Upstream news

Touchstone Exploration Inc. has announced initial production from the Cascadura C well pad.

Macy Ayala and Irwan Yunus, Champion X, discuss how, as the oil and gas industry continues to face increasing costs and sustainability requirements, new methodologies and technologies that support more efficient production are required. This is particularly true within the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) industry, which is continuing to grow globally.

According to the EIA, natural gas comprised 40% of total production from the Bakken, the Eagle Ford, and the Permian compared with 29% in 2014.

Linde Engineering has signed an agreement with NEXTCHEM to provide carbon capture technology to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) Hail and Ghasha project.

Panoro Energy ASA has announced that following the provisional award of a 25% participating interest in exploration blocks Niosi Marin (previously G12-13) and Guduma Marin (previously H12-13) offshore shallow water Gabon, final terms have been agreed with the Government of Gabon and the Company has signed Production Sharing Contracts covering the two blocks

Neil Wilson, Expro, UK, outlines a new intervention system for treatment of sustained annulus pressure.

Deltic Energy Plc, AIM quoted natural resources investing company, has provided an update on drilling operations at the Selene prospect in the UK Southern North Sea.

TotalEnergies has announced first oil from the third development phase of the Mero field on the Libra block, located 180 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin.

wel-lok™ technology now deployed in more than 20 countries across the world.

Zenith Energy has announced that it has secured a six-figure well management contract with Central European Petroleum.