Offshore news

The contract is for supply of ‘cesium drilling and completion fluids’ to Equinor’s operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The workscope of the contract is for global offshore inspection and wire rope services.

Wintershall Dea will hold an interest of 20% in the blocks S-M-766 and C-M-845, alongside its partners Repsol and Chevron (operator).

The service will be provided using Vantage's Tungsten Explorer and covers one firm well, "Nigma 1", with the contract estimated to last 73 days.

The offshore equipment firm has expanded into a new workshop where it will manufacture and then deliver its equipment throughout the Eastern Hemisphere.

The block in the Northern Carnarvon Basin covers 4815 km2 and lies approximately 100 km from the Australian coast.

Wintershall Dea will retain a 70% participating interest and operatorship in its Potiguar offshore exploration blocks.

The contract is for operations in the Mumbai High, offshore India.

The initial clean-up flow test of the Caley reservoir, in the Dorado field located in the Bedout Basin, offshore Western Australia, was conducted over a 12-hour period and achieved a maximum measured rate of approximately 11 100 bpd and 21 million ft3 of associated gas per day through a 68/64 in. choke.

Qatar Petroleum has taken ownership of the Idd El-Shargi North Dome and Idd El-Shargi South Dome offshore oilfields, following the expiry of the development and production sharing agreements with Occidental Petroleum of Qatar last week.