Maersk Oil Wraps Up Culzean Jacket Installation

Maersk Oil has finished installing the three jackets for its HP/HT Culzean development in the U.K. North Sea.

The milestone was reached July 20 when installation of the central processing facilities and the utilities and living quarters jackets was completed. The wellhead platform jacket was installed in 2016. The company said Heerema built all three jackets and installed them with the Thialf crane vessel.

Combined, the jackets weigh more than 22,000 tonnes, which is the equivalent of about 30 jumbo jets per jacket, according to Martin Urquhart, project director for Culzean.

Located at a water depth of about 88 m (289 ft) with a pressure of about 13,500 psi and a temperature at about 175 C (347 F), the Culzean Field is estimated to produce between 60,000 boe/d and 90,000 boe/d.

“Culzean was sanctioned less than two years ago and already we’ve progressed the project over the halfway mark,” said Maersk Oil CEO Gretchen Watkins. “We’re continuing to hit our milestones on time, and this progress means we’re on track to deliver first gas in 2019.”

The field was discovered in 2008.

Saudi Aramco Awards WorleyParsons FEED Work For Marjan Oil Field

Saudi Aramco has selected WorleyParsons to provide project management and FEED services for its Marjan Oil Field Development Program, the Australia-based engineering firm said in a news release.

The firm’s work will cover the offshore oil and gas facilities and the onshore upstream and downstream parts of the project. WorleyParsons said it will execute its services from its office in Al-Khobar in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with support from other WorleyParsons offices.

The Marjan oil field is located offshore Saudi Arabia’s east coast. Saudi Aramco is expanding the oil field to meet increased domestic gas demand.

TAQA Taps Schlumberger For Otter Field EPCIC Work In North Sea

OneSubsea and Subsea 7 are working together on what is expected to result in the longest subsea multiphase boosting tieback in the U.K. North Sea.

TAQA has awarded OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for a subsea multiphase boosting system for the Otter Field in the U.K. North Sea, according to a news release.

Working with Subsea 7, its subsea integration alliance partner, OneSubsea will supply and install the subsea multiphase boosting system, which includes topside and subsea controls as well as associated life-of-field services, Schlumberger said in a news release.

The project will result in a 30-km (19-mile) subsea tieback to the TAQA-operated North Cormorant platform, making it the longest subsea multiphase boosting tieback in the U.K. North Sea, according to Schlumberger. OneSubsea and Subsea 7 will deliver the turnkey integrated project from design through supply, installation and commissioning.

Brazil Approves Long-term Tests At Petrobras Libra Platform

Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama has issued an operating license for long-term tests at the Pioneiro de Libra floating platform operated by Petrobras, according to a statement on the agency’s website.

The license was issued on the condition that the operators of the platform in the Libra Field, located on the Santos Basin, monitor marine life and develop a plan to control pollution in the area.

Panoro Reaches Final Investment Decision For Dussafu Oil Fields

Panoro Energy subsidiary Pan Petroleum Gabon and partner BW Offshore have made a final investment decision regarding development of the Dussafu oil fields offshore Gabon.

Panoro said it has approved BW Offshore’s proposed work program, which includes two initial horizontal wells at Tortue in the Gamba and Dentale reservoirs. The wells will be tied back to a leased FPSO unit. Plans also call for drilling an appraisal sidetrack in the northwest section of the Tortue Field, according to a news release.

In addition, the partners are working to update resource estimates, working with Netherland Sewell and Associates.

The companies hope to “move forward at full speed.” First oil is anticipated in second-half 2018.

—Staff & Reuters Reports