Upstream drilling news

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Wellesley Petroleum (Wellesley) consent for exploration drilling of well 35/12-6 S in production licence 925 in the North Sea.

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has commenced drilling well 7220/11-5 on the Alta discovery in PL609 in the southern Barents Sea. Following drilling, the well will be used for extended well testing.

Total has acquired several assets located in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the Cobalt International Energy company’s bankruptcy auction sale.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a gas discovery has been made at its Ibn Yunus-1X exploration well at South Disouq, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).

International Frontier Resources Corporation has announced that in partnership with Mexican petrochemical leader Grupo IDESA, Tonalli Energia has spudded its first evaluation well, TEC-10, at its onshore Tecolutla block. 

Sapura Energy Berhad has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sapura Exploration and Production (Sarawak) Inc. and its partners, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Sarawak Shell Berhad, have taken Final Investment Decision (FID) to develop the Gorek, Larak and Bakong fields as phase 1 in the SK408 Production Sharing Contract.

Petro Rio S.A. has initiated the second phase of its revitalisation plan for the Polvo Field.

BP has committed to two new North Sea developments which are expected to produce 30 000 boepd at peak production.

Ulterra's SplitBlade™ design improves cuttings evacuation as much as 200% faster than conventional PDC bits.

Challenging conditions drives demand for new Churchill technology in Norwegian sector. Technology will be showcased SPE International one-day seminar, Bergen on 18 April 2018.