Upstream project news

The project in the Mexican sector of the Gulf of Mexico is scheduled to commence in 3Q20 and will take approximately 60 days.

Equinor has said the North Sea field is on course to reach plateau production for the first phase in early May, earlier than anticipated.

Whitebark Energy has terminated an agreement to acquire the residual 40% interest in the Wizard Lake oilfield in Canada.

Siccar Point and Shell UK had been planning to bring the project to a Final Investment Decision (FID) in 3Q20.

First gas has been achieved from a new well in the Chiswick field in the Southern North Sea, while first oil has been achieved from a new well in the Chestnut field.

The company is in discussions with Total regarding the notice.

The HullGuard system involves installing a tubular ‘periscope type’ anode with an integral dielectric shield, through an ODIN® type class approved access port fitted to the inside of the ship’s hull.

Incitec Pivot Ltd's 50/50 joint venture project with Central Petroleum concerning the coal seam gas acreage (ATP 2031) in Queensland’s Surat Basin has been temporarily paused.

Planned 2020 CAPEX on the company's UK producing assets is expected to be below US$45 million, reduced from the original forecast of US$65 million.

The ARO-2003 (SAR201) jack-up rig has been repaired and overhauled for ARO Drilling.