Oil & gas news

Lekoil 310 Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of LEKOIL, has entered into a binding loan agreement with the Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, in the amount of US$184.0 million.

With the successful Serenity discovery and remaining potential at Liberator, the company has begun planning a mid-2020, multi-well appraisal programme and is simultaneously conducting a farm-down process of its licences to potentially fund the 2020 drilling campaign.

While net pay was lower than pre-drill forecasts, the company has said that the 27 degree API oil supports the significant potential of the Cretaceous play on both the Kanuku and adjacent Orinduik licences.

The work is expected to commence in early January 2020 and will continue through most of 1Q20.

As part of the initial closing, WIS acquired businesses and assets in 16 countries. Another 9 jurisdictions are expected to close in the coming months pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement.

CGG has agreed to transfer its 40% shareholding in Seabed Geosolutions to Fugro before the end of 1Q20.

Under the terms of the agreement, Apache and Total will each hold a 50% working interest in Block 58, which comprises approximately 1.4 million acres in water depths ranging from less than 100 m to more than 2100 m.

The acquisition includes acreage in the 1.2 million North Marakia Offshore block, which is located approximately five miles offshore Egypt’s northern coast in the Herodotus basin.

The Leviathan field was discovered in 2010, and the initial development phase was sanctioned in 2017.

The new contract award, under a 10-year Framework Agreement signed in 2017 with PDO, is an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services contract for the Mabrouk North East Development Project in Oman.