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Pipeline Oil & Gas Magazine | JANUARY 2015
GEOFOCUS: East Africa
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NEW ENERGY
PLAYER ON
THE BLOCK
East Africa is undergoing
a major transformation to
become a new world-class
player on the energy market
NEWS: Regional
Air Liquide opens
manufacturing hub in UAE
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:
FEATURES:
10
Mexico
The new engineering and construction
manufacturing centre in Ras Al Khaimah
helps the French firm address expanding
markets in the Middle East
Iraq settles internal oil dispute
Corrosion
12
Unconventionals
NEWS: International
16
BG Group will sell its wholly-owned
subsidiary QCLNG Pipeline to
Australia’s APA Group
37
Could a new industry-wide
support network prove to be
useful for crucial decision making
for maximising output from ageing
well and pipeline infrastructure?
Iraq’s central government and the
Kurdish Regional Government have
finalised a deal over the distribution
of oil exports and revenues
BG Group sells Australian
gas pipeline for $5bn
34
Santander Bank exec discusses
involvement in executing Mexico’s
new energy reform
Total spearheads job creation
in the UAE
18
We speak exclusively with
Amer Al Shaikh, CEO of
Total’s ABK, about its strong
Emaratisation programme
PROJECT UPDATE:
Gazprom Neft signs
closer ties with Vietnam
FEATURES:
Enhanced Oil Recovery
24
With maturing fields, industry
needs to keep up investment
in newest EOR methods
BP maintains positive outlook 17
despite less energy demand
Cables and Wires
A mix of lower energy demand and less
uncertainty over future oil supplies are
growing opportunities in the
oil and gas sector for subsea
setting the stage for the longer term
cabling services
E-marine discusses the
40
Is the lure of conventional
oil and gas still too strong
in the Middle East?
48
Gazprom Neft has signed a number
of agreements with Vietnam aimed
at developing closer ties with the
southeast Asian country
TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY:
30
Saudi Arabia ramps up
technology R&D effort
50
Oilennium’s ConTrainer
package receives top results
50
NEWS: Regional
[MOROCCO]
Woodside gets
contract for
offshore licence
in Morocco
Australia’s Woodside has agreed a
contract with the Office National de
Hydrocarbures et des Mines for an
exclusive license known as the Rabat
Ultra Deep Offshore in the underexplored Doukkala basin. The block,
known as the Rabat Ultra Deep Offshore
area, comprises an area of 36,737sqkm
with water depths range from 1700m to
4400m. It is just west of the Rabat Deep
I-VI permits in which Woodside previously
acquired 25 per cent interest. Under the
reconnaissance licence the programme
will include a 2D seismic survey and
studies. The 12-month licence is subject
to Ministerial approval.
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[EGYPT]
[TUNISIA]
Mazarine Energy
signs contract for
Tunisia drilling
campaign
Mazarine Energy B.V., a Dutch privatelyowned explorer, has announced that its
subsidiary, Mazarine Energy Tunisia, has
signed a drilling contract with Compagnie
Tunisienne de Forage (CTF) for the
use of the CTF- 4, a 2,000 horsepower
onshore drilling rig for a two-well drilling
campaign in the Zaafrane permit in
central Tunisia. The spud date of the first
well, Cat-1, is anticipated in late January
2015 and is planned within a year of 3D
seismic data acquisition.
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Egypt to import
LNG from Algeria
in 2015
Egypt’s oil ministry said that it will import
six cargoes of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) from Algeria between April and
September next year. The contract was
signed in Algeria at the end of 2014, the
ministry said in a statement. It gave no
details about the size of the cargoes or
the price agreed. Egypt finalised a longdelayed deal last month with Norway’s
Hoegh LNG for a floating storage and
regasification unit that will allow it to
import LNG. The expected launch date
is now the end of March 2015, which
means the terminal should be in place in
time to receive the first Algerian cargo.
Solids Control
[IRAQ]
SHAKERS AND SCREENS
Second discovery
made in southern
Kurdistan block
Total has made a second discovery at
the Marathon Oil-operated Harir Block in
Iraqi Kurdistan, the company announced.
Located 60 km from Erbil, the Jisik-1
discovery well was drilled to a depth of
4,511m and encountered light oil and gas
with condensates intervals in Jurassic
and Triassic carbonate reservoirs. The
Jisik discovery follows from Mirawa-1,
announced by the French oil major on
October 30, 2013. Total said that the
ongoing appraisal of the discoveries at the
Harir and Taza blocks will allow it to identify
options for development, said Marc Blaizot,
senior vice president, Exploration at Total.
“We are continuing exploration works
on the Total-operated Safen and Baranan
Blocks, with additional wells planned for
2015,” he said.
[KUWAIT]
Kuwait going
ahead with heavy
oil projects
Kuwait plans to spend about US$7 billion
to develop heavy oil fields in the country.
The first phase of the Lower Fars heavy
oil project will cost $4.2 billion, Hashem
Hashem, chief executive officer of stateowned Kuwait Oil Co. (KOC), said at a
conference in Kuwait City. KOC, which plans
to drill 900 wells and pump 60,000 barrels
a day by 2018 in the project’s first phase,
targets output of 180,000 bpd by 2025 and
270,000 bpd by 2030, Hashem added.
[OMAN]
Tethys suspends
exploration well
in block
[SAUDI ARABIA]
EnerMech and
Abdulla Fouad
Group enter JV
EnerMech Ltd has signed a joint venture
agreement with Abdulla Fouad Group (AFG)
to support the growth of its operations in
Saudi Arabia. This arrangement follows
AFG’s acquisition of Shoabi Group’s oil and
gas agencies, joint ventures and facilities
which was announced in October. Based
in Al Khobar, EnerMech’s Saudi Arabian
operation provides crane, hydraulics,
valves, process, pipelines and umbilicals
(PPU), lifting and inspection services,
equipment rental and specialist training
to the Saudi Arabian energy sector. AFG
chairman Sheikh Abdulla Fouad said:
“This agreement further strengthens our
footprint in the oil and gas sector and we
are delighted to collaborate with EnerMech
and jointly develop the business in Saudi
Arabia.” AFG will facilitate EnerMech’s
Saudi Arabian operations and provide
essential technical support and marketing
services under the agreement.
Sweden’s Tethys Oil reported that it had
suspended working on the exploration
well LE-1 in the eastern part of Block 4
onshore in Oman. Further studies will
be needed as oil samples from the well,
indicate the presence of medium light oil,
which suggests that a petroleum system
may be active also in the eastern region
of Block 4. With no previous well data
in this area, LE-1 has given important
new data of the area’s lithology which
will necessitate a reinterpretation of the
seismic data previously collected. Once
the seismic reinterpretation is completed
the work programme for the area will be
assessed also for other well locations.
Tethys Oil AB, through its wholly owned
subsidiary Tethys Oil Block 3 and 4 Ltd,
has a 30 per cent interest in Blocks 3 and
4. Partners are Mitsui E&P Middle East
B.V. with 20 per cent and the operator CC
Energy Development S.A.L. holding the
remaining 50 per cent.
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Welcome to our first edition of 2015.
We look forward to bringing you the
latest news and developments in the
oil and gas industry as we go through,
what should be another crucial year for
the sector.
The end of last year really brought extra
scrutiny on the whole oil and gas industry
as the price of Brent crude, which, as we
went to press was below US$60, has seen
a big fall of 50 per cent since June 2014
on the back of sluggish global demand and
rising production from the US.
The direct impact of the falling oil price
on the political/economic landscape around
the world will be played out in 2015 and
all eyes will be on OPEC in the early part of the year. The cartel’s secretary general
in mid-December remained sternly against any attempt to shore up plunging oil
prices by reducing production. He also made it clear the decision was not targeted at
undermining other oil producers, such as the US, Iran and Russia.
Predictions are always hard to make but prices are set to fall further before hitting a
balance and oil ministers from OPEC’s Gulf members have made comments that suggest
that they are willing to wait as long as six months to a year to see the market stabilise.
One bit of good news for the industry during December was that Iraq finally secured
an oil agreement between the country’s central government and the Kurdish Regional
Government. Both put their long-running dispute over oil exports behind them and
agreed a deal over the distribution of oil exports and revenues.
The decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to cancel the South Stream pipeline
project that was going to bring Russian gas to Europe via a pipeline network under the
Black Sea, coupled with decisions to build a pipeline to Turkey instead, is going to play
merry havoc with Europe’s energy security landscape.
The much-anticipated Oil Barons Charity Ball will take place at Meydan Racecourse on
Friday, March 6th in Dubai. Now in its twelfth year the Ball has become a major event for
the oil and gas industry. Read more on p45 and learn how you can win tickets to the Ball.
