Drilling & production

The jack-up rig Asian Endeavour-1 is now en-route to the first well in Empyrean's drilling campaign in the West Natuna Basin.

The company's management’s has said that the Biscathorpe-2 well, which was drilled by Union Jack earlier this year, remains one of the UK’s largest onshore unappraised conventional hydrocarbon targets.

The UK-focused company achieved first oil from the Lancaster field in June this year.

A key focus for the period ended was ongoing discussions with the Ghanaian authorities about the ratification of the company's signed Petroleum Agreement on the Tano 2A Block offshore Ghana.

The 13/23c-9 pilot well on i3 Energy's 100% owned Liberator Field in the North Sea has now been plugged and abandoned as planned following completion of the vertical seismic profile (VSP) survey and shear wave sonic logging.

The company has provided an update on its onshore European oil and gas project operations.

During the contract period, Maersk Drilling will complete upgrades to the Maersk Intrepid to turn the jack-up into the first hybrid, low-emission rig.

The waterflood project is Chevron’s first in the deepwater Wilcox trend and is expected to contribute an estimated ultimate recovery of more than 175 million boe.

Perenco has bought Petrofac's remaining 51% interest in its operations in Mexico.

Brazil’s recent pre-salt rounds have attracted majors, with BP, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and Statoil all now operators.

The contract is to support Al Dhafra Petroleum's operations at Haliba field, located onshore along the south-east border of Abu Dhabi.

The agreement establishes a foundation for future collaboration between Weatherford and Saudi Aramco.

Recoverable Utgard resources are estimated at around 40 million boe and daily production on plateau will be around 43 000 boe.

The mobile mixer allows the company's proprietary epoxy resin to be mixed onsite and deployed immediately before installation.

Abandonment of the well has been delayed following failure of 2 of the Diamond Offshore Ocean Monarch drilling rig’s 8 mooring chains.