来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月23日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately-held oil company is set to produce first oil from its Caspian Sea project. More than a decade since making the discovery, the company now expects to bring its Vladimir Filanovsky field online within day. According to Tass news agency, which cited Azat Shamsuarov, Senior Vice President for Oil and Gas Production, the first oil is expected this month, with the connection to the Transneft pipeline system expected by the end of September.
The Filanovsky field is, according to Lukoil, one of the largest discovery in Russia in the past 25 years. It is located in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, 220 km away from Astrakhan. Water depth in the field area ranges from 7 to 11 meters. Production volume at the plateau will be 6 million tons per year.
Lukoil recently put into service three ice-class vessels in support of its Caspian Sea oil and gas activities. The vessels Bumi Uray, Bumi Pokachi and Bumi Naryan-Mar, delivered by Bumi Armada, are being used at the Vladimir Filanovsky field. According to Tass, Lukoil will invest $13.6 billion in the development between 2016 and 2045. Lukoil expects peak production at the field will be 120，000 barrels per day.
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俄罗斯油气巨头Gazprom在Okhotsk海域的Kirinsky区块发现了天然气资源。Gazprom周四称： 在对Kirinsky区块进行地质勘探期间，公司在Sakhalin-3项目的Yuzhno-Lunskaya结构区钻取了一口评价井。结果显示，该区域蕴藏着大量的天然气和凝析油。公司将进一步开展试井工作，并对地质资料进行分析，随后将储量估值提交给联邦地下资源利用局（Federal Subsurface Use Agency），以获得开发审批，并登记成为俄罗斯联邦注册矿藏。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月23日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Russian company Gazprom has discovered a new gas field at the Kirinsky prospect in the Sea of Okhotsk. Gazprom said on Thursday that, in the course of geological exploration of the Kirinsky prospect in the Sea of Okhotsk, a prospecting and appraisal well was drilled in the Yuzhno-Lunskaya structure within the Sakhalin III project. As a result, a substantial gas and condensate inflow was reported, signaling the discovery of a new field. The company stated that, as soon as the well is tested and the geological information is analyzed, the reserves estimates for the new field will be submitted to the Federal Subsurface Use Agency for the purpose of their approval and inclusion into the State Register of Mineral Reserves of the Russian Federation.
As part of the Sakhalin III project, Gazprom is engaged in the geological exploration of three licensed blocks: Kirinsky, Ayashsky, and Vostochno-Odoptinsky. Within the Kirinsky block, Gazprom also discovered the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye and Mynginskoye fields.
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XOM and Oilpro in Agreement Today. Mr. Gardner of ExxonMobil and Mr. Kent of Oilpro coincindentally in agreement on the future of our business, on the same day. Hmmm ... basically you guys are saying that sex is going to remain popular. Got it.
Transocean Winner Readies for Piggy-Back to Turkey. Experts say the Winner was just looking for some PTO when it was towed onto the shores of Scottish Isles. OffshoreEnergyToday gives us the latest on preps for transport to Turkey.
Petrofac Winning in a Down Market. Only been at this a few days but Petrofac seems to be winning, alot. The latest victory is a training contract with Statoil UK.
The Next Shale Boom is in Argentina. The country looks to lift production subsidies by the end of 2017, which will somehow attract an estimated $10 billion in outside investment. Gotta be honest, I just cannot connect the dots here, but Bloomberg thinks this is a big deal.
Alvopetro Comes up Dry. Yesterday it was an ultra-deepwater dry hole offshore Canada. Today, Brazil is the unlucky offshore player. "Deal!" cried the losers.
Oil Prices Feeling More Comfy. Traders push up oil futures as U.S. inventories fall again and refinery activity picks up. Glut be gone, please. Brent at $47+ and WTI at $45+. This ain't so bad. BP's current operating cost in the GOM are $7 and Shell's are about $12. Trust me, they are both making money.
Insolent Russia Refuses to Talk Cuts. Look, being a good cartel member means you cooperate with your fellow conspirators. Sure, OPEC is an organization formed the purpose of collusion against consumers, but let us ignore that fact. The bottom line is that Russia ain't gonna play ball yet.
Total Cuts Another $2bn for 2017. I love it! The Daily Mail states, "Total raises savings target." The rest of the industry continues to call it cost-cutting. Seriously though, Total says it can grow their business with newly proposed expenditure arrangement. That's good.
Maersk Makes Executive Changes Across the Board. Maersk Oil, Drilling, Tankers, and APM Terminals all get new leadership. Kudos to Maersk Oil for placing a woman at the helm. Congrats to Gretchen Watkins as well as the other new execs.
By Land and by Sea. Ethane generally gets to where it's going by land via pipeline, but Enterprise Products Partners is the first Gulf Coast company to ship it by sea, all the way to Norway. Cool charts abound.