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June in Abu Dhabi and in late November, Bahrain will be home to the Middle East Heavy
Oil Congress. We will be covering all these events extensively through-out the year.
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NEWS: Regional
Air Liquide opens manufacturing
hub in UAE
NEWS IN BRIEF
Oryx updates Demir Dagh
Canada’s Oryx Petroleum provided an
update on its Demir Dagh oilfield in
Kurdistan Region of Iraq and said gross
production for the field for the end of
the year is estimated at about 15,000
bpd. Oryx said it was working with
the Kurdish government to organise
deliveries of oil taken from the oilfield
by truck to a crossing point for a Turkish
pipeline. They are on track to tie into that
pipeline directly by early 2015. Oryx
Petroleum´s chief executive officer,
Michael Ebsary, stated: “The excellent
progress with our development drilling
and facilities construction at the Demir
Dagh field continues and we remain on
track to have the productive capacity to
meet expectations for 2014 and 2015.”
Dignitaries tour the newly opened Air Liquide facility
Air Liquide inaugurated its new
engineering and construction
manufacturing centre, in Ras al Khaimah
in the UAE in early December. The
facility helps the French firm address its
expanding markets in the Middle East
and in the rest of the world.
The inauguration was attended by the
Ruler of Ras al Khaimah His Highness
Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Air Liquide
CEO and chairman Benoit Potier and
the French Ambassador to the UAE His
Excellency Michel Miraillet.
The state-of-the-art facility, which
includes a 33,000 sqm workshop, is
located in Ras Al Khaimah Free Zone a
strategic spot that is close to Dubai and
near to the Strait of Hormuz. The site also
importantly has direct sea access allowing
direct loading of equipment on barges on
a private and exclusive jetty, which shall
offer more flexibility and agility to meet
Air Liquide’s customers’ needs.
The plant will deliver high-quality
proprietary cryogenics plant equipment,
such as cryogenic columns and cold boxes.
It is designed to produce equipment for
very large Air Separation Units and modules,
a unique capacity among Air Liquide’s
manufacturing centres, both for the Air
Liquide group and external customers.
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The centre joins Air Liquide’s two other
global manufacturing hubs in France and
China to make up the company’s global
offering. Establishing a hub in the UAE
looks to strengthen Air Liquide’s local
presence and development for the whole
Middle East and Africa.
The manufacturing facility is equipped
with the latest technological solutions
such as lean manufacturing, advanced
automation of the manufacturing tasks,
continuous and linear fabrication, as well as
IT tools to track production.`
Potier in his speech during the inauguration
said: “This opening is a real milestone
for Air Liquide. It is our most advanced
manufacturing centre and allows us to
address many more markets. It makes up
the final piece in our triangle of centres that
provides the basis for our global offering.”
The French Ambassador commented:
“That this investment in RAK helps expands
Franco-UAE relations. It also demonstrates
a great confidence in the UAE economy and
will provide support for UAE industry.”
The centre in RAK has been operating
since September 2014 and there were
around 62 highly-skilled permanent staff
on-site as of October 2014. The first air
separation unit is being built for a client in
Qatar and should be shipped in 2015.
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Lamprell sells onshore
business to Indian firm
Lamprell has entered into an agreement
for the sale of one of its onshore
service businesses, Litwin PEL, to
India’s Nauvata group of companies for
US$3 million. Litwin is an engineering
and minor EPC contracting company
that serves the oil and gas, chemical
and petrochemical sectors in Abu
Dhabi. Lamprell will use the proceeds
from this disposal to support general
working capital requirements on its
core business streams. Earlier this
year, Lamprell sold its services division,
International Inspection Services, for
$66.2m to UK-based Intertek Testing
Services Holdings.
Key Saudi energy body
headed for UAE renewable
energy summit
A high level delegation from Saudi
Arabia’s energy sector is expected to
attend the World Future Energy Summit
(WFES) in Abu Dhabi in January, it
has been announced. As part of the
WFES conference agenda, Saudi
Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, will
be central to a discussion of how to
connect industry and technology with
opportunities in growth markets across
the Middle East and Africa.
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NEWS: Regional
Opec refuses to reduce oil output
The Organisation of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided
at its annual meeting in Vienna in
November that it would not cut
its production ceiling in the face of
collapsing oil prices.
Crude oil prices have fallen 30 per cent
since June due to sluggish global demand
and rising production from the US. This has
led to less well-off cartel members trying
to push for a reduction in production by
1 million bpd but this was opposed to by
Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and
Kuwait who resisted calls to cut output.
In the end, the group agreed to
maintain output at 30 million barrels
per day as had been originally agreed in
December 2011. OPEC accounts for a
third of the world’s oil sales.
OPEC’s secretary general Abdallah Salem
el-Badri said they would not try to shore up
prices by reducing production.
“There’s a price decline. That does not
mean that we should really rush and do
something,” he said
“We don’t want to panic. I mean it.
We want to see the market, how the
market behaves, because the decline of
the price does not reflect a fundamental
change,” he added.
Iraq settles internal oil dispute
Iraq’s central government and the
Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)
have put a long-running dispute over
oil exports behind them and finalised a
deal over the distribution of oil exports
and revenues.
Under the terms of the deal, the KRG
will send 550,000 barrels of oil every day
to the Iraqi oil ministry. The agreement
stipulated that 250,000 bpd will be drawn
from its fields around the city of Erbil, while
300,000 bpd will be taken from northern
fields near the disputed city of Kirkuk to
Turkey via a pipeline that runs through
Kurdish areas, where it will be handed over
to the Iraqi national State Organisation for
Marketing of Oil (SOMO).
In exchange, the KRG will receive a 17
per cent share of the national budget,
plus an additional US$1 billion in monthly
instalments to help pay Kurdish peshmerga
fighters battling the Islamic State militants.
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
came to power in September and
the Kurds gave him three months to
resolve the oil dispute or they would
boycott his government. In November,
they agreed to sell 150,000 bpd to the
central government in return for a one-off
payment of $500 million.
In a television interview broadcast,
Abadi said it was in both sides’ interest to
reach an agreement. “If we insist on being
stubborn we will have a lose-lose situation
because the Kurds will not be able to
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Dragon Oil drops bid for
Petroceltic
Dubai-based Dragon Oil has dropped
its £492 million (US$772 million)
takeover bid for Irish player Petroceltic
International, following the sharp fall in
oil prices in recent months. “Dragon
Oil now confirms that, in the light of
prevailing market conditions, it no
longer intends to make an offer for
Petroceltic,” the firm said in a statement.
Dragon Oil who is listed in London,
had made a 230 pence-a-share cash
offer for London-listed for Petroceltic in
October. The cancellation of the takeover
deal means that Dragon Oil, which
is 54 per cent owned by the Dubai
government, will have to look elsewhere
to help diversify its assets away from
its main operations in Turkmenistan.
Masirah commissions
seismic survey in Oman
Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abaidi
export any oil and we will not receive one
barrel from the north,” he said.
Iraq’s Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi
said in a televised statement that joint
committees will be formed to follow up
with the implementation of the agreement
and address any lingering issues
The US the State Department
congratulated Baghdad and the Iraqi
Kurdish regional authorities on the deal.
“This agreement will further strengthen
both Iraq’s federal government and the
Kurdistan Regional Government as they
work together to defeat ISIL,” said deputy
spokeswoman Marie Harf.
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Masirah Oil has commissioned a new
3D seismic survey to be carried out
over offshore Block 50 off Oman. The
survey would be conducted by Dolphin
Geophysical using its vessel Artemis
Arctic and has been scheduled to be
completed within 45 days following
mobilisation, the company said.
Masirah Oil chairman Hans Lidgren
commented: “The data collected will
help increase our understanding of
the geology in the area and provide
more information for the use of Rex
Virtual Drilling to select prospects for
our planned multi-well exploration
drilling programme in 2015 and 2016.”
RAK Petroleum increases
stake in Ivory Coast block
RAK Petroleum has increased its stake
in an offshore block in Ivory Coast
as the company seeks to boost its
holdings in Africa. The UAE firm’s stake
in Block CI-27 has risen to 9.1 per
cent via a US$10.6 million investment
through Foxtrot International, who
bought the stake held by Energie de
Cote d’Ivoire. Foxtrot International is the
operator of the block, and now holds a
27.5 per cent interest in the block.
