Upstream project news
Equinor discontinues exploration drilling in Great Australian Bight
Equinor has concluded that the project’s potential is not commercially competitive.
SeaBird Exploration awarded OBN contract in Asia Pacific
The contract is expected to start in April 2020.
KENC completes FPSO engineering work for Jumbo
The scope of work entailed engineering and FEM calculations to prepare Jumbo’s ‘Fairplayer’ – a DP 2 heavy lift crane vessel – for an FPSO installation job offshore Brazil.
ADM increases stake in OML licence offshore Nigeria
ADM will acquire 25% of the interests, rights and obligations held by EER (Colubus) Nigeria in OML 113.
Skogul oilfield gets start-up approval
Operator Aker BP plans start-up of the Skogul oilfield in the North Sea in March 2020.
Saudi Aramco approves development of Jafurah gas field
The volume of gas resources in the field is estimated at 200 trillion ft3 of rich raw gas.
CannSeal technology unlocks additional reservoir
CannSeal’s technology repaired an unconventional cement packer design, thereby facilitating development of an additional reservoir.
Deep Down to undertake work at Shell's Whale Development in Gulf of Mexico
The order includes the design, engineering and manufacturing of a riser isolation valve control system as well as other subsea production equipment.
Energean announces positive results from Karish gas well
The KM-02 well flowed at a maximum rate of 120 million ft3/d of natural gas, limited only by the capacity of the surface equipment.
Sillimanite gas field comes onstream
Wintershall Noordzee B.V. (a joint venture of Wintershall Dea and Gazprom EP International) has started gas production from its operated Sillimanite field in the southern North Sea.