Bangladesh Upstream: Delayed but Not Out
Bangladesh is geologically well positioned to pursue a strategy fuelled by natural gas, but the international Covid situation is causing continued delays; namely to the 2020 licensing round. This Hot…
Oil & Gas
Snorre redevelopment project approved
The redevelopment of the Snorre field in the North Sea consists of six subsea templates, which will be tied into Snorre A. The authorities have now given Equinor and its…
Dvalin ready for start-up
The operator’s investment projection for the development is approx. NOK 11 billion. Wintershall DEA expects to start up in November or December. The field is located in production license PL435. It…
A “reservoir” model for the entire continental shelf, it’s been done in Belgium
Dissected by important pipelines, telecommunication cables and shipping lanes, dotted with ship wrecks and increasingly claimed by the offshore wind sector, it is easy to see how competition arises between…
Cook, where does the oil come from?
The Cook field is a small Upper Jurassic Fulmar field on the Western Platform of the Central Graben, UK Quadrant 21. It was discovered in 1983 by well 21/20a-2, with…
The sand injectite field that keeps on giving
Drilling wells on Chestnut has proven to require a multi-disciplinary approach in order to identify infill targets. At the recent digital Devex Conference, senior geologist Alex Stuart from Spirit Energy…
A fast track development of a major Irish oil and gas field
In an article published in the Irish Examiner today, Chief executive of Providence Alan Linn said that the company now aims to drill production wells straight away, rather than further…
Edvard Grieg reserves increased by 50 million barrels of oil
Lundin Energy announced that due to the continued outperformance of the Edvard Grieg field, the gross proved plus probable (2P) reserves have been increased by approximately 50 million barrels of…
Wintershall successfully develops third Sillimanite well
It was the third well drilled in sequence after the two Sillimanite Unit field development wells were successfully brought into production earlier this year. Wintershall Noordzee is currently finalizing the…
Equinor and partners to develop Breidablikk field
The expected production from the field is about 200 million barrels, investments totalling about NOK 18.6 billion. “The Breidablikk field is one of the largest undeveloped oil discoveries on the…
Neptune Energy commences subsea construction on Seagull project
Seagull is a high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) development located in the Central North Sea on UK licence P1622 Block 22/29C, 17km south of the BP Operated ETAP Central Processing…
Shell on track drilling Arran development wells
However, Shell is now actively drilling a total number of four new development wells in the field, as outlined yesterday by Shell UK Development Manager Marianne Eide at the Devex…