Upstream project news
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.
Gas discovery made offshore Mauritania
Located approximately 125 km offshore Mauritania, the Orca-1 well exceeded pre-drill expectations encountering 36 m of net gas pay.
Exploration well spudded offshore China
The WZ 6-12 M1 exploration well is located in between the Weizhou 6-12 North and South Fields and is targeting the T40 - T42 stacked reservoirs.
Polarcus secures marine seismic acquistion project In Australia
The project will last approximately 1 month and commence in 1Q20.
OMV Norge AS completing drilling of appraisal well near Morvin field
Prior to the drilling of well 6506/11-11 S, the operator’s resource estimate for the discovery was between 3 and 21 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalents.
Gulf Marine Services announces contract award
GMS's customer is an international EPC contractor, for which GMS will provide support for offshore activities on behalf of a Middle East national oil company.
McDermott awarded fabrication subcontract for Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project
The scope of work for fabrication of the SPS includes: project management; fabrication engineering; procurement; pre-assembly; fabrication; acceptance tests; and system-integration tests.