Upstream news

The Zennor portfolio adds circa 40 million boe of reserves and more than 90 million boe of un-risked resource in the UK Continental Shelf to NEO.

The contract with Western Gas covers well construction, drilling engineering, procurement, supply chain, regulatory compliance requirements and operational supervision of the well in WA-519-P.

The Odassea service integrates hardware and digital systems to strengthen capabilities in subsea reservoir monitoring and production optimisation, and has been selected by ExxonMobil for its Payara development project in Guyana.

The Kobra East & Gekko field, located in the Alvheim area of the North Sea, is operated by Aker BP.

SUEZ will provide membranes used in seawater sulfate removal on 15 FPSO platforms operated by Petrobras offshore Brazil.

The added well intervention scope has a firm duration of 31 days, which means that the Maersk Intrepid rig is now contracted until February 2022.

The Bayu-Undan field is one of Timor-Leste's largest gas fields.

The UK Oil and Gas Authority’s 2021 Decommissioning Cost Estimate has revealed steady progress towards a £39 billion by end-2022 target – but makes it clear that the industry must maintain the pace of cost-cutting.

Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/11-1 S, the first exploration well in production licence 785 S.

Woodside has also said the Ocean BlackRhino drillship is due to begin development drilling at the Sangomar project offshore Senegal next week.