NEWS: International
[CANADA]
BP begins very first
on-site oil sands project
BP has begun operations at
the Sunrise Phase 1 in-situ
oil sands project in Alberta,
Canada, with the start of steam
generation. Husky Energy is
the operator of Sunrise, a 50/50
joint venture with BP. Sunrise
is being developed using steam
assisted gravity drainage (SAGD),
oil well technology which warms
the underground bitumen (heavy oil)
layers until warm enough to flow. Oil
production is expected in the first
quarter of 2015. “Sunrise first steam is a
landmark for us in 2014, our sixth major
project start-up this year, our very first
in-situ oil sands operations and a longlife asset which should give us steady
production for decades,” said Lamar
Mckay, chief executive, BP Upstream.
[FRANCE]
[US]
KBR to reorganise
into three
businesses
Global engineering, construction and
services company KBR announced the
results of a major Strategic Review
which envisages the company becoming
a more streamlined organisation with
three strategic focus areas: consulting,
technology, engineering and construction
and government services. As a result of
the review, the company will divest nonstrategic businesses in order to reduce
annual operating costs to US$200 million
by 2016.
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Technip faces CGG rejection
[HOLLAND]
Qatar extends
petchems
marketing reach
with Holland HQ
Muntajat or Qatar
Chemical and Petrochemical
Marketing and Distribution Company, has
inaugurated its headquarters in The Hague,
Netherlands, trading under the Muntajat B.V.
name. Gas-rich Qatar is investing billions
of dollars in its chemical and petrochemical
sector until 2020 as part of its economic
diversification strategy with the aim to
increase its global market share in the
chemicals and petrochemicals industries.
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Technip said that it has decided not to
proceed with its offer to acquire seismic
survey firm CGG as the latter found
Technip’s follow up offer to its initial
November 10 approach to not be good
value for its stakeholders. Although it has
previously maintained its openness to
being “open to dialogue” with Technip,
CGG has now struck a more independent
tone. Following its rejection of Technip’s
subsequent offer, CGG has sought to put a
somewhat positive spin on the short-term
as an independent company. “CGG remains
confident in the ongoing execution and the
success of its strategy as an independent
company. CGG is showing a solid resilient
operational performance as highlighted in
the third quarter results,” the company said
on its website.
NEWS: International
[CHINA]
KUFPEC signs exploration deals
with CNOOC
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration
Company (KUFPEC) has signed three
offshore production sharing contracts
with China National Offshore Oil
Corporation (CNOOC) for blocks in the
South China Sea. The agreements cover
Blocks 52/22, 52/26 and 63/13 that are
all located in the Yinggehai Basin of
the South China Sea. According to the
terms of the PSCs, CNOOC will be the
operator of the three blocks. Expenditures
incurred during the exploration period will
be borne by CNOOC and KUFPEC at 20
per cent and 80 per cent of participating
interest, respectively.
[CONGO]
Eni successfully
completes
production test of
Minsala well
Eni has successfully
completed the production test on the
Minsala Marine 1 NFW, located in the
Marine XII Block offshore Congo, 35 km
from the shoreline and 12 km from the
recent Nené Marine discovery. During
the production test the well delivered
in natural flow in excess of 5,000 bpd
and 14 mscf of gas per day from an
opened section of 37m out of the 420m
oil column identified in the discovery.
The oil quality is 41 degrees API. Eni
preliminarily estimates the potential of
Minsala Marine discovery to be about 1
billion barrels of oil equivalent in place,
of which 80 per cent is oil. The company
has scheduled an appraisal plan for the
discovery and has begun studying the
commercial development of its significant
hydrocarbons reserves.
[ANGOLA]
‘Disappointing’
Angola well
forces Statoil rig
work halt
[NEW ZEALAND]
Statoil has decided to cancel the Stena
Carron rig contract after fulfilling the work
commitments in the Statoil-operated blocks
38 and 39 in the Kwanza basin offshore
Angola. Statoil said that the first well results
from the area have been disappointing but
it believes the basin still holds potential,
particularly in Statoil’s acreage. Statoil
believes that more time is needed to evaluate
the well results and mature new prospects
before deciding on future activities. Statoil
is participating in eight commitment wells
across five blocks in the Kwanza basin.
New block award signifies ONGC
Videsh’s first entry into New Zealand
Indian state-run oil company ONGC Videsh
has won an Exploration Block- 14TARR1 in New Zealand in the Bidding Round
Block Offer-2014. The bidding round
was launched in April 2014 offering five
offshore and three onshore release areas.
ONGC Videsh submitted a bid for one
exploration block located in the Taranaki
offshore basin in October 2014.
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NEWS: International
BG Group sells Australian gas
pipeline for $5 billion
BG Group has agreed to sell its
wholly-owned subsidiary QCLNG
Pipeline to APA Group, Australia’s
largest gas infrastructure business, for
approximately US$5 billion.
Andrew Gould, interim Executive
chairman of BG Group, commented:
“We are pleased to have entered into an
agreement for the sale of this high-quality
infrastructure with a bidder the calibre of
APA Group.
“The sale of the QCLNG pipeline is
in line with our strategy to focus on
BG Group’s core areas of oil and gas
exploration and production and LNG. The
Welding a section of main gas pipeline
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timing reflects QCLNG’s advanced stage
of development; we are now on the verge
of delivering the world’s first large-scale
project using natural gas from coal seams
as a feedstock for LNG,” Gould said.
The sale is conditional on the start
of commercial LNG deliveries (post
commissioning) from the QCLNG export
facility at Gladstone and on partner
consent. BG Group and its partners have
firm capacity rights in the pipeline for 20
years, with options to extend.
QCLNG Pipeline owns a 543 km,
large-diameter underground pipeline
network linking BG Group’s natural gas
fields in southern Queensland to a twotrain liquefied natural gas (LNG) export
facility at Gladstone on Australia’s east
coast. The sale of the asset is part of BG
Group’s strategy to actively managing its
global asset portfolio by reducing debt
levels and fund future growth.
The pipeline was constructed between
2011 and 2014 and has a current book
value of $1.6 billion. Tariffs payable on the
pipeline are set to provide a fixed rate of
return on the asset base with the primary
tariff components escalating annually
with US inflation indices, BG Group said.
By the end of 2016, the pipeline tariff
is expected to deliver to APA Group
earnings of approximately $390 million.
ConocoPhillips reduces 2015
capital budget by 20%
ConocoPhillips has revised down its
2015 capital budget to US$13.5 billion, a
decrease of about 20 per cent from 2014
levels due to major international projects
nearing completion and the company’s
decision to hold back on “significant”
spending on North American
unconventional plays.
“We are setting our 2015 capital budget
at a level that we believe is prudent given
the current environment,” said Ryan Lance,
chairman and chief executive officer. “This
plan demonstrates our focus on cash flow
neutrality and a competitive dividend, while
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maintaining our financial strength. We are
fortunate to have significant flexibility in our
capital programme. Spending on several
major projects has peaked and we will get
the benefit of production uplift from those
projects over the next few years. In addition,
we have significant identified inventory in
the unconventionals, where we also retain a
high degree of capital flexibility.”
Despite the lower investment level, the
company said that it expects to achieve
approximately 3 per cent production
growth in 2015 from continuing operations,
excluding Libya.
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South Stream pipeline
dropped
In December Russia announced during a
visit by Vladimir Putin to Turkey that the
South Stream pipeline project that was
going to bring Russian gas to Europe via
a pipeline network under the Black Sea
would now not be going ahead. Putin
blamed the EU for stalling the project
and Russia will now look to increase gas
supplies to Turkey and a new gas hub
could be built on the Turkish-Greek border
that would supply Europe. The South
Stream project was funded by Russia’s
state gas giant Gazprom and the pipeline
was to have run under the Black Sea to
southern and central Europe, providing
another transit route for Gazprom.
First oil from Jack/St.
Malo project in GoM
Chevron Corp. and its partners have
begun crude oil and natural gas
production at the Jack/St. Malo project in
the Lower Tertiary trend, deepwater US
Gulf of Mexico. The Jack and St. Malo
fields are located within 40 km of each
other in approximately 7,000 feet of water
in the Walker Ridge area, approximately
450 km south of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The field’s semi-submersible floating
production unit is the largest of its kind
in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). They were
co-developed with subsea completions
flowing back to a single host, semisubmersible floating production unit
located between the fields. They have a
production capacity of 170,000 barrels of
oil and 42 MMcfd, with the potential for
future expansion. Total production from
the two fields is expected to eventually
ramp up to 94,000 boepd. Co-owner,
Statoil’s expected production from the
combined fields is about 23,000 bpd at
peak production.
FEATURE: International
outlook despite less
energy demand
A mix of lower energy demand, less uncertainty over future
oil supplies and a rebalancing of IOC-NOC collaboration in
projects around the world are setting the stage for the longer
term, according to BP’s top strategist.
Dev Sanyal, executive vice president Strategy and Regions at
the British oil giant, said that despite expecting a ‘strong’ growth in
worldwide energy demand for the next 20 years, it would likely be 40
per cent rather than the 50 per cent seen in the past two decades.
