Offshore news

Drilling has begun on four production wells on the Duva field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

The South East Collins Cluster, located in water depths of 42 to 45 m 70 km north east of Labuan Island offshore Malaysia, comprises two fields.

The two-month project saw FourPhase’s DualFlow desander system deliver an initial diagnostic intervention to identify and confirm the source of sand from wells on the platform.

Crew Hawk integrates multiple technologies into a zone management system that tracks the locations of people and moving equipment on the drill floor in real-time.

In direct continuation of the Maersk Integrator rig’s work scope, the rig will drill an exploration well for Aker BP offshore Norway.

Recoverable resources are so far estimated at between 3 and 4.2 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent, corresponding to 19 – 26 million boe.

ADM Energy, OES Energy Services and 4Mation Drilling Services plan to explore opportunities to develop the Barracuda field in OML 141 and associated work-related activity in Nigeria.

Work on the 228 m length Stena DrillMAX saw a 48 000 running hours service on a Wartsila W16V32 engine carried out by a team of engineers in Las Palmas in The Canary Islands.

The semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer is to perform well intervention for Karoon Energy at the Baúna field, offshore Brazil.

Oil production in March was 0.7% lower than the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s forecast, and 0.2% lower than the forecast so far this year.