A further seven to 10 offshore rigs are at risk of having their contracts cancelled by clients on top of a total of 18 units that have been terminated so far this year amid a market slump, according to Rystad Energy. Rig contractors including Seadrill, COSL Drilling Europe and Songa Offshore have suffered a rash of charter cancellations and suspensions by the likes of Statoil and Petrobras as cutbacks by operators due to low oil prices have hit drilling demand, leading to a contract drought, lay-ups and plunging dayrates.
The total number of offshore rigs operating worldwide was at 225 last month, a reduction of 15 units on 240 that were active in September and down from 304 a year earlier, according to Baker.
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Resource Energy Can-Am LLC has announced that it has closed on its previously announced agreement to acquire assets in the North Dakota Bakken formation from Samson Resources Company. The purchase price was approximately $75.0 million (subject to customary adjustments). The assets were sold pursuant to Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
With the acquisition, Resource Energy has now accumulated over 110,000 net acres in the Williston basin and has proven reserves of approximately 28 MMboe. Resource Energy has an interest in more than 350 wells (approximately 50% operated), and has current gross operated production of approximately 6,500 boed.
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Italian energy company Eni has signed agreements for the evaluation of exploration and production activities in Bahrain. Authorities in the country have signed four agreements between the state Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), Tatweer Petroleum and Eni, in an effort to assess certain upstream assets in the region.
As part of the agreement, Eni will have access to data for the study of oil and gas field potential within offshore and onshore areas. At the end of the studies, Bahrain authorities and Eni will evaluate the possibility of future initiatives in the Kingdom, with the view to cooperate for further developments of the country's energy resources.
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本周一,石油价格上涨超过1%。这得益于OPEC的限产协议。尽管油价超过7美元,仍低于上月最高水平,原因是人们怀疑OPEC限产协议的可行性。格林尼治时间11:57时,布伦特原油价格为46.20美元/桶,比上次收盘上升62美分(1.36%)。西德克萨斯中质油价格为44.82美元/桶,上升75美分(1.7%)。OPEC秘书长表示:OPEC将执行9月在Algiers达成的限产协议。在迪拜开会时,Mohammed Barkindo告诉记者:“14个成员国将坚定执行协议。”但是,分析人士怀疑OPEC通过减产平衡市场的能力。
来自/Reuters 11月7日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Oil rose more than 1 per cent on Monday, boosted by a commitment from OPEC to stick to a deal to cut output, but prices remained more than $7 below last month’s high due to persistent doubts over the feasibility of the group’s plan.Brent crude traded at $46.20 per barrel at 1157 GMT, up 62 cents, or 1.36 per cent, from the previous close.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 75 cents, or 1.7 per cent, at $44.82 a barrel.The secretary-general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said the group was committed to an output-cutting deal made in Algiers in September.“All OPEC 14 (members), we remain committed to the implementation,” Mohammed Barkindo told reporters at a conference in Abu Dhabi.Despite this, many analysts doubt OPEC’s ability to co-ordinate a cut sufficient to balance the market.
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俄罗斯政府颁布新法令表示将出售石油巨头俄罗斯石油公司(Rosneft) 19.5%的股份。11月3日,该法令由首相Dmitry Medvedev签署。这份文件撤销了2014年关于Rosneft股份销售的法令规定。新法令没有公布销售细节,因其属于保密信息。之前,俄罗斯政府计划以不低于2006年首次公开招股时的市价销售Rosneft股份。
来自/Rigzone 11月7日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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The Russian government published a new decree on the sale of a 19.5 percent stake in oil giant Rosneft, signed by prime minister Dmitry Medvedev on November 3.The document annulled the previous 2014 decree on the Rosneft stake sale. The new decree has not revealed details of the sale, saying it was classified and for internal use.Previously, the government planned to sell the shares at "the market price" which was not below initial public offering conducted in 2006.
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 11月7日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Malaysian drilling contractor UMW Offshore Drilling has secured a drilling contract for one of its jack-up rigs. Namely, the company’s Naga 2 jack-up drilling unit will work for Australian oil company Octanex, drilling development wells at the Ophir field, off Malaysia. The announcement on the contract was revealed by Octanex on Monday, which said that UMW had won the contract following a successful tender. The Naga 2 will be deployed at the Ophir field in the second quarter of 2017, where it will drill three production wells. Octanex COO Rae Clark said that the award of the drilling contract locks in significant cost savings for the Ophir project. He did not reveal the financial details of the agreement.
