Upstream project news

The Praline field is located in Mississippi Canyon Block 74.

Norske Shell, Equinor, Idemitsu Petroleum Norway, INEOS E&P Norway, Lundin, OMV (Norway) and Vår Energi have been offered stakes in four production licences.

Two new wells tied into the Na Kika platform are expected to boost gross platform production by an estimated 20 100 boe/d.

Through the agreement with Medra Arabia, OSSO will provide clients with direct access to its rental fleet of equipment, along with rig site support and heat transfer solutions.

CGG has been awarded a subsurface imaging contract in the Barents Sea by Lundin Energy Norway.

The work consists of pre-laying 24 torpedo anchors offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Mero 2 Project.

Of the total 448 km of flexible lines required for the Marlim and Voador field revitalisation project, 280 km were contracted with NOV and 168 km with Baker Hughes.

The programme includes approximately 6175 km2 of reprocessed 3D seismic data from the mature, hydrocarbon-producing areas of South Timbalier, Grand Isle and Ewing Bank.

The latest preliminary estimates from the King and Prince exploration wells show volumes between 60-135 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents.

Facilities to be installed include a five-mile offshore lateral pipeline build from the Shenandoah platform in the Gulf of Mexico to Discovery’s existing Keathley Canyon Connector pipeline, and additional onshore processing facilities to handle the expected natural gas production.