Upstream project news

The project offshore Mauritania will the first where Maersk Decom will provide an end-to-end plugging and abandonment solution under one single contract.

Ecopetrol drilled 20 wells in 2019, with a 40% success rate.

The additional oil production was delivered through infill drilling projects carried out as part of an aggressive production enhancement programme.

The contract, worth in excess of £100 million pounds, will see ASCO continue to provide a fully managed and integrated, logistics, materials management, waste and marine gas oil supply service.

Global contractor Dolphin Drilling has announced it has secured a one well plus one optional well with Wellesley Petroleum AS for a programme of drilling work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The company is to acquire a 12.5% interest in Block 2B located in the Orange Basin.

Wintershall Dea Norge AS is in the process of concluding the drilling of appraisal well 6604/5-2 S, located about 113 km southwest of the Aasta Hansteen field.

The company is seeking to commence drilling operations in the Tilapia oilfield during April 2020.

The overall site, which is being developed by Saudi Aramco, is expected to be the largest maritime industries complex in the Kingdom and the Middle East region in terms of production, capacity and scale.

The contracts are for the fabrication of some units of topside modules for a FPSO vessel, pipe racks and skids.