Field/project development
Vår Energi ASA and partners have officially sanctioned the Previously Produced Fields Project in the Greater Ekofisk Area. The redevelopment is expected to add high-value barrels starting in 2028, extending the production life of one of Norway’s key offshore regions.
The company engineered, designed, and manufactured multiple internal floating roof systems and tank-top equipment packages for TotalEnergies’ new storage terminal in Equatorial Guinea.
Fugro’s entry into the UK’s small modular reactor market follows its breakthrough in the US, where it secured a contract in February to perform a geoscience site investigation for the recommissioned Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan.
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The proposed sale notice consists of more than 300,000 acres in three designated areas offshore Louisiana and Texas. -
Equinor advances Irpa and Verdande field development projects closer to first oil with a raft of contract awards.
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An International Energy Forum report says oil and gas upstream capital expenditures increased to their highest level since 2014 but more is needed.
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QatarEnergy’s acquisition of a 30% interest in E&P blocks offshore Lebanon with TotalEnergies and Eni expands the company’s East Med portfolio while enabling the Emirate to help mediate Beirut’s longstanding political and economic crisis.
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Environmental report recommends shrinking the Alaska project to three drilling sites from the five initially proposed by ConocoPhillips.
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Operator Horisont Energi finds a new partner in Spain’s Fertiberia, while Equinor and Vår seek alternatives.
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Offshore Eastern Canada is showing signs of life as new project commitments are firmed up and idled projects roar to life.
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The authors of this paper describe the path of an operator’s successful exploration program that has integrated geologic and geophysical understanding and new technology to discover 8 billion BOE at the time of writing.
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This paper describes how a surveillance, analysis, and optimization plan was used to resolve subsurface uncertainties and optimize a reservoir development plan and provides lessons learned and best practices.
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New well near Speyer, Germany adds 1,800 B/D of new production
