Upstream news

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has provided the following update on the drilling at the Dorado-1 well.

Savannah Petroleum PLC, the West African focused British independent oil and gas company, have announced that the third well in its current Niger drilling campaign, Kunama-1, was spudded on 21 June 2018. Kunama-1 is located on the R3 portion of the R3/R4 PSC Area in the Agadem Basin, south east Niger.

Aker BP has received consent for removal of the facilities on the Jette field.

TWMA, provider of specialised drilling waste management services, has announced its acquisition of US-based Dynamic Oilfield Services in an eight-figure deal.

At this stage, the mill will support Tenaris’s ramp up of seamless activity in the US with the heat treatment and finishing of pipe products.

The contract is valid for three years, with two additional one-year options (3+1+1).

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Spirit Energy Norge AS a drilling permit for well 7322/7-1, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for wells 25/10-16 S, 25/10-16 A and 25/10-16 B, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

International Frontier Resources Corporation (IFR) joint venture Tonalli Energia, in partnership with Mexican petrochemical leader Grupo IDESA, announced that service equipment is being mobilised for stimulation and production testing after successfully receiving a perforation permit for the TEC-10 well.

Shale Support, a leading provider of frac-sand and logistical solutions to the oil and gas proppant market, has announced it has closed on a deal purchasing two natural mines in Kinder and Central Louisiana.