Upstream drilling news

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The company is to drill an appraisal well at the Birgitta field in the Central part of the UK North Sea.

Among the cloud applications released are Scalable Earth Modeling, Full-Scale Asset Simulation, Data Foundation and Real-Time Control – Edge.

The treatment programme is designed to maximise the performance of declining wells, reducing the need for new drilling to maintain production rates.

Vaalco Energy has announced that it will begin its drilling campaign in the country’s offshore this September.

The exploration well being drilled is in licence area PL838 (the Shrek prospect) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Evaluation of the West Newton A-2 openhole data has identified an estimated gross hydrocarbon column of approximately 65 m in the Kirkham Abbey formation.

The money from this financing round will support the qualification and commercialisation phases for the company’s Slim Battery-powered Conveyor.

A vessel is en route to the field to undertake site preparation before a drilling rig is moved to the site.

The Aseng 6P well was drilled to a total depth of 4417 m and is expected to produce first oil in October 2019.