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Projects OGP - Monthly Magazine for All Subscribers to Projects OGP Tracker - Issue 33
ARAMCO COMMITTED
TO US$8 BILLION PETRO
RABIGH EXPANSION
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Daewoo awarded US$2 billion Ichthys FPSO contract
Africa
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John Holland JV awarded US$340 million Ichthys Onshore LNG
Facilities Site Development contract
Asia/Oceania
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Total signs China’s US$9 billion refinery agreement with KPC
Asia/Oceania
Aker Solutions signs US$170 million Snorre A drilling facilities
contract
Europe
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Maersk Drilling awarded Hejre rig contract
Europe
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Technip awarded subsea contract for BP’s Quad 204 project
Europe
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PSN secures US$396 million support service contract from
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Lukoil signs US$1billion development deal with Samsung
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AFRICA PROJECTS
African Petroleum awarded second
block offshore Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast have awarded African Petroleum Corp.
Ltd., Perth, an exploration permit on Block CI-509 in
the Gulf of Guinea.
African Petroleum is operator of the 1,091 sq km
block with 90% interest, and Ivory Coast’s state Petroci has 10%. African Petroleum was awarded Block
CI-513 in December 2011.
The company plans to shoot 3D seismic on the blocks
starting in mid-April 2012.
Technip wins two contracts for Tullow’s
Jubilee Project worth US$131 million
Chariot Oil and Gas sign a drilling rig
contract with Maersk
Maersk Drilling have signed a one well contract with Chariot
Oil & Gas for work off Namibia.
Chariot’s subsidiary Enigma Oil & Gas has hired the ultradeepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Maersk Deliverer
to drill the Tapir South prospect. The well, on Chariot’s
100%-owned Northern Block 1811A, holds gross unrisked
mean prospective resources of 604 million barrels of oil.
Maersk’s unit is expected to arrive on site at the end of
March 2012 and will be drilling in water depths of over
2100 metres to a total depth of 5100 metres at the well
some 80 kilometres off Namibia. Drilling is set to take two
months.
The Maersk Deliverer will be coming from Block LB-9 off
Liberia where it has recently struck “significant oil” for
African Petroleum Corporation at the Narina-1 wildcat.
Technip has been awarded two contracts by Tullow Ghana
worth approximately US$131 million (€100 million) for
Phase 1A of Tullow’s Jubilee project.
The Jubilee field is located offshore Ghana at a water
depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).
The contracts cover full project management,
engineering, fabrication and installation of a new flexible
riser, two rigid flowlines and 11 spools/jumpers, as well
as the installation of two manifolds and 3.1 miles (five
kilometers) of umbilicals.
Technip’s operating centre in Paris, France, will execute
the project with the support of the group offices in
Houston, Texas, and Accra, Ghana. The flexibles will be
fabricated at the group’s facility in Le Trait, France.
Offshore installation is scheduled to be completed with
the Global 1200 and the Deep Pioneer, two vessels from
Technip’s fleet, in the second half of 2012.
African Petroleum signs contract for
Liberia drilling programme in Q4 2012
African Petroleum Corporation has signed a contract
with Ocean Rig UDW, for a two well programme with
the option for a third well, to continue its drilling
program in Blocks 8 & 9, Liberia West Africa, and
within the company’s other West Africa Blocks.
The programme will be completed using the
Eirik Raude, a deepwater 5th generation semisubmersible, drilling rig and it is expected to
commence operations in Q3 or Q4 2012.
Maurel et Prom lands two licenses
Offshore Namibia
Maurel et Prom (M&P) secures access to two licenses
offshore Namibia. The company was awarded two
exploration licenses in the Walvis Basin, partnered
with PGS Seismic UK, National Petroleum Corp. of
Namibia, Livingstone Mining Resource Development,
and Frontier Mineral Resources.
The acreage covers License No 0044 (Block 2212B)
and License No 0045 (Blocks 2313A, 2313B, 2413A).
M&P Namibia is the operator of both licenses.
Under the agreement with the government of Namibia
the first exploration sub period shall be for two years
with a minimum exploration work of 600 km and
1,800 km of 2D seismic acquisition, for License No
0044 and License 0045 respectively.
Minimum exploration work for a Second Exploration
Sub Period of two years would include 3D seismic
acquisition (100 sq km on License No 0044 and 300
sq km on License No 0045).
The seismic acquisition with GeoStreamer and
Geosource will be operated by the co-venturer PGS.
AFRICA PROJECTS
Oando wins US$74.9 million Shell rig
contract in Niger
The well was drilled to test the southern extension of
the field, just under seven kilometres south west of
Enyenra-2A and almost 21 kilometres south of the
field’s northern extension, the Enyenra-3A well.
Drilled by drillship Ocean Olympia, the Enyenra-4A
well reached a total depth of 4174 metres, with
wireline logging indicating a continuous oil column
of about 600 metres.
Oando Energy Services has been awarded a two year
contract for OES Passion by Shell for operations in the
Niger Delta.
The US$74.9 million contract brings the total number
of rigs Oando Energy has in operation to three,
following the deployment of the OES Integrity in 2009
and the OES Teamwork in 2010.
Statoil, ExxonMobil confirms oil
find in Zafarani prospect offshore
Tanzania
Statoil and ExxonMobil have confirmed they made a large
gas discovery in the Zafarani prospect offshore Tanzania in
Block 2.
Zafarani-1 had encountered gas shows in a good-quality
reservoir. Statoil spudded the well in early January 2012
with the Ocean Rig Poseidon (UDW drillship).
Logging results reveal that the discovery is high-impact, so
far proving that the well holds up to 5 Tcf of gas-in-place.
Zafarani-1 has encountered 120 metres of excellent
quality reservoir with high porosity and high permeability,
commented the operator.
The gas-water contact has not been established and drilling
operations will continue until total depth is reached.
Tullow makes Enyenra oil discovery
in Ghana
Stork secures US$15.8 million West
African subsea contract
Stork Technical Services has been awarded a major
US$15.8 million (£10million) contract win for subsea
inspection activity with a major operator, offshore
West Africa.
The award, which is Stork’s first subsea project
in the region, involves the complete underwater
inspection of an FPSO (floating production, storage
and offloading vessel) and loading facilities’ subsea
infrastructure to ensure integrity of the hull and
associated equipment.
