Upstream project news

Stephen B. Harrison, Nexant Energy & Chemicals Advisory, Germany, considers the COVID-crash’s potential implications for the Asia Pacific region.

Global discoveries of conventional resource volumes reached just 4.9 billion boe in the first half of 2020, Rystad Energy estimates – the weakest-performing first half of the 21st century.

The two companies have confirmed their willingness to continue the acceleration of the Berkine Nord gas project, which entered into production last February.

Offshore installation activities are scheduled for 2020.

The exploration well drilled by Eni is located in the North El Hammad licence in the Nile Delta.

Fugro’s scope of work includes inspection of subsea infrastructure including pipelines and umbilicals, spools and communication cables, and standard structural surveys of the Neptune-operated Cygnus gas platform jackets.

The Topaz Driller has been contracted to perform drilling services offshore Montenegro for 180 days.

CGG GeoSoftware has collaborated with Alibaba Cloud to deploy its suite of proprietary geoscience software solutions on the Alibaba Cloud platform.

The company will carry out the Brazil Nebula survey extension for CGG and a 3D scope for Oil India lasting 1.5 months, starting in 3Q20.

The Torngat survey covers approximately 3300 km2 and sits within Labrador Sea’s southern sedimentary basins, where frontier exploration has already successfully identified hydrocarbons.