Drilling & production

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-22 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

The discovery well, which is located 6 km south of the Beryl Alpha Platform, was placed on production in late November, less than eight months after being drilled in March 2018.

Collaboration of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers in committing and adhering to oil production cuts resulted in the historic Declaration of Cooperation in 2017.

The spudding of the Zama-2 well marks the commencement of the Zama discovery appraisal programme, which will consist of three reservoir penetrations, including two wells and one sidetrack.

The three-year contract includes the option of two one-year extensions and the project is expected to commence in December 2018.

The company has announced that the contract for the Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig has been secured.

Churchill’s Drift Catcher™, run by operators across the globe to secure positive drift confirmations, celebrated its 2000 th run.

Following a drastic drop in the Waha Hub natural gas price earlier this week, Adrian Lara, Senior Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view on the impact on the upstream sector.

The company announced that it made its 10th discovery offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to more than 5 billion boe.

The Petroleum Safety Authority has granted the company consent to drill on the Bøyla field.

The company has announced the spudding of a new deep well A8 within the Airshagyl field of the BNG contract area. It has reached a depth of 350 m without incident.

The Petroleum Safety Authority have given the company consent to use Songa Endurance for drilling, completion and slot recovery of well 31/2 D-7 BY1H/BY2H/BY3H on the Troll field in the North Sea.

Agreements demonstrate Iraq in-country value commitment.

The well is situated inside the Taribani field area located in onshore Block 12 in Georgia.

The company has provided an update on its current drilling programme at the Puesto Flores/Estancia Vieja Concession.