“That is the equivalent of another US and another China in
terms of consumption. That growth is almost all accounted for by
the non-OECD world,” he said.
Speaking at a conference in London in December, Sanyal
explained how the growth of global oil reserves have continued to
outpace consumption so far. This is especially true in the current
market environment where demand has cooled amid a slowing
down of key consuming economies in Asia.
“When I started in this industry in 1989, the world’s proved
reserves of oil amounted to around one trillion barrels. Since then
we have consumed around 700 billion – but the reserves have
grown to nearly 1.7 trillion. It is a similar story with gas. Already
booked reserves represent enough oil and gas for more than 50
years of consumption at today’s rates and we know there are
many more resources out there.
“There are massive shale and tight oil and gas deposits,
worldwide. There are the vast oil sands of Canada and heavy oil in
Venezuela as well as the undiscovered resources of the Arctic. And
these new resources may be outnumbered by the extra oil we can
recover from already discovered fields due to new enhanced oil
recovery techniques. Typically the industry has expected to recover
only 35 per cent of the oil in a field – but now we are looking at rates
of around 60 per cent in places such as Prudhoe Bay in Alaska.”
He also highlighted that after a relative period of pursuing
separate but parallel oil and gas projects, international oil
companies (IOCs) like BP and state-run national oil companies
(NOCs), are increasingly finding ‘complementary’ synergies. This is
in terms of the acreage and other assets mostly held by NOCs and
technological knowhow of IOCs.
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INTERVIEW: TOTAL
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e speaks
exclusively to Amer Al Shaikh
Ali, CEO of Total Abu Al Bukoosh
(ABK) about its strong Emiratisation
programme that is channelled through
Total ABK- VEDC Academy, writes
Julian Walker.
Total has been in the UAE since 1939.
last year marked the 40th anniversary of
the starting of production of the Abu Al
Bukoosh field in July 1974.
“We take seriously our contribution as
an oil and gas major to the development
of the UAE. We are the only major who
operates a field in Abu Dhabi, Abu Al
Bukoosh. We have a lot of expectations
from the Supreme Petroleum Council
(SPC) and ADNOC,” says Amer who has
been the CEO of Total’s ABK since 2011.
One way is the development and
implementation of new technologies in
the UAE, according to Amer.
“If I look at what contribution we have
made at ABK in the last 40 years, in
terms of technology, the ABK field is the
most advanced in terms of oil recovery
and adding reserves. ADNOC considers
us as an example of what future oilfields
in Abu Dhabi would be like,” he adds.
One of Total ABK’s main contributions
is through their strong Emiratisation
programme and the development of
Emiratis.
“At Total ABK we have a very ambitious
Emiratisation programme. We are
working to Emiratise senior positions
from university graduates. We have been
quite successful so far,” he says.
In 2008 the Abu Dhabi-based Total
ABK-VEDC Academy was established,
in collaboration with SPC, ADNOC and
the Vocational Educational Development
Centre which hosts the academy on its
own campus. It was set up to develop
young Emiratis and provide them with a
great opportunity to gain solid grounding
Amer Al Shaikh Ali
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in the skills and experience needed
to enter the oil industry as offshore
operators and maintenance technicians.
“We are the only oil and gas major
here that has an academy. This has
only been possible thanks to our strong
partnership and full support of the SPC
and ADNOC.”
The demand for Emirati qualified
technicians is huge. The main goal of
Total ABK-VEDC Academy is to give
Emirati’s an opportunity to enter the oil
and gas industry.
He explains: “We decided from the start
to have a smooth, continuous integration
of the academy into the oil and gas
industry. We provide them two and half
years of training. When they graduate
the main objective is for them to be
employable in the oil and gas industry.”
The Academy’s programme in the
first year focuses mainly on workshops,
labs and theory. The next one and half
years is ‘on-the-job training’. During this
time, students spend three weeks in the
Academy, three weeks offshore on site
and three weeks rest.
This approach is unique for the region,
and lets students experience real site
experience, according to Amer. “By going
on site they know the conditions they
will be working in. These students really
love it. Around 50 students have now
graduated and are now contributing to
the development of the UAE,” he says.
Over the years the Academy has grown
in size and scale. At the start there were
around 15 students; today it has around
75 students. 2011 saw the first graduation
batch. Since then, every year the academy
has seen new graduates. 2014 saw 20
graduates in January and next year Total
ABK plans to graduate 23 students.
“We aim to provide all our graduates
with jobs. All the graduates have been
employed by Total Al Bukoosh but also
by SPC companies, namely ADOC
and Bunduq, and ADNOC Group of
Companies, namely ADMA.”
He says: “Our academy has been a real
success. We have a 100 per cent success
rate with the employability of all our
graduates with all 50 now all employed.”
“It has been tremendous to see the
development of the Academy over the
years. We started small, but have built
on our success, and expanded slowly but
progressively. The Academy is really one
of the pillars of our commitment to the
sustainable development of the UAE.”
Total affiliate, Total ABK has been operating the Abu Al Bukhoosh field offshore Abu Dhabi since 1974
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GEO FOCUS: East Africa
EAST AFRICA LOOKING TO BECOME
NEW ENERGY PLAYER
East Africa is pioneering oil and gas discoveries and coupled with
accelerated growth of hydrocarbon production, the region’s attractiveness
for investment transpires, yet setbacks remain ahead says IHS in a report
E
ast Africa is undergoing a major
transformation to become a new
world-class player on the energy
market. By 2025, the region is expected
to experience an incremental production
growth of nearly 1 million barrels of
oil equivalent per day (boepd), led by
Mozambique and Tanzania.
With the highest number of gas
discoveries between 2010-2013 in East
Africa, accounting for more than 25 per
cent of added reserves worldwide - and
as the largest contributor, with over 50
per cent of total regional M&A (mergers
and acquisitions) value in 2013 - the region
comes to the fore of international openness
to investment, boosting its attractiveness
and competitiveness, according to new
analysis from IHS.
Despite the high potential for further
growth, East Africa has suffered major
setbacks with lack of local infrastructure
in place, institutional capacities, regulatory
framework and an adverse geopolitical
situation overall.
“East Africa is the new hot spot”, says
Stanislas Drochon, director Africa oil and gas
at IHS Energy. “The region is going through
a major transformation and it has huge
potential to play a crucial role in driving the
region’s future growth, while still operating
in a risky business environment where the
regulatory framework and infrastructure are
not in place.”
Drochon says that the regulatory
framework and lack of institutional
capacities in a context of very high
expectations for socio-economic
transformation will not only bring
challenges for a growing role of large
IOCs (international oil companies), but
also for governments within the region.
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Offshore exploration in East Africa
Pioneering gas discoveries
Over the past five years, Mozambique
and Tanzania have seen the region’s
most significant gas discoveries, with
more than 80 per cent of them located
in Mozambique. “East Africa remains
under exploration and there is more to be
discovered, including in other countries
such as Ethiopia or Comoros, but there
is more to be done,” Drochon believes.
“The large infrastructure developments
and financing are crucial to ensure that
all the investments can materialise.
The development of gas reserves and
associated power generation are necessary
to support the transformation of the region,
by providing cheaper and reliable energy,
key conditions currently missing for the
industrialisation of the region.”
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Hydrocarbon production on the rise
Within the next decade, East Africa,
driven by LNG projects in Mozambique and
Tanzania, is expected to form the largest
hydrocarbon production, accounting for
nearly 1 million boepd, according to IHS
Energy. Additionally, by the end of the
decade, landlocked Uganda is also expected
to contribute to this growth.
“Gas and LNG production will become
a dominant revenue generator in East
Africa. The accelerated growth in the gas
sector will outsize the previously important
coal sector, but we are unlikely to see
an immediate increase in employment
opportunities and local supply chain
expansions,” says Natznet Tesfay, head of
Africa at IHS Country Risk. “The massive
investment followed by the infrastructure
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boom will transform the northern
Mozambican provinces, allowing the local
governments to get involved. We expect
that this will facilitate and attract the entry
of foreign investors, exploring not only
the opportunities in the energy sector,
but also other areas, such as chemical,
power, manufacturing and mining. The
transformation of East Africa, however, will
set its own pace”.
“East Africa represents the primary
opportunity sector for M&A activity. In the
past four years, the top three largest M&A
deals in the region were in Mozambique with
the transactions done by Asian based NOC’s
(national oil companies),” says Drochon.
