Upstream news
ONGC moves drilling rigs before monsoon arrives
33 rigs were placed at their respective monsoon locations before the onset of the seasonal adverse weather conditions.
DTEK Oil&Gas creates virtual server for 3D modelling process
The virtual server was created for geology and field development specialists, who create 3D models of gas condensate fields in Petrel software package and work with over hundred gigabytes of data.
Turkey could begin Mediterranean oil exploration in 3 – 4 months
Turkey may begin oil exploration in the eastern Mediterranean within three or four months under a deal it signed with Libya.
Independent Oil and Gas awards Petrofac well management contract
The contract is for the development and management of five wells in the Southwark, Blythe and Elgood gas fields in the UK Southern North Sea.
Aker BP contracts remotely operated controls system
Optime Subsea's ROCS technology reduces completion time and cost by removing umbilical controlled tubing hanger operations.
Total needs to cover US$12 billion shortfall
Total now faces a revenue shortfall of at least US$12 billion (£9.76 billion) due to the crash in oil prices.
Rystad Energy: Canada's upstream industry has highest CO2 emission intensity, Norway lowest
Norway's CO2 intensity per produced boe in 2018 was approximately 7 kg compared to Canada's 39 kg/boe, according to a report by Rystad Energy.
Oil falls on stocks uncertainty, geopolitical and health concerns
Oil prices fell this morning as traders priced in concerns over the future of crude stocks, geopolitical tensions and fears over how Covid-19 will progress.
Halliburton launches real time drill string position measurement system
The technology aims to reduce uncertainty and saves rig time by enabling operators to accurately position packers, perforating guns and the bottomhole assembly without running wireline or moving the work string.
Neptune Energy given permission for use of Deepsea Yantai drilling facility at Gjøa field
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has given Neptune Energy consent to use the facility for production drilling for a period of 240 days.