
First gas achieved from Algerian Gas Project Reggane Nord
Successful production start of the Reggane Nord project in the Algerian Sahara. Up to 280 million ft3/d (gross) planned for 2018.
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Successful production start of the Reggane Nord project in the Algerian Sahara. Up to 280 million ft3/d (gross) planned for 2018.

Total has announced that it has taken the investment decision for the first large-scale development phase of the Libra project, located deep offshore, 180 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin in Brazil.

BP has confirmed that production has started from the super-giant Zohr gas field, offshore Egypt. The field is operated by Eni, through its joint venture with The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), and is the largest natural gas discovery yet to be made in the Mediterranean Sea.

Aker BP has invested in and acquired a 17 % stake in the company Fishbones AS. Fishbones is an unconventional stimulation technology applied to increase the production rates in tight reservoirs.

SM 71 F2 drilling ahead at 4895 ft MD after setting 10 3/4 in. surface casing at 3685 ft MD. Drilling is proceeding according to plan and the well will reach TD prior to the end of December.

Unconventional oil reserves across the top ten countries stand at 9.2% (45.8 billion barrels), oil sands reserves stand at 6.7% (33.3 billion barrels), and heavy oil represents 4.5% (22.2 billion barrels) of all remaining reserves.

The transaction nearly triples Statoil’s production in Brazil, with attractive break-evens and potential for additional value creation for both parties through the application of Statoil’s expertise in improved oil recovery (IOR).

Project costs for subsea field reduced by more than 20%. Production in Norway to increase to more than 100 000 boe/d.

An average of US$34.1 billion per year in capital expenditure will be spent on 1673 oil and gas fields in Russia between 2018 and 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Independent global completions service company Tendeka has been awarded funding from the Oil & Gas Technology Centre to advance further field testing of its wireless intelligent completions technology, PulseEight.

Petrofac has been awarded a lump-sum contract worth approximately US$800 million by BP for the Phase 2 central processing facility (CPF) at the Khazzan Phase 2 (Ghazeer) gas development in the Sultanate of Oman.

Halliburton has announced the release of Geometrix™ 4D Shaped Cutters, a line of four distinct geometric profiles to help improve cutting efficiency and increase control to reduce drilling costs.