Drilling & production

On 10 October at 20:00 local time, the new platform in Brazil, Peregrino C, produced its very first oil.

The company has officially opened its new Test Flow Loop facility in Esbjerg, which will provide essential corrosion testing for numerous Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects.

The company has announced approval from the State Mining Authority for Rhineland-Palatinate to raise the production limit at its operated Römerberg oil field in the Rhine Valley, south-western Germany.

The contracts have been assigned by the ENI Cote d’Ivoire-Petroci consortium for the Baleine Phase 1 Project, for the development of the relative oil and gas field offshore Ivory Coast located at a 1200 m water depth.

The award is for the provision of jack-up and island rigs and associated Integrated Drilling Services (IDS).

95% supported strike action in a ballot turnout of 86% after Unite accused oil and gas companies of ‘unfettered profiteering.’ The strike action will involve a series of 48-hour stoppages every second week for the first 8 weeks and will start on 20 and 21 October.

Howden will supply two screw compressor packages to Majnoon oilfield, near Basrah, Iraq. With Howden’s compressor solution, the Majnoon oilfield will save 42 242 t of carbon emissions per year – the equivalent of annual fossil fuel emissions for 9100 cars.

Under the two-year Field Maintenance Services contract extension, Petrofac will continue to support operations at the Haliba oil field, located onshore along the south-east border of Abu Dhabi, providing specialist personnel to maintain and support facilities.

A five-well work scope will be novated to PTTEP for drilling and plugging and abandonment activities at the Kikeh field offshore Sabah, with a total estimated duration of 116 days and expected commencement of the first well in November 2022.

Increasing investments in?network?infrastructure, rising?demand for oilfield communications?from oil and gas operators to scale the production of mature?oilfields, and rising technological advancements for?communication?across?oilfields?are expected to drive the?adoption of the oilfield communications market.

Zenith Energy has announced presented an offer to the relevant Ministry in the Republic of Benin for the award of an initial nine-year licence to operate Block 1 containing the Sèmè oilfield, offshore Benin.

The Awards recognise the best in well intervention excellence and include Schlumberger, Weatherford and Expro among the listed nominees.

Oilfield equipment, trucks, heavy equipment, and other items were auctioned in person and online. With over 71 000 catalogue views, 498 lots were sold over a single day auction, totalling over US$30 million.

The listing is the first step towards a public listing of the company on Euronext Growth Oslo by the end of October.

Well-Safe Solutions’ Well-Safe Protector jack-up rig will carry out the plug and abandonment of at least four subsea and 17 platform wells located in Dutch and UK waters.