Upstream news

Low-cost tieback expected to add up to 75 000 bbl per day of oil production.

The extensive repairs at Melkøya have been completed, but the run-up of the plant takes somewhat longer than planned.

The campaign uses AUSEA technology developed by TotalEnergies, the French National Research Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University of Reims Champagne Ardenne.

The ten-year agreement aims to ensure predictability, which will be important to both parties in times of many great and important opportunities.

Neptune Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 153, has concluded the drilling of appraisal wells 35/9-16 S and 35/9-16 A on oil and gas discovery 35/9-3 (Hamlet).

The company has reached an agreement to sell its Romanian upstream affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania, to Romgaz for more than $1 billion, subject to government approvals.

Replan is Brazil's largest refinery in terms of processing capacity, with a load of 434,000 bpd. In addition to diesel fuel, it produces gasoline, jet fuel, asphalts, LPG, and propene, among other oil products.

Commercial discovery made by the Athena exploration well, Block 12, in the A, B and C sands.

The new agreement will give Petrobras geoscientists access to advanced technology innovations, including full-waveform inversion (FWI), significantly enhancing their imaging capabilities.

The outcomes would enhance the UK’s energy security and would ensure that emissions from North Sea oil and gas production remain world leading.