The field is located offshore the Peninsular Malaysia, being developed under a risk service contract granted in 2014 to Ophir Production company, in which Octanex owns a 50 percent stake. The field is being developed via three production vessel, a wellhead platform and a leased FPSO unit.
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 11月7日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Inpex has completed a drilling operation offshore Japan, the aim of which was to establish the presence of oil and gas in the area offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures. Japanese oil company Inpex used the Transocean-owned M.G. Hulme Jr. semi-submersible drilling rig.
According to the Japanese agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), the drilling operation unearthed samples of rock and a large amount of data considered valuable in determining the oil and natural gas situation in the area. In addition, the operation confirmed a thin layer of gas at the shallow section of the seabed as well as an indication of gas at the section immediately deeper than the shallow section. Providing an update on future steps, ANRE said it would analyze and assess the collected data and compile the survey results into a report by the end of FY2016. The agency said it hoped the results of this project would contribute to the further exploration by other oil companies in Japan. From FY2017 onward, ANRE said it would continue to conduct offshore drilling surveys in the sea areas around Japan.
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美国石油巨头雪佛龙在周一宣布,他们在北海中部的项目首次获得了工业气流,但并未给出具体数据。该项目设计日均产能为1亿1100万立方英尺的天然气以及14000桶凝析油,产量将在下月开始增加。雪佛龙欧洲上游业务部经理Greta Lydecker表示:“Alder首次获得工业气流对于雪佛龙来说意义非凡,也证明我们在英国所做的勘探开发工作具有价值。”Alder油田发现于1975年,位于Scottish海岸水下150m处,延伸160km。雪佛龙拥有Alder73.7%的开采权,另外26.3%归康菲公司所有。
来自/Upstream 11月7日消息 编译/尉晶
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The US supermajor revealed on Monday that it had reached first gas at the central North Sea project, but did not give an initial output figure. The project has a planned design capacity of 110 million cubic feet of natural gas and 14,000 barrels of condensate per day. Output is set to ramp up in the coming months, the operator said.Chevron upstream Europe managing director Greta Lydecker said: "First gas at Alder represents a significant milestone for Chevron and highlights our commitment to investing and developing resources in the UK.Discovered in 1975, Alder is situated around 160 kilometres from the Scottish coast in 150 metres of water. Chevron operates Alder on 73.7% and is joined by compatriot independent ConocoPhillips on 26.3%.
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Weir油气公司与科威特石油公司(KOC)签署了价值1200万美元的中东项目合同。Weir将提供规格在3000-10000psi的11种不同的海上采油树井口,共计295台。Weir表示,他们将提供单管采油树井口和双管采油树井口。这项合同是由在科威特的Khuff Trading & Contracting公司代表Weir进行签署的。
来自/Upstream 11月7日消息 编译/尉晶
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Weir Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract in the Middle East with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) worth roughly $12 million.The contract will see Weir supply 295 Seaboard wellheads, with 11 different wellhead configurations ranging from 3000 to 10,000 psi.Weir said products sold to KOC included conventional wellheads along with HH cladded trees, and solid block dual completion trees.Weir was awarded the contract through its representative in Kuwait, Khuff Trading & Contracting.
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越南Hoang Long自营公司在Cuu Long盆地海域16-1区块的Te Giac Trang油田进行其2016年的钻探活动。其合作伙伴Soco International透露,该项活动将在周一开始,第一口井将在11月6日开钻。这项钻井活动是在油田中部的H4钻井平台上,利用PetroVietnam Drilling 的PVD-6钻井设备进行,主要钻探TGT-27P和TGT-28P加密井。Soco International还表示,以后还会在北部的H5钻井平台上打两口加密井。Te Giac Trang的合作伙伴包括PetroVietnam Exploration & Production (41%)、Soco (30.5%) 和泰国的PTT Exploration & Production (28.5)%。
来自/Upstream 11月7日消息 编译/尉晶
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Vietnam’s Hoang Long joint operating company has commenced its 2016 development drilling campaign at the Te Giac Trang field on Block 16-1 in the offshore Cuu Long basin.Joint venture partner Soco International revealed the start of the campaign on Monday, with the first well being spudded on 6 November.The development drilling programme involves the TGT-27P and TGT-28P infill wells being batch drilled using the PetroVietnam Drilling jack-up rig PVD-6 on the H4 wellhead platform in the central area of the field.Soco added the joint venture was reviewing adding a further two infill wells to the current programme on the southern H5 wellhead platform.The Te Giac Trang partners include PetroVietnam Exploration & Production (41%), Soco (30.5%) and Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production (28.5)%.
