Upstream project news

Located approximately 275 km off the coast of Louisiana, the North Platte field development includes a semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) in water over 1300 m deep.

The company is prioritising securing a partner to drill its flagship prospect in Ireland, the Inishkea prospect which lies on Frontier Exploration Licence 4/19 in the Slyne Basin.

Due to the amount of interest, and requests from some companies to extend the deadline, the Ministry’s Environmental Tender Audit Committee has announced an extension to the deadline to submit documentation to 27 January 2020.

ASH-2 which was drilled to a total depth of 4030 m in the Alem El Buieb (AEB) Formation onshore Egypt, has been completed to allow selective production from both an upper and lower reservoir interval.

SNC-Lavalin will provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for the second phase of the Haliba field, located in Al Dhafra Petroleum’s concession area.

The DTM-5H well marks the completion of the first of two new well clusters on the Tortue field, offshore Senegal and Mauritania, which will be tied back to the FPSO BW Adolo and boost oil output.

Cairn Energy has provided an update on its operations in the North Sea, West Africa and Latin America.

Wood will continue to work with Saudi Aramco to develop engineering design and implementation strategies to produce and deliver gas from shale and tight gas reservoirs.

The contract award is part of a total of £4 million in new business for the oil and gas consultancy.

The two rigs will be built collaboratively between IMI and Lamprell, with Lamprell’s share of project value amounting to circa US$350 million.