Brazil will account for 32% of deep and ultra-deepwater capex
worldwide between now and 2018, according to a report from Infield
Systems. Overall, the market is set for 8% capital growth over this
period, the authors add. Other contributory factors will be an increase
in FLNG/FPSO projects across Southeast Asia, Australasia and the Middle
East, and deepwater gas pipeline projects in Europe such as Polarled in
the Norwegian Sea and South Stream in the Black Sea.
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| The FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela left the Brasa shipyard last month for sea trials ahead of starting service on the Sapinhoá field in the presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil. Owners SBM Offshore, Quiroz Galvão Oleo e Gas, and Mitsubishi will operate the vessel on behalf of Petrobras and its block BM-S-9 partners BG and Repsol. (Photo courtesy SBM Offshore) |
Infield also foresees steep increases in deepwater activity outside
the established Atlantic triangle area, including projects such as the
Krishna Godavari UD and Dhirubhai developments off eastern India and the
giant Rotan offshore Malaysia, where the PFLNG-2 facility is due
to be installed in 2018. Infield expects a total of 81 operators to
contribute to deep and ultra-deepwater capex over the period compared
with 55 during 2009-2013, with independents such as Anadarko and Noble
Energy among the highest spenders.
North/Central America
Shell has resubmitted a draft plan to the US' Department of the
Interior concerning exploration drilling in the Chukchi Sea. According
to the New York Times, the company plans to use two rigs for a
campaign in 2015 or 2016. Shell holds interests in three prospects
spanning five offshore blocks.
Statoil and state-owned entity Petronic are looking to collaborate on
joint oil and gas activities offshore Nicaragua's Pacific coast. They
have submitted a request to the country's Ministry of Energy and Mines
to negotiate concession contracts in the region, where Petronic has
authorized Geoex International to acquire 32,000 sq km (12,355 sq mi) of
3D seismic.
South America/ Caribbean Sea
BP has awarded Technip an EPIC contract for the Juniper project
offshore southeast Trinidad. Technip's Houston center will manage the
program which includes construction of a 10,400-ton (9,434-metric ton)
platform, designed to process 590 MMcf/d (17 MMcm/d) of gas, and
engineer and install a 10-km (6.2-mi) 26-in. rigid pipeline and
associated flexible flowlines, umbilicals, and other subsea structures.
Offshore work is expected to start during the second half of 2016.
Petrobras has confirmed an extension of a gas and light oil discovery
in the Moita basin area of the Sergipe-Alagoas basin offshore Brazil.
Moita Bonita 3, the second well in the BM-EAL-10 concession, was drilled
82 km (52 mi) from the Sergipe coast in 2,790 m (9,153 ft) of water. It
encountered 40-m (131-ft) thick reservoirs with good permeability and
porosity.
In the presalt Santos basin, the company has submitted a declaration
of commerciality for three fields – Sul de Guará, Nordeste de Tupi, and
Florim – which it proposes to rename Sul de Sapinhoá, Sepia, and Itapu.
Combined reserves are 1.214 Bboe. Production from Sepia and Itapu should
start in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Concept evaluation continues for
Sul de Guará.
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) is working on conceptual engineering for
Petrobras' presalt Lapa (ex-Carioca) field, 170 m (273 km) off the south
coast of Rio de Janeiro. WGK is examining two alternative pipeline
heating systems, water or electrically trace heated. Either would be a
first in a presalt environment. The results will help determine options
for a southwest area tieback on the field.
KCA Deutag subsidiary RDS is performing a drilling front-end
engineering and design study for main contractor AMEC for the Sea Lion
development in the offshore North Falkland basin. This covers the
drilling rig modules for the proposed TLP, to be installed 200 km (124
mi) north of the Falkland Islands.
West Africa
Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources has sanctioned
development of the Afren-operated Aje oil field. The first-phase will
involve tieback of two subsea production wells to a leased FPSO, with
start-up likely in late 2015.
Mediterranean Sea
ADX Energy has been awarded an exploration permit in the Sicily
Channel offshore southwest Italy, on trend with the company's Kerkouane
permit in adjoining Tunisian waters. The 363 C.R.AX concession includes
the abandoned Nilde oil field, formerly operated by Eni.
Circle Oil is reporting a promising oil discovery in the Mahdia
permit offshore Tunisia, 120 km (74 mi) east of the port of Sousse. The
El Mediouni-1 well, drilled in 240 m (787 ft) of water, encountered
light oil in the lower Birsa and upper Ketatna carbonates, with analysis
confirming a working petroleum system both for this and other
prospects. Discovered resources could be around 100 MMbbl.
The Petrobel joint venture has brought onstream the DEKA gas project
in the Temsah concession in Egypt's offshore East Nile Delta. Initial
production is through the Denise South-6 well, 65 km (40 mi) north of
Port Said in 100 m (328 ft) of water. JV partners BP and Eni plan five
subsea wells on various fields in the concession, linked via sealines to
the onshore El Gamil gas plant, with production peaking at 230 MMcf/d
(6.5 MMcm/d) early next year.
Noble Energy has a letter of intent (LOI) to supply 1.6 tcf (45 bcm)
of gas over a 15-year period from the deepwater Leviathan field offshore
Israel to Jordan's National Electric Power Co. Deliveries will occur at
a border location between the two countries, with an initial sales
volume of 300 MMcf/d (8.5 MMcm/d). Noble says it now has more than 60%
of the 22-tcf (620-bcm) field's initial capacity tied up in LOIs with
customers in the region.
Energean Oil & Gas has purchased the tender-assist rig Glen Esk from KCA Deutag for use in a $225-million development program offshore northwest Greece. The rig, to be renamed Energean Force,
is expected to start operations in early December. Energean plans to
drill 15 wells and install two new unmanned platforms on the Prinos
North and Epsilon fields.
Caspian Sea
Offshore delivery started last month of the topsides for the riser
block platform for Lukoil's Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian
sector. It will connect interfield and export pipelines carrying oil and
gas. This month, transport was due to start on the ice-resistant
stationary platform that will be used for drilling. All four platform
topsides and bridges are expected to be in place by year-end.
Middle East
More development phases are nearing completion at the South Pars
gas-condensate field in the Persian Gulf. The export pipeline has been
laid between the Phase 22 facilities and the Iranian mainland, while a
new platform at Phase 17 should enter service in January, adding 14.5
MMcm/d (500 MMcf/d) to the country's output.
East Africa
A second drillstem test on the deepwater Mzia gas discovery offshore
Tanzania has reduced reservoir risk ahead of a planned development,
according to operator BG Group. The DST was performed on the Mzia-3
appraisal well in block 1 in 1,800 m (5,905 ft) of water, 6 km (3.7 mi)
north of the discovery well, flowing up to 101 MMcf/d (2.8 MMcm/d) of
gas. BG now estimates recoverable resources from blocks 1, 3, and 4 at
15 tcf (425 bcm). The drillship Deepsea Metro-1 was due to transfer north to drill the Kamba-1 well in block 4.
Aminex has applied to Tanzania's Petroleum Development Co. to convert
an obligation for shallow-water seismic over its Nyuni Area PSA to
deepwater 3D seismic in the outboard sector. Aminex has identified a
large prospect that appears analogous with other large deepwater gas
discoveries in neighboring blocks.
ION Geoventures has acquired an additional 2,330 km (1,448 mi) of 2D
seismic over three blocks offshore the Union of the Comoros. Bahari
Resources and partner Discover Exploration commissioned the survey which
total around 18,000 sq km (6,950 sq mi) in the western part of the
Comoros. Interpretation to date indicates an extension of the same
gas-rich reservoir play fairway offshore neighboring Mozambique.
Asia/Pacific
Rosneft has started production from the northern section of the
Chayvo oil and gas field offshore Sakhalin Island. In the process, the
land rig Yastreb established a new record for a long-reach well
drilled from shore, the company reports, with a drilled depth of 10,825 m
(35,515 ft) and a horizontal displacement of 9,517 m (31,223 ft). The
second well will be around 11,000 m (36,989 ft) long. Rosneft was also
due to start drilling from the newly installed Berkut platform in the
Sea of Okhotsk.
CNOOC has brought onstream the Wenchang 13-6 oil field in the Pearl
River Mouth basin offshore China. Water depth is 120 m (393 ft).
Facilities include a wellhead platform with 12 producing wells, five of
which were in service last month.
Shell has discovered gas in the deepwater Marjoram structure offshore
Sarawak, Malaysia. Marjoram-1 was drilled in 800 m (2,624 ft) of water
in block SK318, 180 km (112 mi) from shore. It follows a gas find
earlier this year on the Rosmari prospect in the same concession.
In the shallow-water SK408 permit, Sapura-Kencana Energy notched its
fifth gas discovery of the year with Bakong-1, which intersected a gross
gas column of more than 600 m (1,968 ft) within late Miocene
carbonates. Total resources found to date are more than 3 tcf (84 bcm).
Petronas has achieved start-up three months ahead of schedule at the
Banang oil field development off peninsular Malaysia. This was the
second field onstream in the KBM cluster (Kapal produced first oil last
December). Facilities include a mobile offshore production unit, a
600,000-bbl storage tanker, a wellbay module, and a flexible flowline.
Idemitsu Oil & Gas has proven more gas and condensate in blocks
05-1b and O5-c, 300 km (186 mi) offshore Ho Chin Minh City, southern
Vietnam. The well was spudded in February, and drillstem tested in May
and August. The company and partners JX Nippon Oil & Gas and Teikoku
Oil plan to assess other prospects on the block.
Also off southern Vietnam, the consortium developing the TGT field is
aiming for first oil in September/October 2015 from the nearby H5
accumulation. According to partner SOCO International, the jackup Naga 2
was due to start drilling the first of five planned wells from the
newly installed wellhead platform that will be linked by pipeline to the
FPSO serving the TGT complex.
Husky-CNOOC Madura has awarded a LOI to Bumi Armada Offshore for a
leased FPSO for the Madura field development offshore Indonesia. The
location is 65 km (40 mi) east of Surabaya and 16 km (10 mi) south of
Madura Island. Contract value is $1.18 billion over 10 years, with
optional extensions.
Australia
Apache has discovered a potentially large oil field in the Canning
basin offshore Western Australia. According to partner Carnarvon
Petroleum, the Phoenix South-1 well in the WA-435 permit encountered at
least four discrete oil columns in the Triassic lower Kerauden
formation. In-place reserves could be 300 MMbbl. The location is 110 mi
(180 km) north of Port Hedland in 435 ft (133 m) of water.
Santos is also claiming a significant find in the Browse basin. The
Lasseter-1 well, 480 km (298 mi) northeast of Broome and 35 km (22 mi)
southeast of the company's Crown discovery, intersected a 405-m
(1,329-ft) gross gas/condensate bearing interval. Lasseter is near the
sites of proposed LNG projects in the area.
Fonte: http://www.offshore-mag.com
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