Offshore news

Final data is now available for the PGS Mawson MultiClient 3D seismic survey covering the prospective North Carnarvon Basin of Australia.

The South East Etame 4P appraisal wellbore in the Etame Marin permit area has successfully encountered oilsands in the Gamba formation.

The company is presently preparing plans for drilling for the NJOM-3 well, offshore Cameroon, now that the site survey is complete.

The Yumna 1 well was spudded on 26 December 2019 and is located in Block 50, 30 km offshore east Oman.

The project will see the firm deliver two of its EC750 cranes for installation on wellhead platforms, as well as an EC1000 crane for a riser platform.

L5a-D4 is a high pressure, high temperature well located in the L5a-D field, around 100 km North of Den Helder, and tied back to the Neptune-operated L5a-D platform.

In 2018, North Sea oilfields recorded 307 individual months of no production in the year to September; in the same period last year, that figure had reduced to just 248, according to the Glacier Production Index.

Darren Rendall and Marc Petty join the Aberdeen-based mooring services provider as Technical Director and Marine Manager, respectively.

The company has commenced another survey in northern Senegal, following the completion of another in the south of the country.

Upstream PS has safely remobilised personnel to the FPSO and is proceeding under an initial short-term contract to provide services on commercial terms, in a non-production environment.