Offshore news

The company and its licence partners have submitted the report to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, with a final investment decision due early in 2019.

The Paus Biru-1 exploration well has resulted in a gas discovery.

The Topaz Driller is a Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up, which was recently mobilised to Cameroon by NewAge as operator for the Etinde license for two appraisal wells and is currently employed in Gabon.

Since May 2017, HydraWell has contributed towards plugging 10 shut-in wells on the original drilling platform (DP) at the Valhall field centre.

The operator was able to begin subsequent retrieval operations ahead of schedule.

The company has announced the initial results of its testing of the Ubima-1 well after a dual completion was installed on the E1000/E2000 and F7000 reservoirs.

Sapura and Afcons will be jointly undertaking works for the KG-DWN 98/2 NELP block, located offshore the Godavari Delta on the east coast of India.

The subsea field Vigdis has been producing oil through the Snorre field for more than 20 years. Field production will now be boosted by almost 11 million bbls.

Companies with an interest in developing innovative subsea technologies are being invited to take part in the second call for a three year initiative which forges R&D partnerships between Scotland and Japan.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-22 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.