Upstream news

President of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Chairman of the Management Board of the National Company KazMunayGas Sauat Mynbayev signed a Principles Agreement on Zhenis license area, in Astana.

Mark McNeil Cassidy is a master mariner with 31 years’ seagoing experience, 24 years of which have been in the offshore oil and gas industry and five years in shore-based consultancy.

The Royal Family are amongst a range of north-east dignitaries and organisations who have given their blessing for the four new super-quays at Aberdeen’s £350 million South Harbour to be named after some of the most iconic castles in Scotland.

The Veristar AIM3D software will be used to plan interventions, provide onboard contractors with detailed work instructions and to evaluate asset conditions.

The firm currently owns and operates one plant in the Permian basin, with production capacity of approximately 3 million tpy of high-quality frac sand.

Shaun Reynolds has led the transaction services team for Deloitte’s Aberdeen office since setting it up in 2009. He specialises in advising clients in the UK’s oil and gas industry including the upstream, midstream and oilfield services sectors.

Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company has announced the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the TE-9 and TE-10 wells at the Company's Tendrara-Lakbir permit, onshore Morocco.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that it has spud its SD-4X appraisal well at South Disouq, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).

NXG Drilling Services has announced the appointment of a former Weatherford UK managing director to its senior management team

Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has won a fifth President’s Award in the RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2018 – building on 13 consecutive years of awards from this key industry organisation.