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  • Prolonged commissioning delays Kraken production ramp up

    EnQuest has provided an update on its field developments in the North Sea and offshore Malaysia.   In the East Shetland basin, the company delivered first oil from Kraken on the 23rd June 2017. To date, the four wells from drill centre 1 (DC1) and…

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  • NPD authorises Barents, North Sea wildcats

    Three operators have received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for exploratory drilling offshore Norway.   Wellesley Petroleum AS has permission to drill exploration well 33/9-22 S in production licence 881 in the North Sea using the semi-submersible Deepsea Bergen.   The area in…

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  • Cairn progressing projects offshore Senegal, UK

    Cairn Energy says that detailed planning work has started for a phased development of the SNE oil field offshore Senegal.   The foundation development concept is a standalone FPSO with subsea wells and with an expansion capability for future tiebacks. The initial development is estimated…

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  • Shell starts Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2 flows

    Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd joint venture has started production at Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2, a key project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.   Phase 2 follows the success of the first phase of the Gbaran-Ubie integrated oil and gas development, which was commissioned…

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  • Eni gets nod to drill Barents Sea well using Scarabeo 8 rig

    Norway’s offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Eni Norge a consent to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea using the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig.   According to the PSA’s statement on the 23rd August, the Norwegian entity of Italian…

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  • Fire Breaks Out At Exxon’s Refinery In Rotterdam

    Exxon Mobil Corporation said on the 21st August that a fire broke out at its refinery in Rotterdam but that there were no injuries and most of the facility remained operational.   The fire erupted in the power-former unit of the complex and some flaring…

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