Lundin Petroleum’s Kitabu-1 exploration well, in Blocks SB307/SB30, offshore Sabah, Malaysia, came up dry, the Swedish independent announced on 18 November. Lundin said that the primary reservoir interval contained poor quality siltstone…
Kværner Verdal is delivering the riser platform jacket for the giant Johan Sverdrup field under a US$261 million contract. The Johan Sverdrup concept. From Statoil. The Johan Sverdrup field is on the Utsira High in the North Sea…
Det norske is planning a US$238 million development for the Viper-Kobra fields near Alvheim in production license (PL) 203, in the central North Sea, off Norway. Map of Alvheim field. From Det norske…
Lundin Petroleum's exploration well 6405/12-1 on the Lindarormen prospect is being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well was in production license 584, 150km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast, about 80km northeast of the Ormen Lange field…
In a year during which the oil price remained stable at circa US$100 per barrel until the last quarter when a significant collapse in commodity price began, activity levels in both the UK and Norwegian sectors have continued to show a distinct divergence…
Swedish exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum says it has made a sub-commercial discovery on the Storm prospect, offshore Norway. The Storm wildcat well 33/2-1 on production license 555 was drilled 200km northwest of Florø…
Norwegian oil exploration firm North Energy has launched a strategic review after being approached over potential strategic opportunities as market conditions remain difficult. The firm says the continued low oil price presents challenges…
Hungarian integrated oil and gas firm MOL Group has completed an acquisition of North Sea assets from London-listed Premier Oil. MOL acquired non-operated interests in the Nexen-operated Scott (21.84%), Telford (1.59%) and Rochelle (15%) fields…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted operator Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling facility to plug well 6406/2-R-4 BHT2 permanently and simultaneously drill a new production well, designated 6406/2-R-4-CH…
Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway for exploration drilling on the three appraisal wells in Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. Illustration of Ivar Aasen…
Drilling has completed on Lundin Petroleum's Gobi-1 wildcat in the Gurita production sharing contract (PSC), located off Indonesia in the Natuna Sea’s West Natuna basin. The prospect is being plugged and abandoned after failing to find hydrocarbons…
Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 6405/12-1 in production license 584 on the Lindarormen prospect. Lindarormen is about 150km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast and about 80km northeast of the Ormen Lange field…
A new and exciting chapter has opened in the history of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Meg Chesshyre reports. Fig. 1: Johan Sverdrup phase 1, comprised of four bridge-linked platforms. Image from Statoil…
The completion of a joint industry project (JIP) to improve existing standards and regulations around subsea lifting operations has resulted in a new recommended practice (RP). The RP developed by DNV GL provides guidance on the proper design and correct operation…
Late life production optimization is hard, but interesting, according to those tackling the issue. Elaine Maslin provides an overview of recent trends. As natural production rates wane and assets start to age, optimizing production rates offshore becomes a key challenge for operators…
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