通用电气石油天然气公司GE Oil & Gas已与印度公司Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited （ONGC）签署框架协议，为ONGC在印度海域的钻探项目提供水下井口装置。GE本周一表示：此次签订合同进一步拓展了两公司三十多年的合作关系。GE作为ONGC的供应商，长期为该公司提供海上钻井和完井所需的大型导体、水下井口和水下采油树。
GE Oil & Gas南亚地区首席执行官Ashish Bhandari称：随着印度开始出台新能源政策并推出天然气定价策略，ONGC逐步开展更多油气勘探活动。该合同将使GE成为ONGC坚强的技术伙伴，双方通力合作开发海上油气田，增加当地能源供应。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 8月22日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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GE Oil & Gas has entered into a frame agreement by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) India for subsea wellheads for the company’s drilling campaign offshore India.GE said on Monday that the contract further expands a long cooperation between the two companies spanning for more than 30 years. GE has supplied ONGC with large-sized conductors, subsea wellheads and subsea trees for its offshore drilling and completion projects.
Ashish Bhandari, CEO-South Asia at GE Oil & Gas, said: “With India’s new energy policy and gas pricing policy in place we are seeing an uptick in ONGC’s exploration and development activity. This latest award will enable GE to support ONGC as its technical partner, collaborating to improve the region’s energy supply capabilities through the discovery of new fields offshore.”
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根据协议，合资公司Seadrill and Seamex Limited与Fintech将在一年内缩减5座自升式钻塔的作业成本。对现有合同成本的缩减幅度将视两年延期合同的具体情况而定。
一旦合同终止，Seadrill and Seamex将立即恢复West Pegasus相关运营工作。此外，Seadrill将提起预期费用的报销申请。
来自/OilVoice 8月22日消息 编译/郑雨晴
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Seadrill Limited has received a notice of termination from Pemex Exploracion y Servicios for the West Pegasus drilling contract effective 16 August 2016. Seadrill has disputed the grounds for termination and is reviewing its legal options.
During the second quarter of 2015 Seadrill signed a provisional commitment for a two year extension to the Contract with Pemex for the West Pegasus. In conjunction with the extension, the dayrate for the remaining term of the initial contract was reduced. The extension of the Contract was finalized during the first quarter of 2016.
As part of this agreement, Seadrill and Seamex Limited, our 50% owned joint venture with Fintech, agreed to reduce the dayrate on five jack-ups for a period of 365 days. The agreement to reduce the dayrates of the existing contracts was contingent upon final confirmation of the two year extension of the West Pegasus by Pemex management.
In the event of termination, Seadrill and Seamex are entitled to recover the dayrate concessions as well as the demobilization for the West Pegasus. In addition, Seadrill will seek reimbursement of certain costs incurred in anticipation of the extension.
Siccar Point Energy的首席执行官Jonathan Roger说：“我们相信这对于我们资本充裕且经验丰富的团队来说是拓展事业的好时机。Mariner对于当前低油价市场表现出了极大的韧性，我们将继续努力寻找更优质的资产，来优化我们的投资组合。”
来自/Energy Business Review 8月22日消息 编译/郑雨晴
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JX Nippon Exploration and Production UK (JXNEPUK) has divested 8.9% interest in the Greater Mariner Area to Siccar Point Energy for undisclosed amount.
The Mariner field, which forms the centerpiece of the Greater Mariner Area, is located in the UK sector of the North Sea on the East Shetland platform.The sale is part of the company’s upstream portfolio revision and optimization of the investment level in order to improve financial performance.
With the completion of the divestment, JXNEPUK will own 20% stake in the Greater Mariner Area, which was discovered in 1981. The field development work, which was approved by the UK government in 2013, is currently underway with oil production scheduled to commence in 2018.
Siccar Point Energy CEO Jonathan Roger said: "We believe that this is a great time to build a business in the North Sea for a well capitalized and experienced team. Mariner’s long reserves life and its resilience to near-term low oil prices position it well in the current environment and we continue to look for similar high-quality assets to add to our asset portfolio.”
Tullow共持有三个油田的47.175%的股份，其他合作伙伴还包括Anadarko Petroleum（17%的开采权益）、Kosmos Energy（17%的开采权益）、Ghana National Petroleum（15%的开采权益）和Petro（3.875%的开采权益）。Tullow的首席执行官Aidan Heavey说：“此次在加纳的石油开采作业对于Tullow来说是一个重要的契机。”
来自/Energy Business Review 8月22日消息 编译/郑雨晴
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Tullow Oil has commenced oil production from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana.
