Upstream drilling news

TAG Oil Ltd. has announced the successful drilling and flow testing of the Cheal-E8 exploration well, which will now be tied-in to TAG Oil’s existing infrastructure as a permanent producer.

The Waitsia-3 well will be drilled to a planned maximum total depth of 3706 m MDRT and is forecast to take approximately seven weeks in total to complete.

Premier has announced that the Zama-1 exploration well in Block 7 (Premier equity 25%) in the shallow water Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico, was spudded at 0630 on 21 May 2017.

The global land drilling rig market has been through a tough downturn characterised by an inward focus through the supply chain on survival.

The rig was named Heydar Aliyev at a ceremony in Azerbaijan by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

Aker BP has received consent to use Mærsk Invincible for plugging wells at Valhall.

Looking at the recent evolution of oil production in the Lower 48 states (excl. Gulf of Mexico), Rystad Energy observes a continuous expansion, with a 430 000 bpd growth from December 2016 to May 2017.

The well, located in Grady County, OK, has achieved a record total vertical depth of 19 245 ft.

Flintstone Technology has developed a new subsea tensioned mooring system that will be officially launched at OTC.

The JMMC expressed its satisfaction with the progress made towards full conformity.