Upstream project news
Airborne Oil & Gas awarded TCP contract with Addax in West Africa
The Netherlands headquartered business will supply two, 180-m-long TCP Jumpers to support the Sinopec subsidiary’s operations in the Okwori field, off the coast of Nigeria.
Woodside Energy awards Halliburton drilling and completion contracts for Senegal deepwater project
Initial engineering work will begin in Perth, Australia, later this year, and then will transfer to Dakar, Senegal in 2020.
Wintershall commences production drilling on the Dvalin Field in Norway
The Dvalin gas field is being developed as a subsea field tied back to Heidrun, which lies some 15 km to the northwest.
Tullow Oil makes oil discovery at Jethro-1, offshore Guyana
The well encountered 55 m of net oil pay which supports a recoverable oil resource estimate which exceeds Tullow’s pre-drill forecast.
Europa Oil & Gas offshore Ireland licence extended by 12 months
The extension is for the FEL 2/13, which is located on the west flank of the South Porcupine basin offshore Ireland and includes the Kiely prospects and the Doyle Cretaceous channel complex.
COOEC Offshore and Expro form riserless well intervention partnership
Under the partnership, COOEC Offshore and Expro will deliver a new intervention riser system to market in 2020.
Peterson expands partnership with Chrysaor with new contract extension
Peterson will support Chrysaor across all its North Sea assets.
Providence Resources awarded site survey permit offshore Ireland
The Barryroe oil accumulation lies in approximately 100 m water depth in the North Celtic Sea Basin and is located approximately 50 km off the south coast of Ireland.
BHP gives green light for Ruby project in Trinidad and Tobago
The project has estimated recoverable 2C resources of 13.2 million bbl of oil (100% basis) and 274 billion ft3 of natural gas (100% basis).
Ralph E. Davis Associates: Greater transparency would benefit users of type curves
Steve Hendrickson, President of Ralph E. Davis, discusses the need for greater disclosure in the oil and gas industry regarding how 'type well profiles' (or TWPs) are prepared.