Upstream news

Production from the Breidablikk field in the North Sea is scheduled to start in the first half of 2024.

The Baltic jack-up rig has been contracted by Total E&P Nigeria for five wells, starting this month.

The bareboat charter for the Samsung Santorini is approximately two years in duration and provides for the option to purchase the ship.

The two companies have agreed to develop 20 oil wells in the Bajada del Palo Oeste block, located in the Vaca Muerta shale play in Argentina.

The Australian government is proposing to levy AUS$0.48/bbl on all offshore oil producers in order to cover the cost of decommissioning the Laminaria-Corallina oilfields, located in the Timor Sea.

FEED contracts for the FPSO and wellhead platform design for the Dorado project, offshore Western Australia, are being finalised and are expected to be awarded over the next few months.

The Weizhou 11-2 oilfield phase II project, located in the Beibu Gulf, is expected to reach its peak production of approximately 6000 bpd in 2022.

The first phase of the Morocco drilling campaign consisted of three appraisal/development wells in SDX's operated Gharb Basin acreage in Morocco.

The programme work offshore Guyana is planned to be completed in 1Q22.

The contract is for the drilling of three firm wells and two optional wells offshore Israel, with the first firm well expected to spud in 1Q22.