Oil & gas news

The Icewine#2 well was shut-in on 10 July to allow for imbibition and pressure build up to occur within the HRZ shale. Flow testing re-commenced on 31 August at 10:26 (AK time), and was suspended on 18 September (AK time).

The fracture stimulation is anticipated to take approximately two weeks, after which the equipment will be removed and the flowback will commence.

Aker Solutions won a contract from Statoil for front end engineering and design of a module that will increase output at Troll, one of Norway's largest natural gas fields.

The 89 184 dwt, 248.1 m long FPSO Aoka Mizu (Japanese for Bluewater), which is owned and operated by Holland’s Bluewater Energy Services, has recently been assigned a new contract.

The barrier has a large operational envelope: it is capable of withstanding pressure differentials up to 10 000 psi (68.95 MPa) and temperatures between 40 and 325°F (4 and 163°C), which reduces the loss-of-containment risk in extreme environments.

As part of the agreement, the companies will collaborate to provide sales & rental equipment and engineering solutions for the Marine and Oil & Gas market sectors in the Middle East and South-East Asia region.

CK-7 is located in the central area of the Atrush Block approximately 3 km east of the Atrush 2 producing well and 3.5 km west of the Atrush 3 appraisal well.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions used SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition in Aberdeen as a platform to launch its latest Isolast perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) material development.

As oil and gas operators around the world continue to face increasing pressure to enhance their pipeline monitoring and security measures, Fotech has launched LivePIPE II – enhancing the world’s most reliable real time pipeline protection technology.

DuPont will deliver the technology license, engineering and equipment for two MECS DynaWave wet gas scrubbing units while KT will provide the related on-shore gas plant units in Port-Saïd with Claus and Tail Gas Treatment Units.