As African growth is expected to remain
strong for the next 10 years, the new East
African gas discoveries and growth in
incremental hydrocarbon production will
Openness to investment triggers
M&A activity
According to the IHS Petroleum Risk
Manager Indicator, more than one third
- 26 out of the 71 countries - rated with
a top score for international openness to
investment, are located in Sub-Saharan
Africa. This reflects the accessibility of
the region to foreign investment, not only
targeting the more mature areas like Tanzania
and Mozambique’s Rovuma basin, but also
new frontiers like Kenya’s Lokichar Basin.
East Africa represented approximately.
50 per cent of total M&A regional value in
2013, growing from a negligible share prior
to 2009 and eventually overtaking West
Africa. Since 2010, M&A deals in East Africa
have been focused on three countries,
Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda, with
some emerging M&A activity in Kenya,
according to IHS Energy.
A project in Kenya’s Lokichar Basin
attract new international investors and
increase regional openness for further
developments and further M&A activity.
Yet, the pace of East African transformation
and further growth depends on critical
infrastructure investments to ensure
security of supply and modernisation
of resources, geopolitical stability and
sufficient regulatory framework, according
to IHS Energy.
Africa’s oil and gas sector is attracting big investment
A report released by international law
firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)
finds that nearly half of all money
raised in the last year in London’s
mid-market oil and gas sector was for
projects in Africa.
The research shows that despite
only representing a quarter of deals
completed, the money raised for African
projects was US$453.4 million out of a
total value of nearly $1 billion.
Looking closely at the prices, BLP has
also found that geographical risk was clearly
a significant issue for investors when pricing
fundraisings. All of the South American
projects raised money at a greater than 10
per cent discount, while less than a third of
European projects were completed on the
same terms. Approximately half of African
projects were carried out at a less than 10
per cent discount.
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BLP analysed all oil and gas
fundraisings announced on AIM and
the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange between October 1, 2013
and September 31, 2014 (greater than
£1million and excluding the FTSE 100).
Support for African projects
Whilst representing a quarter of deals
by number, over 45 per cent of money
raised in London for oil and gas was
for African projects, highlighting the
potential on the African continent and
the support it receives from the London
investment community.
Last year has seen $1 billion of
support for the oil and gas sector and,
in particular, African projects with
$453.4 million being raised for African
Projects. It is expected that companies
with compelling plans for strong assets
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will continue to be able to tap the
London market in the coming year,
particularly where support from existing
shareholders is strong. However, those
with particular geographical risks or
looking to do transformational raises will
need to offer discounts to attract support.
With demand for oil and gas rising more
slowly than anticipated, downward pressure
on oil prices has reduced the appetite for
equity. BLP does not expect this situation to
persist in the medium term.
Adam Dann, Energy and Infrastructure
Partner and Head of BLP’s Finance
Department, adds: “When it comes to
the price of oil, with demand for oil and
gas rising more slowly than anticipated,
downward pressure on oil price has
reduced appetite for equity. It does not
feel like this situation will persist in the
medium term.”
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FEATURE: Enhanced Oil Recovery
STAYING AHEAD OF THE GAME
IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
As reservoirs around the world mature, the industry needs to continually
invest in enhanced or improved oil recovery techniques. Jamie Walker
of Praxis Global Research speaks to world-renowned expert in the field,
Dr Vladimir Alvarado on the future of the sector
W
ith reservoirs around the world
steadily maturing, the oil and
gas industry is continually
turning to improved oil recovery (IOR) to
support the global energy demand. There
have been many advances made over
the past couple of years, new techniques
and technological adaptations have
revitalised reservoirs and geological
locations worldwide.
The industry has even seen a definition
change in improved and enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) and how they relate to one
another and the debates still continue in
the characterisation of different techniques.
However, one thing remains constant,
the industry must continue to support
one another and push the technological
advances in improved oil recovery in order
to continually support the energy demand.
Dr Vladimir Alvarado is an industry leader
and pioneer in his field who has shown
his support through authoring many books
and papers, including: “Enhanced Oil
Recovery: Field Planning and Development
Strategies” (Gulf Professional Publishing
2010), was awarded second prize of
Energies Best Paper Award 2014 and
continues to share his vast knowledge
through the over seventy speaking
presentations that he has done and
continues to speak at.
Dr Alvarado’s current projects include a
future publication, in 2015, in the technical
book “Advances in Analytical Methods in
Petroleum Upstream Applications” as the
author of the chapter “Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Upstream Applications: Crude
Oil Characterization, Water-Oil Interface
Behavior and Porous Media” and author
of the expected publication in 2015,
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“Enhanced Oil Recovery Handbook:
Methods, Simulations and Modeling”.
What is your involvement in the oil
industry? How did you begin your career?
What are you currently working on?
Besides conducting research in IOR/EOR
for both conventional and unconventional
reservoirs, I serve as a consultant to
companies regarding EOR process
screening/selection as well as designs,
particularly in chemical EOR. I initiated my
career at Intevep, S.A., the R&D Center
of the Venezuelan National Oil Company,
PDVSA, which later became PDVSA-Intevep.
I started in Petrophysics and progressively
moved to Reservoir Engineering to become
increasingly more involved with EOR/IOR
projects. I am an Associate Professor at
the University of Wyoming and my focus
continues to be IOR with emphasis on
chemical flooding and smart waterflooding,
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but I also dedicate time to CO2 flooding.
More recently, I initiated research activities
on EOR for unconventional reservoirs.
Why is improved oil recovery important
to our industry? How is the importance
related to our industry at this time?
IOR has become an integral part of
exploration and production activities,
because, as the industry tries to access
additional resources, two scenarios are
common place; first a combination of
harsher environments and lower quality
reservoirs, and second, aging fields
with still abundant resources known
to exist in place. The current oil price
allows sustaining the supply side through
increased productivity as well as added
reserves through these more advanced
technologies. IOR, through advanced well
architectures and stimulation techniques,
has enabled commercial production
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industry has realised that abundant
resources exist in known reservoirs, but
access to them requires more advanced
technologies.
Can you outline the difference between
improved and enhanced oil recovery?
How are they related?
In the past, we had a tendency to
separate IOR from EOR. In the broader
sense, IOR encompasses EOR and often,
if not always dare I say, is needed as part
of the EOR design. Some of us include
proper use of well architectures, well
stimulation techniques and conformance,
among other strategies, plus EOR as the
realm of IOR. EOR is generally associated
with the injection of fluids and/or energy
to increase the recovery factor beyond
what is possible commercially through
pressure maintenance and secondary
flooding strategies. This concept of
injecting fluid/energy leads to methods
to mobilise residual oil and to classify
methods according the injection agent.
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Some Middle Eastern countries are
looking for alternatives [to CO2 and
chemical EOR methods] such as smart-water
technologies, because they appear applicable to
carbonate reservoirs
Dr Vladimir Alvarado, associate professor of Chemical and Petroleum
Engineering, University of Wyoming
However, EOR is no longer considered
a tertiary process that must follow primary
and secondary strategies, and instead it is
applied more frequently at earlier stages of
the productive life of the assets and before
reaching the economic limit of the secondary
process. In heavy oil, for instance, EOR is
applied early in field development and as
example steam assisted gravity drainage
(SAGD) is applied at an early development
phase. Interesting developments such
as deep conformance through dispersion
technologies, while being IOR technologies,
are difficult to distinguish from EOR
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processes. These applications are almost
always necessary prior to initiation of a
flood or at least must be combined with the
EOR process to maximise oil contact and
minimise use of injectant.
What are the latest techniques being
explored currently in IOR?
If one considers stimulation techniques
part of IOR, then more advanced
stimulation methods are being pursued
that lower the use of water. On the
more specific EOR side, chemistry
for high temperature reservoirs and
nanotechnology are being investigated at
great length. One surprising development
is in the area of waterflooding. Water
chemistry was only considered a
component of preventative measures
to avoid formation damage, including
scaling and reservoir souring. Nowadays
we know that water chemistry can
impact oil recovery, giving rise to a
variety of methods that have been coined
engineered, smart and low-salinity
waterflooding. While not fully understood,
this has created a new paradigm in EOR
that could lead inexpensive recovery
methods, but also will force us to rethink
our understanding of oil recovery. New
formats of conformance agents as well as
new technologies for foams and deeppenetration polymer-based systems have
shown on the radar these days.
How are these techniques different or
better over the ones that were used in
the past?
This connects well with the previous
question. We now understand recovery
mechanisms better and the technologies
needed for EOR have advanced
substantially. Chemistry needed to enable
IOR processes or to create new ones is
quite different from and are of better quality
compared to what was available until recent
times. Our ability to drill complex wells has
turned them into traditional technologies
and they are no longer used only in pilot
projects. Instead, these drilling technologies
have been added to the toolbox of enabling
technologies in the field.
