Drilling & production

Comet Ridge Limited has provided an operational update on the progress of the Mira Pilot Scheme in the Mahalo Block in central Queensland.

Effective immediately, the contract is for two years with three one-year extension options, and includes the provision of rigging and scaffolding services on the facility, currently operating in the Pierce field.

Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup project continues to progress according to plan and is now close to 70% complete.

Over US$54 billion will be spent on Brazil’s upstream oil & gas capital expenditure to 2020, says GlobalData.

The ONZ-7 well on the Sebou permit in Morocco has been completed and tested.

Three production wells are currently completed, and production is expected to ramp up through 2018.

The well results will be used to precisely estimate the reserves and plan the development of the discovery, in which PGNiG Upstream Norway holds a 20% interest.

Rockhopper Exploration plc, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, has provided the following update relating to Sea Lion Phase 1, in the North Falkland Basin (RKH 40% working interest).

WorleyParsons will provide engineering, procurement, construction management and project management services to support QGC across the upstream and midstream facilities from the Surat Basin to Curtis Island.

Faroe Petroleum has announced the commencement of the Fogelberg appraisal well and contingent sidetrack 6506/9 – 4A & 4S in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 28.3%).

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has spud its KSS-2 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco.

Fugro has won a long-term contract for the provision of rig positioning services to Statoil Petroleum AS.

Island Offshore Subsea AS provides Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) project management and engineering services for plug & abandonment (P&A), riserless coiled tubing and well completion operations.

Erin Energy Corporation has announced that it has completed the drilling of the Oyo-NW well and, based on preliminary evaluation, it has discovered hydrocarbons in the Miocene Formation.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has announced that to focus upon appraising the onshore PEDL331 Arreton oil discovery and satellite exploration prospects, it has informed the Oil and Gas Authority that it will not seek any further extension to the offshore P1916 Licence.