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在哈斯克斯坦西部Fedorovsky区块钻探的U-25探区,其Tournaisian储层下部12m的地层经测试,天然气流量为111000m³/天,凝析气流量为245m³/天。在伦敦登记注册的KMG EP声称:“油气资源量的增加不仅是因为进一步的勘探活动,还因为现有油田资源量的进一步提升。”在储层下部的测试工作结束以后,该公司还将对储层上部主要气层进行测试。KMG EP拥有Ural Group 50%的股份,而Ural Group的全资子公司Ural油气公司拥有Fedorovsky区块的勘探开发权。
来自/Upstream 11月7日消息 编译/尉晶
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The U-25 probe, drilled in the Fedorovsky block in west Kazakhstan that hosts the field, flowed 111,000 cubic metres per day of gas and 245 cubic metres (1541 barrels) per day of condensate on an 11mm choke during testing of a 12-metre interval in a lower formation of the Tournaisian reservoir.London-listed KMG EP said in a statement “hydrocarbon resources are expected to increase not only due to further exploration, but also due to update of the area of the remaining category С1 resources”.The company intends to continue testing of upper, main gas-bearing formations of the reservoir once tests of the lower strata are completed.KMG EP holds a 50% stake in Ural Group whose 100%-owned subsidiary Ural Oil and Gas holds the exploration and production licence for the Fedorovsky block.
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Mexico's oil regulator approved on Friday a final set of business-friendly tweaks to bid rules for a highly-anticipated upcoming auction that will pick a partner for state oil company PEMEX to develop its first-ever deep water project.
Among the final changes to the bid terms, the oil regulator, known as the CNH, voted to eliminate a provision in the joint operating agreement that would have given PEMEX the power to unilaterally remove the oil company chosen to operate the project. The CNH also voted to eliminate a cash bond that was included in the joint operating agreement, leaving just a bond set out in the license contract, as well as specifying that the operator will have the 'decisive vote' in the event of any work program disagreements.
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Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA on Friday announced financing deals totaling nearly $1.45 billion with local firm Delta Petroleum and India's ONGC that will be used to raise production at joint venture operations.
Venezuelan company Delta Petroleum, which holds a 40 percent stake in the Petrodelta joint venture with PDVSA, will provide $1.13 billion in financing to boost the joint venture's output, PDVSA said. ONGC will provide $318 million to finance increased crude production at the San Cristobal field, where it holds a 40 percent stake in a joint venture with PDVSA.
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Statoil, operator of development licence 128, has received consent from Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority to drill exploration well 6608/10-17 S to test the Cape Vulture Prospect. The geographical coordinates are: 08° 03' 36" E 66° 04' 16" N. Water depth at the site is 375 metres.
Drilling is scheduled to begin in November and estimated to last up to 33 days. The estimated duration of an optional sidetrack is 16 days. Drilling will be performed by Deepsea Bergen, which is an Aker H3 facility, built in 1983 and operated by Odfjell Drilling. Deepsea Bergen was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in December 2001.
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JV partner Carnarvon Petroleum has provided an update on drilling operations as advised by the operator of the Phoenix South-2 well, Quadrant Energy.
The well commenced drilling on the 30th October and has drilled down to approx. 1,500 metres measured depth. The well is currently setting the 20” (508mm) casing. Once the 20” (508mm) casing has been set and cemented in place, the well will commence drilling the 17 ½” (445 mm) hole. The rig is expected to take between 2 to 3 weeks to complete the drilling of the 17 ½” hole down to a depth of approx. 3,500 metres measured depth before running the 13 5/8” (346 mm) intermediate casing. No reservoir objectives are anticipated to be intersected in this hole section. The Phoenix South-2 well is located within the WA-435-P exploration permit in the North West Shelf of Australia. The equity interest holders are: Carnarvon Petroleum 20%; Quadrant Energy (Operator) 80%.
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