Downhole operations to deliver products
and intervene wells now expand our range
of operations. We have progressed in
our understanding of rock-fluid and fluidfluid interactions. Better integration of
conformance in operations at any production
stage has improved productivity and in
some cases the overall recovery. These
technologies continue to evolve, but also
operators have become more willing to apply
them. Reservoir characterisation and better
surveillance help to mitigate risks and steer
EOR operations. Overall, a combination of
core and enabling technologies have changed
the way we conduct both IOR and more
specifically EOR.
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In terms of IOR investment, where are
the hottest global locations?
This depends on the type of technology.
North America is the cradle for stimulation
techniques and the USA is the dominant
place for CO2 flooding. However, China
applies a significant fraction of the chemical
EOR in the World. Examples of emerging
IOR are found in Latin America. Operators
in Colombia, for instance, are pursuing
EOR/IOR technologies aggressively and the
results show. Other countries in the region
continue to pursue these technologies or
are investing in them.
Some Middle Eastern countries are
looking for alternatives such as smartwater technologies, because they appear
applicable to carbonate reservoirs, but as
an example, Oman conducts a significant
number of EOR pilots and full-field
operations, particularly chemical EOR.
There has been a disconnect between
the information gathered through surveys
and the reality of the market. Companies
are less willing to share their competitive
edge as a result we rarely learn of
operations conducted worldwide, except
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for specialised forums or direct access to
information through partnerships or joint
operations.
We are hearing a lot off buzz about CO2
injection, can you explain and expand on
the benefits of this method?
Carbon dioxide is the solvent for
miscible flooding par excellence. It has a
history of several decades and has been
enhanced through water-alternating-gas
methods and more recently we see more
use of foams, in addition to traditional
gels, to further optimize CO2 floods. While
in the past the Permian Basin in Texas
was essentially the only place where
CO2 was the dominant EOR technology,
the application of the technology is
expanding and the interest is peaking.
This growth has occurred through
access to natural and anthropogenic
sources. The technology has been further
encouraged by the current oil price.
This has become accepted as a way to
store CO2 commercially, because of the
revenue stream that comes along from oil
production.
Not so long ago, natural gas did
not have a market in a lot of locations
worldwide and hence it was used
for EOR. Numerous provinces have
developed gas markets and consequently
natural gas cannot be used for flooding
purposes. CO2, whenever available, is an
attractive, relatively low-risk opportunity,
but requires infrastructure not normally
available.
Environmental drivers also entice the
use of CO2 for EOR. As an example,
Brazil has plans to process the CO2-rich
gas from major offshore reservoirs for
reinjection as an EOR process.
What are the latest trends in IOR that
you are personally keeping an eye on
and are looking forward to seeing them
progress?
New chemistry for EOR, smart
waterflooding and methods for
unconventional reservoirs (other than
stimulation techniques). While sandy
reservoirs have been the target of a
spectrum of IOR/EOR technologies,
carbonate reservoirs are generally dealt with
conformance technologies and miscible
processes. I track progress in chemistries
applicable to carbonates.
Dr Vladimir Alvarado was the chairman
at the 2014 Improved Oil Recovery 11th
Global Praxis Interactive Technology
Workshop; Think Tank Series, that took
place at the end of August 2014 in
Bogotá, Colombia.
Venezuela and Libya: A case of two extremes in EOR for Repsol
Venezuelan oilfields are notorious for
holding some of the world’s heaviest
and viscous crude reserves, they are also
an excellent proving ground for new
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods.
Spain’s main integrated oil and gas
company Repsol has been very active
in leading research and development of
both EOR and improved oil recovery (IOR)
techniques and technology.
Naturally being at the forefront of this part
of the industry has its challenges, even for
well-funded R&D initiatives by multinational
firms such as Repsol.
“For Repsol, one of the main IOR/EOR
challenges is the exploitation of extra heavy
crude oil (8.4 degree API) from a giant
field, in the Orinoco Oil Belt (Carabobo
area), Venezuela; where the company
must maintain a production plateau of 400
thousand oil barrels per day, for at least 25
years,” explains Elena Escobar, manager of
an R&D strategic project on Thermal EOR
at Repsol. “This implies that at least 10 per
cent OOIP (original oil in place) should be
covered by EOR processes. However, until
now, no commercial EOR processes have
been employed in the Orinoco Oil field.
Therefore, Repsol is making a significant
investment in R&D to identify and develop
the EOR technologies most suited to
meeting the master development plan
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associated with this field.”
In the 2015-2020 period, Repsol and its
partners plan to conceptualise and execute
the designs of at least three EOR pilot tests,
related to polymer flooding in Ecuador, cyclic
steam injection in western Venezuela, and
other Cyclic steam injection followed by steam
flooding in Orinoco Oil Belt. It is estimated that
these EOR pilot tests will receive additional
investments of more than €50 million (US$62
million) over the next five years.
Libya
Closer to the Middle East, Escobar points
to Repsol’s work in Libya where it has
premium light oil assets ranging from 36 to
45 degree API in the Mamuniyat and Hawaz
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formations in the southwest of the country.
“Most of the reservoirs are in secondary
oil recovery stage by waterflooding.
However, a preliminary analysis forecast
showed that the additional recoverable
resources, due to EOR alone (chemical
flooding and/or immiscible gas), could be
around 300 million barrels, which represent
an incremental oil recovery factor between
1 and 9 per cent OOIP, with respect to
waterflooding, with the additional reduction
in the production decline of the fields.
“During 2015-2017, Repsol is planning to
perform a detailed technical and economical
assessment, to identify the most
appropriate IOR/EOR technology(ies) to be
applied in these fields,” she adds.
FEATURE: Cables and Wires
OFFSHORE ENERGY GROWTH
WILL BE BIG IN 2015 SAYS E-MARINE
Pipeline Magazine speaks to Omar Jassim Bin Kalban, managing director
and CEO of E-marine, about the opportunities in the oil and gas sector for
the subsea cabling services
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and reliable submarine cables
for the offshore oil and gas
industry is growing.
This is why E-marine, a principal
provider of submarine cable solutions in
the Middle East, is making a concerted
effort in 2015, to increase its market
share further in the regional offshore
energy industry with the commissioning
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successfully
carried out major
marine installations of
cable systems
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of two new state-of-the art cabling
vessels, that will target the regional oil
and gas sector.
E-Marine has successfully carried
out major marine installations of cable
systems both in the local market
and abroad, as well as performing
its commitment to the maintenance
obligations of various submarine cables
systems. Notwithstanding, E-Marine’s
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the company has been involved in
installing major turnkey submarine
composite power and fibre optic cables
connecting various oil field platforms over
the last few years.
These accomplishments brought to
the fore E-Marine’s strong presence in
the international market while being
yet another recognition of its pursuit
to provide customer-centered services
locally, regionally and internationally.
“We are really concentrating on the
regional oil and gas industry. We want
to establish ourselves and bring our
long history in subsea fibre optic cable
solution expertise to the regional energy
industry,” says Omar Jassim Bin Kalban,
CEO, E-marine. Realising the need of
staying ‘connected”, E-marine PJSC
was established in a region that has
seen exponential expansion in both the
telecommunications and energy sectors.
With both of its strategic locations
positioned in the region, E-marine has
gained the confidence of its client by
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available. E-marine has a strong presence
in the Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, Western
Indian Ocean Region and East Africa
for maintaining various submarine cable
systems. At present around 100,000
km of cables are under E-marine’s
maintenance agreement.
When it comes to oil and gas field
subsea cabling and maintenance, it is
essential to use experienced companies
to complete the work. “I feel there is too
much risk in using general contractors
over specialised contractors when it
comes to special subsea cabling jobs in
the energy sector,” he explains.
“We have three purpose built cable
ships and one special purpose vessel.
As part of our resource enhancement
process, we are investing heavily to
commission one cable ship and one
multi-purpose vessel (MPV) in 2015.”
“One of these new ships is being built
right here in the UAE and will be tailor
made for the regional telecom market; it
should be in service by Q1 2015, while
we are also in the process of purchasing
a readymade MPV that will most likely be
E-marine has
a strong
presence in the Red
Sea, Arabian Gulf,
Western Indian Ocean
Region and East
Africa for maintaining
various submarine
cable systems. At
present around
100,000 km of cables
are under E-marine’s
maintenance
agreement
in service by the second quarter of 2015,”
he notes.
According to Bin Kalban, the new
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vessels will provide a more cost effective
solution as they can be deployed faster,
in line with client needs in the region.
“We are bringing technology to this
market, which is already used in other
parts of the world, from the North Sea to
the Gulf of Mexico,” he says.
All E-marine vessels are DP operated
and are equipped with working class
ROV’s, latest survey, navigation equipment
and software. Bin Kalban explains why
the UAE is E-marine’s home market and
ADNOC its main target customer.
