Upstream project news
TGS to start 3D project offshore Argentina in 3Q19
The survey will employ one Shearwater vessel and cover approximately 7300 km2 of the highly prospective Malvinas Basin, with operations set to commence in 4Q19 and run until 2Q20.
Churchill records successful drill-string severs in Middle East
The company's HyPR™ stuck pipe solution was used to cut drill-strings at four sites in the Middle East.
Polarcus to undertake 4D seismic project offshore West Africa
The project duration is approximately two months and is scheduled to commence in 4Q19.
Reveal Energy Services validates over 10 000 hydraulic fracturing stages in US and Canada
Achieving the 10 000 stages milestone fulfills the Equinor vision for Reveal Energy Services, an Equinor spin-out in 2016, to commercialise and further develop IMAGE Frac™ pressure-based fracture maps.
Wood Mackenzie: Orca-1 discovery could make Mauritania and Senegal major LNG hub
Orca-1 is the third-largest discovery made so far this year, and the largest deepwater find.
Spirit Energy raises production from Chiswick field
First gas from a new well at Spirit Energy’s Chiswick field in the Southern North Sea was achieved in July 2019 and has added up to an additional 25 million ft3/d of gas to the field.
Lundin Petroleum finalises plan to electrify Edvard Grieg platform
Lundin Norway is the operator of the Edvard Grieg platform with a 65% working interest and the partners are OMV Norge and Wintershall DEA with 20 and 15% working interests respectively.
Well-SENSE’s FLI technology completes first round of offshore deployments
Over the last six months, Well-SENSE has conducted multiple offshore FiberLine Intervention projects for a range of international supermajors and applications.
Tambak-2 well closed
During operations to recover a failed packer, the well started flowing natural gas to surface. For safety reasons, the well was immediately shut in.
Cairn completes first well in offshore Mexico drilling campaign
The exploration target of the Alom-1 well on Block 9 was to prove hydrocarbons in stacked Pleistocene targets. The objectives were found to be dry and the well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.