The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 7220/6-2, in the Neiden prospect, which contains 200 MMboe gross prospective resources. The drilling program for well 7220/6-2 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production license 609…
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)…
BP increased its interest in the US$12 billion West Nile Delta (WND) project in Egypt after partner DEA farmed down its stake. Map of Nile Delta. From DEA. According to DEA, the…
OneSubsea is getting a piece of BP’s West Nile Delta Taurus Libra development offshore Egypt by snagging a multi-million dollar subsea contract. Image from OneSubsea. The scope…
AGR has been awarded a well engineering and operational support services contract with DEA Norge. The contract covers support in well planning and operational execution and consultancy manpower to DEA’s drilling projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)…
The UK government is giving Dea UK and partner LetterOne three to six months for a further change of control for UK North Sea petroleum licenses or they will be revoked. RWE Breagh installation…
A DNV GL-led subsea production systems (SPS) joint industry project (JIP) involving 20 industry players has made a major step forward in addressing this global industry with the first issue of a recommended practice (RP). “The JIP group…
Well drilling and management specialists Acona UK have completed a two-well campaign for Perenco UK in the Southern North Sea. The seven-month campaign, using the Transocean GSF Monarch jackup, drilled a subsea well on the Leman field…
Statoil started the first stage of the Polarled installation project with the Solitaire pipelaying vessel connecting the pipeline in the Norwegian Sea to Nyhamma. Solitaire. From Allseas. The…
Statoil and its partners temporarily halted drilling on the Veslefrikkin field in the North Sea. The Veslefrikkin field. From Statoil. Veslefrikk lies in Norwegian North Sea block 30/3 in production license 052…
GDF Suez E&P UK made a new discovery at the Dalziel structure in the UK Central North Sea. The Transocean Galaxy II jackup. From Transocean. Well 22/16-6 flowed at rates in excess of 8000…
BP signed final agreements to develop the US$12 billion West Nile Delta (WND) gas fields, with production set at reaching up to 1.2 Bcf/d in Egypt. BP worker on a platform in the Gulf of Suez. From BP…
The southern North Sea Crosgan appraisal well is to be plugged and abandoned after encountering gas bearing sands. The Crosgan appraisal well 42/15b-3 was drilled in the Greater Breagh Area, in Quad 42. The well has reached a total depth…
Norway's Ministry of Petroleum has welcomed interest in its latest Awards in Pre-defined Areas licensing round, despite the expection that future discoveries in the area will be smaller than in the past. Stakes in some 54 new production…
RWE Dea Norge is to plug and abandon its wildcat well 35/9-12 S on the Atlas prospect in production license (PL) 420 in the North Sea after it was classified dry. The well was drilled about 20km southwest of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and about 80km southwest of Florø…
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