Happy B-Day to David. Today our founder celebrates the 11th anniversary of his 30th birthday. David, you are still a young stallion. Can we talk about a raise later?
Saipem has been awarded new contracts and extensions to existing contracts in the onshore drilling segment in the Middle East and South America. The awards have an overall value of $430 million.
In Saudi Arabia, Saipem has been awarded an extension of three years to drilling activities being carried out by ten 2000 HP drilling rigs. This enables Saipem to consolidate its presence in the strategic area of the Middle East, in which it currently has 30 onshore rigs and three offshore rigs.
In South America, in addition to various extensions ranging in duration from two to 24 months for medium and high power rigs in Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Chile, Saipem has also been awarded a new contract for operations in Argentina, which will be carried out by an hydraulic rig over a period of 18 months. This new award will enable Saipem to return to one of the largest onshore drilling markets in South America, whose positive growth prospects have seen it attract the interest of major international oil companies. Saipem’s presence in Argentina will also enable it to further diversify geographically in the area.
Petroleos de Venezuela is getting ready to start what it’s dubbed “one of the world’s largest drilling projects” in the Orinoco heavy crude belt with investment totaling $3.2 billion even as its president, Eulogio Del Pino, says the global oil market is oversupplied.
“The project involves contracting integrated services for platform construction, drilling, completion and connection of wells for joint ventures Petrocarabobo, Petrovictoria and Petroindependencia located in the belt,” the company said Wednesday, adding that 18 rigs would be available.
PDVSA, as the Caracas-based company is known, will drill 480 wells to add 250,000 bpd of new oil output over the next 30 months, according to an emailed statement. Schlumberger, Horizontal Well Drillers, and Venezuela’s Y&V Group were selected after a worldwide tender, with Halliburton and Baker Hughes providing support for specific project'>project activities.
Del Pino on Monday alluded to the deal and said companies that had previously threatened to reduce activity in the country were now presenting plans to increase output and would be paid once new production started to flow. That same day, he said that oil prices should be around $70/bbl and that global output needed to decline about 10% in order to get there.
Russia’s northernmost active oil field has entered commercial production. The Vostochno-Messoyakhsky licensed block is located in the Gydan Peninsula (Taz District, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area). The nearest population center – the Tazovsky village – is 150 km away from the field. The project was executed despite the lack of industrial and transport infrastructure: in 2015–2016, some 400,000 tons of cargo was delivered to the field via water transport and winter roads.
Thanks to the use of state-of-the-art technical and engineering solutions, the pre-development of Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye took less than three years. Today, the project includes 50 oil development wells and a 98-km oil supply pipeline connecting the field to the Arctic Circle – Purpe oil trunkline. The pipeline is heat-insulated against low Arctic temperatures. High-viscosity oil from Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye is heated at the central oil collection facility prior to transportation. Two power plants with a total capacity of over 90 MW were built at the field and the oil delivery and acceptance point to fully satisfy the facilities’ power needs. Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye is expected to reach peak production in 2020 with 5.6 MMt of oil.
Today marked the start of commercial production from the Incahuasi field in Bolivia. Incahuasi is one of the largest active gas and condensate fields in Bolivia. Its recoverable reserves are currently estimated at 70.8 Bcm of gas and 4.8 MMt of gas condensate. The field's first production stage has seen the construction of three wells, a comprehensive gas treatment unit with a daily output of 6.9 million cubic meters, an in-field pipeline system, and an integrated production control system. A 100-km gas pipeline has been built to connect Incahuasi to the Bolivian trunkline system.
The field is already producing gas, with the daily output expected to reach 6.5 million cubic meters by year's end. Gas from Incahuasi is supplied to the domestic market and is planned to be exported to Argentina and Brazil.
“The launch of the Incahuasi field is a landmark event for the energy industries of Bolivia and South America at large. Together with our Bolivian partners, we are pushing forward the continent's most advanced and cutting-edge industry, which, in its turn, serves as a powerful driver for the country's economy,” Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, said.Miller has highlighted the strong prospects for Russian-Bolivian cooperation in the NGV market. “I hope that our cooperation will contribute to the social, economic and environmental well-being of Bolivia in the foreseeable future,” Miller said.
