Upstream news

Cabot Energy announces that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which was submitted to the Italian Ministry of the Environment for the drilling of an exploration well on the Vesta prospect, offshore Sicily, has been approved by the Italian regulatory authorities.

BNK Petroleum Inc. has announced that the Glenn 16-2H well (100% working interest) averaged over 630 boepd, of which 540 bbls are oil, for the last 30 days.

Jersey Oil & Gas, an independent upstream oil and gas company ?focused on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) region of the North Sea, has announced that the co-venturers in respect of UKCS Licence P.2170 (Blocks 20/5b & 21/1d) (P.2170).

SKF’s cloud-based analytics will help BP maximise the use of condition monitoring data to improve plant reliability.

Comet Ridge Limited has advised that preparations for the drilling of the Albany 1 deep sandstone appraisal well in the Galilee Basin have been completed with all major services contracts in place.

Ely and Associates Corp has formed a mutually beneficial Joint Venture with Mosaic Petroleum Analytics LLC.

The International Well Control Forum (IWCF) will issue all certificates online, creating significant savings for training providers and greater overall assurance in the oil and gas industry.

Stewart Maxwell, Aquaterra Energy, UK, discusses how the fabrication and installation of conductor supported platforms is tackling new depths to improve existing field infrastructure in West Africa.

Jon Robertson, managing director of Saab Seaeye, the world’s largest electric underwater robotic systems manufacturer, shares an inside view of new ways to create robotics for task resolution.

Under this partnership, Total geoscientists will work side-by-side with Google Cloud’s machine learning experts within the same project team based in Google Cloud’s Advanced Solutions Lab in California.