Drilling & production

Tamarama-2 and Tamarama-3 incorporate new well designs to enable enhanced productivity through better alignment between the hydraulic fracture and the wellbore.

The contracts will see the company delivering a range of specialist services to support exploration and production operations in Trinidad and Tobago and the Gulf of Mexico.

The company’s scope will include the provision of engineering, design activities and project support services for the development of the Mishrif and Yamama formations of the West Qurna 2 oilfield.

Russia is set to reap record ruble revenues from the upstream oil and gas sector over the next six years, according to GlobalData.

Block Energy Plc has announced the execution of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (‘MOU’) with Georgia-based drilling contractor, JSC Norio Oil Company (‘NOC’), for the provision of a drilling and a workover rig.

This transaction represents the second wave of deployments, following the 2017 MudCube market break-through on US land between the partners.

Whilst drilling through the shallow section a number of drilling challenges were encountered, caused by localised geological conditions, which resulted in ground movement that impacted the safe operation of the rig.

Under the contract, PG Flow Solutions will supply a total of six pump skids, including pump skids for scale inhibitor injection, drag reducer injection, emulsion breaker and MEG injection.

The XtremeGrip liner hangers have been installed to a depth of 30 924 ft in the Gulf of Mexico Hess-operated Stampede deepwater development, setting a record depth for the XtremeGrip system.

Trintes is currently producing over 1000 bpd through artificial lift including ESP (electrical submersible pumps) and PCP (progressive cavity pumps) technology.

On 2 September the Visund Nord IOR (improved oil recovery) project came on stream, two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget.

Keith Myers, Westwood insight, explains how the latest Guyana discovery opens the way to a new 10 billion bbl oil province and transformation for one of South America’s smallest countries.

According to GlobalData, the wide variance in economic performance among operators in the unconventional horizontal wells that were refractured in Haynesville, Louisiana, US, during 2017- 2018 highlights the need for refracturing techniques to evolve to increase success cases for operators.

The J2 Subsea 4 Port Tool Changer enables ROVs to connect with tools subsea with zero leakages.

The aim of the Alvarez appraisal work is to prove up large gas resources by appraising extensive natural gas shows in a 1982 well.