AGR released new functionality for its bespoke well data software, iQx that will improve the analysis of spatial well data by using data collected from more than 6000 wells drilled on the Norwegian continental shelf. The new GEO module is aimed at geologists and petroleum engineers…
Lundin's Morkel exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea has made a small but uncommercial discovery. The well, 33/2-2 S in production licence 579, was drilled about 40km northwest of the Snorre field, 180km west of Florø…
Lundin’s first development project offshore Malaysia, the Bertam field, is now onstream, with plans to continue with production from remaining wells throughout 2015. Malaysia drilling operations…
Wintershall, a 100%-BASF subsidiary, plans to optimize its portfolio by selling to Tellus Petroleum its interest in assets in four non-operated fields in a US$602 million deal. The fields include Knarr (where Wintershall owns a 20% interest)…
Russian licensing authority Rosnedra awarded Lundin Petroleum a production license for the Morskaya field in the northern Caspian Sea. The production license, in the Lagansky Block, will be valid until 2035 and covers about 50sq km. The Morskaya field…
Det norske installed the 8900-tonne steel jacket for its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen steel jacket. Images from Det norske. The Saipem-built jacket was lifted in place down to the seabed at 112m water depth…
Det norske oljeselskap received a green light for drilling an appraisal well on the Ivar Aasen field, from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Ivar Aasen. From Det norske. Drilling at well 16/1-22 A…
Sweden-based oil and gas exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum recruited former Talisman Energy VP Nick Walker as senior vice president development and operations. Walker will join North Sea and Malaysia focused Lundin with…
The 22,000-tonne topside for the new offshore platform for the Lundin Norway-operated Edvard Grieg field is ready for delivery, in line with the contract awarded three years ago. Image of the Edvard Grieg project…
Lime Petroleum Norway is acquiring 30% interest in PL544 located in North Sea from Lundin Norway. Map of Fosen. From Lundin Norway. The license is located south of the Edvard…
In the second installment of a two part series, Elaine Maslin takes a look at what all the clamor about standardization is, what the industry is planning to do about it and what the results have been to date. Image from DNV GL…
Addressing wellhead fatigue issues and proving sufficient margin for drilling operations has been a growing challenge for the oil and gas industry over the last decade. Wellhead fatigue can have significant technical, financial and safety implications for the system…
In the first installment of a two part series, Elaine Maslin takes a look at what all the clamor is about on standardization, what the industry is planning to do about it and what the results have been to date. Image from Statoil…
Statoil, Eni Norge, Lundin Norway, OMV and GDF SUEZ will team up to collaborate on solving operational tasks tied to exploration in the Barents Sea. Image from Statoil. The project…
Lundin Petroleum began drilling the 16/1-24 exploration well at the Gemini prospect, just southwest of the Edvard Grieg field. The Island Innovator, from Island Drilling. The well is located in Block 16/1…
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