
United Oil & Gas PLC: update on Colter Appraisal Well
The well, on P1918 in the Wessex Basin, remains on track to be drilled in Q4 2018.
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The well, on P1918 in the Wessex Basin, remains on track to be drilled in Q4 2018.

The production start-up of the Umm Lulu and SARB (Satah Al Razboot) fields shows an initial capacity of 50 000 bpd.

The two-well contract is expected to commence in late 2018.

Equinor has entered into time charter contracts for two newbuilt shuttle tankers with the shipowner Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (Knutsen).

The company has also announced a successful exploration well at Ewing Bank 910 field.

The company has announced the receipt of the Presidential Decree approving the successful execution of an Amendment to the Etame Marin Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in Gabon between the Government of Gabon and the Etame Participating Interest owners.

The company has outlined its plans to grow production to more than 100 million boe by 2025, almost doubling current levels of production.

The company is signing collaboration agreements with Aker Solutions and TechnipFMC for subsea equipment and services on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and internationally.

Total has agreed to purchase from Chevron all the share capital of Chevron Denmark Inc. which holds a 12% interest in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC), a 12% interest in Licence 8/06, and a 7.5% interest in the Tyra West pipeline.

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has successfully completed the Alta appraisal well 7220/11-5 and extended production test in PL609 in the southern Barents Sea.

The company has completed a subsea installation monitoring project for Subsea 7 in support of Equinor’s Utgard development, located in blocks 15/8 (NCS) and 16/18a (UKCS) of the central North Sea.

Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 028 B, has concluded the drilling of appraisal wells 25/10-16 S, A and C on the Hanz field, as well as wildcat well 25/10-16 B drilled in production licence 915 just southeast of the Hanz field.