Upstream news
Wood to provide design for Anchor deepwater development
Wood is delivering an engineering design project for Chevron’s Anchor deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Eni appraisal increases Agogo resource estimates
The Agogo field offshore Angola now has 1 billion bbl, following the drilling of appraisal well Agogo-3.
Maersk Decom awarded plugging and abandonment contract by Tullow Oil
The project offshore Mauritania will the first where Maersk Decom will provide an end-to-end plugging and abandonment solution under one single contract.
Energean to acquire Total's stake in block offshore Greece
Energean Oil and Gas plc has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Total’s stake in Block 2, offshore Western Greece.
Rystad Energy: 2020 global oil and gas prices set to fall short of earlier forecasts
Brent crude oil prices, which Rystad Energy earlier expected to average nearly US$60/bbl in 2020, are now forecast to slump to about US$56/bbl for the year following revisions to Rystad's January forecasts.
Ecopetrol aims to drill up to 45 exploratory wells by 2022
Ecopetrol drilled 20 wells in 2019, with a 40% success rate.
AquaTerra purchases Subsea Engineering and Technical Services
Subsea Engineering and Technical Services provides subsea engineering services to the offshore oil and gas industry in the UK and internationally.
Halliburton awarded digital transformation contract by Pertamina
The iEnergy cloud helps reduce corporate infrastructure costs and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of integrating, managing and supporting well data.
Hibiscus Petroleum reports increased production from North Sabah fields
The additional oil production was delivered through infill drilling projects carried out as part of an aggressive production enhancement programme.
Shell Egypt's onshore assets drawing interest from multiple bidders
Shell launched a process at the end of November 2019 to sell its onshore upstream assets in the Western Desert to focus on expanding its Egyptian offshore gas exploration.