Upstream news

The company has reported that the TLP-103C well at its Tilapia licence in the Republic of the Congo has intersected the targeted Djeno horizon and that hydrocarbons were encountered.

Rystad Energy analyst Paola Rodriguez-Masiu comments on the sanctions announced by the US against Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA

"At 250 million boe, CNOOC Ltd’s Glengorm is the largest gas discovery in the UK since Culzean in 2008,” Kevin Swann, a senior analyst with Wood Mackenzie’s North Sea upstream team, said after CNOOC and its partner Total announced the discovery.

Bedrock Automation has announced that Temblor Petroleum is implementing Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA) for a cloud-based wellhead control and data-sharing application.

The contract covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment including umbilicals, rigid flowlines, flexible jumpers and subsea production systems.

Baker Hughes, a GE Company has announced an agreement with Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) to co-develop VitalyX, a real time lubricant monitoring system.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-31 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Under the terms of the agreement, DSM will provide mooring and related equipment to several of Diamond’s rigs.

The well will be drilled immediately after the nearby Dorado-2 appraisal well is completed.

The company has announced that BP will continue to use their services on the UK continental shelf.