Drilling & production - 15 July 2019

Block Energy is implementing a fully-funded back-to-back drilling programme designed to ramp up oil production at West Rustavi, Georgia, and test its historic gas discoveries.

Lincoln Crestal is the second in a three-well programme on Hurricane's Lincoln and Warwick assets offshore the Shetland Islands, UK.

During pressure testing a small leak was identified on the shallower D9000 completion string, which has now been resolved through a remedial tubing patch.

The contracts will see KCA Deutag provide eight high performance land rigs to clients in eastern Siberia, northern Russia and southern Russia.