LGO Energy said its most recently completed well is producing at a rate of more than 1,000 bopd. The GY-670 well, at its Goudron field in Trinidad, was perforated earlier this month over a 177-foot interval of oil pay in the c-sands. During the last 48 hours the well has flowed at an average rate of 1,104bpd and the initial open-hole flow rate calculated for the well exceeds 6,000 bopd.
KMG EP said its planned production for next year is expected to be down 3% from 2014 due to a decline at PetroKazakhstan (PKI). It updated its board of directors at a meeting earlier this week in which it assumed a 2015 budget based on a Brent oil price of $70. The company also said it had not yet received an approved schedule for deliveries to Russia for 2015.
Oil major Chevron has begun production from its Jack and St Malo deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said the delivery is a key part of its upstream work with plans to reach 3.1 million barrels per day by 2017. The fields are among the largest in the Gulf of Mexico and were discovered in 2004 and 2003.
CNOOC has started production from gas fields in the South China sea. CNOOC said its Panyu 34-1/35-1/35-2 project, which is located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea, was producing 21 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The project consists of the three gas fields with a water depth in the range of between 195-338 meters.
Supermarkets have reacted to plunging world oil prices by cutting the cost of fuel to motorists. First, Asda announced it was knocking 2p a litre off its petrol and diesel from tomorrow. Then Tesco said it was cutting its petrol and diesel by 2p a litre.
Onshore explorer Europa Oil and Gas plans to begin production testing at its Wressle-1 well in North-East England. The company’s chairman Bill Adamson will announce development in its work at an annual general meeting today. Drilling of the Wressle well, which started in July, marked the launch of a programme focused on proving up a potential 39 mmboe (million barrels of oil equivalent) within Europa’s portfolio in Ireland, France and onshore UK.
Oilex has started production tests on the Cambay-77H well in India. The company completed a five day shut-in period to stabilise the well after it underwent 85 days of flowback production. The well will now have a 300 hour flow period and a 300 hour shut-in period where the data will be recorded and monitored, which could be extended depending on the response.
Oil giant BP has halted production at its Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea due to a technical issue. The company has invested more than £4billion in the development since production began in January last year. A spokesman for BP said a problem with a short-circuit resulted in the outage of a train 1 gas compressor.
Australian oil and gas giant BHP Billiton has reported a 9% increase in production during its third quarter results for 2014. Petroleum production increased by 7% to 67.4MMboe (Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent) as onshore US liquids volumes rose by 49% to 11.5 MMboe.
Australian energy firm Santos has seen its sales and production rise rise by 9% on its previous quarter. It follows the successful ramp-up of its LNG project in Papua New Guinea (PNGLNG) which reached full capacity earlier this year.
CNOOC has struck its first oil in the South China Sea. The corporation has a 100% interest in the Enping 24-2 oilfield, which is located in the Pear River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea, and has a water depth of 86-96 metres.