Upstream project news
Reliance and BP start up second deepwater gas field offshore east India
The Satellite Cluster field will produce gas from four reservoirs utilising a total of five wells and is expected to reach gas production of up to 6 million m3/d.
Gas production begins from Merakes development
The five deepwater subsea wells in the project, offshore Indonesia, will have a production capacity of 450 million ft3/d.
Lundin Energy sells "world’s first ever certified carbon neutrally produced oil"
In order to supply a fully carbon neutral barrel to Saras, residual emissions of 2302 t CO2 were compensated through a carbon capture project, certified by the Verified Carbon Standard.
Schlumberger sees international oil activity ramping up through 2021
Schlumberger, which has been selling assets in North America, said it is benefitting from an inflection in global drilling activity which has picked up as oil prices climbed to US$65.45.
Askeladd Vest development gets go-ahead
As part of the multi-phased Snøhvit development, Askeladd Vest, in the southern Barents Sea, will extend plateau production at the Hammerfest LNG plant by two years.
Shelf Drilling awarded three-year contract with ONGC
The contract is for operations in the Mumbai High, offshore India.
CGX and Frontera Energy contract Maersk rig for Guyana exploration campaign
The contract contains one firm-well in the Corentyne Block and one optional well for the Demerara Block.
Final phase of Duva development project commences
Drilling has begun on four production wells on the Duva field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Petronas awards Vestigo South East Collins Cluster production sharing contract
The South East Collins Cluster, located in water depths of 42 to 45 m 70 km north east of Labuan Island offshore Malaysia, comprises two fields.
FourPhase delivers production optimisation project in Danish Continental Shelf
The two-month project saw FourPhase’s DualFlow desander system deliver an initial diagnostic intervention to identify and confirm the source of sand from wells on the platform.