Upstream drilling news

The government has proposed an extension of the so-called ice edge boundary to the constantly changing southern fringe of the permanent ice sheet.

Hild is the sixth jack-up rig that Keppel has delivered to Borr Drilling.

The Adorf Z15 gas well and the Ringe 6 oil well in northwestern Germany have been successfully drilled.

The company is deferring its Australia infill drilling campaign into 2021.

The company's VeroTM automated connection integrity has successfully completed 100 runs and 33 000 tubular connections in operations worldwide since its market debut.

The US is seeing an immediate and severe drop in OCTG tonnage requirements, as operators have slashed their drilling programmes by in some cases up to 50%.

The discovery in the onshore Central Sumatra Basin amounts to 61.8 million bbl, according to Cue Energy Resources, which a 12.5% interest.

The announcement by Mexico's president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, did not make clear how much production would be removed by the closure of new fields and whether it would exceed a 100 000 bpd quota already agreed with the OPEC+ group of producing countries.

As shut-ins, reductions in spending and activities weigh in, 4Q20, which was projected to see a y/y oil production increase of 650 000 bpd, is now instead forecast to see a reduction of 1.5 million bpd.

Beach Energy and Diamond Offshore are engaging in discussions with regard to the future operations of the Ocean Onyx rig and the Victorian Otway Basin offshore drilling campaign, with a view to agreeing a new contract in due course.