“We have enjoyed a good relation
with the ADNOC Group of companies for
many years.”
E-marine foresee a lot of potential for
submarine cable work in the GCC region,
from Saudi Arabia to Qatar and beyond.
“We will be looking at opportunities
across the whole region,” he adds.
E-marine is headquartered in Jebel Ali
and its main depot is located at Hamriyah
Free zone in Sharjah. The firm also has
a depot in Salalah, Oman that enhances
its services in the western Indian Ocean,
East Africa and the Red Sea.
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FEATURE: Mexico
SANTANDER BANKS ON MEXICO ENERGY REFORM
International bank Santander sponsored the VIP Mexico Briefing at the
MEPC theatre during ADIPEC 2014. We spoke with Juan Garrido Otaola,
head of global banking markets at Santander Mexico
Pipeline Magazine: As a sponsor of the
VIP Mexico briefing, what does this
mean for Santander?
Santander is one of the key players in the
financial industry in Mexico. We are fully
committed to the execution of the energy
reform in the country and we believe ADIPEC
is the best place to show our capabilities
to the global players and investors. We are
honoured to sponsor the Mexico briefing and
to share this event with Sener and Pemex.
Juan Garrido Ataola, Santander Mexico
PM: How is Santander involved in the oil
and gas industry?
Santander has one of the strongest
commitments to the sector. Just recently
we announced resources for MXN$65
billion (US$4.8 billion) for the development
of energy infrastructure in Mexico. This
positions the bank as a leader in structuring,
financing and developing projects in energy
and infrastructure using our capacities in
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This adds up to what the bank has already
been doing in the recent past that has
positioned us as the number one private
bank in project finance in Mexico, according
to Dealogic. In the last 12 months 10 deals
have closed in the energy space in Mexico.
Santander has participated in six of them
that represented 40 per cent of the total.
Santander is participating in 20
electricity projects that represent more
than 2,800 MW and as financial advisor
and funding bank in Los Ramones, a 960
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FEATURE: Mexico
Where are your main markets?
Key to Grupo Santander’s geographical
diversification is maintaining an appropriate
balance between mature and emerging
markets and an autonomous subsidiary
model. We are present in 10 major markets:
Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, the
United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Chile,
Argentina, and the United States. Our global
business areas serve clients worldwide
and also develop products to be distributed
throughout the Group’s retail network.
Santander is Mexico’s third leading bank,
with 11 million customers, 1,050 branches,
243 offices, and 14,375 employees.
Santander has capitalised on Mexico’s
economic stability to strengthen and expand
customer transactional linkage in the highincome and SME segments. Santander is
the most important bank for Mexico’s SMEs.
PM: How can you help foreign players
break into Mexico?
We can help foreign players by advising
on the numerous projects that would be
awarded over the next few years, combining
our local expertise with our global presence.
Establishing the right joint ventures with local
players is going to be the key for success.
PM: What tips can you offer large players
looking to enter the market?
In upstream one of the key factors is the
supply chain, large players should develop
local suppliers that have expertise working
in Mexico. Large players should consider
drafting bankable contracts and leverage their
strong credit to help finance local suppliers,
either by discounting contracts or through
project finance, to name a few options.
For onshore projects it is key to work with
the local communities, we have seen good
projects fail because the social component
was not properly considered.
PM: How would you describe Mexico’s
energy landscape?
The Mexican energy reform is groundbreaking for the country. After decades of
having Pemex and CFE as the only players
in the oil and gas and electricity sectors,
now Mexico is open for private investment
in these sectors.
In upstream we can expect a great
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diversity of companies participating from
the major integrated oil companies in
deepwaters and other offshore projects to
medium and small independent producers
in mature fields and shale gas, very similar
to those companies working in the US.
In midstream we are already seeing a
boost in investment. We have the Ramones
pipeline with an investment of more than
$2.5 billion, where Pemex acts as offtaker,
to the 17 new pipelines announced by CFE,
where they act as offtakers but are owned
and operated by privates.
In downstream we expect to start seeing
different franchises in gas stations in 2016
and a completely open market by 2018 with
differentiated prices.
In electricity generation we are going to
see a competitive market where the most
efficient producers are going to develop
new projects and gain market share either
selling to the grid through electric public
markets regulated by the Centro Nacional
de Control de Energía (CENACE) or bilateral
contracts to large consumers.
All in all competition is going to be the name
of the game in the energy space in Mexico.
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FEATURE: Corrosion
WHAT DO YOU DOWITH
W A RUSTY WELL
W ?
Could a new industry-wide support network prove to be useful in crucial
decision making for maximising output from ageing well and pipeline
infrastructure? The people at DNV GL think so.
T
he global oil and gas industry is
now facing the reality that many of
its on and offshore wells are being
used beyond the original lifespan. This
presents significant uncertainty around
the integrity, safety and productivity
of the remaining service life. DNV GL
has established a Joint Industry Project
(JIP) to develop guidelines for a decision
support framework for corrosion
assessment and integrity management
of ageing wells.
Many wells are reaching an age of
upwards of 30 or 40 years, and operators
are facing a growing challenge to predict
output, mitigate against risk and ultimately
decide whether to retire or rejuvenate
ageing wells. Life extension of ageing wells
is moving up the agenda for oil and gas
operators in many regions. Factors driving
this have included technology advances,
regulatory requirements and until very
recently, high oil prices.
“As well as dealing with the operational
changes in the well’s lifetime, such as longterm degradation effects, there can also be
difficulties caused by uncertainty over the
integrity of the well and access to design
documentation. Corrosion in particular
poses a major threat to these wells,” says
Shamik Chowdhury, project manager at
DNV GL.
“The JIP aims to close the existing gap
in well integrity management and introduce
proper corrosion assessments, as well as
provide estimates on the remaining life
of individual wells. The outcome will help
operators squeeze the remaining life out
of their wells safely and cost effectively, as
well as to plan for decommissioning.”
“The proposed guideline resulting
from the JIP will provide a clear method
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to evaluate and manage corrosion for
wells. This can be used on a field or
company-wide level to ensure the HSE
and economical performance is balanced
and that corrosion risks are sufficiently
managed,” he continues.
DNV GL is inviting participants to
take part in the JIP which will deliver a
corrosion threat and integrity well screening
assessment method as well as guidelines
for a decision-making tool on corrosion
evaluation, monitoring, maintenance and
inspection.
“There are many risks to consider at
the well level. External casings deteriorate
over time at different depths for a variety
of different corrosion mechanisms, and can
result in loss of structural integrity,” adds
Chowdhury. “The risk of well collapse is
therefore higher. Ageing wells also tend to
have more aggressive conditions, normally
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being higher water cut, and potentially
with H2S arising from reservoir changes
or microbial activity, which may accelerate
attack or introduce corrosion damage where
it was considered ‘not to happen’ before.
The JIP will involve the review of
corrosion inspection techniques, prediction
and modelling tools as well as the impact
from other interfacing aspects such
as pipelines and process equipment.
Investigative data will be gathered from
participants’ own experiences in this field
and the operational history of selected
operators’ wells. The project will also carry
out a pilot study to test the methodology on
selected wells.
Shamik Chowdhury, project manager
at DNV GL
The JIP which began at the end of last
year will commence through to the end of
2015 with the development of a guideline
for corrosion management in wells.
“DNV GL leads many joint industry
projects annually, combining our expertise
with that of the sector to identify and find
solutions to its most complex technical
challenges. We set the benchmark in oil
and gas industry best practice, offering
open access to more than 170 oil and gas
industry standards and recommended
practices, which support the industry
to improve safety, reliability and
performance,” says Elisabeth Tørstad, CEO
DNV GL Oil & Gas.
DNV GL launches industry initiative to combat onshore pipeline corrosion
Microbiologically influenced corrosion
(MIC) is a serious threat to the integrity
of onshore transmission pipelines
and can lead to unexpected failures.
Despite advances in understanding,
there is limited knowledge to accurately
predict its location and the rate of
corrosion. For this reason, DNV GL is
calling for partners to collaborate in a
Joint Industry Project (JIP) to develop a
Recommended Practice for the detection
and mitigation of MIC.
External MIC is corrosion caused or
promoted by microorganisms on the
outside of the pipeline system and is one of
the leading causes of corrosion failures in
onshore pipelines.
Microorganisms may adhere to metal
surfaces and form biofilms (complex
microbial ecosystems) that can alter the
electrochemical conditions on the metal
surface in such a way that corrosion
can be induced locally; most commonly
occurring as pitting. It is difficult to prevent
this type of rapid corrosion, since it is not
possible to prove the presence of MIC
directly without excavating the suspected
site to run tests. Indications of MIC can
be found through detecting either coating
degradation using DCVG (Direct Current
Voltage Gradient) or the pipeline’s metal
loss using ILI (In-line Inspection).
