Drilling & production

Recent media reports have said that Senegal has been forced to delay its first oil and gas projects by up to two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

ERIELL reports on several records achieved in May at three of the company’s most complex projects.

Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, the well management and performance improvement specialist, has announced the establishment of Exceed Norge.

The GNN discovery, which contains an estimated 260 million bbl of oil in place, is located in the Geisum and Tawila West concession.

High exploration and production costs in China are undoubtedly driving the companies to take preventive measures by slashing planned investments and cutting operational expenditures.

This process significantly reduces the impact on the environment, when compared to historic methods.

The EPF, a key component in enabling Block Energy to process and sell gas from its West Rustavi field in Georgia, has arrived onsite from Canada.

Upstream and midstream activity for the company was down by 5% in 1H20, compared to a 4% increase in renewables activity during the same period.

Norway, which is not part of the OPEC+ group, has said it would cut its oil production by 250 000 bpd in June and by 134 000 bpd in 2H20.

The multi-million-dollar contract extends a long-term partnership between the two companies, which was first established in 2002.

The announcement comes a day after Petrolia, a partner in the programme along with Concedo and Idemitsu Petroleum, had said that drilling would start by 19 June.

The well is located to the west of the Snorre field in the Northern North Sea, in a block operated by Neptune Energy.

Wells 35/11-24 S and A will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.

Wintershall Noordzee B.V. has started gas production from its second b2 production well at the Sillimanite field in the Netherlands.

The scope of work includes well hook-ups, associated pipelines, and tie-ins for several new gas wells that Tatweer Petroleum is planning to drill in the Bahrain field.