
Sole gas field begins producing to processing plant
The Sole gas project has passed a critical milestone with the first flow of gas from the Sole gas field to the Orbost gas processing plant.
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The Sole gas project has passed a critical milestone with the first flow of gas from the Sole gas field to the Orbost gas processing plant.

Production had been suspended at the Cliff Head Alpha Platform offshore Western Australia due to an electrical fault.

Well 35/10-5 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.

US natural gas production grew by 9.8 billion ft3/d in 2019, a 10% increase from 2018, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Alexandra Thomas has joined the company as UK Managing Director, based in Aberdeen.

The company's backlog, from its new profile, at the end of February 2020 stands at US$537 million, up 34% compared to last year.

The companies have commenced operations on The Channel 3D survey in Lea County, New Mexico, US.

A Rystad Energy impact analysis shows that US drilled but uncompleted wells will be the first assets to be threatened by the newly formed low price environment, as their breakeven costs are now only dollars away from market prices.

The contract covers the development of the Platina field, located offshore Angola in Block 18.

The company anticipates West Barracouta gas flowing to the Australian domestic gas market by early 2021.

The company has completed the first of two infill development wells at West Brae, offshore Scotland.

The plug and abandonment programme will take place in the Rubie and Renee oilfields in the North Sea.