Upstream drilling news

Asystom SAS has developed a solution for predictive maintenance for drilling facilities that uses machine learning with multi-sensors.

Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. will employ the harsh-environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolute to perform well maintenance and drill a side-track of the A9 well at the P9 Horizon field in the Dutch North Sea.

The extension, in which SDX has a 50% working interest, includes a commitment, irrespective of Brent price, to drill six development wells by 31 December 2022 and one water injection well.

The company will be owned 50-50 by Baker Hughes and Akastor and will be managed from current offices in Houston, Texas, US, and Kristiansand, Norway.

Projects were concentrated in Russia and Uzbekistan and the Group drilled 1.33 million m (2019: 1.37 million m). Similarly, the number of wells drilled was almost identical - 344 (2019: 350).

The SABER Tool uses internally directed pressure differentials to steer from the drill bit face, delivering true 'at-bit' geosteering.

The Neptune-operated Dugong discovery, in Production Licence 882, was one of the largest discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2020.

The first scope of a five-year contract will see TWMA provide drilling waste management services on the harsh-environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolve as Spirit Energy drills the Grove North East well in the Southern Sector of the North Sea.

Gjøa P1 is a two well development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea with one oil and one gas producer.

The agreement will increase Neptune’s existing interests in the Adorf, Apeldorn and Ringe gas fields and in the Adorf-Scheerhorn, Georgsdorf and Ringe oilfields.