World news
January 2016
In brief
January
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Woodside makes gas discovery o shore Myanmar
Woodside has announced that the Shwe Yee Htun-1 exploration well in Block A-6 in the
Rakhine Basin, located in the western offshore area of Myanmar, has intersected a gross gas
column of approximately 129 m. Approximately 15 m of net gas pay is interpreted within the
primary target interval.
The well reached the planned original total depth (TD) of 4810 m, referenced from the rig
rotary table. Following drilling, wireline logging was conducted and confirmed the presence of
a gas column through pressure measurements and gas sampling. The well was subsequently
deepened to a final TD of 5306 m.
The well was spudded on 27 November, reached its original target on 23 December and
wireline logging concluded on 29 December.
Shwe Yee Htun-1, in Block A-6, targeted one of many identified channel complexes that run
over a large anticlinal feature, the Saung Anticline.
Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said he was pleased by the successful evaluation of the
prospect, which provided evidence of a working petroleum system in the Rakhine Basin
deepwater.
“Further analysis will be undertaken to understand the full potential of the play, but this
de-risks a number of leads which will now be matured,” Mr Coleman said.
“This discovery is an encouraging outcome for future exploration and appraisal activity in
the area.”
Daemyung Marine and
VIKING form joint venture
Marine safety equipment manufacturer
and servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving
Equipment A/S is to establish a local
presence in Korea through a joint venture
agreement with leading Korean marine
safety equipment and servicing company
Daemyung Marine Co. Ltd. The new joint
venture, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment
Korea LLC, has VIKING as the majority
shareholder.
The venture aims to bring faster
access for Korean-based and foreign-flag
ship managers in the cargo, passenger
and offshore segments to the full range
of VIKING products and service concepts.
It is also the logical next step for a highly
successful partnership that has extended
over more than 30 years.
“Moving as a joint venture into a larger,
brand-new and purpose-built facility, and
integrating staff competencies from both
companies represents a natural evolution
for us together with Daemyung,” says
Henrik Uhd Christensen, VIKING’s CEO.
PetroRio awards contract
to Wood Group in Brazil
Wood Group has been awarded a
new contract by PetroRio to deliver
services to the Polvo A platform, in the
southern Campos basin, approximately
100 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
Integrated operations and maintenance
services will be provided by Wood Group
PSN under the two year contract, which is
effective immediately.
The contract builds on Wood Group’s
experience supporting the Polvo field,
which consists of a fixed production and
drilling platform connected to a floating
production, storage and offloading vessel
(FPSO). Wood Group Kenny has held two
contracts to provide integrity management
support to the field, the most recent of
which completed in early 2015.
Robin Watson, Chief Executive of
Wood Group, said: “We look forward
to beginning this new partnership with
PetroRio, where our focus will be on working
collaboratively to deliver safe, efficient and
effective services.”
UK
GMB has called on the UK government
to ensure that there are no delays in
offshore decommissioning in order to
safeguard thousands of supply chain jobs.
Nearly 300 platforms need to be
decommissioned and 4000 wells plugged
and abandoned and there is no logical
case for delaying decisions says GMB.
Norway
A gas leak occurred in the Statpipe-facility
on 7 January where the gas pipelines
connect to the facility for processing.
The incident did not lead to any physical
injuries.
The gas leak was stopped on
11 January and at the time of writing the
external resources from the emergency
services have been demobilised. The
cause of the incident is currently unclear
and will be investigated.
Kenya
Africa Oil Corporation has reported that
the previously announced farmout with
Maersk Olie og Gas A/S has received
approval from the Government of Kenya.
Accordingly, completion of the farmout
of Blocks 10BB, 13T and 10BA may
proceed.
Keith Hill, Africa Oil’s President and
CEO, commented, “We are very pleased
to have received approval from the
Government of Kenya. We feel Maersk
will be an excellent partner in terms
of technical and financial strength
and experience critical to moving the
development project forward. This
transaction puts Africa Oil in the enviable
position of not requiring any additional
equity financing prior to first oil and will
allow us to weather the current difficult
oil price environment should it continue
into 2016.”
