TotalEnergies withdraws from North Platte project
TotalEnergies will resign as operator of the North Platte deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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TotalEnergies will resign as operator of the North Platte deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
The Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig has completed the move to the Pavo-1 well location offshore Western Australia and has concluded the jack-down and other pre-drill operations.
ReconAfrica is to acquire half of NAMCOR’s 10% carried participating interest in the approximate 6.3 million acres petroleum exploration licence in the Kavango Basin, Namibia.
The interval just drilled by Melbana Energy at the Alameda-1 exploration well commenced at approximately 3077 mMD (2970 mTVD), indicating a potential gross reservoir interval of possibly as much as 500 mMD (450 mTVD).
The organisation will provide resident focal points, onshore engineering, process and maintenance services on North Sea platform, Bruce.
Petrofac has been awarded two new contracts with Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd.
It is anticipated that further exploration activity, including a second exploration well, will be required to determine the size and recoverable potential of the identified hydrocarbons at the Graff-1 deepwater exploration well.
Drilling is expected to commence within the next week after allowing for towing and set up.
Rami Khrais, Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData, has said that the project will be one of the largest oil developments seen in Africa over the last 20 years, expecting to recover over 1.5 billion barrels of oil.
JDR’s thermoplastic umbilical system will allow Beach Energy to increase production from its Otway Gas Plant and deliver a new supply of gas to Australia’s East Coast.
The extended contract covers 2 drilling rigs, 13 workover units and 13 pulling units on Pan American’s Cerro Dragon field in the Golfo San Jorge basin in southern Argentina.
The well was drilled about 65 km northwest of Florø and about 60 km north of Gjøafeltet in the northern part of the North Sea.