Apache Corporation has announced that its Tonto oil field in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea commenced production on April 24, 2013. Tonto-1, the first producing well, came on stream at an initial rate of 10,346 barrels of oil per day. Apache holds a 100-percent working interest in the Tonto Field. Tonto-1 was [...]
TAQA today announced that the development plan for its Cladhan field (Blocks 210/29a and 210/30a of the northern North Sea) has been approved by the UK government. The initial phase of development will consist of two producer wells and one injection well. Cladhan is expected to produce over 17,000 boe/d initially with first oil expected [...]
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Mott MacDonald has been awarded a five year engineering services consultancy contract by Al Khafji Joint Operations of Saudi Arabia covering the maintenance and development of the 40 year old Khafji oil field. Al Khafji Joint Operations Company is a joint venture between Aramco Gulf Operations Company and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. In addition to production [...]
China’s CNOOC Limited announced today that Weizhou 6-12 oil field has recently commenced production. Weizhou 6-12 oil field is located in Beibu Gulf Basin in the north part of the South China Sea with an average water depth of about 29.2 meters. The project has 10 producing wells and is expected to hit its peak [...]
BMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has recently completed a comprehensive evaluation of meteorological and oceanographic environmental conditions for the Martin Linge field in the Norwegian sector of the northern North Sea. BMT’s assessment also included the installation routes of associated subsea assets, a submarine power cable to Kollsnes (Norway) across the Norwegian [...]
Statoil and partner Petoro have proven considerable additional resources in the Shetland Group/Lista Formation in the Gullfaks licence, offshore Norway. The Shetland Group and the Lista Formation are younger and slightly shallower deposits with different properties compared to the deposits of the Brent Group where the Gullfaks main reservoirs are located. Indications of hydrocarbons in [...]
Iona Energy Inc. yesterday that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) in UK has advised the Orlando joint venture partners that it has approved the Orlando Field Development Plan (“FDP”) submitted by the partners. The Orlando Field is owned by Iona (Operator 75%) and Volantis Exploration (25%). Further, DECC has approved Iona’s application [...]
DeepOcean UK, Ltd. today announced an award from leading contractor Technip for trenching services on the Stella Field Development, operated by Ithaca Energy. The contract includes project management, engineering and associated trenching and backfilling works for the infield flexible flowlines and umbilicals. In addition, DeepOcean will provide post-lay trenching and backfilling services to the export [...]
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Saudi Aramco announced the first phase production start-up at the Manifa field commenced on April 10th, 3 months ahead of schedule and well under the program’s approved budget. The Manifa field’s production capacity is expected to reach 500,000 bpd by July 2013, and is planned to reach its full design capacity of 900,000 bpd of [...]
The LOTOS shipyard located in Astrakhan has completed the construction of two supporting blocks commissioned by LUKOIL. The two supporting blocks are designated for the ice-resistant stationary platform (IRP-1) located at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. The supporting blocks will soon be towed offshore and fixed at a 7-meter depth. The total [...]
