Upstream news

Industry body urges organisations to step forward with game changing technologies.

The operator has advised that the SM 71 F2 well had spudded and as at 9.45 pm on 3 December USA Central Standard Time current operations are drilling ahead at 564 ft (172 m) MD.

The Nord Stream gas pipeline has transmitted its 200 billionth cubic meter of gas from Russia to Germany via the Greifswald delivery point.

FES International has recently completed three successful initiatives in the Gulf of Mexico, including the supply of equipment to the Santa Cruz field, the Blind Faith 2 Project and to Technip for the Tahiti Vertical Extension (TVEX) project.

Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University (RGU) has launched a state-of-the-art decommissioning simulator to service the growing sector.

The announcement follows regulatory approval for Acteon to acquire Viking Seatech while selling Mirage Machines to Actuant, a US corporation.

Maersk Oil has announced that the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) has approved an investment of approximately 21 billion DKK in the full redevelopment of the Tyra gas field.

In the declaration sent to the regulatory agency, it was suggested that the new field should be named Mero, and the field’s total recoverable volume is estimated at 3.3 billion bbls of oil.

The findings of the 27th Oil and Gas survey, conducted by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, reveal that 49% of contractors surveyed are more optimistic about their activities in the current year, up from 38% since the spring survey.

The Icemann gangway system has reached a milestone 10 000 transfers since its arrival in Eastern Russia to transfer personnel working on offshore platforms under the Sakhalin-2 project.