Upstream news

SDX Energy Inc has announced that the KSR-16 well on the Sebou permit in Morocco has been completed and tested at a restricted average flow rate of conventional natural gas into the sales line of 8.43 million sft3/d.

Chris Ong Leng Yeow, Chief Executive Officer of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has joined the Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director effective 5 January 2018.

Keppel FELS Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has delivered the jackup rig, SAGA, to Borr Drilling Limited safely, on time and on budget.

The award covers project management, engineering, procurement of anchors for risers and umbilicals and offshore installation activities.

The In-line Compensator has been deployed and operated from a deepwater drill ship in 3500 ft of water.

On 4 January, the Trump administration proposed to make nearly all offshore areas in the United States available for oil and gas exploration drilling.

The business intelligence group’s report reveals a 10 yr low in oil discoveries in Norway and anticipates a shift in focus in the UK to gas in 2018.

Joint venture (JV) project in the southern Delaware Basin expected to be completed by late March 2018.

The KSR-16 well has been connected to the sales line and flow testing is expected to commence early next week. The Company will update the market on the results in due course.

Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 029 C, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 15/6-14 S.