Upstream project news

Acoustic Data has been contracted to deploy its SonicGauge Wireless Monitoring System in a gas field project in North Africa.

The umbilical will be delivered in 2Q21 and will connect the Elgood subsea well to the Blythe platform.

The Noble Sam Croft has commenced operations at the Keskesi East-1 exploration well approximately 14 km (9 miles) southeast of Sapakara West-1.

Well 6406/12-G-1 H will be drilled about 36 km southwest of the Njord field.

The approval enables the commencement of the drilling of six firm development wells by Pharos Energy in 4Q21.

The review follows the suspension of major construction activities in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the company’s capital re-prioritisation following the global economic downturn.

Redtail-1 encountered approximately 232 ft (70 m) of high quality oil bearing sandstone and was drilled in 6164 ft (1878 m) of water.

AWE Perth Pty Ltd, under the Mitsui E&P Australia brand, proposes to construct and operate a conventional gas facility about 16 km south-east of the Dongara-Port Denison town sites.

Noble Drilling Norway AS has been awarded a contract by Equinor for drilling three wells at the Valemon field.

The joint initiative will provide global access to Schlumberger’s exploration and production (E&P) cloud-based environment and cognitive applications by leveraging IBM’s hybrid cloud technology, built on the Red Hat OpenShift container platform.