Drilling & production

Equinor and partners OMV and Petoro have made an oil discovery in the Sputnik exploration well in the Barents Sea.

The campaign will comprise of two wells in the Duyung PSC in the West Natuna basin, in which the company holds an 8.5% interest.

Presentations will take place in Luanda, Angola, Houston, US, London, UK, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during September.

The joint venture, GulfDrill, has secured bareboat charters for five jackups in Qatar with Qatar Petroleum, commencing throughout 2020.

The Mariner field is the first Equinor-operated oilfield on the UK Continental Shelf.

Hunting Energy Services will share their Premium Connections technology with Jindal SAW Ltd., who in turn will manufacture seamless casing and tubing using the connections technology.

Assuming an early September FID date, under the development schedule to be submitted in the finalised Phase 1 Field Development Plan, First Gas is expected to be reached in July 2021 from the Southwark field in the North Sea.

The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre is supporting a series of projects that will help the University of Aberdeen's Centre for Applied Dynamics Research team develop new offshore drilling operations.

CannSeal’s technology is now available to US and Gulf of Mexico operators looking to extend the life of a mature well or re-establish well integrity.

Initial engineering work will begin in Perth, Australia, later this year, and then will transfer to Dakar, Senegal in 2020.

The Dvalin gas field is being developed as a subsea field tied back to Heidrun, which lies some 15 km to the northwest.

Linn Katrine Høie has been appointed as managing director of the company.

The closing of the transaction follows approval of the transaction by Anadarko’s shareholders at a Special Meeting held earlier this week.

The project has estimated recoverable 2C resources of 13.2 million bbl of oil (100% basis) and 274 billion ft3 of natural gas (100% basis).

Peterson will provide Repsol with integrated supply base operations management, logistics and pipe yard operations.