Upstream news

LOC will provide marine warranty surveyor services for the SURF development on the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea.

The Permian-based producer used Cold Bore Technology’s SmartPAD, which delivers real time, sensor-driven tracking of ultra high-resolution fraccing operations data with analytics.

Recent media reports have said that Senegal has been forced to delay its first oil and gas projects by up to two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The system, initially delivered in the Intervention Riser System (IRS) configuration, provides a 6-3/8 in. through bore and is suitable for all types of well intervention operations up to 15 000 psi and in water depths up to 10 000 ft.

ERIELL reports on several records achieved in May at three of the company’s most complex projects.

Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, the well management and performance improvement specialist, has announced the establishment of Exceed Norge.

The GNN discovery, which contains an estimated 260 million bbl of oil in place, is located in the Geisum and Tawila West concession.

Oil prices recovered early losses and see gains on relief that international trade remains unchanged, while road fuel demand stands strong despite a spike in Covid-19 cases.

Exploratory drilling has begun at the Shirotno-Rakushechnaya prospect structure, located to the north of the V.I. Grayfer field in the North Caspian Sea.

Spirit Energy has received permission to drill a wildcat well in production licence 780, about 5 km north of the Ivar Aasen field in the central part of the North Sea.