Upstream project news

The operator's preliminary estimate of the size of discovery 6506/11-10 (Hades) is between 2 and 7 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalents.

A period of ESP testing has seen production increase from c.15 000 bpd to c.17 000 bpd.

ADNOC has agreed to the transfer of rights in its Lower Zakum and Umm Shaif and Nasr offshore concessions from the China National Petroleum Corporation to China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s subsidiary CNOOC Limited.

Drilling at Ken Bau-2X, located in Block 114, Song Hong Basin, offshore Vietnam, has confirmed a significant hydrocarbon accumulation on the Ken Bau discovery.

The renegotiated terms are due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty to address the previous conditions initially defined, according to Petrobras.

The three new FPSO units are part of an asset development plan for the Búzios field which envisages a total of 12 units installed by the end of the decade.

Lukoil has purchased Cairn Energy's 40% interest in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) Contract Area project.

ION will integrate and reimage approximately 24 000 km2 of MPME-held 3D data and can expand the scope to include 15 000 km of 2D data pending industry support.

The maintenance work started on 23 June and ended 20 July, two days ahead of schedule.

Gjøa P1 is on track to achieve first oil two months ahead of the original plan.