Upstream drilling news

Lundin has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/1-27 on the Edvard Grieg field.

Pantheon confirms that the VOBM#2H sidetrack well, Polk County, onshore East Texas, has been drilled to a total measured depth of ~16 450 ft and will now be completed ahead of testing.

Subsea 7 has won the award of a subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract by Maersk Oil. (Image: Maersk).

AzEire Ltd., the Ireland focused oil and gas exploration company has announced that it has been awarded an extension to its 100% working interest FEL 1/13 Licence in the Porcupine Basin.

Statoil is the operator of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea, west of Mo i Rana in Nordland county. The field has been developed using a floating production and storage unit, tied to the well templates on the seabed. Water depth at the Norne field is 380 m.

Aberdeen-based Zilift, has achieved more than one year’s production from its TorqueDrive technology in a cyclic steam operated, previously sub economic, well in California.

Hawkwood Energy, has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement for its wholly-owned subsidiary Hawkwood Energy East Texas, LLC to acquire producing and non-producing assets from subsidiaries of Halcon Resources for US$500 million.

Fluor Corporation has announced that it was awarded a two-year engineering services framework agreement with North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) for conceptual studies and front-end engineering for its projects in the Caspian region.

Global science-based technology company, 3M has completed a global oil and gas industry first by deploying its Ceramic Sand Screens using a light well intervention vessel instead of a full rig.

Halcón Resources Corporation has announced that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with a private operator to acquire 20,748 net acres in the Southern Delaware Basin for US$705 million with a November 1, 2016 effective date.