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The drilling programme for well 25/2-20 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 442. Aker BP ASA is the operator with an ownership interest of 90.26%.

Oil and gas infrastructure is quickly becoming a principal target for terrorists, hostile state and non-state actors, and criminal enterprises, according to the organisation.

GM Flow Measurement Services' technology is based around two metering products which have a smaller footprint, so they can save on space on the well site as well as eliminating the need for manual intervention and costly production shut-downs.

The discovery was made in exploration well Snadd Outer Outer/Black Vulture in production licence 159B in the Norwegian Sea.

DeltaTek’s SeaCure service provides stabbed-in, inner string cementing for subsea wells.

The well began producing oil immediately and has been in the process of unloading the frac fluid while continuing to produce oil.

The Mærsk Innovator is now firmly contracted to continue drilling infill wells at the Buzzard field on the UK Continental Shelf until February 2020.

A net 65 m hydrocarbon saturated interval has been encountered from within the Kirkham Abbey formation indicating a substantial hydrocarbon accumulation, including a significant liquids component.

Equinor’s six-figure sponsorship agreement includes supporting the current Code Factory programme, which aims to engage young people in coding, programming and virtual reality and support building these critical skills early.

The non-core assets have been divested to Sequitur Permian for net cash proceeds of US$245 million.