Drilling & production

Aramex UK has opened a new branch in Aberdeen as it looks to enhance service for oil and gas clients.

Transocean Ltd. has announced a 365 day contract for the Deepwater Atlas with bp in the US Gulf of Mexico.

The latest agreement builds upon a ten-year collaboration that has seen bp deploy Palantir’s technology in its oil and gas production.

Newly released Recoverable Abandonment Frame technology could reduce abandonment costs by £20 million per well and cut project timelines by 50%.

GlobalData reports energy ministers in Kazakhstan have requested that planned maintenance on the country's giant oilfield be delayed as the risk of gas shortages during the winter months looms large.

The contract, valued at around Rs14.02 billion (US$167 million), is for production enhancement operations at ONGC's mature fields in the Rajahmundry asset.

GDEP update: 22 of its 2500Q HDF quintuplex pumps have all exceeded 10 000 pumping hours.

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is calling on operators to increase their well intervention activity and will host a supply chain and operator workshop later this year.

Africa Oil has announced the completion of Africa Oil SA Corp.’s strategic farm down agreement with TotalEnergies EP South Africa S.A.S. and QatarEnergy International for the Orange Basin Block 3B/4B, offshore South Africa.

Iraq’s upstream sector is undergoing rapid change, with an increasingly diverse corporate ecosystem, and significant investment being funneled into boosting oil and gas production.

Seatrium has announced the successful delivery of its fourth jackup rig, named ‘Vali’, to Borr Drilling, about a year ahead of its planned delivery next year.

Pantheon Resources has announced that it has executed a rig contract to secure the use of the Nabors 105AC rig to drill the Megrez-1 well in Q424.

Arrow Energy, an incorporated joint venture between Shell (50%) and PetroChina (50%), has announced plans to develop Phase 2 of Arrow Energy’s Surat gas project in Queensland, Australia.

Buru Energy has announced that it has executed a letter of intent with Silver City Drilling (SCD) for the provision of Rig 24 to conduct the planned two well drilling campaign in the onshore Canning Basin of Western Australia.

CNOOC has announced that Chinese governmental authorities have approved the proved gas in-place of Lingshui 36-1 gas field, which stands at over 100 billion m3. It is the first large-size ultra-shallow gas field in ultra-deep water in the world, which opens up a new area of exploration in deep waters.