Drilling & production

The Paus Biru-1 exploration well has resulted in a gas discovery.

Block Energy Plc, the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, is pleased to provide an update on its initial work programme focused on achieving a 25 fold increase in production at its Norio oilfield to 250 bpd by H1 2019.

Equinor is stepping up its use of wired drill pipe to acquire subsurface real time data during drilling operations, in line with the corporate digitalisation strategy and to prepare for automated drilling.

As the market eagerly awaits an OPEC+ deal, non-OPEC producers continue to make gains. Sudan and South Sudan are likely to raise crude oil production in 2019, according to ESAI Energy’s recently published Africa Watch.

The Topaz Driller is a Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up, which was recently mobilised to Cameroon by NewAge as operator for the Etinde license for two appraisal wells and is currently employed in Gabon.

As the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), the first cranes were delivered by Sparrows in the early 1990s to support production in the Kumaza (AS01-02), Abkatun (AS02-03), Litoral (AS02-04) de Tabasco and Cantarell (AS01-01) fields.

Rose Petroleum plc has provided an update on operations for the Gunnison Valley Unit (GVU) in the Paradox Basin, Utah, USA.

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.