Upstream news
Petrobras, Shell and Strohm to bring TCP Flowline and Riser to Brazil’s pre-salt
The TCP Flowline and Riser joint industry project will see Strohm develop, qualify and test its composite pipe technology with the two operators to make it fully field-proven and commercially available to the oil and gas industry.
BW Energy makes discovery at Dussafu licence
The discovery of the Hibiscus North exploration well (DHBNM-1) in the Dussafu Block, offshore Gabon, will add to the gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 105 million barrels gross.
Petrobras starts up Sépia field production
The FPSO Carioca has started producing oil and natural gas from the field, located in the Santos Basin.
Production starts from CNOOC oilfield in South China Sea
The Luda 6-2 oilfield is expected to reach its peak production of approximately 10 000 bpd in 2022.
Kawa-1 exploration well offshore Guyana spudded
Frontera Energy Corp. and CGX Energy expect the Kawa-1 well to reach total depth in the first half of December 2021.
ADNOC awards engineering services contracts worth US$1 billion
ADNOC has signed framework agreements with AMEC International Ltd, Fluor, McDermott, Mott MacDonald, SNC-Lavalin International Arabia Limited – Abu Dhabi, Technip Energies, Worley, and a joint venture between Tecnicas Reunidas and NPCC.
i3 Energy completes acquisition of Central Alberta assets from Cenovus Energy
The acquisition includes approximately 8400 boe/d (51% oil and NGLs) of predictable low-decline production and 79.5 million boe of 2P reserves.
PGS finishes survey east of Shetland
PGS has completed a survey of the Kraken field, operated by EnQuest.
Altera lands Dorado FPSO FEED contract
The contract awarded by Santos will commence with full definition engineering by Altera to confirm the technical requirements for the FPSO and associated disconnectable mooring system.
Worley to provide engineering services for Jansz-Io Compression project
Worley will provide detailed engineering, design, and construction management services for the project’s power transmission and communication components.