Exploration

The contract will see Petrofac, along with its partner Serikandi Oilfield and Services Sdn Bhd, support Brunei Shell Petroleum and Brunei LNG.

The company has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has completed exploration well 2/6-6S, targeting the Oppdal and Driva prospects in PL860 in the North Sea.

The company has announced updates on changes of the contract for the 3D survey in South America announced November 14, 2018.

The Stena Carron drillship is drilling the well, which is located 19 miles (31 km) east of the Pluma-1 discovery in the southeast Stabroek Block.

Wireline logging validates the initial results identified in the targeted R1/R2/R3 and the Mengo reservoirs and confirms oil columns amounting to 44 m across the identified horizons.

The company has announced the spud of the ENI UK Limited operated Rowallan exploration well 22/19c-G.

PGNiG Upstream Norway AS has acquired a detailed 2D seismic image, which will facilitate the selection of a drilling location in the Shrek prospect within the PL838 licence area.

The main objective of the well was to test the reservoir properties and hydrocarbon potential of the Jurassic and Permian formations in the frontier Froan Basin.

The prospect is located 33 km south east from the Eni-operated Jangkrik field and just 3 km east of the Merakes Field.

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has announced that it has signed Strategic Cooperation Agreements with 9 companies, including Chevron, ConocoPhilips, Equinor, Husky, KUFPEC, Roc Oil, Shell, SK Innovation and Total.

The Petroleum Safety Authority has given the company consent for exploration drilling of well 7132/2-2 in production licence 857.

2018 stands already as the best year for global oil and gas exploration since 2015. Guyana, Russia and the United States top the list with major discoveries.

Sercel has been awarded a contract by BGP to supply land seismic equipment for a large onshore 3D seismic survey in the Middle East. The contract includes 100 000 Sercel 508XT channels equipped with strings of 12 SG-10 geophones.

Total and the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines of Mauritania have signed an agreement awarding Total two new exploration and production contracts for Blocks C15 and C31 deep offshore Mauritania.

The company has invited NGOs, who wish to do so, to visit its installations to understand the precautionary measures taken on its drilling rig.