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April 09, 2024
The United States Maritime Administration issued a license for the Sea Port Oil Terminal, which will allow Enterprise to move forward with construction of the terminal. The SPOT terminal will be only the fourth in the U.S. to load supertankers, the ships that make long-haul voyages to clients in Asia more economical.
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April 09, 2024
Located offshore Myanmar, the Yadana natural gas field has produced roughly 6 Bcmg per year. 70% of the recovered resources are exported to Thailand.
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April 09, 2024
Borr Drilling Limited announced new contract commitments for three of its premium jack-up rigs, the Prospector 1, the Gunnlod, and a rig to be determined.  The commitments total 820 days and $158.6 million in contract revenue.
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April 08, 2024
The field is expected to come on stream during the first half of 2027 and is anticipated to operate until 2031 with potential for extension. Plateau oil production is estimated at around 26,000 boed and is expected within the first year of production.
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April 08, 2024
While PGS didn’t reveal the exact location of the contract, recent finds in Namibia and Uruguay suggest the work will take place in these emerging exploration hot spots.
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April 07, 2024
Valaris Limited announced that ARO Drilling, its joint venture in Saudi Arabia, received a notice of suspension from Aramco for one of its 19 contracted rigs, jackup VALARIS 143. The rig’s contract was previously scheduled to end in December 2024.
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April 07, 2024
Akal-B, which is part of the Cantarell production complex, produces 200,000 bopd 900,000 cfgd. The fire began where gas fuel pipes feed the platform’s turbo machinery.
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April 04, 2024
In March, Saudi Aramco announced plans to reduce capital investment by roughly $40 billion between 2024 and 2028. This was mostly due to the Kingdom’s decision to maintain productive capacity at 12 MMbpd. As part of the decision, Aramco has suspended 17 rigs to date, with a potential for additional releases in the near term.
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April 04, 2024
All installations on the Utsira High are now receiving power from shore, saving emissions amounting to about 1.2 million tonnes of CO₂ per year.
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April 04, 2024
For work in the offshore oil and gas industry, the frame agreement covers planned or unplanned marine services using remote operated intervention methods with or without the use of PRS equipment.
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April 04, 2024
Covering a surface area of approximately 600 km2, in water depths ranging from 50 m to 100 m, 19 wells have been drilled on Block EG-23 to date resulting in seven hydrocarbon discoveries (four oil, two gas and one gas/condensate), some of which have been tested.
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April 03, 2024
The Yumna-5 well will be drilled at the crest of the structure to drain attic oil left un-swept by the current producers.
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April 03, 2024
The FPSO will have a topside designed to produce approximately 250,000 bpd and will have associated gas treatment capacity of 540 MMcfd, water injection capacity of 350,000 bpd and produced water capacity of 300,000 bpd.
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April 03, 2024
Who Dat East is estimated to contain 17 MMboe of gross unrisked 2C Contingent Resources. The Who Dat South prospect is estimated to contain 31 MMboe of gross unrisked 2U Prospective Resources, with the geological probability of success estimated to be 52%.
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April 03, 2024
In partnership with Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), PETRONAS, the custodian of oil and gas resources in Malaysia, this project aims to provide insights on the exploration opportunities in a broader play fairway and to assess the carbon storage potential across Penyu basin area.
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April 03, 2024
The SuperFill II diverter redirects fluid flow to minimize frictional pressure loss through the length of the landing string, which enhances the benefits of the auto-fill float equipment. The operating glass seat provides an open internal flow path with no restrictions once the diverter is closed.
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April 02, 2024
CEO of Prima Energy Northwest Natuna, Pieters Utomo, emphasized that PENN will continue to commit to the development of the AAL oil field until reaching production by the end of 2026, with a production target of 20,000 bopd.
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April 02, 2024
Discoveries made by TotalEnergies, Shell and Galp Energia have the potential to create thousands of jobs and contribute billions to the country’s GDP, with some estimating that Namibia’s economy could double by 2040
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April 02, 2024
The scope under the frame agreement covers the majority of AGR’s services within the entire petroleum asset lifecycle, including reservoir and well management, well control and blowout contingency, operations geologists, and resourcing.
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April 02, 2024
Transocean Ltd.  announced a 365-day contract extension for the Deepwater Asgard with an independent operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The program is expected to commence in June 2024.
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April 01, 2024
Production capacity is estimated to be 490 MMcfd, with production scheduled to begin by the end of 2026. In addition to the development of the upstream gas field, the Block B Project will also include a midstream development for gas transportation.
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