Upstream project news
Zenith Energy relinquishes Azerbaijan work to SOCAR
The company will handover its Contract Rehabilitation Area (CRA) in Azerbaijan, currently producing 180 bpd, to SOCAR.
Somalia and Shell-Exxon JV agree roadmap for offshore development
The co-created roadmap will enable the conversion of prior agreed concessions into production sharing agreements under the provisions of the country's Petroleum Law.
Subsea 7 awarded contracts in Australia and US Gulf of Mexico
The company has been awarded contracts by ConocoPhillips Australia Barossa and Murphy Exploration and Production for work at the Barossa project and at the Samurai, Khaleesi, and Mormont developments respectively.
Frontera receives six-month extension on Peru onshore block
The execution of the contract extension will enable Frontera to undertake a workover and well service programme which is expected to return production levels at Block 192 near 8500 bpd in the coming weeks.
Maersk Drilling awarded one-well contract offshore Egypt
The contract has an estimated duration of 21 days and is expected to commence in March 2020, in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract.
Ampelmann assists SBM Offshore with hook-up and commissioning of Liza Destiny FPSO
An Ampelmann E-type system was mobilised on the Normand Installer vessel, to allow personnel to easily access the Liza Destiny FPSO.
Zenith Energy signs exclusivity agreement for Tunisia asset
The onshore acquisition currently produces at a rate of approximately 700 bpd, generating gross annual revenues of approximately US$15 million.
Independent Oil and Gas advancing mapping of Harvey-Redwell area
The Harvey and Redwell licences are in the UK Southern North Sea.
FID made on Van Gogh infill phase 2
The project, offshore Western Australia, will involve the drilling and completing of three new horizontal, dual-lateral production wells and subsea tieback into existing infrastructure.
EMGS receives Namibia survey award
An undisclosed customer will pre-fund a new multi-client CSEM data acquisition in the Walvis Basin using EMGS’s next generation DeepBlue.