Drilling & production

Sparrows Group has signed a three-year contract with Total to supply crane maintenance and engineering services at four of the operator’s assets in Angola.

Tullow Oil plc has noted that the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg today made its decision with regard to the maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, is pleased to announce that it has received development and production consent for its Lancaster field development plan, the Early Production System.

BP, together with the Ministry of Oil & Gas of the Sultanate of Oman, has announced that production has begun from the giant Khazzan gas field, which is operated by BP in partnership with Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production.

Norwest Energy to lodge Discovery Notice with Minister of Mines Minister of Mines, Industry, Regulation and Safety on behalf of joint venture partners Triangle Energy (Global) Ltd, Whitebark Energy Ltd and 3C Group IC Ltd.

PentaNova Energy Corp. has announced that it has signed contracts for the civil works and drilling rig to be deployed to the company's 60 076 gross acre Maria Conchita block in the Guajira Basin of Colombia.

At its Megiddo-Jezreel #1 well in Israel, near the eastern border with Jordan, Zion has reached a depth of approximately 9200 ft (~2800 m) toward a possible total depth of up to ~15 000 ft.

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. has announced that one of its subsidiaries has agreed to a four month extension on the jackup rig Atwood Orca with Mubadala Petroleum for drilling operations offshore Thailand.

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 was suspended on 18 September (AK time).

The barrier has a large operational envelope: it is capable of withstanding pressure differentials up to 10 000 psi (68.95 MPa) and temperatures between 40 and 325°F (4 and 163°C), which reduces the loss-of-containment risk in extreme environments.

CK-7 is located in the central area of the Atrush Block approximately 3 km east of the Atrush 2 producing well and 3.5 km west of the Atrush 3 appraisal well.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions used SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition in Aberdeen as a platform to launch its latest Isolast perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) material development.

The Board of Directors of Armour Energy Limited has announced that Armour has been granted the exploration licence for the Kanywataba Block in the Albertine Graben in Uganda.

The company has advised that the Dempsey 1-15 well in the Sacramento Basin in California has completed the drilling phase, and a 5 ½ in. liner has been run and cemented to protect all potential reservoirs beneath the existing 9 5/8 in. casing.

Halliburton has announced the GeoTech HE™, a robust drill bit that incorporates new features and materials to deliver enhanced performance and increased reliability in today’s high energy drilling systems.