To service the contract and future subsea activity
across the globe, Stork has entered a 15-month
charter of the specialist dive support vessel Adam’s
Vision, which is equipped with highly-efficient azimuth
thrusters and a DPII dynamic positioning system
for safe and cost-effective operations. The vessel is
fitted with a complete air and nitrox diving spread and
daughter craft.
The contract will be serviced by Stork’s dedicated
subsea division, Stork Technical Services Subsea,
which was re-named following the recent rebrand
of RBG. Stork Subsea delivers the full range
of underwater services from across the Stork
group including air and nitrox diving, subsea IRM
(inspection, repair and maintenance), wet welding
and mechanical and bolting solutions.
Tullow Oil has found oil offshore Ghana in its
Deepwater Tano licence.
The Enyenra-4A appraisal well hit 32 metres of net oil
pay, with pressure data from the oil leg showing the
oil found was in touch with that of other wells in the
Enyenra light oilfield including the Owo-1 discovery
well.
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ASIA & OCEANIA PROJECTS
Ausdrill secures US$13.71million
Galilee drilling contract
Drydocks World lands FLNG deal from
SBM Offshore
Exoma Energy has contracted Ausdrill to provide a drilling
rig and services for its 2012 exploration program in
Queensland’s Galilee basin.
Drydocks World will build the world’s largest marine turret
for SBM Offshore at its Dubai shipyard, which will form part
of Shell’s pioneering floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG)
facility at the prelude gas field offshore Australia.
The scope of the yard’s work is to fabricate and load-out
the internal turret in six modules. Design, material and
equipment are provided by SBM Offshore.
The turret will be 30 metres in diameter, 90 metres high
and weighing 11,500 tonnes. It will be shipped to and
integrated with Shell’s FLNG at Samsung Heavy Industry’s
yard in Korea.
SBM Offshore was awarded the turret contract by Technip
for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of
the FLNG Turret Mooring System.
The Turret Mooring System will anchor the FLNG facility
at location for the duration of production operations,
without the need to disconnect. The design allows the
FLNG facility,to weathervane passively and resist prevailing
weather conditions, including extreme Category 5 cyclone
events.
The rest of the Shell Prelude FLNG is being built by the TSC
Consortium at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in
Geoje, Korea. It will be the largest floating offshore facility
in the world, measuring 488 metres from bow to stern and
weighing around 600,000 tonnes fully loaded. It will be
moored over 200 kilometres from land and will produce
gas from offshore subsea fields, treat and liquefy it onboard
via a cooling process before storing and exporting the LNG
via conventional LNG carriers.
Ausdrill will supply its recently purchased Schramm
TXD200 rig to carry out the US$13.71 million contract
which runs for a 12 month period with an option to extend
for a further 12 months.
The drilling program, which will cover five permit areas, is
scheduled to kick off in April 2012, with the aim of defining
future development priorities for the coalbed methane
(CBM), conventional oil, shale oil and shale gas plays
identified in last year’s initial exploration program.
Exoma will meet with joint venture partner China National
Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in Beijing to review the
2011 results and finalise the first stage of the 2012 drilling
program.
Daewoo awarded US$2 billion
Ichthys FPSO contract
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has beaten
a local rival, Hyundai Heavy Industries, to win an order
worth US$2 billion to build an floating production,
storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for Inpex and
Total’s Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in north-west
Australia. The company plans to deliver the FPSO in
2016.
The Ichthys FPSO will be a newbuild 335 metre-long
vessel designed to produce 85,000 barrels per day of
condensate and store 1.2 million barrels of liquids.
The topsides will feature processing modules,
mono ethylene glycol regeneration facilities and
accommodation for 150 people.
It will be permanently moored in 250 metres of water
via an internal turret system to be supplied by SBM
Offshore.
Empired Ltd lands US$5 million Ichthys
LNG deal
Empired Limited has secured a strategic contract with
INPEX as part of its US$34 billion Ichthys LNG Project.
The US$5 million contract will see Empired supply, install,
configure and manage the Coreworx project information
and cost control system over the next 5 years.
Ezra wins US$70 million Apache
subsea contract offshore Australia
Apache has awarded Ezra a subsea contract worth
up to US$100 million for work on its Coniston-Novara
development, off Australia.
Ezra subsidiary Emas AMC has received the contract for
the subsea transportation and installation contract on
the development off Australia’s north-west coast.
The base value for the contract is US$70 million but
options, if exercised, would add on another US$30
million.
The contract includes transport and installation of the
pipeline and manifolds, other manifolds, umbilicals and
flexible flow-lines in water depths of around 380 metres.
Works is to begin immediately with offshore installation
operations expected in the first quarter of 2013.
Coniston-Novara is expected to start producing in 2013.
Santos finds new gas reservoir at
Sangu, offshore Bangladesh
Santos has found a new gas reservoir through well Sangu-11
in the Sangu area with about 66 feet (20 metres) of goodquality gas pay. The well will be completed and tied into the
Sangu facilities.
The operator is continuing to assess the volumes and flow
potential of the reservoir. After completing Sangu-11, the
Seadrill jack-up drilling rig Offshore Resolute (350’ ILC) will be
demobilised.
Sangu-11 was the third well of a 3-well drilling campaign in
Block 16 PSC that commenced in September 2011. The first
well, South Sangu-4, found gas in one target but was unable
to add further reserves due to encountering anomalously
high formation pressure, and had to be abandoned prior to
reaching its primary objective. The second well, NE Sangu-1
drilled in December 2011, failed to encounter commercial
hydrocarbons and was also abandoned.
John Holland JV awarded US$340
million Ichthys Onshore LNG
Facilities Site Development contract
John Holland, in a joint venture with Macmahon Holdings
Ltd, has been awarded a US$340 million site development
civil works contract by the JKC Joint Venture (JGC
Corporation, KBR, Chiyoda Corporation) for the onshore
facilities of the Ichthys LNG Project near Darwin in the
Northern Territory.
The Macmahon John Holland Joint Venture will undertake
civil construction works associated with delivering the
finished earthwork levels for the LNG plant and associated
facilities. The works include access roads, earthworks,
drainage and ground improvement works required for the
establishment of the landmark project.
Early works on the project will commence almost
immediately with site works starting in early April 2012.
Completion of the site development work is scheduled for
mid-2014.
INPEX Corporation and others have
been granted production licenses for
the Ichthys LNG project by Australian
Government.
INPEX Corporation and other project group companies
have been granted production licenses for the Ichthys LNG
project by the Australian Government.
