Upstream news

Rose Petroleum plc has announced that it has increased its land position in the Paradox Basin, Utah, USA.

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has provided the following update on its near-term drilling programme as advised by the operator, Quadrant Energy.

Faroe Petroleum has announced significant discoveries in both the Hades and Iris prospects in licence PL 644 B (Faroe 20%), located in the Norwegian Sea.

EM&I have announced that they will be hosting the 40th FPSO Research Forum JIP week in April, and for the first time in the UK.

Cyber security breaches in the Middle East are widespread and frequently undetected, with 30% of attacks targeting operational technology (OT), finds a new study by Siemens and Ponemon Institute.

Algeoland will deploy the Sercel equipment to conduct a major 3D seismic survey over a 2000 km² area of the Rhourde-Nouss desert region in north east Algeria, on behalf of the national oil company.

The contract is for the provision of drilling operations, maintenance services and engineering support for the Oseberg and Kvitebjørn fields.

The announcement also sees Vryhof businesses secure contracts in Cooper’s main target drilling area - offshore Victoria, Australia - for the first time.

Oxford Flow, the pressure control equipment specialist for water and gas distribution, oil and gas and industrial process applications, has raised £6.1 million in a funding round to support the company’s rapid growth, product optimisation and customer base expansion. 

Global oil and gas solutions provider Tendeka has appointed Paul Lynch as its new Advanced Completions Director to help drive the commercialisation of its wireless intelligent completions technology, PulseEight.