CNOOC makes discovery in Bohai Bay
The discovery well Kenli 10-2-4 was drilled and completed at a depth of 1520 m, and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of approximately 27 m.
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The discovery well Kenli 10-2-4 was drilled and completed at a depth of 1520 m, and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of approximately 27 m.
The company continues to forecast that average production for the year is expected to remain within the range of 8500 - 10 500 bpd.
Lukoil has acquired a 25% participating interest in the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula exploration project.
Appraisal drilling at Keskesi South-1 on Block 58 offshore Suriname encountered non-commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.
Can engineering evolution still offer the solution to new technical challenges offshore? Adapting existing technologies to overcome problems and secure better results has long been a feature of the offshore oil & gas industry. And, says Aquaterra Energy’s Innovation Director Ben Cannell, change should still be a constant for service companies pursuing sustainable success.
The newly acquired data provides 3D data coverage to complement the existing 2D grid, enhancing geological and geophysical insights to explorers offshore Newfoundland.
A Petronas project and resulting SPE paper shows how combining human factors training with technical training can significantly improve the performance of drilling crews and reduce human error.
The Phase 2 project is expected to increase output at one of the largest fields in the Gulf of Mexico, with peak annual average gross production of 25 000 boe/d from the initial two well tieback.
The well, offshore Australia, delivered an initial rate, after clean-up, approaching 10 000 bpd and following a period of well performance testing will be stabilised at around 3000 bpd.
The Frosk field, located approximately 25 km southwest of the Alvheim FPSO in the North Sea, will be tied back to the FPSO via the existing Bøyla and Alvheim subsea infrastructure.
Based on preliminary assessments, there is uncertainty whether the reservoir in the Gomez prospect can be commercially produced and no estimate of recoverable volumes has been established at this stage.
The nearly 7-month-long field programme for TotalEnergies was accomplished from the Fugro Brasilis using an autonomous underwater vehicle for most of the geophysical data collection and piston and box corers for the seabed soil sampling.