Upstream project news
PGNiG preparing to drill first well in UAE
The company is making design and location arrangements for the first exploration well, which will ascertain the production potential of the licence in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate where PGNiG operates.
Eriell Group and JSC Uzbekneftegas bring new gas wells online
Eriell Group and Uzbekneftegaz JSC have put into commercial operation seven new gas wells in the Kashkadarya and Bukhara regions, as well as in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
OKEA awards rig frame contract to COSL Drilling Europe
COSL will be the exclusive provider of semi-submersible drilling rigs for OKEA’s Norwegian Continental Shelf operations.
Production begins at Zinia Phase 2 project offshore Angola
Located in water depths from 600 to 1200 m and about 150 km from the Angolan coast, Zinia Phase 2 resources are estimated at 65 million barrels of oil.
APICORP: MENA energy investments to exceed US$805 billion over next five years
Committed gas investments in MENA for the period 2021-2025 are expected to total US$75 billion – US$9.5 billion less than the previous outlook.
FutureOn awarded digital twin contract from Aker BP
Aker BP will adopt FutureOn’s digital twin software to digitise their workflows.
NEO Energy publishes Low Carbon Transition Plan
NEO will seek to reduce the carbon intensity per barrel of oil equivalent produced by its portfolio by 50% by 2030.
BHP begins producing oil from Trinidad and Tobago project
At completion, Ruby is expected to have the capacity to produce up to 16 000 gross bpd of oil and 80 million gross standard ft3/d of natural gas.
Petrobras to contract new FPSO for Búzios field
The platform will be the ninth unit to operate in the field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt.
SDX Energy begins Morocco drilling campaign
The first phase of the company's Morocco drilling campaign will consist of three appraisal/development wells, targeting an estimated total of 1.3 billion ft3 of P90/1.8 billion ft3 of P50, gross unrisked prospective recoverable resources in the Gharb Basin.