Drilling & production

The Jinzhou 25-1 oilfield 6/11 area is expected to reach peak production of approximately 16 500 bpd in 2023.

The companies will cooperate globally to focus on revolutionising well integrity during the construction phase by bringing to market the first ever integration of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) solutions and Automated Well Control technology.

The study will examine specific economic parameters used by BOEM and BSEE for new and high-cost technologies like extended-reach subsea tiebacks.

Mobilisation of the Ocean Apex drilling rig for the Ironbark-1 well, located offshore Western Australia, is expected to commence mid-October, with drilling expected to begin by the end of October.

The West Erregulla 3 well is located in the Perth Basin, onshore West Australia.

Maersk Drilling estimates that about half the target can be achieved via further efficiency gains and known technical solutions and concepts, while the other half will be facilitated by investments in innovation in this space.

The company has confirmed that it has been in discussions with a number of third parties, including Chrysaor, regarding alternative forms of transactions to secure the long-term refinancing of the Group’s debt facilities.

Acoustic Data has been contracted to deploy its SonicGauge Wireless Monitoring System in a gas field project in North Africa.

Revised guidelines for production permit applications will be published in early October.

Effective 12 October 2020, Girish K. Saligram will be the company’s President and CEO.

AWE Perth Pty Ltd, under the Mitsui E&P Australia brand, proposes to construct and operate a conventional gas facility about 16 km south-east of the Dongara-Port Denison town sites.

Noble Drilling Norway AS has been awarded a contract by Equinor for drilling three wells at the Valemon field.

The joint initiative will provide global access to Schlumberger’s exploration and production (E&P) cloud-based environment and cognitive applications by leveraging IBM’s hybrid cloud technology, built on the Red Hat OpenShift container platform.

Analysis of the wells drilled at Martin Linge before the company took over concluded that several of the wells do not have the necessary barriers.

The company has acquired a working interest in the North Kairouan permit and the Sidi El Kilani concession, which contains the Sidi El Kilani oilfield.