Upstream project news

LUBNOR is the fourth asset to have the purchase and sale agreement signed as part of the commitment signed by Petrobras with CADE in June 2019 to open the refining market in Brazil.

Five wells will be drilled initially, and an export pipeline will connect the platform to Prelude, which is around 160 km to the south-west of Crux. Construction will start in 2022 and first gas is expected in 2027.

The GTA gas field, which is set to produce around 2.5 million t of LNG per year, is located offshore on the border between Mauritania and Senegal.

The study, supported by the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen, will cover the initial phase of a staged process to determine how retrofitted wells can reduce the carbon footprint of an operating platform.

Welltec is now the largest shareholder of Isealate, and will be exclusive global partner to the innovative company based in Stavanger, Norway, providing patented patch-thru-patch technology.

Equinor has now transferred its participating interests in four Russian joint ventures to Rosneft and is released from all future commitments and obligations.

Equinor and Halten East partners Vår Energi, Spirit Energy and Petoro have decided to invest about NOK 9 billion in the development of the area neighbouring to the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.

CGG’s Sensing & Monitoring division acquired the company as it specialises in high-value services and products for geotechnical risk management and infrastructure monitoring.

Low-cost tieback expected to add up to 75 000 bbl per day of oil production.

The extensive repairs at Melkøya have been completed, but the run-up of the plant takes somewhat longer than planned.