Drilling & production

Wintershall Norge AS is the operator of the Maria field, an oil and gas field at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, around 230 km from the Trøndelag coast.

Gross 2P reserves for the Taq Taq field as of 28 February 2017 are estimated by McDaniel at 59 million bbls, compared to 172 million bbls at 31 December 2015.

Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has announced that operations on the 205/23-3A well are complete.

BP has announced another gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt. The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1961 m in water depth of ~108 m using the El Qaher II jack-up rig.

First oil began to flow at 20:00 hrs on Sunday 26 March, travelling 25 km via pipeline to the Repsol Sinopec-operated Clyde platform.

An audience of almost 500 industry professionals came together to recognise innovation, collaboration and exceptional performance within the UK offshore energy sector.

Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of Gimle Unit and production licence 193, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/10-55 S.

The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) and the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) have joined forces to fund and support the development of innovations which could reduce costs, raise production efficiency, and improve safety and environmental performance.

The latest published well production data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) suggests that shale gas production in Ohio contracted by 180 million ft3/d in 4Q 2016, with only 58 new wells turned in line.

PGNiG Upstream Norway, wholly owned subsidiary of PGNiG SA (Polish Oil and Gas Company), purchased share in the Storklakken discovery from Aker BP ASA.

Advanced technology that provides consistent analysis of mud properties during the drilling of oil and gas wells will be showcased for the first time at the AADE (American Association of Drilling Engineers) National Technical Exhibition and Conference.

Statoil resets its exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and was today deemed high bidder on 13 leases in the 2017 Central Lease Sale.

GE Oil & Gas has opened a new facility in Takoradi Port, Ghana, expanding its global footprint and supporting local investment. The company committed to deliver more than 45 000 training hours for Ghanaian personnel over the next five years.

Hybrid coiled tubing services combine diagnostic and intervention capabilities in a single trip downhole.

Keppel FELS Limited has entered into an agreement with Borr Drilling Limited of Bermuda, with the approval of Transocean, whereby the construction contracts for the five jackup rigs currently being built by Keppel FELS for Transocean will be novated to Borr Drilling.