50,000BOPD Production on stream, four years after field development sanction
By Toyin Akinosho
Anglo Dutch super major Shell has put, online, first oil from the Bonga North West field offshore Nigeria. The event was announced at a field development session in the course of the conference of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) currently ongoing in Lagos.
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Chevron carves out marginal field from OML 53…
Six year, drawn out negotiation typifies the timing of asset acquisition in Nigeria
American major Chevron has executed a farm out agreement with the Nigerian independent Niger Delta Petroleum Resources (NDPR) on the Omerelu field in onshore eastern Niger Delta.
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CGGVeritas closes its operational site in Nigeria, reduces worldwide fleet by 27%
By Toyin Akinosho
Given the current weak market conditions characterized ‘notably’ by the unpredictable capex spending of E&P companies the world over, and “delays in awarding projects and pressure on prices”, the year 2014 will likely remain difficult, in the opinion of CGGVeritas, the world’s top oilfield seismic survey firm.
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By Fred Akanni
KCA Deutag has lost the opportunity for a 2-1-2 (five) well contract on the Uquo gas field in south east onshore Niger Delta basin in Nigeria. The task of completing Uquo 7 and 8 as gas wells, drilling a water disposal well and moving on to drill two more producers, has been offered to NRG Drilling Nigeria Limited, said to be an indigenous rig owner.
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By Mohammed Jetutu, North African Correspondent
German operator RWE Dea plans to add perforations as part of a rig-less campaign on its just concluded appraisal wells in Egypt’s onshore Sidi Salem South East fields. The programme is scheduled for “later in 2014/2015”, according to a company statement.
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RWE Dea Egypt has received internal approval to drill a further three near-field exploitation wells in the Disouq Development Lease. “The addition of these wells shows RWE Dea’s continuing commitment to add reserves to its Disouq Development Project”, explained Maximilian Fellner,
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