Upstream news
Angela Cring steps down as Executive Director of LAGCOE
Corinne Sprague, who has served as LAGCOE’s Event and Volunteer Services Coordinator since 2018, will take on the role of Interim Executive Director after Cring’s departure in January of 2020.
ABB celebrates 20-year milestone in DCS leadership
ARC’s 2018 market analysis report confirms ABB as No. 1 in the global Distributed Control System market for the 20th consecutive year.
Enpro Subsea finishes 2019 with granting of supplementary patents
The granting of supplementary patents expands the company's technology portfolio and further strengthens its offering to the global subsea market.
PetroData and TGS announce multibeam and seafloor sampling project in Nigeria
The study will cover an area of approximately 80 000 km2 of the offshore Niger Delta and will incorporate around 150 cores from the seabed.
TGS acquires US onshore 3D seismic survey assets
The data, acquired from a a US based E&P company, is available for licensing immediately.
Commercial oil production begins at Layang field offshore Malaysia
The production of oil from Layang is estimated at approximately 3000 bpd, and an estimated 10 000 boe/d with natural gas combined.
Serica Energy awarded UKCS licence
The award contains the HPHT North Eigg and South Eigg prospects. The primary prospect is North Eigg which is estimated to contain 360 billion ft3 (P50) and potentially over 1 trillion ft3 (P10) of recoverable gas.
TGS completes Multibeam and Coring programme in Campos and Santos Basins
The study, known as a SeepHunter campaign, includes the results of 342 conventional cores and 29 jumbo piston cores and heat probes.
Shearwater GeoServices awarded offshore India campaign by ONGC
The survey covers 1600 km2 of 3D and 800 km of 2D data in a deepwater area of the Bay of Bengal.
Odfjell Drilling awarded platform drilling contract by ConocoPhillips
The contract work includes drilling operations, work-over campaigns, P&A activities and all preventative and corrective maintenance of ConocoPhillips’ drilling facilities on three offshore platforms in the Greater Ekofisk Area.