Offshore news

The Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig has completed the move to the Pavo-1 well location offshore Western Australia and has concluded the jack-down and other pre-drill operations.

Petrobras’ geophysical processing team will have access to a full range of geophysical processing tools, including time, depth, multicomponent, time-lapse 4D processing and advanced imaging offered by the Shearwater Reveal software platform.

The organisation will provide resident focal points, onshore engineering, process and maintenance services on North Sea platform, Bruce.

Petrofac has been awarded two new contracts with Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd.

It is anticipated that further exploration activity, including a second exploration well, will be required to determine the size and recoverable potential of the identified hydrocarbons at the Graff-1 deepwater exploration well.

Drilling is expected to commence within the next week after allowing for towing and set up.

Interim results from the first exploration well in Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 2 Exploration Concession, operated by Eni, indicate between 1.5 – 2 trillion ft3 of raw gas in place.

JDR’s thermoplastic umbilical system will allow Beach Energy to increase production from its Otway Gas Plant and deliver a new supply of gas to Australia’s East Coast.

The well was drilled about 65 km northwest of Florø and about 60 km north of Gjøafeltet in the northern part of the North Sea.

Woodside has operated in Myanmar since 2013, conducting multiple exploration and drilling campaigns.