Upon the grants, INPEX has received the major necessary
governmental authorisations for the Ichthys LNG project
to move forward, including environmental approval and
pipeline licenses.
The Ichthys LNG project made final investment decision
in January 2012. Gas from the Ichthys field, in the Browse
Basin offshore Western Australia, will undergo preliminary
processing offshore to remove water and raw liquids,
including condensate. The gas will then be exported to the
onshore liquefaction plant in Darwin via an 889km subsea
pipeline. The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to produce
8.4 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tonnes of LPG
per annum, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of
condensate per day at peak.
INPEX and Total are proceeding with development works
for the project, including the execution of engineering,
procurement and construction of the onshore LNG plant,
offshore Central Processing Facility, new-build Floating
Production, Storage and Off-take vessel, and Gas Export
Pipeline. Production start-up is targeted by the end of 2016.
The Ichthys joint venture is seeking the continued support
from the Australian Government, the Western Australian
Government, the Northern Territory Government and
other stakeholders for early and optimal commercial gas
production from the Ichthys LNG Project.
Upon the grants, WA-37-R and the location Block area
in WA-285-P, where the Ichthys gas-condensate field
is located, will be registered as WA-50-L and WA-51-L,
respectively.
Ramunia wins US$7.8million West
Desaru subsea contract off Malaysia
Ramunia Holdings has been awarded a contract by
Aquaterra Energy for the manufacture of wellhead support
structures for the West Desaru project, off Peninsular
Malaysia.
Ramunia will fabricate two subsea structures, one topside
structure and a boat landing facility for the oilfield under the
US$7.8 million contract.
StabFrame Exceeds Expectations Offshore Brazil
LDD Ltd. Introduces New Subsea Pile Driving Template
With the ever expanding oil and gas floating production industry in mind, LDD Ltd., part of Acteon’s Foundations business, developed the
StabFrame, a new subsea pile driving frame that ensures ultimate stability and control when driving mooring or pin piles into difficult seabed
strata in water depths of up to 2000m.
StabFrame
The first offshore pile installation operation with the StabFrame was successfully completed in the OGX Waimea field in Brazil’s Campos
Basin. The operation was carried out in association with a contract that was awarded to sister company MENCK GmbH by Wellstream
International Ltd. The contract required MENCK to drive ten 84-inch mooring piles in water depths of up to 140 metres using an MHU 500T
hydraulic hammer.
This project saw the first deployment of the StabFrame; jointly developed by LDD and
MENCK. The piles were required for installation of an FPSO mooring system on the OGX
Petroleo e Gas development in the offshore Waimea Field.
Monitored and powered via a work-class remotely-operated vehicle (WROV), the
StabFrame reliably stabilises a vertical pile in varying soil conditions. Rather than
relying on a release mechanism attached to the pile, the StabFrame’s hydraulic
release mechanism allows the pile to be driven further into the seabed, if required,
before opening the frame. In this way, the StabFrame can adjust to unpredictable and
challenging seabed conditions.
Stable penetration
Despite strong currents, estimated at times to be more than 3.5 knots, the project
finished without incident or injury and ahead of schedule. Despite initial low pile
penetration followed by a free-fall under the pile’s own weight through softer geology,
the StabFrame’s hydraulic release mechanism made stable penetration of the mooring
piles possible.
“The operation clearly demonstrated that the StabFrame can reliably accommodate
unpredictable soil conditions,” said Thorsten Sprunk, Project Manager for MENCK.
Launch of New Lifting and Handling Unit
Following successful design and engineering of pile handling equipment, such as the
StabFrame, for its own projects, LDD have launched a lifting and handling business
unit. It provides a range of products, systems and services to the global energy and
marine construction industries. Alongside the StabFrame, it features other subsea
templates, pile internal lift tools (ILT), pile pinned lift tools (PLT), pile bungs, and floating
delivery and lift systems; upending tools and frames, hydraulic shackles, jacket
levelling and gripper tools, and bespoke engineering and manufacture. LDD hose reels,
hydraulic power packs and subsea power, such as WROV hot stab and accumulator
power systems, will complete all packages, as required.
“The decision to establish a specialist unit to provide lifting and handling systems and
services was made in direct response to the requests we’ve received,” said Jason
Clark, Managing Director and Founder of LDD. “It is a natural extension of our core
services, and has been greeted with enthusiasm from customers around the world. We
look forward to providing them with an optimal lifting and handling solution by drawing
upon our existing range of equipment or creating a customised system for their specific
needs.”
About LDD Ltd.
LDD Ltd, an Acteon company, specialises in drilling large-diameter holes, drillingassociated installations and grouting of large-diameter tubular, casings and piles in
offshore marine environments. The company provides specialist subsea and downhole
tools, packages and techniques. Founded in 2007 by Managing Director Jason Clark
in Cornwall, England, LDD Ltd. has carried out drilling and marine piling construction
operations throughout the world.
For further information, contact:
LDD Ltd.
Rosemanowes Quarry
Herniss, Longdowns, Penryn
Cornwall, England, TR10 9DU
Tel: +44 (0)1209 861 930,
Mob: +44 (0)7584 236 256
Email: mark.richards@lddrill.com,
Website: www.lddrill.com
Shell signs US$70 million Prosafe
Philippines deal
Prosafe have been awarded
a US$70 million short-term
rig contract from Shell for
operations off the Philippines.
The accommodation rig
specialist has tied up a deal
for its rig Safe Astoria to work for the company at the
Malampaya 3 project for at least nine months.
Shell also has three one-month options over the unit
with on-site operations set to begin in the second or
third quarter of 2014. The contract value for the firm
period is US$58.1 million which equates to a day-rate of
around US$215,000. However, Prosafe has also given
Shell options to take the rig for 11 months with options
or 12 months with options. The one-year firm deal has a
contract value of US$70.5 million meaning a day-rate of
some US$193,000.
Technip awarded flexible supply
contract for Fletcher Finucane
development in Australia
Technip was awarded a flexible pipe supply contract for
the Fletcher Finucane oil field development, in Western
Australia, by Santos Limited. The field is located in the
Carnarvon Basin, offshore North Western Australia, at a
water depth of 160 metres.
The contract, which includes project management,
engineering and the supply of 31 kilometres of 10.2’
and 9’ production flow-lines, along with 22 kilometres
of 3’ service lines, will start in April 2012, with delivery
planned for the second semester of 2012.
