Drilling & production

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been working with partners in the drilling industry to create a summer intern programme which will help strengthen ties and develop the future workforce.

The European focused oil and gas exploration and production company has provided an update regarding its operations at Block 12 in Georgia.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-21 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Wintershall as the operator of Nova has decided to develop the field with two subsea modules tied back to the Gjøa platform, which is operated by Neptune Energy.

Canada’s existing oil pipeline and railway capacity is enough to support oil sands current exports but with little extra room for logistic constraints.

The crux of the new range is higher capacity output of control and service air, but with lower energy consumption, service requirements and – as a result – lower operational expenses (Opex) and harmful emissions to air.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a successful production test has been conducted at its SD-4X appraisal well at South Disouq, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).

API has released its quarterly well completion report for the second quarter of 2018 showing a 265% increase in estimated exploratory gas well completions as compared to the second quarter of 2017.

Additional payments of up to US$550 million could be payable by Total in case of an improvement in the oil markets in the coming years.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded contract extensions for the high-efficiency jack-up rigs Maersk Resolute and Maersk Resolve by Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. and Wintershall Noordzee B.V., respectively.

From 25 to 26 April and from 7 to 10 May 2018, the Petroleum Safety Authority carried out an audit of ConocoPhillips' planning and execution of drilling and well operations at Ekofisk X.

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has provided the following update on the drilling of the Dorado-1 well.

Cub Energy Inc., a Ukraine-focused upstream oil and gas company, announces that KUB-Gas LLC, Cub’s 35%-owned subsidiary which owns and operates the eastern Ukraine licenses, announces results of two recent operations.

Dillinger has expanded its format range for plates of unparalleled thicknesses and quality. Thermo-mechanically rolled plates in DI-MC branded grades S355 and S460 are now also available in thicknesses of up to 150 mm.

Tesorillo covers 38 000 ha in a proven hydrocarbon region and contains a known gas discovery, which is estimated to hold gross unrisked Prospective Resources of 830 billion cubic feet of gas (Best Estimate), with upside in excess of 2 trillion cubic feet.