Drilling & production - 21 March 2018

Gulfsands Petroleum plc, the oil and gas company with assets in Syria and Colombia, has provided the following operational update.

Sirius announced on 21 December 2017 the delivery of its first two sets of Cameron SOLIDrill modular compact well head systems in Nigeria for the company to commence the drilling programme at: Ororo-2 and Ororo-3.

Specialist Directional Coiled Tubing Drilling Service company AnTech Ltd, has announced the launch of RockView - a technology that makes real time, high resolution geosteering possible for the first time.

The well achieved an average flow rate of conventional natural gas of 12.9 million Sft3/d, with a maximum flow rate during this test of 13.5 million Sft3/d.

Union Jack, a UK onshore focused hydrocarbon production, development and exploration company have announced that the Company has signed a Farm-in Agreement for a further 10% licence interest in PEDL253 increasing the Company’s economic interest to 22%.

The Petroleum Safety Authority have given Statoil consent to use the Aasta Hansteen spar FPSO, subsea systems and infield pipelines on the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea.

Prosafe has signed a contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (‘BP’) for the provision of the Safe Caledonia semi-submersible accommodation vessel at the Clair Ridge platform West of Shetland in the UK sector of the North Sea.

CNOOC Limited has announced that Weizhou 6-13 oilfield has commenced production ahead of schedule.