Technip’s operating centre in Perth will carry out the
project management and engineering.
Total signs China’s US$9 billion
refinery agreement with KPC
Technip awarded FEED contract
for PETRONAS’ RAPID project in
Malaysia
Technip has been awarded a front-end engineering
design (FEED) contract by PETRONAS for its proposed
Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development
(RAPID) project located in the state of Johor, Malaysia.
RAPID aims at building an integrated refinery and
petrochemical complex to answer the growing need for
specialty chemicals and to meet the demand for petroleum and commodity petrochemical products in the Asia
Pacific region by 2016.
The proposed refinery will have a capacity of 300,000
barrels per standard day and will supply naphtha and
liquid petroleum gas feedstock for the RAPID petrochemical complex, as well as produce gasoline and diesel that
meet European specifications.
The petrochemical units, will enhance the value of the
olefinic streams coming from the RAPID steam cracker
by producing various merchant grades petrochemicals
products such as polyethylene, polypropylene, synthetic
rubbers and other petrochemicals products.
The contract is scheduled for completion in the second
semester of 2013.
Total has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with Kuwait Petroleum Corp and Petrochemicals
Industries Company to participate in the development
of a 300,000 barrel-per-day refinery in partnership with
Sinopec.
The complex to be built in Zhanjiang, in China’s southern
Guangdong province, will process Kuwaiti crude oil.
More than two years ago, Kuwait Petroleum International
(KPI), KPC’s international arm, and Sinopec signed an
agreement to build the US$9 billion complex.
Wood Group wins Shell subsea
frame agreement
Subsea specialist Wood Group Kenny has been awarded
a frame agreement to provide subsea, umbilical, riser and
flowline (Surf) engineering and construction management
services for Shell.
Wood Group is supporting Shell on the Gumusut project in
Malaysia. The frame agreement covers an initial five year
period with an option to extend for a further five years.
Wood Group Kenny would also cover Shell’s operations
worldwide but with a primary focus on the Asia Pacific
region, as well as other project specific awards in Europe.
EUROPE PROJECTS
EPC wins US$2 million Lancaster
field contract
EPC Offshore has won a US$2 million contract to decide the
optimum development concept for Hurricane Exploration’s
Lancaster field West of Shetland.
The project management contractor will review development
options before helping the company to select a concept, as well
as determine the contracting strategy for field awards.
The year-long contract will see the company deploy a team of
engineers and technical specialists at Hurricane’s Surrey offices.
The first phase of the project is expected to run until the end of
2012 with front-end engineering and design starting in 2013.
Bluestream awarded subsea IRM
contract by GDF SUEZ
Bluestream Diving B.V. has been awarded the IRM
contract by GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.V. The contract
encompasses diving and ROV services for 27 production
platforms and 5 subsea wells within the Dutch
Continental shelf, a program entailing approximately
250 days per year. Bluestream Diving B.V. will provide
inspection services of the GDF Suez E&P offshore
installations. These services vary from general visual
surveys, to close visual surveys; surveys of marine
growth, risers, conductors and caissons; CP-inspections,
FMD, NDT-inspections (both MPI and eddy current), wall
thickness measurements, scour surveys and debris
surveys.
There are various ways to monitor the condition of an
offshore installation. Ultimately, the final report is key,
as it provides the basis for trend analysis. Bluestream
offers tailored services with a genuine commitment to
continuous improvement. As well as aiming for the highest
quality output, the company ensures that the most
efficient inspection methods are used to reduce risk and
critical vessel time. All diving and ROV operations will be
coordinated and executed from Den Helder, base-port of
Bluestream Offshore and GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland BV.
Dockwise secures Aasta Hansteen
contract offshore Norway
Statoil has awarded Dockwise with the spar buoy transport
contract for its Aasta Hansteen (formerly Luva) offshore
production field. Weighing 45,000 tonnes and measuring 200
metres by 50 metres, the spar buoy will be transported on the
Dockwise Vanguard to Norway from either Korea or Finland
– depending on Statoil’s yard choice. Dockwise also secured
contracts for the transport of four drilling rigs to Rotterdam,
Saudi Arabia and Singapore (all for the first half of 2012) and a
single load of barges to Brazil in the second quarter 2012.
The Dockwise Vanguard vessel is currently under construction,
with delivery expected in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Aker Solutions lands Draupne FEED
contract
Aker Solutions has won a front-end, engineering and design contract from Det Norske Oljeselskap, for a study on
the Draupne field, on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Aker was handling pre-front end engineering design work
on Draupne earlier in 2012 which has now converted
into a full FEED contract.
Aker will conduct the study from its newly-established
London office, aiming for completion by the fourth quarter of 2012.
Ocean Installer wins Bentley pipeline
contract
Ocean Installer has received a letter of intent from Xcite
Resources for the installation of two oil export pipelines
at the Bentley field, off the UK.
The 2.1 kilometre pipelines will be installed from the
jack-up Rowan Norway to a shuttle tanker.
Work on the contract is scheduled to start in April 2012
and will be carried out using a sub-contracted vessel
from Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical.
The letter of intent awarded by Xcite was the first award
Ocean Installer had ever been awarded in the UK market.
The field is estimated to hold 116 million barrels of
proven and probable reserves.
FMC Technologies awarded US$70 million subsea production system contract for
Statoil’s Fram H-Nord Development
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed an agreement with
Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea production
equipment to support the Fram H-Nord development. The
contract has a value of approximately US$70 million in
revenue to FMC.
FMC’s scope of supply includes one subsea production tree,
one manifold and one multiphase meter. The company will
also supply an integrated template structure, one umbilical,
two wellheads and additional controls and equipment.
The equipment will be based on the standard fast-track
subsea solution designed by FMC for Statoil. Deliveries are
expected to occur throughout 2013.
EUROPE PROJECTS
Aker Solutions signs US$170 million
Snorre A drilling facilities contract
60 people at the platform.
The works got underway in recent days at the company’s
fabrication yard in Teeside, creating 40 jobs.
The Dutch provider previously built the original living quarters
at the platform in 2005.
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Statoil to
deliver replacement and upgrading of the drilling equipment
and systems on the Snorre A platform in the North Sea.
Estimated contract value is US$170 million.
The main object of the project is to extend the technical
lifetime up to 2040 and improve HSE factors. Scope of
work will include engineering, procurement, construction,
installation and commissioning assistance.
