Upstream drilling news

The semi-submersible rig is due to spud the Luiperd-1 well offshore South Africa by September this year.

The audit conducted a thorough analysis of the curriculum, testing and training methods, environment and equipment of classrooms, as well as administrative and quality control of the procedures, and assessed the qualifications, experience, competence and skills of instructors.

Global discoveries of conventional resource volumes reached just 4.9 billion boe in the first half of 2020, Rystad Energy estimates – the weakest-performing first half of the 21st century.

The exploration well drilled by Eni is located in the North El Hammad licence in the Nile Delta.

The Topaz Driller has been contracted to perform drilling services offshore Montenegro for 180 days.

The Performance Live service provides customers with instant access to data and collaboration with domain experts, enabling faster, more informed decision making for directional drilling, well logging, formation testing and other oil and gas operations.

The FPSO operating the well has the capacity to process up to 150 000 bpd and treat up to 6 million m3 of natural gas.

The platform enabled the customer to automate production monitoring, analysis, and optimisation asset-wide for 1700 electric submersible pump wells.

The agreement also establishes a framework where Proserv and Dril-Quip may pursue joint marketing and collaboration efforts, with Dril-Quip providing subsea trees and Proserv providing subsea controls.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for wells 6607/12-4 and 6607/12-4 A .