The fields, which secured development plan approval by the Ghana government in May 2013, are producing the oil to the $1bn floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the Prof John Evans Atta Mills.
With an initial production capacity of around 23,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2016, the field is expected to reach 80,000 bpd along with associated gas.
Tullow operates the TEN fields with 47.175% stake while other partners include Anadarko Petroleum with 17% interest, Kosmos Energy 17%, Ghana National Petroleum 15% and Petro 3.875%.Tullow Oil CEO Aidan Heavey said: “This is an important moment for Tullow as production begins from our second operated development in Ghana.
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Iran has revealed plans to export gas to Europe, said a senior official recently in a report.Iran’s main objective is to transfer the product in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, was quoted as saying in an Iran Daily News report, citing Mehr News Agency.The minister also touched on steps taken by the Oil Ministry to supply petrochemical complexes with feed asserting that the issue at stake is that producers need to pay taxes for selling feedstock to domestic petrochemical companies and downstream industries while sales to the global market is tax exempt.
He noted that companies producing feedstock are not eager to sell products to domestic customers due to tax requirements.Zanganeh reiterated that producers will not be charged taxes on their profits from exports though for domestic activity, tax payment is required, which discourages them from working with Iranian complexes.
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8月20日，阿塞拜疆财政部长Samir Sharifov表示：阿塞拜疆已经同多家国际金融机构协商借款50亿美元，用于“南部天然气走廊”（Southern Gas Corridor）天然气出口路线的建设。协商对象包括世界银行、欧洲复兴开发银行和亚洲开发银行。7月20日，世界银行发言人表示：世界银行正在考虑支持阿塞拜疆在“南部天然气走廊”上的投资，因为该项目对于该地区的能源安全以及阿塞拜疆的发展具有重要意义。银行将同其他机构合作支持该项目，并在项目筹备阶段公开项目文件。
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Azerbaijan has been negotiating with international financial institutions to borrow $5bn to fund its share of the construction costs of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) gas export route, finance minister Samir Sharifov said on 20 July.He told UK daily Financial Times that talks are in progress with the World Bank (WB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank.A WB spokesman told NGW July 20 that it is considering supporting Azerbaijan’s investments in the SGC because of its critical importance to energy security in the region and to Azerbaijan’s development priorities. “At this moment, we are reviewing ways to support the investment in cooperation with other financing partners and will fully disclose project documents in the course of project preparation,” the bank said.
Azerbaijan has already sold $1bn Eurobonds and is preparing to sell the same again in further bonds to finance SGC. A source at WB told NGW June 2 that “Baku has applied to the WB for a loan of $500mn, the talks are under way... the process should be wrapped up by the end of the year.” The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has confirmed that it started talks to provide direct financing of €500mn and attract €1bn from banks for TAP, of which Socar is a 20% owner.
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土耳其打算从伊朗购买更多的天然气，因为双方已经以在对土耳其有利的情况下解决了价格争端。去年，伊朗已经同意向土耳其出口更多天然气，条件是土耳其同意支付更高的价格。土耳其是伊朗唯一的天然气出口市场。但是，如今该条件丧失有效性。8月19日，伊朗国家天然气公司(National Iranian Gas Company)总经理Hamidreza Araqi表示：如今，在现有的管道和产量条件下，伊朗对土耳其的平均出口量为3000万立方米/天。但是，该出口量可以提高1/5至3600万立方米/天。
来自/Natural Gas World 8月19日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Turkey is keen to buy more gas from Iran, now that the dispute over price has been resolved in Turkey's favour. Iran had agreed last year to export more, as long as Turkey – its only export market – agreed to pay a high price. But now that condition has lost validity.It is now exporting 30mn m³/d on average but it could raise this by a fifth to 36mn m³/d, the managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company, Hamidreza Araqi said August 19, using existing pipelines and production capacity.
At a press conference in Ankara August 12 with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuoglu said that Turkey wanted to buy more gas from Iran. In 2012, Turkey sued Iran in the International Court of Arbitration for overpricing gas purchases between 2011 and 2015. The court decided in favour of Turkey in February 2016, and ordered that both parties agree to a reduction in prices of between 10% and 15%.
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Pétrolia Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PEA) is proud to announce the commencement of resource confirmation work on the Bourque property, which consists of the re-entry and completion of Bourque 1, as well as the drilling and completion of an additional well - Bourque HZ No3. The project should start in the next few days.
