Exploration

The companies have announced their discovery of a field of super-viscous oil and bitumen in the Zarafshan depression.

The company has announced that its Canadian affiliates, Imperial and ExxonMobil Canada, have entered into an agreement with Whitecap Resources Inc. for the sale of XTO Energy Canada, which is jointly owned by Imperial and ExxonMobil Canada.

This project will see the reprocessing of 3500 square km of data in the Greater Catcher Area covering quads 21, 28, and 29 of the North Sea on the margins of the UK Central Graben.

The accolade was awarded as part of Wood Mackenzie’s annual Exploration Survey.

The paper describes how a combination of machine learning and rock physics helped leverage legacy seismic and well data for the characterisation of a carbonate geothermal reservoir located in the Dogger Formation northeast of Paris, France.

A new centre for well control training has opened in North East England to train drilling personnel in the oil and gas industry.

Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle North Sea E&P company, has announced that the Cambozola exploration well in licence PL1049 offshore Norway was dry and will now be plugged and abandoned.

JGC has received the orders for the construction projects for the core onshore GOSP and utility facilities including water injection facilities.

Equinor has now transferred its participating interests in four Russian joint ventures to Rosneft and is released from all future commitments and obligations.

Equinor and Halten East partners Vår Energi, Spirit Energy and Petoro have decided to invest about NOK 9 billion in the development of the area neighbouring to the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.

The company’s pumps are helping to optimise oil recovery while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a project in the Middle East.

Equinor’s Gullfaks asset team will analyse the resulting 4D seismic images to optimise recovery and value from the field.

The company has been awarded a three–year contract with Petronas through its local agent, Time Marine Services, to provide all required tools, chemicals and services for the company’s wellbore cleanup operations in east Malaysia.

CGG’s Sensing & Monitoring division acquired the company as it specialises in high-value services and products for geotechnical risk management and infrastructure monitoring.

The company has provided operational updates on the drilling of the Sasanof-1 exploration well and will issue further updates upon the completion of campaign milestones.