This project includes advanced technical solutions in addition
to extensive onshore testing in a considerably larger scale
than previously performed. The chosen solutions have been
developed over many years through extensive studies with
participation from Aker Solutions, Statoil and the drilling
operator.
Refurbishment of existing drilling facilities like Snorre A is a
growing market in the mature North Sea, and an area which
Aker Solutions is putting high emphasis on. The company
has comprehensive knowledge about products, systems
and services required to plan and execute such work, and
different parts of the company would typically be involved.
Maersk Drilling awarded Hejre rig
Contract
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a US$148 million
contract with Dong Energy for drilling of production wells
on the Hejre field in the Danish North Sea.
The Danish rig contractor will deploy its jack-up Maersk
Resolve under the five-well contract, which has a
duration of around 750 days and includes an option for
an additional two wells covering a 280 day period.
The fixed term of the contract, due to start in
the summer of 2014, yields a day-rate of about
US$197,000.
Technip wins FEED contract for Luva
Platform
The Snorre A drilling contract scope will be performed by
Aker Solutions’ drilling technologies engineering team
in Kristiansand and will be concluded by its integration
competence centre in Bergen. Prefabrication will be
performed at Aker Solutions’ yard in Egersund.
Preparations have already started. A total of 100 engineering
and management personnel at Aker Solutions’ office in
Bergen and Kristiansand plus up to 100 offshore installation
personnel will work on the Snorre A Drilling contract for the
next three years.
Hertel wins Buzzard EPC contract in
North Sea
Hertel has won a competitive tender to design, build and
modify living quarters for Nexen’s Buzzard platform in the
central UK North Sea.
Under the engineering, procurement and construction
contract, Hertel will expand the board capacity of Buzzard
by 50%, building living quarters to accommodate an extra
Technip has been awarded a lump sum front-end
engineering design (FEED) contract by Statoil ASA for
the development of the Luva floating platform, offshore
Norway, at a water depth of approximately 4,265 feet
(1,300 metres).
The contract covers the design and planning for
procurement, construction and transportation of a Spar
hull and the mooring systems as well as the design of
the steel catenary risers. The award builds on the study
work (including pre-FEED) that has been ongoing since
early 2010 to document the suitability of a Spar platform
in Norwegian waters.
Technip’s operating centre in Houston, Texas will execute
the contract in cooperation with the Technip operation
centres in Norway and Finland.
EUROPE PROJECTS
Technip awarded £500 million
subsea contract for BP’s Quad 204
project
Technip’s has been awarded a contract by BP to
develop the subsea infrastructure for the Quad 204
project, located West of Shetland. The contract is worth
approximately €600 million (around £500 million).
The Quad 204 project, approved in July 2011, involves
replacing the existing Schiehallion production facility
with a new purpose built FPSO(2), and installing
extensive new subsea infrastructure. This major redevelopment will enable the potential recovery of an
additional 450 million barrels of resource and extend
production through to 2035.
The contract awarded to Technip UK covers a broad
scope of work, including:
• removal of the existing Schiehallion FPSO and
mooring system
• recovery of all existing flexible risers(3) and dynamic
umbilical systems(4)
• positioning and installation of a new FPSO and
associated mooring system and anchor piles
• supply and installation of 21 dynamic flexible risers
• installation of four static and dynamic umbilicals
• coating, welding and installation of 15 steel
pipelines, totaling 50 kilometers
• supply and installation of numerous flexible
jumpers(5)
Group PSN will provide onshore and offshore operations
and maintenance, including management of selected
procurement and logistics support.
The semisubmersible production vessel is stationed
122 mi (196 km) northeast of Aberdeen and hosts
production from the Balmoral, Beauly, Brenda, Burghley,
Nicol, and Sterling fields.
The contract is effective May 1st 2012, and will provide
employment for more than 70 offshore staff and create
up to 15 full-time onshore positions. Wood Group PSN
will perform the work from Aberdeen with an operations
team based in Premier Oil’s offices.
The project is estimated to run through to 2020.
Technip wins field development contract
in Danish North Sea
Technip, in partnership with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine
Engineering (DSME) has been awarded a contract for the
Hejre field development project, offshore Denmark, by Dong
E&P and Bayerngas.
The contract covers engineering, procurement, fabrication,
hook-up, and commissioning assistance for a fixed wellhead
and process platform and associated facilities.
The platform includes 11,500-ton topsides supported by a
6,500-ton jacket, and is designed to process high pressure
and high temperature hydrocarbons fluids. The platform,
which also comprises living quarters to accommodate 70
people and a flare, will be capable of producing up to 76 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and 35,000 barrels of
oil per day.
Technip’s operating centre in Paris, France, will execute the
contract, with the support of its Chennai and Mumbai offices,
India. The jacket and wellhead unit will be delivered in 2014,
the topsides and living quarter in 2015.
• installation of various manifolds, jumpers and
infrastructure associated with the field development.
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Wood Group PSN secures US$396
million support service contract from
Premiere oil
Premier Oil has contracted Wood Group PSN for
operations and maintenance support services for the
Balmoral floating production vessel in the UK central
North Sea.
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Under the US$396 million life-of-field contract, Wood
AICCO awards PCS deal to
Honeywell
ALLA International Contracting Company (AICCO) has
awarded Honeywell the process control system (PCS)
contract at Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu Refinery. The contract
signing ceremony was held at AICCO head office in
Dammam.
AICCO is registered as a contractor with Saudi Aramco,
Sabic and Sabic Engineering and Project Management
(Sabic E&PM) for electro-mechanical and construction
works to EPC contractors. AICCO’s scope of work is
mainly control systems and instrumentation; however it
also includes civil works and mechanical/piping tie-ins.
Al Jaber Energy wins Zadco civil
work for Upper Zakum
Zakum Development Company (Zadco) has awarded a
contract to Al Jaber Energy Services, for early civil work at
the offshore Upper Zakum oilfield.
Al Jaber has already received a letter of award and
scope covers enabling works, civil works and other
miscellaneous works at four artificial islands under
construction. The duration of the project is 36 months.
AMEC scores PMC service contract
at Nasr and Umm Lulu fields
AMEC has been awarded a Project Management
Consultancy (PMC) services contract by Abu Dhabi
Marine Operating Company (ADMA OPCO) for the
‘execute phase’ of the Nasr Phase-1 and Umm Lulu
Phase-1 field development projects offshore Abu
Dhabi.
