: an industry record of 40 million tonnes of additional supply becoming available and being consumed by the market.the belief in long-...
	i-Tech 7 and Shell collaboration to accelerate digital transformation 18th February 2020 The initial agreement is for a period of five years from the fourth quarter of 2019.The agreement will help fast-track innovation and streamline the adoption of applied technologies in areas such as...
	RigNet signs long-term agreement with Northern Offshore 12th February 2020 Under this agreement, RigNet will provide several solutions including VSAT Managed Communications Services, CrewFlix Video on Demand, CrewHotspot internet, and Enhanced Cyber Services (ECS)....
	Chevron makes waves with Sea Swift offshore platform for Angola 11th February 2020 Destined for the Lifua-A field, the conductor supported platform (CSP) will be designed and installed in 60m of water. Sea Swift was chosen for its modular design to minimise build and implementation time...