Drilling & production

Under the Jawa-2 project, PLN, Indonesia’s state electricity provider plans to construct an 880 MW plant on the island of Java.

The two companies have signed a contract worth more than US$10 million a year until 2024.

Recent adjustments to the surface flare facility have seen an approximate 20% increase in the gas rate.

Ascent Resources plc, the AIM quoted European oil and gas exploration and production company, updates shareholders on operations at the Petišovci concession in Slovenia.

The NHV Group has announced a new long term contract with Dana Petroleum to provide helicopter services to their central and northern North Sea assets.

The discovery is currently estimated to contain 15 - 35 million bbls of recoverable oil equivalent.

Sirius Petroleum, the Nigeria focused oil and gas development and production company, announces that following an update from COSL, the Company’s international rig partner, the COSL Force jack-up rig has commenced critical equipment re-certification ahead of its mobilisation to Ororo-2 in Nigeria.

Tethys Oil's share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3&4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman amounted in April 2018 to 349 441 bbls of oil, corresponding to 11 648 bopd.

Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company has announced the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the TE-9 and TE-10 wells at the Company's Tendrara-Lakbir permit, onshore Morocco.

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

The company has also appointed a new COO, Gavin Lindsay, who joins from READ Cased Hole.

The technology enables the mapping of reservoir and fluid boundaries over 200 ft (61 m) away from the wellbore.

The well is currently at 1888 m and total depth is expected to be approximately 2775 m.

After initial preparations, the actual installation job took only three hours and was achieved in one single lift.

Mayan Energy believes that a sustainable rate of approximately 1.3 million ft3/d gas and 10-11 bpd of condensate at the Morris #1 well is achievable with potential for further upside.