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Oilfield Technology
June
2016
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June 2016
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Next Geosolutions awarded multiple
industry accreditations
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Iran and India sign MoU to develop
Farzad B
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Voith and Fuglesangs Subsea introduce
topside-less solution for subsea
boosting
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First Geo wins Det norske contract
Statoil’s Heimdal field
turns 30
The Hemidal field, located in the
Norwegian North Sea, has been an
important supplier of gas to Europe for
the last 30 years.
The production licence for the field
was first granted to Pan Ocean Group in
1971. The first well, which was drilled
between July and December 1972,
revealed both gas and condensate
reserves.
When production began in late 1985,
Heimdal was the largest steel jacket on
the Norwegian continental shelf. The field
produced gas and condensate at steady
rates from 1986 to 1996. As production
began to decline, plans were drawn up to
use Heimdal as a transit and processing
centre for other fields. Heimdal now
receives and processes gas from fields
such as Huldra, Oseberg, Skirne and Vale.
Nina Birgitte Koch, VP for operations
for Heimdal, said “Heimdal has played an
important role in Norwegian petroleum
history”.
SKE makes significant gas
find o shore Malaysia
SapuraKencana Energy (SKE) has
announced another significant gas
discovery from its three wells 2015
drilling campaign within the Block SK408
Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area,
offshore Malaysia.
All three wells targeted
non-associated gas within the primary
target Late Miocene Carbonate reservoirs.
The first well, Jerun-1 is a significant
discovery located approximately 5 km
north of the 2014 Bakong gas discovery.
Based on analysis of electric log,
pressure and sample data Jerun-1 has
an interpreted gross gas column of
approximately 800 m in the primary target
reservoir and is a multi-TCF gas discovery.
Jeremin-1, located approximately 15 km
west of the F9 gas field encountered a
104 m gross gas column.
Putat-1, located approximately 20 km
north of the Cili Padi gas field is confirmed
as a dry hole. All wells have been safely
plugged and abandoned.
19 - 22 June, 2016
AAPG ACE
Calgary, Canada
E:
01 - 03 August, 2016
URTeC
San Antonio, USA
E:
29 August - 01 September, 2016
ONS
Stavanger, Norway
E:
26 - 28 September, 2016
SPE ATCE
Dubai, UAE
E:
24 - 27 October, 2016
Rio Oil & Gas
Rio De Janiero, Brazil
E:
DOF Subsea in GoM and
North Sea deals
DOF Subsea has been awarded several
ROV and diving contracts for the vessel
Skandi Achiever
in the North Sea and the
North America region, securing utilisation
of the vessel until end-October 2016.
Following completion of ongoing
commitments in the North Sea, the vessel
will mobilise to Canada for ROV and
light construction activities with a major
operator before transiting to the GoM to
support saturation and surface diving
projects.
In Brazil, Petrobras has awarded a
new contract for the vessel
Skandi Vitória
securing utilisation for the remainder of
2016. The vessel is owned through a joint
venture together with Technip.
Mons S. Aase, CEO, stated, “I am very
pleased with the contract awards, and
our global organisation’s ability to secure
utilisation in a challenging market.”
Subsea 7 terminates
contract o shore Brazil
Subsea 7, the global contractor
supplying seabed-to-surface
engineering, construction and services
to the offshore energy industry, has
announced the early termination of the
day-rate contract for the company’s
pipelay support vessel (PLSV),
Seven Mar
, working for Petrobras,
offshore Brazil, effective as of 31 May.
The contract was due to expire at the
end of 2016 and, as a result, the group
backlog has diminished by approximately
US$47 million.
The cancellation of the contract was
brought about by Brazilian maritime
law, which prioritises Brazilian-flagged
vessels over international vessels of a
similar specification. As a consequence,
the operating licence for
Seven Mar
has expired, which resulted in the early
termination of the contract.