Phase 1 will include the construction of an early
production facility, 33 wellhead towers, pipelines and
pumps with a view to sustaining a production capacity
of a further 125,000 barrels per day (bpd) from the
fields. The phase is slated to take 30 months. Larsen
& Toubro was awarded the US$450 million EPC
contract summer 2011.
Phase 2, the EPC deal for which is yet to be awarded,
is slated to add a further 40,000 bpd. Shaw Stone &
Webster has already sewn up the PMC contract.
Technip Abu Dhabi completed the FEED overseeing
Phase 1, Mott MacDonald conducted the feasibility
study, and WorleyParsons covered the first round of
PMC work. The total project value is undisclosed but
reckoned to be US$1.5 billion.
Al Jaber’s GPS wins key contract in
Oman
Global Process Systems (GPS), a member of the Al-Jaber
Group, has secured a key contract with Larsen & Toubro
to supply Gas Sweetening and Gas Dehydration process
systems required for the Lekhwair Gas Field Development
Project in Oman.
The contract is one of several awarded across the GPS
Group recently worth a combined value of US$200 million.
Work has already commenced at the GPS office in Dubai,
UAE, and will be carried out on a fast-track schedule. The
Gas Dehydration and Gas Sweetening systems will be
manufactured at GPS’ major fabrication facilities in Abu
Dhabi.
Lukoil signs US$1billion development
deal with Samsung
Lukoil signed a US$1 billion deal with Samsung Engineering
on Thursday 22nd March 2012 to develop Iraq’s secondbiggest oil field, West Qurna 2, in which the Lukoil has a
majority stake.
The agreement is part of efforts to increase to 1.8 million
barrels per day (bpd) crude output at the West Qurna-2 field
in the south of the country, which has known reserves of
12.876 billion barrels.
The contract requires Samsung to build five well pads with
67 development wells, as well as infrastructure to extract
and treat oil, and water intake equipment, as well as a variety
of other requirements, over the course of 29 months.
Penspen secures PMS contract for
Kuwait Gulf Oil Company
Penspen Group has been contracted by the Kuwait Gulf
Oil Company to project manage the detailed design and
construction of a new Gas & Condensate Export System
(GCES) from Khafji in Saudi Arabia, on the Kuwait/Saudi
Arabia border, to Kuwait. Penspen will manage EPC
contractor Technip.
The project objective is to deliver condensate and gas
product to Kuwait from Saudi Arabia, assist in reducing gas
flaring, and recover valuable hydrocarbon resources.
The new export system will include Gas facilities carrying
40 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd) of gas via
pipeline to Kuwait, and 110 kilometres of 12 inch diameter
export pipeline, of which approximately 47 kilometre will be
offshore.
Penspen will project manage Technip’s detailed design
work, Technip’s procurement activities and the construction
as undertaken by Technip and its sub contractors.
Penspen will also assist with the commissioning of the final
scheme.
Aramco committed
to US$8 billion
Petro Rabigh
expansion
Saudi Aramco have
reaffirmed their committment
to a US$6-8 billion expansion
of its first integrated refining and petrochemical project,
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemicals Company (Petro
Rabigh).
The company’s plant, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast,
expects to double petrochemicals capacity to 3.7 million
metric tons a year, and create an estimated 5,000 jobs, if it
completes a planned expansion to the refinery and adjacent
industrial park.
Feasibility studies for the work were finished earlier and an
announcement on the financing for the planned expansion
were said to be close, however Aramco’s partner in the
venture, Sumitomo, have expressed a more cautious
outlook on the project citing changing conditions in the
economic and petrochemical market conditions as reasons
behind delays in their own preparations.
Aker Solutions wins US$64 million drill
components contract for NDC rigs
Aker Solutions has won a contract with a subsidiary of
China’s Honghua Holding to deliver high specification drilling
equipment components for seven new onshore drilling
rigs destined for delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling
Company (NDC). The contract value is about US$64 million.
Honghua is building a series of seven drilling rigs for NDC
under a deal valued at US$300 million struck in December
2011.Honghua will provide seven units of 9000-meter
3000hp cluster land drilling rigs, which will be used mainly in
the operation of oilfields in the Middle-East.
All drilling rigs will be delivered to the client throughout stages
in 2013. The contract includes options for another four
identical deliveries.
Each drilling equipment delivery includes a draw-work, three
mud pumps, a 1,000 tons top drive and other equipment
from Aker Solutions.
Aker Solutions will deliver the first equipment sets to the
customer in the fourth quarter of 2012. All equipment
deliveries will be completed by the summer of 2013. The
majority of the equipment will be delivered from Aker
Solutions’ subsidiary in Erkelenz, Germany.
McDermott awarded EPCI Contract
by Al-Khafji Joint Operations
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded an
engineering, procurement, construction and installation
(EPCI) project for Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO), in the
Hout field in water depths up to 31 metres.
The EPCI project comprises more than 600 tonnes of
structures including a tripod jacket, deck and flare tower
and 42 kilometres of 24-inch subsea pipeline.
McDermott will also carry out modifications to a number
of existing platforms in the Hout field, through its
dedicated brownfield division in Jebel Ali.
McDermott’s scope of work includes engineering, with
construction from its Jebel Ali fabrication facility and
installation using vessels from its global fleet, scheduled
to mobilise in the third quarter of 2013.
Expro secures three iraq contracts
Expro has secured three further contract wins in Iraq. The
trio of contract awards adds to the recent contract success
with ENI.
Expro will undertake analysis of more than 100 PVT
studies in a contract award with Gazprom in the Badra field
situated close to the Iranian border.
Gazprom is critical for Expro as it has positioned Expro in
the central part of Iraq. It is also the first PVT contract for
Expro with Gazprom.
Two further contract awards with large operators in the
south of Iraq involve further PVT sampling studies and
laboratory work.
Expro will utilise its Iraqi capabilities as well as its fluids
analysis centre (FAC) and analytical data services (ADS)
teams in the UK to conduct more than 200 PVT studies.
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NORTH AMERICA PROJECTS
Cal Dive wins Pemex Subsea Pipeline
Installation contract to generate
US$46 million in total revenue
Cal Dive International has been awarded a contract by
Pemex Exploración y Producción for the installation of a 20inch subsea pipeline located in the Abkatun Pol Chuc Field in
240 feet of water. The contract is expected to generate total
revenue of approximately US$46 million and will utilise two
of the company’s key assets. The offshore construction is
expected to commence in the second quarter 2012.
