TDI-Brooks has completed a geotechnical site investigation for Beacon Exploration & Production at the Shenandoah field development in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
TDI-Brooks has completed a geotechnical site investigation for Beacon Exploration & Production at the Shenandoah field development in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The project consisted of geotechnical coring/cone penetration testing (CPT) with TDI-Brooks’ research vessel, R/V GYRE. The project included the acquisition of 20-m Jumbo Piston coring, 40-m CPT-Stinger samples and 40-m Shelby-tube Stinger samples.
Petronas has awarded six of the 13 offshore exploration blocks offered in the Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2021. The six blocks, awarded to both existing and new players, are Blocks SB412, 2W, X, SK427, SK439 and SK440. These awards are subject to the signing of the production sharing contracts (PSCs) by the first quarter of 2022. MBR 2022 will be launched early next year.
Petronas has agreed with Posco to jointly explore opportunities in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies as well as carbon dioxide (CO2) storage solutions in Malaysia. Both parties will assess opportunities to unlock CCS potential and identify suitable technology within the scope of carbon capture, transportation of CO2 and storage for potential application.
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from Shell, Equinor, Horisont Energi, Northern Lights and Vår Energi for two CO2 injection and storage projects on the NCS.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded a $946 million engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) for the development of its Umm Shaif field.
In a story in our October issue about 45-8 Energy, CVA and Avenia forming the Earth2 initiative to identify subsurface hydrogen projects, we referred to 45-8 Energy as 8-Energy. We are happy to put the record straight.