As for the Bourque 1 Project, the lower open hole section of the well will be abandoned through the installation of 4 cement plugs at depths from 2746 to 1780 m. Then, the drilling of the deviated section will be initiated at 1230 m and progressively deviated to reach a near horizontal angle at 1700 m KB (to a true vertical depth (TVD) of 1505 m KB), before setting the intermediate casing. The projected total measured depth of the well is 3450 meters (1488 m TVD). The drilling of the 1750 m horizontal leg of the reservoir will be followed by logging and completion. Casing will be installed to the beginning of the horizontal section.
Thereafter, the drilling rig will be moved a few metres away towards the enlarged portion of the Bourque 1 site in order to drill Bourque HZ No. 3. This new well will be drilled vertically to a depth of 1006 m KB and the hole will be progressively deviated down to a total measured depth of 1500 m KB or a TVD of 1299 m KB before setting the intermediate casing. Drilling will resume for a horizontal section of 1650 m in length. The planned total measured depth of Bourque HZ No 3 is 3150 m KB.
Independent Oil and Gas plc, the development and production focused Oil and Gas Company, is pleased to announce the completion of its first operated appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery which lies in Block 9/21a in licence P1609 in the Northern North Sea, of which IOG is 100% owner and operator.
The well was successfully drilled to a total vertical depth of 5,578ft with no safety incidents and achieved its primary objective of retrieving good quality reservoir condition oil samples from the Skipper reservoir in order to optimise the Skipper field development plan. The oil viscosity of the samples appears likely to be within the 50cP - 150cP range expected by the IOG management, much better than Competent Persons Report ('CPR') estimates. The samples are now being analysed in Aberdeen, with initial results expected in September 2016. Should these properties be confirmed the development of the Skipper field will require fewer development wells thereby improving the development economics.
The well's secondary objective, to drill two mapped reservoir structures beneath the Skipper oil field in the Lower Dornoch and Maureen formations is now complete. The well did not encounter hydrocarbons in these horizons and will now be plugged and abandoned. The initial licence commitment on P1609 is to drill a well into the Maureen formation to a minimum depth of 1,700m (5,578ft). This commitment has therefore now been fulfilled.
Perisson Petroleum Corporation (TSX VENTURE:POG) is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the last stage of the closing process of the purchase of the Twining assets announced on May 19, 2016, by completing the final statement of adjustments related to the purchase. As a result, the Company made an additional payment of approximately $142,000 to the Receiver for the asset.
The Company has received its first oil and natural gas production and related revenues from these Canadian assets for the months of May and June 2016. Notwithstanding the current low oil and natural gas price environment, the assets generated positive cash flow for both months.
Additionally, the Company has purchased oil and gas rights on one and a quarter sections (approximately 800 acres, 400 net) of land as we continue to expand our land holdings and development opportunities in the Company's core Twining area.
NOPSEMA周五称：二期计划钻取的两口井是原Great Australian Bight勘探钻井项目第一期计划中四口勘探井其中之二。这两口井分别为Stromlo-1和Whinham-1，其钻探将使用世界上最大的半潜式钻井平台 the Ocean Greatwhite。 Stromlo-1勘探井位于Port Lincoln西部600公里、Ceduna西南方向400公里处，水深约2250米。Whinham-1勘探井位于Port Lincoln西部600公里、Ceduna西南方向350公里处，水深约1150米。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 8月19日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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British oil company BP has submitted a second environment plan proposing drilling of two exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight.
To remind, the oil firm’s first plan, proposing four exploration wells, was rejected by the Australian offshore safety and environmental management authority NOPSEMA, as it didn’t meet the regulatory requirements. BP has been given an opportunity to modify and resubmit the first plan. NOPSEMA has granted a request from BP for an extension to the timeframe for resubmission of the first environment plan to December 31, 2016 .
Regarding the second plan, NOPSEMA on Friday said that the wells proposed in the second submission are two of the four wells that were originally proposed in the first Great Australian Bight Exploration Drilling Program environment plan. The wells are Stromlo-1 and Whinham-1 respectively and will be drilled using the world’s largest semi-submersible drilling rig, the Ocean Greatwhite. Stromlo-1 is located some 600 kilometers west of Port Lincoln and 400 kilometers southwest of Ceduna, in a water depth of approximately 2250 meters. Whinham-1 is located approximately 600 kilometers west of Port Lincoln and 350 kilometers m southwest of Ceduna, in a water depth of approximately 1150 meters.
According to the proposed plan, the drilling program is scheduled to start from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017. BP anticipates that each well will take approximately 75 days to drill. In the event of any technical or equipment delays, the duration may be greater, so the assessment for each of the wells has allowed for up to 150 days.
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