Drilling & production

SBM Offshore announced the FPSO was formally on hire 8 July, after achieving first oil.

UTEC Survey has successfully completed a significant ROV navigation and seismic node positioning project in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

According to the NPD, Faroe Petroleum Norge AS, operator of production licence 740, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/7-1 and appraisal well 31/7-1 A.

The American Petroleum Institute has applauded the Senate’s action to go to conference on S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act.

Transerv Energy has announced that Warro-4 retesting operations have been successfully completed.

Carnarvon Petroleum have announced that drilling has commenced on the Roc-2 well approximately 160 km north-east of Port Hedland in the Bedout sub-basin of the greater Roebuck basin.

Independent Producers tell PHMSA to follow congressional directive to not regulate production facilities.

Alexis Garcia, Brad Ivie and Andrew Miller, NOV, USA, introduce a new generation of PDC bits.

Statoil and EQT Corp. have completed their transaction, whereby Statoil has sold its non-core operated assets in West Virginia, USA, to EQT Corp.

The Tendrara well has encountered significant gas reserves during drilling in the TAGI reservoir.

OEM Group has secured a 2 year contract worth up to £1 million with Go Marine to deliver engine support services to its fleet of vessels.

Tullow Oil Norge AS, operator of production licence 776, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 16/5-6.

Faroe Petroleum has announced the completion of a successful side-track appraisal well on the Brasse discovery in licence PL740.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted permission to use the facility on the Tambar field in the North Sea until 1 January 2022 to coincide with the expiry of production licence 065.

AWE Limited has announced that operations relating to the AAL-4XST1 appraisal well have been completed and the Raniworo jack-up drilling rig was released on 7 July 2016.