
TotalEnergies makes light oil discovery offshore Namibia
The Venus 1-X well encountered approximately 84 m of net oil pay in a good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoir.
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The Venus 1-X well encountered approximately 84 m of net oil pay in a good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoir.

Skyrocketing production from deepwater developments will contribute to greater gas output in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Rystad Energy.

Phase 1 of the Herschel Expansion project comprises development of a new subsea production system and the first of up to three wells tied to the Na Kika platform.

The company has been contracted to drill the Devil’s Hole Horst appraisal well in the Central North Sea.

The awarded workscopes cover diving support vessel services, helicopter services and general inspection activities.

The contract will see Havfram deploy a Laying and Construction Vessel (LCV) offshore Egypt to the Zohr field in 2022.

ADNOC Drilling, Weatherford, Halliburton and Schlumberger were the winners of the contracts from ADNOC.

MacGregor’s offloading systems will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and efficient discharge of oil from the FPSO to a shuttle tanker.

The contract supports a 270-day campaign on the installations and will start in March 2022, creating 300 fixed-term positions.

Production at the Liza Unity FPSO vessel is expected to reach its target of 220 000 barrels of oil later this year.

Start-up is expected during 2Q22 and the project will run for approximately 1 month.

The project, in support of India's licence round schedule, encompasses over 250 000-line km of existing 2D data across an area of over half a million km2 offshore India's east coast.