Oil & gas news
TriStim celebrates key milestone with sale of 150 perforating guns
New TriStim perforation guns deliver enhanced performance.
Well testing commences at North-Komsomolskoye Field
Rosneft and Statoil have announced the commencement of testing of two production wells of highly viscous oil of the PK1 layer of the North-Komsomolskoye field.
Successful acquisition for Suncor
Suncor Energy announces successful acquisition of 72.9% of Canadian Oil Sands shares.
Ardyne acquires Wellbore AS
The new oilfield services company, Ardyne, has been launched with £50 million backing from Lime Rock Partners and has made its first acquisition.
Swiber completes subsea project
Swiber has completed its platform and subsea pipeline installation project in South America.
Total starts up production at Laggan Tormore
The Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate fields, located in the West of Shetland are expected to produce 90 000 boe/d.
Baobab Marine-1 well drilling commences
SOCO has reported that the Baobab Marine-1 commitment well commenced drilling on 5 February 2016 in the Mer Profonde Sud Block, located in the Lower Congo Basin, offshore the Republic of Congo.
Sound Energy to acquire interest in Moroccan permit
Sound Energy has stated that it has signed a binding agreement with OGIF whereby OGIF has granted Sound Energy an option to acquire a 55% interest in the Meridja permit, onshore Morocco.
Balltec provides technology for Statoil’s pipeline projects
Balltec has completed work on its flangeless subsea plug launcher technology in the Statoil pipeline upgrade project.
Acteon launches Field Life Service
The service is aimed at providing a ‘joined-up’ approach to the Capex and Opex challenges faced by the industry.