Upstream project news

Aker BP has awarded Sulzer a contract to retrofit a water injection pump on the FPSO Alvheim.

Trident Energy is set to drill three wells in Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea in 2021, with an estimated start date in April.

The hardware is destined for the first-ever 20 000 psi-rated field to be developed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The new discovery at the Meleiha Concession adds 10 000 bpd to Eni's gross production in the Western Desert of Egypt.

The first cargo of crude oil from the Oryx Concession in Chad arrived in Taiwan at the Dalin Refinery earlier this month.

Woodside Energy has purchased Cairn's interest in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture.

Equinor and its licence partners are aiming to increase the recovery factor from the North Sea Statfjord Øst field from 56% to 62%.

Perseverance #1 is targeting P50 prospective oil resources of 0.77 billion bbl, with an upside of 1.44 billion bbl.

Barra Energia is leaving the joint venture in which it had a 50% stake.

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 75 million and 200 million bbl of recoverable oil equivalent.