Drilling & production

BP, on behalf of the Kinnoull field co-venturers, has announced the start of production from the Kinnoull field in the central North Sea.

The West Polaris was acquired by Ship Finance in 2008 and subsequently bareboat chartered to Seadrill with purchase options commencing in 2012.

Lundin Norge AS, operator of production licence 584, is in the process of completing drilling of wildcat well 6405/12-1.

KBC has entered into a seven-year contract with a major European based oilfield services company for the licensing of its upstream simulation portfolio.

BNK Petroleum Inc. has provided an update on its Tishomingo Field, Caney shale oil operations in Oklahoma, and its Polish shale gas project.

The Board of Directors have approved Gazprom’s Investment Program, Budget (Financial Plan) and Cost Optimisation (Reduction) Program for 2015.

The results of DNV GL’s fifth annual industry benchmark study on the outlook for the oil and gas industry will be launched on Monday 19 January, 2015.

Ithaca Energy Inc. has announced the appointment of Mr Roy Buchan as Chief Operations Officer, starting 5 January 2015.

Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the drilling of wildcat well 33/2-1 on PL555 located 200km northwest of Florø on the Norwegian west coast.

Dresser-Rand has released its 2015 training schedule, which includes a comprehensive list of product training programs.

Canacol has announced the acquisition of VIM 5 and VIM 19 contracts and the Clarinete gas discovery in the Lower Magdalena Valley of Colombia.

Strata-X Energy Ltd. has announced that it has begun drilling operations on the first of its planned vertical wells in its 100% owned Illinois Basin.

VAALCO Energy, Inc. has announced that production from Well 2-H in the Ebouri field, offshore Gabon, has resumed following successful wireline remedial work.

AWE Limited has provided an update in relation to exploration and appraisal activities in Perth Basin, onshore Western Australia.

Lundin has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/4-9 S.