CGG, a global technology and HPC leader, has announced a major multi-year global data transformation and curation agreement with bp, that will play a key role in supporting bp’s subsurface digital strategy.
The expected recoverable gross reserves from the field are estimated at 90 million boe, of which the majority will be oil, an amount which will help support Europe’s energy supply.
Wintershall Dea Norge AS, operator of production licence 055, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/4-A-13 C.
The Company is now preparing to move up the wellbore for drilling of the horizontal section in the Alkaid Anomaly (primary objective), before casing, stimulating and ultimately flow testing the well.
Under the terms of the three-year contract renewal, Petrofac will continue in its capacity as Duty Holder of the Kittiwake platform in the Central North Sea. It has held the role with EnQuest since 2014, and the asset’s previous owners since 2003.
Ofelia is positioned in one of Neptune’s core areas and close to existing infrastructure. The well, 35/6-3 S, is being drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig, owned by CIMC and operated by Odfjell Drilling.
In the second quarter Equinor completed 9 exploration wells offshore and 3 wells were ongoing at quarter end. Equinor made 3 commercial discoveries in the quarter, all close to infrastructure on the NCS.
The Guyana investment strategy continues to yield positive results; additional exploration wells planned later this year, while production from two vessels currently operating offshore has exceeded their initial combined target of 340 000 bpd.
ZMI Holdings has announced that ADNOC Logistics & Services), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of ADNOC Group, has entered into definitive agreement to acquire ZMI. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in 4Q22.
The project is expected to come online in the mid-2020s, and at peak production rates, could represent over 6% of projected UK North Sea gas production in the middle of this decade, with operational emissions of less than 1% of the whole UK basin.
This marks an important milestone in the development of Fenja, which is scheduled to come on stream in the first quarter of 2023 and will produce approximately 28 000 boepd at plateau.
The company has announced its decision to withdraw from the Yadana field and from gas transportation company MGTC in Myanmar, both as shareholder and as operator.
Shell has made a statement after the Dutch Public Prosecutor's office announced it had dismissed its investigation into bribery allegations related to Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245 in Nigeria.
The deal is the first scope agreed for the Well-Safe Defender semi-submersible rig, which Well-Safe Solutions purchased in June 2022.
Under the contracts, the company will provide front-end engineering design (FEED), detailed design support, project management services and construction management services.