Explortex to acquire working
interests in 33 Barnett Shale wells
Explortex Energy, Inc. entered into an agreement on
February 29, 2012 to acquire the working interests in
thirty three (33) Barnett Shale oil and gas wells from Point
Capital Barnett Shale Investors, G.P. which holds interest
in fourteen Denton County, TX, wells. Point Capital Barnett
Shale Investors II, LP holds interest in nineteen additional
wells located in Denton, Cooke and Wise Counties, TX.
Consideration for the transaction is US$1,318,750.00. A
total of US$10,550,000.00 was invested into the General
Partnerships over the last six years.
First Subsea secures Spar Mooring
Connector contract for Lucius Field
First Subsea Ltd has been awarded a contract by Technip
USA Inc to supply the mooring line connectors for a new
spar platform moored in 7,000 feet (2,134 metres) of
water in the Lucius field, Keathley Canyon block 875 in
the Gulf of Mexico.
The Lucius spar will be moored by nine Ballgrab ball and
taper mooring connectors attached to polyester mooring
lines. The Ballgrab connector comprises a male connector
and female receptacle. The Series III male connectors will
comply with the new ABS Mooring Guide 2009.
Pulse Seismic signs US$27.8 million
3D seismic data license
Pulse Seismic Inc. has signed a US$27.8 million seismic
data licensing agreement. The majority of the seismic
data is located in the Cutbank Ridge area of northwest
British Columbia.
Seismic data sales from the company’s 2010 significant
asset acquisition of the Cutbank Ridge and Montney
datasets have now totalled US$49.5 million in the
18-month period ended March 31, 2012. This represents
an 89% cash recovery of the US$55.6 million cash
component of the purchase price for this acquisition.
Fugro signs letter of award for
US$40million seismic survey
Fugro Geoteam has signed a letter of award with
Statoil Canada for a 3-D seismic survey offshore
Newfoundland worth over US$40 million. The survey
will be undertaken using one of Fugro Geoteam’s
industry leading C-Class seismic vessels during the
second and third quarter of 2012.
Harris awarded telecom deal for
Chevron’s Big Foot platform project
in the Gulf of Mexico
Harris CapRock Communications has signed a contract to
provide telecommunications systems and infrastructure for
Chevron’s Big Foot platform project in the Gulf of Mexico.
The systems integration work will support all aspects of the
project from design through Factory Acceptance Testing
(FAT).
Chevron requires a customised solution including the
design, integration and testing of telecommunications
systems before deployment, along with VSAT (Very
Small Aperture Terminal) hardware and service during
production. Specifically, Chevron’s needs include
telecommunications and electronic equipment, fiber and
structured cabling, RF (Radio Frequency) and coax cabling,
and an overall telecommunications infrastructure.
Under the terms of the agreement, Harris CapRock
will conduct the robust design, integration and testing
of telecommunications subsystems, including UHF
(Ultra-High Frequency) trunked, marine VHF (Very High
Frequency), survival and aeronautical radios; radar, AIS
(Automatic Identification System) and weather tracking
systems; closed-circuit and entertainment TV; Personnel
on Board location and access; VSAT (Very Small Aperture
Terminal) and associated fiber; CAT-6 structured cabling;
and the infrastructure to support all services. The Factory
Acceptance Testing (FAT) period will be held at Harris
CapRock’s energy headquarters in Houston, Texas. In
addition, Harris CapRock will provide the VSAT hardware
and associated managed services.
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NORTH AMERICA PROJECTS
WorleyParsons wins US$57.9 million
TransCanada contracts
TransCanada has awarded two fabrication and construction
contracts worth US$57.9 million for work on its terminal in
Hardisty, Alberta, to WorleyParsons.
WorleyParsonsCord will conduct brownfield work on Terminal
A and plant construction work at Terminal B at the facility.
WorleyParsons’ work on the project is scheduled to be
completed by December 2012.
Technip wins Tubular Bells contract
Hess Corporation has awarded Technip a contract for work on
its Tubular Bells field, located in the Mississippi Canyon area
of the Gulf of Mexico.
The company will work on 28 miles of flowlines, steel catenary
risers, pipeline end terminations, piles and structures under
the contract, which covers design, engineering, fabrication
and subsea installation. Technip will manage the project from
its Houston operating centre, while the flowlines and risers will
be welded at the Group’s spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama.
Offshore installation is scheduled to be completed with the
Deep Blue, one of Technip’s deepwater pipe-lay vessels,
during the first half of 2013.
Technip awarded subsea contract for the
Hadrian South Development in the Gulf Of
Mexico
ExxonMobil awarded Technip a contract for subsea
equipment on the Hadrian South natural gas development in
the GOM in about 7,500 feet (2,300 metres) of water.
The project consists of a subsea tie-back to the planned
Anadarko operated spar platform, Lucius.
The contract covers project management, procurement and
installation of two 7-mile (11-kilometre) long flowlines and
associated jumpers, installation of a 9-mile (14-kilometre)
umbilical, associated foundation and flying leads, and precommissioning. The equipment will be installed in 2013.
Technip’s operating centre in Houston, Texas, will execute the
contract. The flowlines will be welded at Technip’s spoolbase
located in Mobile, Alabama. The Deep Blue, a deepwater
pipelay vessel from the Technip fleet will install the subsea
equipment in 2013.
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SOUTH AMERICA PROJECTS
Amerisur lands drilling contract for
Colombia campaign
Amerisur Resources Plc, has signed a contract for a
drilling rig to perform its Platanillo drilling campaign.
The Serinco D10 1200HP drilling unit has been
contracted for two firm wells with a continuing option
to extend for further wells.
The D10 drilling unit recently drilled an 11,000
feet well under contract to the Agencia Nacional
de Hidrocarburos (ANH), and is currently located in
Bogota and Tumaco.
Following agreement of preventative maintenance
and load out procedures, Serinco expects to begin
mobilisation of the unit and its associated camp to
the drilling location “Platform 9” in the southern part
of the Platanillo field in April 2012. Results from the
first well are expected to be announced in May 2012.
The recently worked over Platanillo-2 well is now
being tested with an Electrical Submersible Pump at
higher rates than previously reported in natural flow.
The company is configuring the surface reception and
treatment systems in order to efficiently handle and
condition the flow for a Long Term Test of the N sand.
