Oil & Gas
production boost , having awarded offshore contracts worth more than USD 1.6 billion .
Australia In Australia , where many natural gas projects have come on-line recently , more fields are being developed , notably two off the coast of Western Australia . Last November Woodside and BHP made the final investment decision for the Scarborough gas field , which will consist of new offshore facilities connected to the Pluto LNG onshore facility , where a second train will be added . The first cargo is expected in 2026 . Saipem will build a trunkline , while the subsea pipelines and production systems have been confided to Subsea 7 . The Shell-SGH partnership has approved the development of the Crux gas field off Western Australia , which will be connected via a pipeline to the Prelude FLNG . First gas is expected in 2027 .
North Sea The Norwegian North Sea continues to be active in terms of exploration and development . Equinor and partners are developing gas condensate discoveries next to the Åsgard field . For Åsgard itself , Equinor has awarded MAN a contract for a subsea compressor unit and is upgrading others .
The Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian North Sea . © Equinor / Daniel Ashby & Anders Håheim .
Aker Solutions is developing the Valhall field and the King Lear discovery . The projects include a new central platform and an unmanned wellhead platform which will act as a central hub , adding wells , production and processing capacity and replacing existing infrastructure . Equinor is also developing the Smørbukk Nord field with TechnipFMC . ConocoPhillips has submitted to the Norwegian authorities a plan to develop the Tommeliten A , which straddles the border between the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea . The project will include a subsea production system with ten production wells and an electrically heated flowline , and a new processing module . First production is expected in 2024 .
Sustainability
How are the oil & gas companies faring when it comes to sustainability ? Some argue there
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