意大利Eni公司新钻取评价井的分析结果显示：埃及Baltim South West天然气田的储量可能达到1万亿立方米，大大超过此前预期。该气田位于东尼罗河三角洲区域，水深25米，距Nooros气田仅10公里。Baltim发现于2015年7月，目前已经投产。
Eni周四发布声明称：“Baltim South West 2X”号评价井在两处墨西拿时期砂层钻遇一总高102米、净高86米的气柱，其中储藏着大量优质天然气。基于这一钻探成果，“Great Nooros Area”区域的天然气总储量可达到3万亿立方米（其中2万亿属于Nooros气田）。Eni子公司IOEC持有Baltim区块50%的股权，剩余50%由英国BP所有。此外，IEOC还与埃及国营企业EGPC成立了合资公司Petrobel，共同负责该区域天然气田的开发和运营。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月22日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Eni upgraded the field potential of Baltim South West, offshore Egypt, to 1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas in place, following the results of the appraisal well Baltim South West 2X.The Baltim South West field is located in the conventional waters of the Nile Delta, in 25 meters of water depth, and just 10 km from the Nooros field, discovered in July 2015 and is already in production.
According to Eni’s statement on Thursday, the Baltim South West 2X well encountered a gas column of 102 meters overall, of which 86 meters net, in two sand layers of messinian age with excellent reservoirs. With this new well, the gas potential of the so-called “Great Nooros Area” reaches 3 tcf of gas in place, of which about 2 tcf are in the Nooros field, while the Italian oil company said.Eni holds a 50% stake in the license of Baltim South through its subsidiary IOEC, while BP holds the remaining 50% stake. The operator is Petrobel, a joint venture between IEOC and the state company Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月22日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Oil and gas exploration firm Hyperdynamics, with an offshore block in Guinea, has received a notice of a Presidential Decree signed by the President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Conde, implementing the recently agreed terms for an offshore block in the country.
To remind, Hyperdynamics signed the Second Amendment to its Production Sharing Contract approved by the government on September 15, 2016, subject to the president’s approval. “The signature by Guinea’s President Conde implementing the Second Amendment to our Production Sharing Contract is the final step that clears the way for Hyperdynamics to resume exploration of Guinea’s vast and largely untested hydrocarbon resource potential as Operator and 100% owner of our concession,” said Hyperdynamics President and Chief Executive Officer Ray Leonard. The Second Amendment extends the term of the Production Sharing Contract through September 22, 2017.
Hyperdynamics retains an area of 5,000 square kilometers in the Guinea offshore. The company is obligated to drill one exploratory well with a projected start date of April 2017, with additional wells optional.
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英国Petrofac Training Services公司获得了挪威Statoil公司应急培训服务合同，助力Statoil在英国大陆架地区的勘探作业。在未来五年合作期内，Petrofac将作为Statoil首选服务商为其作业人员提供HSE、海上求生、防火等一系列培训服务，服务范围包括Mariner油田，以及位于北海的Hywind和Dudgeon风力发电工程。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月22日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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UK’s Petrofac Training Services has been awarded contract for training and emergency response services with Statoil to support the Norwegian oil company’s operations on the UK Continental Shelf. In the new five-year training partnership, Petrofac Training Services is appointed as Statoil’s preferred supplier and will provide a wide range of HSE, survival, fire and marine training services to support Statoil’s personnel working on the Mariner field and the wind power projects, Hywind and Dudgeon, located in the North Sea.
In addition, a key aspect of the contract will be a full training and support program for Statoil’s Incident Management and wider emergency response teams, ensuring preparedness ahead of any potential incident scenario. This will include the delivery of major emergency response training and emergency response exercises, Petrofac said.
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 7219/12-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 7219/12-1 will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility at position 72°12' 44.2' north and 19°46' 38.3' east.
The drilling programme for well 7219/12-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 533. Lundin Norway AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 35 per cent. The other licensees are Det norske oljeselskap ASA with 35 per cent and DEA Norge AS with 30 per cent.
The area in this licence consists of blocks 7219/12 and 7220/10. The well will be drilled about 24 kilometres south of the discovery well 7220/10-1 in production licence 533.
Production licence 533 was awarded on 15 May 2009 in the 20th licensing round on the Norwegian shelf.The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
International oilfield services company, Expro, has been awarded a contract worth over $30m with the Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) for the Dirok gas field in India.
The project will see Expro provide the design, engineering, construction, transportation, installation and commissioning of a Modular Gas Processing Plant (MGPP) which will fulfil the requirement of a fast-track Early Production System (EPS) as well as long-term operational goals. The facility is designed to process up to 35 mmscf gas per day with associated liquid condensates.
Keith Palmer, President for Expro Production and Asia commented: 'This project is a significant milestone for Expro as it marks our first ever contract in India for the provision of a fast-track modular gas processing plant on a lease, operate and maintain basis.'I'm delighted that HOEC have chosen to partner with Expro and are confident in our production solutions and technical expertise. The plant itself will be fully operated and maintained by local Expro personnel.'
Expro will also supply personnel to operate and maintain the MGPP to assist HOEC in maximising gas and condensate production from the field over the long-term.
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