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The study will cover an area of approximately 80 000 km2 of the offshore Niger Delta and will incorporate around 150 cores from the seabed.
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The study will cover an area of approximately 80 000 km2 of the offshore Niger Delta and will incorporate around 150 cores from the seabed.

The data, acquired from a a US based E&P company, is available for licensing immediately.

The production of oil from Layang is estimated at approximately 3000 bpd, and an estimated 10 000 boe/d with natural gas combined.

The award contains the HPHT North Eigg and South Eigg prospects. The primary prospect is North Eigg which is estimated to contain 360 billion ft3 (P50) and potentially over 1 trillion ft3 (P10) of recoverable gas.

In the second part of this two-part article, Kassia Yanosek, Sana Ahmad and Dionne Abramson, McKinsey, offer their thoughts on what both individual companies and the industry as a whole can do to increase female participation.

The study, known as a SeepHunter campaign, includes the results of 342 conventional cores and 29 jumbo piston cores and heat probes.

The survey covers 1600 km2 of 3D and 800 km of 2D data in a deepwater area of the Bay of Bengal.

The contract work includes drilling operations, work-over campaigns, P&A activities and all preventative and corrective maintenance of ConocoPhillips’ drilling facilities on three offshore platforms in the Greater Ekofisk Area.

The company has acquired over 320 000 gross acres and 4200 producing wells from Devon Energy.

Kassia Yanosek, Sana Ahmad and Dionne Abramson, McKinsey, discuss new research that identifies why women fail to advance – and suggests what the industry can do about it.

The progress into the Pikka field’s FEED phase is subject to approval from joint venture partners and the finalisation of required third-party agreements.

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority has accepted Equinor’s environment plan for exploratory petroleum drilling in the Great Australian Bight.