Upstream news

McDermott International, Inc. have announced a sizeable contract award by PEMEX Exploración y Producción for subsea pipeline flowline installation in support of its Ayatsil field, located 50 miles northwest of Ciudad del Carmen in the Bay of Campeche offshore Mexico.

Rival Downhole Tools (Rival), the leading provider of best-in-class drilling and thru tubing motors and tools to the upstream oil and gas industry, and Ashmin Holdings (Ashmin), announced today the issuance of two patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has provided the following update on the drilling of the Dorado-1 well.

Subsea Engineering Associates Pty Ltd (SEA) has been awarded the contract for Define Phase engineering services for the Scarborough Development Export Trunkline from Woodside Energy Limited. This will enable SEA to utilise the award-winning ICE Platform, and enable rapid delivery of engineering and a mature digital basis of design to be carried into FEED.

A total of 48 bearings and bushings were supplied in 2014 for installation to the chain stoppers of Monobuoy’s innovative 400 t turntable Calm Buoys.

The Grand Cane, Louisiana, logistic hub boasts 24/7 operations, easy access to highways and more than 10 000 t of on-site storage, with room to expand in the future.

The deal, one of the largest acquisitions in BP’s history, gives the company secure access to new projects that can contribute on a large scale to growing its production.

Amerisur Resources Plc, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, has announced that it has signed a farm in agreement (FIA) with Gulfsands Petroleum Plc (Gulfsands) for the acquisition, subject to Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) approval, of 100% Operated working interest in the Putumayo 14 (Put-14) block in Colombia.

PAO NOVATEK announced that its subsidiary OOO Arctic LNG 3 commenced drilling of the first well at the North-Obskiy license area located in the shallow waters of the Ob Bay. The initial well is drilled using a jack-up floating drilling rig “Amazon” leased from “Gazprom flot”. The drilling process is based on zero discharge principle, whereby all of the waste products are collected and transported 125 km to Sabetta onshore base.

Total has started up production of Kaombo, currently the biggest deep offshore development in Angola, located on Block 32, 260 km off the coast of Luanda.