Production

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July 17, 2023
The initial three-year, multi-million dollar contract will see Petrofac’s Asset Solutions business providing integrated services for the Espoir Ivoirien Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.
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July 14, 2023
The first JSE production well has been brought onstream and a further two producers and one water injector are expected onstream this year to help sustain gross Jubilee production over 100,000 bopd.
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July 13, 2023
The average GHG intensity of production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was found to be 7 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent per barrel of oil equivalent (kgCO2e/boe) in 2022. However, about 78% of the total production was found to be beneath that average.
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July 13, 2023
The company achieved a new production record of 481 MMboed, driven by the successful ramp-up of Johan Sverdrup to a new plateau level and high production efficiency across the portfolio.
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July 11, 2023
The Trendsetter STIM offers a 15,000psi rated subsea safety system designed to provide hydraulic well access for both vertical and horizontal tree types in up to 10,000’ water depth
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July 10, 2023
Not only have oil and gas companies been drawn to Guyana’s vast hydrocarbon resources, but they’ve also taken note of the country’s attractive regulatory and fiscal regimes.
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July 10, 2023
The company is working to recover production, Pemex Chief Executive Officer Octavio Romero confirmed in a video late Saturday, adding that output has already recovered to 600,000 bpd. 
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July 10, 2023
This first phase connects a subsea production well to a new gas processing platform, itself linked to SOCAR’s existing facilities in Oil Rocks. It has a production capacity of 4 MMcmgd and 12,000 bpd of condensate. The gas will be sold on the domestic market in Azerbaijan.
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July 07, 2023
Johan Sverdrup, the single largest crude stream in the North Sea, is a relatively dense and sulfur-rich type of oil —- properties that normally mean it trades below Dated. However, Saudi Arabia hiked the premiums it charges for its own barrels — which are similar to the Norwegian grade, triggering the price surge, the traders said.
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July 03, 2023
The scope of the contract includes brownfield engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services as well as the management of its offshore marine fleet.
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June 30, 2023
The start of gas and condensate production from the MJ field follows the start-up of the R-Cluster field in December 2020 and Satellite Cluster in April 2021. All three developments utilize the existing hub infrastructure for the block.
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June 28, 2023
Under the deal unveiled in February 2022, Seplat agreed to pay $1.3 billion for an Exxon unit that holds a 40% operating stake in four shallow-water licenses in a purchase that would almost quadruple the independent company’s oil output to more than 130,000 bpd.
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June 28, 2023
The projects, which include Aker BP ASA’s Yggdrasil and Valhall PWP og Fenris in the North Sea, as well as Equinor ASA’s Irpa in the Norwegian Sea, cover 19 new developments, build-outs of existing fields and increased oil-recovery projects, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
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June 27, 2023
TechnipFMC will design and manufacture subsea trees, a manifold, subsea distribution equipment, and topside controls, as well as jumpers, flowlines and umbilicals.
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June 22, 2023
Two additional gas bearing intervals, 3,561.5 to 3,564.5 meters MD (measured depth) and 3,498.5 to 3,501.5 meters MD, for a total of 6 meters were perforated and put onto production at about 5.3 MMcfd and with a final buildup pressure of 1,794 psi.
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June 21, 2023
OMV Petrom and Romgaz will invest up to $4.37 billion for the development phase of the project, which will enable roughly 100 Bcm of natural gas to be brought on stream.
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June 21, 2023
The FPSO’s design incorporates SBM Offshore’s industry leading Fast4Ward new build, multi-purpose hull.
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June 15, 2023
The DHIBM-4H well was drilled as a horizontal well from the BW MaBoMo production facility to a total depth of 4,800 meters into Gamba sandstone reservoirs on the Hibiscus field.
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June 13, 2023
Valid for 20 years, the contract with Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) presents the opportunity for Perenco to continue its investment in the basin, which today accounts for approximately 70% of Cameroon's total production and employs more than 500 people.
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June 12, 2023
Alapli-2 is a long-reach directional well being drilled from the Akkaya tripod and which will twin the Alapli-1 exploration well.
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June 08, 2023
The Alvheim field is one of the most successful developments on the Norwegian continental shelf. When PDO was submitted to the Government in 2004, the reserves estimate was 171MMboe. Production from the Alvheim field exceeded this volume in early 2014.
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