Foster Wheeler awarded contract
for an LNG receiving terminal in
Dominican Republic
Foster Wheeler AG has been awarded the basic design and
front-end engineering design contract by Complejo GNL del
Este, a Consortium formed by Dominican and Colombian
companies that participate in the energy sector of these
countries, for a new LNG receiving terminal and jetty to be
built in San Pedro de Marcorís in the Dominican Republic.
Marubeni invest in a FPSO agreement
for vessel in Brazil’s pre-salt
Marubeni, Mitsui and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will
invest in a long-term charter business operated by
Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering (Modec)
to provide an FPSO vessel for use in Brazil’s pre-salt,
Marubeni and Modec. Marubeni, Mitsui and MOL will
invest in Cernambi Sul MV24.
MV24 has signed a long-term chartering agreement
with Tupi, a Dutch firm owned by Petrobras
Netherlands (65%), BG Overseas Holding (25%) and
Galp Energia E&P Brasil (10%). The FPSO will be
chartered to Tupi for 20 years.
Construction of the FPSO will involve conversion
of a VLCC that will be renamed FPSO Cidade de
Mangaratiba MV24. The vessel will be deployed to the
Cernambi Sul area of offshore block BM-S-11 in the
third quarter of 2014. The oil is in the pre-salt layer
some 5,000m beneath the seabed.
PDVSA awards SNC-Lavalin US$134
million project management contract
SNC-Lavalin has signed a US$134 million project
management contract with Venezuela’s state oil company
PDVSA for the Delta Caribe Oriental project in Sucre state.
The project consists of offshore gas fields Dragon, Patao,
Mejillones and Rio Caribe, as well as the onshore Gran
Mariscal de Ayacucho gas complex (Cigma).
SNC-Lavalin will supervise the work of contractors who will be
providing engineering, procurement, construction, installation
and commissioning services for the offshore and onshore
facilities.
The initial mobilisation is underway at the project’s offices in
Caracas, Cumaná, London and Houston.
Petrobras new well confirms light oil
in Santos Basin Pre-Salt Cluster
The Foster Wheeler contract value for this project will be
included in the company’s first-quarter 2012 results.
Petrobras has found light oil in ultra-deepwaters of the
Santos Basin pre-salt reservoirs, block BM-S-9.
Foster Wheeler has previously completed a feasibility study
for the selection of the most suitable technology for the new
terminal, which will be designed for a send-out capacity of
240 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d), with an
LNG storage tank of 160,000 cubic meters. The design will
also consider future expansion(s) up to 700 MMscf/d.
The new well, 3-BRSA-1023 (3-SPS-85), named Carioca
Sela, is located in the assessment area of 1-SPS-50
(Carioca) field, some 4.5 Km from the discovery well.
In this new well, 27º API oil was recovered, in a water
depth of 2,149 metres.
Foster Wheeler will work with a local partner in executing
this work, which is expected to be completed in September
2012.
The discovery was verified by oil sampling in test
performed in reservoirs located at an approximate
depth of 5,250 metres.
SOUTH AMERICA PROJECTS
Subsea7 wins US$100million Terra
Nova Surf contract
Subsea 7 has won a subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline
contract worth about US$100 million from Suncor
Energy for work on its Terra Nova field, off the coast of
Newfoundland.
Engineering and project management activities will start
at Subsea7’s St John’s office, some 350 kilometres north
west of the project site, with offshore operations due to
start during the third quarter of 2012.
The contract scope includes the management, engineering
and installation of nine 300 metre replacement risers and
associated flowlines, jumpers and tie-ins.
Subsea7 vice president Canada Phil Simons said the
contract win would further support the development of the
company’s St John’s office.
Petrobras oil discovers in pre-salt
Santos basin
Petrobras has found oil in pre-salt Santos basin block
BM-S-8. The discovery was made at well 4-SPS-86B
(4-BRSA-971-SPS), known as Carcará, 232km off the
coast of São Paulo state at a depth of 5,750 metres.
The well is in 2,160 metre-deep water and was spud
December 15, 2012.
PetroMagdalena strikes oil in Colombia
PetroMagdalena has struck oil at a sidetrack well on one
of its large plays in Colombia.
A total of over seven metres of net pay were discovered at
the Cernicalo -1 ST sidetrack on the Cubiro Block at the
Llanos exploration programme.
The well, which was spudded on 18 January 2012, was
perforated in two Upper Guadalupe sands which are
currently being tested.
Almost four metres of net pay was found in the C7
formation with around just shy of this also discovered in
the Upper Guadalupe formation.
Seismic data showed an accumulation of around 1.5
kilometres long at Cernicalo-1 ST.
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SeaBird secures US$3million
seismic contract in South America
SeaBird Exploration PLC has been awarded a US$3
million contract by a major oil company in South America.
The survey will be carried out by the Harrier Explorer en
route to Brazil where the vessel will commence a long
term charter in early 2Q 2012.
Respsol makes shale oil discovery in
Argentina
Recoverable resources of 741 MMb of 40 - 45° API shale
oil are thought to be reservoired in 428 km2 of the Vaca
Muerta Formation.
Repsol YPF have already drilled 15 wells in the area, known
as Loma La Lata Norte, and the wells have been flowing
high quality shale oil at an initial rate of 5,000 boepd.
The Vaca Muerta Formation is one of the world’s largest
non-conventional reservoirs. It is a Late Jurassic to Early
Cretaceous transgressive marine sequence of alternating
black shales and limestones, the former being one of the
principal source rocks for the Neuquén Basin.
Exploration is also in progress at another discovery in a
502 km2 area of the same formation, where the well is
flowing 400 boepd of 35° API shale oil. There is potential for
even larger reserve estimates, as Repsol YPF has rights to
12,000 km2 in the Vaca Muerta Basin.
Petrobras confirms crude oil at
Nordeste de Tupi
Petrobras second well, drilled in areas acquired from the
government in 2010, confirms the discovery of highquality crude.
Petrobras drilled the well in an area known as Nordeste
de Tupi, which is northeast of the Lula field that was the
first Santos Basin pre-salt discovery to enter production.
The well was drilled in 2,131 metres of water about 255
kilometres offshore from Rio de Janeiro.
The company is accelerating development of the pre-salt
fields, with plans to invest US$225 billion through 2014
to increase crude oil output. A cluster of oil deposits
was found in the Santos Basin off the coasts of Rio de
Janeiro and Sao Paulo states, potentially holding as
much as 100 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
Petrobras plans a well-formation test to evaluate the
well’s productivity after drilling is completed.
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