Upstream news
Neptune Energy completes final well campaign on Fenja field
This marks an important milestone in the development of Fenja, which is scheduled to come on stream in the first quarter of 2023 and will produce approximately 28 000 boepd at plateau.
Sparrows Group awarded £50 million crane management contract with major UKCS operator
The five-year agreement, which also has two, two-year extension options, will see Sparrows deliver crane operations and maintenance services across 10 of the operator’s assets in the region.
Strohm wins Pipeline Industries Guild award for its subsea technology
Strohm accepted the Subsea Pipeline Technology Award after impressing the judges with its TCP solution and new innovative fully bonded weight coating designed to keep the pipe steady during the laying process and provide stability on the seabed thereafter.
Zenith to reactivate Sant'Andrea concession in Italy
The company plans to reactivate the S. Antonio-1 well, with an expected initial production rate of 1300 cubic metres of natural gas per day.
Oil India selects Juniper Networks to accelerate India’s journey toward achieving energy independence
To protect Oil India’s data centres, Juniper’s SRX4200 Service Gateways, Security Director, and Junos Space Network Director were selected to configure and manage application security, intelligence and policies across its networks.
Tracerco to deliver its leading technology on the Belbazem offshore block
Tracerco’s Profiler is set to be installed by September this year into the slug catcher vessel, which provides a buffer volume to accommodate the intermittent high liquid flow in the form of a slug.
EnerMech secures over US$128 million in new contract wins in Africa, Middle East, and Caspian
The success follows a programme of strategic growth activities including a new equipment investment of approx. US$10 million, signing a number of in-country joint ventures and partnerships, and a major recruitment drive expanding the EnerMech team of local hires across these geographies by a projected 63%.
World-first for AIS Survivex following major investment in new state-of-the-art lifeboat simulators
As well as being used for follow-on OPITO assessments and Lifeboat Coxswain Further Training, the simulators will help improve competency, enhance the learner experience and raise lifeboat safety standards.
Gas leaks on Sleipner field stopped – parts of the field are shut down
A gas leak in a contained area related to a turbine on Sleipner A was reported in the morning of 11 July. The incident was quickly clarified. During the process of resuming production and depressurisation, an additional gas leak occurred on the Sleipner R riser platform late Monday night.
CGG releases new GeoWells database for Brazil
A new feature used in the creation of GeoWells Brazil is an innovative core image interpretation workflow. This harnesses machine learning technology to predict core and thin section descriptions over hundreds of wells, and tens of thousands of images.