Archive for the ‘Field Start Ups’ Category
Total SA executives announced investment decisions to develop satellite fields on Block 17 offshore Angola. The satellite field investments were announced during an inauguration ceremony for the Block 32 Kaomba project, which came on stream in July.
ConocoPhillips reported third-quarter earnings of $1.9 billion compared with third-quarter 2017 earnings of $400 million. Excluding special items, third-quarter adjusted earnings were $1.6 billion compared with third-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of $…
Production restarted from Erskine field
October 26th, 2018 by Latest News
Production from Erskine gas and condensate field in the UK North Sea has been restarted, reported project partner Serica Energy PLC. Formation of gas hydrates had delayed the restart of the field, where production was suspended on Jan. 16 because of a …
The Woodside Petroleum Ltd.-led North West Shelf Project joint venture has started gas production from its Greater Western Flank Phase 2 project off Western Australia. Woodside’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Coleman said GWF-2 had been delivered $630 …
New, deepwater production has started from the Lula Extreme South in Brazil’s Santos basin from Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s (Petrobras) P-69 floating production, storage, and offloading vessel, said Shell Brasil Petroleo Ltda.
US government regulators approved ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.’s plan for development of its Greater Mooses Tooth 2 (GMT2) project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The approval came less than 2 weeks after oil production started from Greater Moo…
BP starts production from Thunder Horse Northwest expansion project
October 18th, 2018 by Latest News
BP PLC has started production from the Thunder Horse Northwest expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, boosting production at the Thunder Horse facility by an estimated 30,000 boe/d at its peak and taking gross output from the oil field to m…
Equinor and partners started production from Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea using the first unmanned platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Remotely operated from the field’s center, the new Oseberg H platform is fully automatic and…
Hydrates delay Erskine field restart
October 12th, 2018 by Latest News
Formation of gas hydrates has delayed restart of Erskine gas and condensate field in the UK North Sea, where production was suspended on Jan. 16 because of a blocked condensate pipeline. Serica Energy PLC, an 18% partner, said a new 26-km section …
Japanese operator Inpex has made its maiden shipment of condensate from the $40-billion Ichthys LNG project in the Browse basin offshore Western Australia. The 350,000-bbl cargo was offloaded from the Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage, and …