Upstream news
APA waive need for additional environmental impact studies for Alentejo offshore test well
Portugal’s Environment Agency, APA, confirms that the environmental studies and risk assessments already carried out on the Santola-1X project are exhaustive and has not identified significant negative environmental impacts.
Tap Oil spuds Manora-8 well
Tap Oil Limited (Tap Oil) advises that the Manora-8 well was spud at 23:00 on 20 May 2018.
InterMoor completes work for Benchamas FSO replacement.
Previously, the Benchamas Explorer FSO, owned and operated by Chevron, was installed in 1999 in Block B8/32 in the Gulf of Thailand.
GEODynamics introduces professional grade perforating systems
The new patent-pending system combines professional grade gun loading and assembly features with FracIQ™ Limited Entry Perforating shaped charges.
The EIC organises largest-ever UK energy industry inward delegation to Vietnam
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, PetroVietnam and Vietnam Electricity take part in inaugural EIC Connect Energy Vietnam conference and exhibition.
Sembcorp Marine completes integrated fixed platform topsides for HPHT Culzean gas field
The topsides comply fully with UK safety regulations for harsh-environment operations in the Culzean field, which TOTAL operates and co-owns with joint-venture partners BP and JX Nippon.
Real Energy encounters gas pays at Tamarama-3
Tamarama-3 now cased and suspended for fracture stimulation and flow testing.
88 Energy Limited: operations update
88 Energy Limited has provided the following update for its projects located on the North Slope of Alaska.
Kosmos Energy provides Suriname activity update
Kosmos holds rights in the Block 45 and Block 42 contract areas under production sharing contracts with the Government of Suriname’s Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.
EM&I introduces '20 year plan' for hull inspections
Most floating offshore assets have to have periodic surveys every 2.5 & 5 years to satisfy class society requirements.