Upstream drilling news
Production resumes at Bruce platform
It is anticipated that production from the Bruce, Keith and Rhum fields, located in the UK North Sea, will be fully restored over the coming days.
Equinor granted permission to use mobile drilling facility
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Equinor consent to use the Deepsea Atlantic mobile drilling facility for drilling and completion on the Tordis and Vigdis fields.
Empire Energy given go-ahead for drilling in Australia's Northern Territory
Empire Energy Group Ltd. has received Northern Territory Government approvals for the drilling of Carpentaria-1.
Equinor, Shell and Total complete Northern Lights drilling
Drilling of confirmation well 31/5-7 Eos south of the Troll field in the North Sea took place to determine the suitability of the reservoir in the Johansen formation for CO2 storage.
88 Energy spuds well in Alaska
The Charlie-1 appraisal well on the North Slope of Alaska commenced drilling on 2 March.
BW Energy announces first oil from Tortue Phase 2 field development
The Gamba well DTM-5H was successfully brought online as of 4 March. The second well, DTM-4H, is scheduled to come onstream in the coming week.
Halliburton releases new high torque, high flow drilling motor
The NitroForce drilling motor provides increased power and performance to complete longer laterals faster and with greater control.
SDX Energy announces gas discovery onshore Morocco
Drilling at the BMK-1 well has encountered commercial quantities of gas in both target horizons.
Frontera receives six-month extension on Peru onshore block
The execution of the contract extension will enable Frontera to undertake a workover and well service programme which is expected to return production levels at Block 192 near 8500 bpd in the coming weeks.
Maersk Drilling awarded one-well contract offshore Egypt
The contract has an estimated duration of 21 days and is expected to commence in March 2020, in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract.