Upstream project news

York started production in 2013 and was planned to produce until 2020, but production has been extended until 2023/24.

Gas is being delivered to eastern Australia with the commissioning of the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture’s West Barracouta project.

Advance Energy now has a 50% interest in the Buffalo project offshore East Timor, with drilling expected to begin in late 2021.

The contract will see Ramco supply its latest generation pipe care unit, PCU4.

Drilling has begun at Neptune Energy's operated Adorf Z16 gas development well in the municipality of Hoogstede, north western Germany.

Worley will provide engineering and design services for the integration and subsea tieback of the Ballymore oil and gas field, operated by Chevron.

Leading the group is unmanned aviation business Flylogix, who alongside US gas sensor technology company SeekOps and supported by OGTC, are operationalising the accurate measurement of methane emissions in the offshore environment.

The drillship Maersk Viking will be employed to drill an ultra-deepwater exploration well in Block F13 offshore Gabon.

For the first time in Europe, Focused Magnetic Resonance (FMR) technology, developed by Weatherford International was used in undertaking the comprehensive study of the reservoir.

The agreement, which officially commenced on 1 April, appoints Welltec as the sole provider of downhole conveyance and powered mechanical services to Petronas in both East and West regions of Malaysia.