Upstream News

Global coverage of exploration and production, field development, shale, fracking and other upstream sector developments

	Lundin Norway Digital Drilling Operations Portal Implementation Goes Live 3rd September 2019 The Drilling Portal is now live and combines remote monitoring of information from multiple different systems to provide a quick and intuitive overview of all drilling operations. A search functionality...
	Fugro’s targeted approach secures second seep hunting success offshore Malaysia 30th August 2019 The second campaign was located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia and began 8 May 2019 onboard the Fugro Equator. Acquired geophysical data included over 15 000 km2 of multibeam echosounder (MBES) data...
	BP to sell Alaska business to Hilcorp 29th August 2019 Under the terms of the agreement, Hilcorp will purchase all of BP's interests in the state for a total consideration of $5.6 billion. The sale will include BP's entire upstream and midstream...
	CGG begins new 3D broadband survey in deepwater Brazil 29th August 2019 With an initial focus on Brazil’s 15th License Round blocks, the data is being acquired by the Geo Caribbean and a portion of the survey will provide 3D data coverage where no other 3D data currently...
	TechnipFMC to create two independent companies 29th August 2019 The two companies are RemainCo, a fully-integrated technology and services provider, continuing to drive energy development and SpinCo, a engineering and construction (E&C) player, poised to capitalize...
	First oil from Greater Enfield 29th August 2019 The Greater Enfield Project was approved in 2016, to develop the Laverda Canyon, Norton over Laverda and Cimatti oil accumulations through a subsea tie-back to the Ngujima-Yin FPSO, located over the Vincent...
	North Sea oilfields cut downtime by 32 per cent in four years 29th August 2019 The index charts the frequency with which oilfields in the North Sea report zero production compared to those exporting oil into pipelines in any given month.The launch report reveals a substantial decline...
	Siccar Point Energy announces Cambo FEED contract to Sembcorp Marine 29th August 2019 The Cambo field, located 125km northwest of the Shetland Islands and in a water depth of 1100m, was discovered in 2002, and subsequently had 4 appraisal wells drilled up to 2012 and a final successful...
	Major Opportunities for Supply Chain as New Subsea Player Seeks to Build Relationships 29th August 2019 On the back of recent contract awards, totalling in excess of £100million, the subsea construction company is inviting the supply chain to come forward with fresh, innovative ideas and...
	A Safe Influx of innovation: tackling one of the oil and gas industry’s biggest challenges 28th August 2019 The system is designed to detect well influxes, kicks of gas or fluid from a formation into a wellbore, and take immediate corrective action to minimise the influx and prevent a well blowout. This will...