Upstream project news

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.

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.

The contract is for operations in the Mumbai High, offshore India.

The contract contains one firm-well in the Corentyne Block and one optional well for the Demerara Block.

Drilling has begun on four production wells on the Duva field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

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.

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.

In direct continuation of the Maersk Integrator rig’s work scope, the rig will drill an exploration well for Aker BP offshore Norway.

Recoverable resources are so far estimated at between 3 and 4.2 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent, corresponding to 19 – 26 million boe.

Fugro is supporting Jumbo in the installation of 35 subsea torpedo piles and 24 mooring lines down to water depths of 1980 m.