Upstream project news

The project will be implemented in the Bir Seba and Mouiat Outlad Messaoud oilfields for Groupement Bir Seba.

The company has completed the Pan Malaysia Transportation and Installation Projects for Sarawak Shell Berhad and SapuraOMV.

The survey is located south of the high-profile discoveries in the Santos Basin and the recent sought-after blocks offered in Rounds 15 and 16.

The charter is with an unnamed, 'leading' E&P company and will entail the servicing of platforms in the Gulf of Thailand.

The company is to increase its interest in the Wressle development in Lincolnshire, UK, to 40%.

Apache’s adoption of the Arup Inspect MInteg inspection service on the Beryl Alpha platform has reduced offshore inspection hours of the topside structure whilst enhancing the quality and availability of inspection data.

The regulation provides that exploratory drilling projects in a specific area of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador offshore are excluded from the requirement to undergo a project-specific federal Impact Assessment.

Although a FID for the project is on hold, Aker Energy has said it is working actively to confirm the feasibility of a phased field development by executing conceptual studies.

Lukoil has cut its CAPEX guidance for this year to 450 – 500 billion roubles from 550 billion roubles (US$8 billion).

The additional work will commence directly after the conclusion of a previously announced contract, and will last approximately two weeks.