Upstream project news

Wintershall Noordzee B.V. has started gas production from its second b2 production well at the Sillimanite field in the Netherlands.

The scope of work includes well hook-ups, associated pipelines, and tie-ins for several new gas wells that Tatweer Petroleum is planning to drill in the Bahrain field.

The project is in support of the country's ongoing licence round, expected to close in the first half of 2021.

PG Flow Solutions will deliver miscellaneous pumps to the platform topside, including a pressure equalising pump, freshwater pump, freshwater pressure pump, diesel transfer pump, and one hazardous open drain pump.

The backlog, which will likely increase in June, is equivalent to about two years of fraccing at the current pace, according to Rystad.

The West Newton project in East Yorkshire, UK, has been given an AA rating for carbon intensity for its potential upstream crude oil production.

The disconnectable turret was integrated into an FSO in Shenzhen, China, and was successfully connected to the existing Lufeng 13-2 Field Moorings in the South China Sea.

Strike Energy and Warrego Energy, the operators of the West Erregulla gas field in Western Australia, have entered a long-term contract with Ensign Energy Services for the provision of drilling services with the Ensign 970 drilling rig.

The Kharasaveyskoye field, in the Yamal peninsula, has estimated gas reserves of approximately 2 trillion m3.

The cut and recover operation was carried out for Wintershall Dea Norge.