Upstream project news
Spirit Energy given drilling permit by NPD
The drilling programme for well 7321/8-2 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 719.
Union Jack Oil expects first oil from Wressle in 2H20
The Wressle oil discovery in Lincolnshire, UK, is expected to flow at a constrained rate of 500 bpd gross.
Rystad Energy: Covid-19 causes largest-ever horizontal rig count fall in US
The total horizontal oil rig count fell below 270 rigs last week, a 57% decline from the peak of 624 rigs seen in the middle of March 2020.
Mosman Oil and Gas enters farm-out agreement for Australia permit
The farm-out agreement with Georgina Energy is for the exploration permit 155 in the Amadeus Basin in Australia's Northern Territory.
PGS begins North Sea seismic survey
The project is taking place in the Viking Graben.
Serica Energy contracts Awilco rig for workover project
The WilPhoenix semi-submersible will be used for a one well workover on the Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea.
NPD grants Equinor drilling permit
Well 30/2-5 S will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.
Nova module lifted onto Gjøa platform
The world’s largest crane vessel, Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, safely transported the topside module onto the Neptune-operated Gjøa platform in a three-hour operation.
Eni and Springfield E&P instructed to combine Ghana offshore oilfields
The letter from Ghana's Energy Minister instructs the companies to begin talks to combine the Sankofa and Afina offshore fields.
Rystad Energy: US shut-ins double
US production of 616 000 bpd will be shut during May and 655 000 bpd during June as a result of the supply-demand imbalance that the Covid-19 pandemic has created, according to a Rystad Energy analysis.