Drilling & production

Saipem has been awarded an offshore engineering and construction contract by Saudi Aramco.

Statoil’s Gina Krog has now begun producing, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.

ONGC Videsh and Tullow Namibia Limited have signed binding agreements for the acquisition of interest in Namibia Petroleum Exploration License 0037 for blocks 2112A, 2012B and 2113B.

Dea Norge AS has received consent by Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to drill a shallow gas well on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.

The National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator has approved Pilot Energy’s application to replace the WA-481-P year 5 and year 6 commitment wells with an alternative work programme.

Sound Energy has provided an update on the drilling of the Badile exploration well, onshore Italy.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has announced that Statoil Petroleum AS has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7219/9-2.

Statoil is set to commence an exploration drilling campaign on the UK Continental Shelf, for which three wells will be drilled.

Caspian Sunrise PLC has shared an update on its operations in its BNG exploration contract area.

ConocoPhillips is set to sell its interests in the Barnett to an affiliate of Miller Thomson & Partners LLC.

McKinsey Energy Insights (MEI), the data and analytics specialist that provides distinctive insight and support to the global energy industry, has released its North American Shale Oil Outlook.

Aberdeen-based downhole technology specialist, Well-SENSE Technology Ltd has achieved success with its pioneering FibreLine Intervention (FLI) technology for an oil major operating in the Eagleford, West Texas, USA.

GE Oil & Gas has signed a long-term agreement to collaborate with EEA, on the offshore Mozambique developments it operates. The move underlines GE Oil & Gas’s commitment to expand its global footprint while supporting local investment in Africa.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has announced that mobile light oil has been observed seeping from open natural fractures in Kimmeridge Limestone 4 core samples at its 100%-owned Broadford Bridge-1 exploration well, PEDL234 Licence, Weald Basin, UK.

The topside for the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Unmanned Wellhead Platform recently sailed out from Heerema Zwijndrecht.