Drilling & production

Norway's PSA has given Statoil consent to use the Songa Equinox mobile drilling facility to drill well 31/2-S-24 AY1H on the Troll field.

The Icewine#2 well was shut-in on 10 July to allow for imbibition and pressure build up to occur within the HRZ shale. Flow testing re-commenced on 31 August at 10:26 (AK time), and is ongoing.

Shell will benefit from technical solutions, contract management expertise and cost efficient initiatives Petrobras applies to Brazil’s pre and post-salt projects. Shell will share with Petrobras its deepwater experience, especially on cost efficiency efforts and use of technology.

Angus Energy plc. has announced that the BDF drilling rig 28 has arrived on location at the Lidsey Oil Field and is in the process of rigging up prior to rig acceptance. Ancillary equipment and casing is already on site and equipment inspections continue.

The well encountered a 75 m-thick Cenomanian sedimentary channel sequence, but it contained predominantly siltstone and clays with no hydrocarbon shows. The well will be plugged and abandoned.

The Environment Agency has granted permits to enable HHDL to carry out extended flow tests at HH-1, store any produced oil, drill and test both a side-track from the existing HH-1 well and new borehole HH-2. The Company has a 32.435% interest in the Licences.

The project underscores the company’s position as the world’s first and only integrated fullstream provider of cutting-edge subsea technology, products, services and digital solutions.

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG has confirmed the appointment of Maria Moraeus Hanssen as its new CEO and Chairman of the Management Board.

Sacgasco Ltd has reported that the Dempsey 1-15 well in the Sacramento Basin in California is drilling ahead in the 8.5 in. vertical hole.

Energean Oil & Gas has received approval for its Field Development Plan for the development of the Kataloko field in Western Greece.

Serinus Energy Inc. has provided an update on its operations in Tunisia.

Clariant has announced a low single-digit million amount investment to strengthen two of its North American Oil Services sites in order to further support customer growth in key oil basins.

“A cautious optimism has returned to the industry, as it weathers the storm of the past three years,” said Graham Hollis, Senior Partner for Deloitte.

AGR has secured contracts worth over £6 million in the North Sea and internationally, and recruiting more than 20 engineers and operational experts.

OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has sent a letter to the Secretary of Energy of the United States of America, Rick Perry.