Upstream project news
Pharos Energy completes seismic programme offshore Vietnam
Seismic processing tenders have been issued and, following review, a contract will be awarded shortly.
Offshore Malaysia field brought online
The East Cendor field in Block PM304, operated by Petrofac and located 140 km offshore Peninsular Malaysia, achieved its first oil production on 23 June 2021.
Xodus assessing feasibility of electrification of Harbour Energy’s Central North Sea assets
The Oil & Gas Authority’s UKCS Energy Integration Report last year calculated that electrification could abate UKCS oil and gas operational emissions by 2 – 3 Mt CO2 per year by 2030.
TotalEnergies and Apache make further discovery offshore Suriname
Sapakara South in Block 58 encountered 30 m of net pay of oil, in a good quality Campano-Maastrichtian reservoir.
Equinor and TotalEnergies complete divestment of onshore Venezuela asset
Equinor and TotalEnergies have transferred their interests in the Petrocedeño project to PdVSA.
Green light given for start-up of Duva field
Operator Neptune Energy estimates the reserves at the Duva field in the Norwegian North Sea to be approximately 11 million m3 of oil equivalent.
Production operations resume at Hurricane Energy's Lancaster field
Production operations have resumed following the Aoka Mizu FPSO's scheduled annual maintenance shutdown.
ExxonMobil makes discovery offshore Guyana
The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 ft (75 m) of net pay in high-quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs.
SBM Offshore contracts FPSO to Petrobras for Búzios deployment
FPSO Almirante Tamandaré will be deployed at the Búzios field in the Santos Basin, approximately 180 km offshore Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Proserv lands manufacturing order from Basra Oil Co.
Proserv will manufacture and deliver 22 wellhead controls panels for use on the Majnoon oilfield in Iraq.