Upstream news

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a gas discovery has been made at its SD-4X well in the South Disouq Concession, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).

Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish based Oil & Gas Exploration Company, has provided an update on Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 6/14 that contains the Newgrange Prospect.

EM&I - the international asset integrity specialists - have just achieved ‘top marks’ (10/10) from a major client in an FPAL (client assessment) report for their annual Piping& Pressure Vessel inspections on an FPSO offshore Malaysia.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited (KOGL), has applied to West Sussex County Council (WSCC) to extend the Broadford Bridge-1/1z (BB-1/1z) planning permission for a further 18 months to 31 March 2020. BB-1/1z is located in the 300 km² PEDL234 licence, in which the Company has a 100% interest via its ownership of KOGL.

Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company, has confirmed that it has now finalised the specific location of its approaching TE-9 exploration well which will target the A1 prospect in the Company's Tendrara-Lakbir permit, Eastern Morocco.

The study was supported by geoscientists from CNOOC (Shenzhen branch) who shared the comprehensive viewpoints of their previous study in this area.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has announced that it has received an order from Submarine Manufacturing and Products, Ltd. (SMP) to supply a submarine rescue vehicle (SRV), a work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), and associated launch and recovery systems.

Broad-spectrum airborne EM data acquired for first time at 7.5 Hz base frequency.

Aaron Sinnott joins the company from Weatherford with 25 years of experience in tubular running services and well integrity ranging from field operations to global oversight.

Equinor is awarding new service contracts to Baker Hughes Norge, Halliburton AS and Schlumberger Norge AS for integrated drilling and well services on most of the Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf.