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On Aug. 27, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel visited the APATEQ headquarters. He was greeted by APATEQ CEO Bogdan Serban (left). During his visit, Bettel was informed about the company’s growth, as well as its disruptive technologies for water treatment. He was able to see the first industrial-scale plant for the oil industry, which treats frac flowback and produced water, before it was to be shipped to the U.S. At the end of his visit, Bettel praised the positive development of the company, saying, “I am impressed by the development APATEQ made in the cleantech sector, [which] represents a key aspect of the diversification policy the government pursues.” Image: APATEQ.
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed two production sharing contracts with Roc Oil Company (ROC) for Blocks 16/07 and 03/33 in the South China Sea. The two blocks are in the Pearl River Mouth basin. Block 16/07 covers 2,743 km2 and has a water depth of approximately 100 m. Block 03/33 covers 2,367 km2 and has a water depth of 65 m to 145 m. ROC will act as the operator during the exploration period and will be responsible for conducting activities in the two blocks. Under the contract, CNOOC has the right to participate in up to 51% of the working interest in any commercial discoveries on the blocks, once they have entered the development phase.
Northcote Energy Ltd. said that Mayan Drilling Fluids (MDF), its JV formed to develop a remediation facility in Comalcalco, Mexico, has entered into an agreement to perform remediation services with a potential value of $887,500. The company will operate as a subcontractor, and will perform remediation services on contaminated land at four separate locations, spanning approximately 7.4 hectares. The services are to be completed over a three- to four-month period. Revenues generated by the contract will make a substantial contribution toward construction of the remediation facility.
CGG, with the support of its Seabed Geosolutions JV with Fugro, has successfully completed acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over Hail and Shuweihat oil and gas fields in Abu Dhabi. The survey, which is part of an integrated project awarded by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), included data processing and reservoir characterization. The two-part survey covered a total area of 1,200 km2 and lasted more than 18 months. The first part of the survey involved acquisition of more than 600 km2 of data for the Hail project, offshore the Merawah natural reserve. It was immediately followed by the acquisition of more than 500 km2 of data over an offshore and onshore area of Shuweihat field. ADNOC’s satisfaction with this survey played a significant part in its recent award of another contract to CGG. That contract, which is for a 1,500-km2 survey over Ghasha-Butini field, is to be acquired with the support of Seabed Geosolutions.
Sandvik Materials Technology, a division of the Sandvik Group, has been awarded two principal contracts for oil and gas control lines in the United Arab Emirates. The first contract is with an oil producer to supply a complete package of materials, including control line tubing and clamps. This order of high-alloyed material for application in sour wells was scheduled to be delivered in third-quarter 2015. The second contract is with a service company in Abu Dhabi for chemical injection applications at Umm Lulu and Al Nasr oil fields in the UAE. The fields, which are 30 km and 130 km northwest of Abu Dhabi, respectively, produce approximately 100,000 bopd and 22,000 bopd. Delivery for this contract is scheduled for fourth-quarter 2015.
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a four-year framework agreement to provide wellhead equipment and associated services to Statoil. GE will provide its DWHC MS-700 SFX and MS-800 SFX wellhead systems, which are designed to be a holistic solution to address fatigue and improve operating life. The GE SFX (Standardized Fatigue Resistant Solution) wellhead systems will provide year-round operations in remote regions with harsh environments. The equipment will be built in GE facilities in Montrose, UK; Houston, Texas; Batam, Indonesia; and Jandira, Brazil.
DNV GL is building a new conference center and large-scale fire and explosion demonstration area at its hazard testing and research center in Cumbria, UK. The new facility is scheduled for completion in December. It is expected to enhance experiential learning for the oil and gas, chemical and security industries. The facility will be the largest of its kind in the UK. Its remote location within the RAF Spadeadam Ministry of Defence land, in the Cumbrian countryside, will allow confidential hazard tests, including flammable gas dispersion, fires, explosions, pipeline fracture tests, and blast and product testing, in a safe and secure environment.
TGS has announced its Gigante multibeam, coring and geochemical analysis project, which will cover the entire deepwater area of Mexico’s offshore sector, approximately 600,000 km2. This sector includes producing trends, such as the Perdido Fold Belt and Campeche Bay. The project will be conducted in conjunction with the 186,000-km2 TGS Gigante seismic survey, which was 12% complete at press time. The multibeam data will be acquired by Fugro, using vessels equipped with multibeam sonar equipment. The data will be used to identify possible oil and gas seep targets for sediment sampling. TGS was set to begin acquisition of the project in third-quarter 2015, subject to receiving environmental impact resolution from Mexican authorities. Completion is expected in early fourth-quarter 2016.
GeoPartners, in partnership with MAGE, Seabird Exploration and DownUnder GeoSolutions, has begun acquiring a regional, multiclient, 2D seismic survey, titled North Celtic Sea 2015. The Ireland/UK cross-border project is largely in the Irish North Celtic Sea and St. Georges Channel. It aims to provide a high-quality, extensive, regional data set. The geophysically challenging area of the Celtic Sea and UK Western Approaches is underexplored at pre-Cretaceous levels, and is believed to show considerable promise. Acquisition commenced in early July, using the MAGE vessel Nikolay Trubyatchinsky—formerly the Polar Explorer. A total survey size of up to 6,000 km of long offset data is planned.
In partnership with Nordic Geo Services Ltd. of Singapore, PT Bahari Lines has secured two, 2D marine seismic data acquisition and processing service projects in Indonesian waters. The first contract of 1,600 line-km has been awarded by Pusat Survei Geologi (PSG) for West Papua, Indonesia. The second contract of 3,000 line-km has been awarded by Total Indonesia for West Sumatra, Mentawai. The vessel Nordic Bahari, with support from the new Nordic Barakuda and Nordic Emma vessels, was scheduled to begin the first project at the end of August.
Dolphin Energy has selected Veolia Water Technologies to engineer, procure and deliver an industrial wastewater management system for natural gas production and processing facilities in Ras Laffan, Qatar. This will include HPD evaporators, used for Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor (KHI) removal and distillate recovery. After nearly three years of collaborative interactions, Veolia will offer evaporation processes to treat the KHI wastewaters at Ras Laffan Industrial City. The plant will have a capacity of 40 m3/hr, and start-up is scheduled for September 2017. Dolphin’s onshore gas facility will rely heavily on the mechanical availability of Veolia’s system to maintain gas extraction operations during KHI injection.
