Upstream project news

The Permian-based producer used Cold Bore Technology’s SmartPAD, which delivers real time, sensor-driven tracking of ultra high-resolution fraccing operations data with analytics.

Recent media reports have said that Senegal has been forced to delay its first oil and gas projects by up to two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

ERIELL reports on several records achieved in May at three of the company’s most complex projects.

The GNN discovery, which contains an estimated 260 million bbl of oil in place, is located in the Geisum and Tawila West concession.

Exploratory drilling has begun at the Shirotno-Rakushechnaya prospect structure, located to the north of the V.I. Grayfer field in the North Caspian Sea.

Spirit Energy has received permission to drill a wildcat well in production licence 780, about 5 km north of the Ivar Aasen field in the central part of the North Sea.

The projects in scope are Breidablikk and the Gas Import System for the Snorre Expansion Project, for which contracts have been awarded, and Askeladd Vest, for which a letter of intent has been issued.

Investment in a new £3.5 million engineering assembly and test centre continues with construction reaching a key phase following the completion of the structural steel framework.

A global decommissioning services consortium has substantially strengthened its capabilities with the addition of a specialist heavy lift vessel-owner operator.

High exploration and production costs in China are undoubtedly driving the companies to take preventive measures by slashing planned investments and cutting operational expenditures.