“Tiny microorganisms can cause big
headaches for onshore pipeline operators,
since MIC leads to high corrosion rates at
unpredictable locations along a pipeline.
Even with well-functioning, long-running
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cathodic protection systems in place, MIC
can still occur,” explains Mirjam van Burgel,
JIP project manager. “Though corrosion
rates can be reduced, microbiological
colonies responsible for MIC do not
disappear completely,” she continues.
The JIP will focus on preventing or
alleviating MIC by exploring the role of
coating condition and cathodic protection in
the occurrence and prevention of MIC, and
identify practical means to support pipeline
operators in detecting possible MIC sites by
testing and selecting the best measurement
techniques. The project will also develop
a decision-support tool to rank the risk of
MIC-sensitive areas along a pipeline.
“Onshore pipelines are critical in
meeting the growing demand for energy
worldwide. Currently, there are over
230,000 km of oil and gas pipelines under
construction or planned, in addition to the
existing pipeline infrastructure that must
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continue to operate safely and reliably.
DNV GL has deep knowledge of pipelines
from performing laboratory and field
research projects, including on pipeline
corrosion and degradation. The outcome
of this project will enable asset managers
to effectively lessen MIC, enhance the
safety and integrity of their pipeline system
and reduce costs by avoiding costly
excavation,” says Asle Venås, Pipeline
Segment director – DNV GL Oil & Gas.
The final outcome of the JIP will be an
industry-wide Recommended Practice
(RP) establishing industry guidelines and
recommendations to predict, detect and
mitigate the occurrence of MIC.
DNV GL believes it is well placed to
lead this project, having established an
MIC Technical Exchange Group earlier this
year. DNV GL also has a number of other
pipeline-related Joint Industry Projects
underway.
FEATURE: Unconventional oil & gas
WILL THE MIDDLE EEAST TAKE
SHALE SERIOUSLY ?
Faced with rising North American shale oil and gas supplies in world
markets, is it now time for Middle Eastern conventional energy producers
to future-proof themselves?
W
hile the GCC has traditionally
been a leader in conventional
energy markets, it has lacked
the incentive to exploit the shale potential
in the region. Yet, industry experts
have long argued that as energy needs
continue to expand dramatically in the
Middle East and around the world, the
oil and gas producers of the GCC must
increase investments in shale oil and gas
exploration and technology if they want
to remain at the forefront of the global
energy nexus well into this century.
Despite the current uncertainties of the
price of oil, the overriding sentiment across
the industry seems to be that this period of
unease will be short-lived.
Raheem J. Brennerman is chairman and
CEO of The Blacksands Pacific Group, an
international oil and gas exploration firm
based out of Los Angeles, California. He
believes that the question of the Middle East
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ever seriously harnessing the energy (and
economic) potential of shale oil and gas is
not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’. And here he
cites the likes of other regions which have
strong unconventional energy potential.
“The US Energy Information
Administration (EIA) estimates that
the largest potential shale oil and gas
reserves are located in China, Russia,
Argentina, Algeria, Libya, USA, Canada,
Mexico, Australia and South Africa. Yet,
these countries are far behind America in
developing their shale oil and gas reserves,”
he tells us. “By most estimates, it will take
between five and 10 years for the likes
of China and Latin America to take full
advantage of their shale gas reserves, as a
great deal of work is still required for them
to fully understand the geology of their
shale formations, develop viable technical
strategies for extraction and build the
necessary infrastructure.”
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Water and technology
Right now, the two key hurdles the
region must wrestle with are water and
technology (or lack thereof) if it wants to
join the shale revolution.
Being blessed with year-round sunshine,
one would think the region is ripe for
harnessing solar energy more than
anything else in this day and age of rapid
negative climate change. Although regional
governments are investing in alternative
energy like solar and wind, investment
still lags far behind that of oil and gas. In
the meantime, the biggest issue that has
plagued this region for millennia, is the sheer
lack of water, for drinking, sanitation and
agriculture to name a few – water is largely
desalinated in the region to great expense.
“In the US, it takes roughly five million
gallons of water for each fractured well, and
with water supplies highly coveted across
the Gulf region it is a problem that will have
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FEATURE: Unconventional oil & gas
to be overcome before any widespread
drilling operations can take place. In the
US, some of the leading energy and service
companies are working with hydraulic
fracturing experts to investigate viable
alternatives, including the use of liquefied
petroleum gas or seawater in order to
overcome this issue,” writes Brennerman.
But he remains hopeful that as more and
more countries around the world invest in
unconventional oil and gas, so too will they
in better technology – it just needs to gain
enough momentum.
“The more widespread the technology
is made available, the more opportunity
there will be for unconventional sources
of oil and gas to enter global markets. The
GCC nations will face stiff competition for
customers in the long term and perhaps see
revenues decline. The long term threat can
be mitigated if there is a desire to prepare
for the future now.”
“Many US companies would welcome
the opportunity to work closely with
GCC partners in exploring investments in
technology and knowledge sharing. The
GCC has every opportunity to maintain its
energy dominance and global influence well
into the second half of this century and
should not delay its efforts in realising the
potential of its shale,” Brennerman adds.
If you can beat ‘em…
Brennerman highlights an interesting
development happening in the absence of
unconventional exploration in the Middle
East, except that ironically it is not exactly
happening IN the Middle East.
“In recent years, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
and the UAE have recognised the value of
the US shale boom and have been eyeing
investments in North America’s economic
and technological success and long term
potential. Anticipating a future repeal of
the oil and gas export ban in the US, Qatar
has plans to invest in export terminals
in Texas and to cooperate on shale gas
projects across North America. [Saudi]
petrochemical giant Sabic has announced
plans to invest in US companies with shale
expertise and the UAE is interested in
partnering with a number of Canadian and
US oil and gas companies.”
Another point of view
Long-time UN Energy Program veteran,
Charles Constantinou takes a different and
somewhat robust view on the prospects of
One hurdle holding back shale exploration in the Gulf is the shortage of water
have little incentive to consider unconventional
energy sources like shale. But he warns that
the region’s governments need to be invested
in shifting policies on this.
Raheem Brennerman, CEO,
Blacksands Pacific group
shale development in the Middle East.
“Simply put, there is no unconventional
exploration in the Mid East,” he
succinctly says.
“This is not because unconventional
resources are scarce, but for two main
reasons. First, conventional gas and oil is
abundant in areas such as Saudi Arabia.
Second, in rare cases, such as currently in
Turkey where shale gas is abundant yet
in demand, the government finds it too
difficult to carry out and formulate policy
appropriately. Shale gas has the potential to
be a game changer in Turkey, dramatically
augmenting natural gas supply and opening
new opportunities for competition among
different energy sources.”
Constantinou, now an energy investment
strategist for New York based consultancy
Shale Intelligence, comes to the same
conclusion as Brennerman in that while
conventional oil and gas is still cheap to
produce in the Middle East, countries here
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North Africa
And it seems to be a mixed bag if
one looks further West into North Africa
Constantinou says. Algeria which is
traditionally rich in conventional gas, seems
to be the strongest contender for shale
exploration in the region.
Indeed, the likes of Shell, Eni, and
Canada’s Talisman Energy have to date, won
shale gas exploration licenses in Algeria.
Anadarko has also expressed interest in
developing shale gas in the country.
“However, the development of
conventional and unconventional
hydrocarbon reserves in Algeria continues
to face a number of challenges,”
Constantinou warns. “The terrorist attack on
the In Amenas gas facility in January 2013
has, for example, raised security concerns
for oil and gas investors, and probes into
Sonatrach and the Energy Ministry in 2010
have highlighted that corruption is still a risk
in Algeria. Given that ALNAFT’s last three
licensing rounds resulted in only 25 per cent
of the offered concessions being licensed,
it remains to be seen how successful its
fourth round will be and whether IOCs
will demonstrate an appetite for Algeria’s
unconventional reserves.”
Despite the hurdles facing any potential
future for shale oil and gas development
in the Middle East and North Africa, it is
still worth being hopeful that time and
eventual necessity will prove to be the
ultimate motivation for regional oil and gas
producers to take shale seriously.
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FEATURE: Oil Barons
CALLING ALL OIL BARONS
I
magine a night with fantastic food,
amazing entertainment and a
wonderful starlit ambience. You are
imagining the Oil Barons Charity Ball!
Now in its twelfth year the Oil Barons
Charity Ball has become the number one
social event in the region’s oil and gas
calendar and all profits go to the Friends
of Cancer Patients charity. Now, with
people travelling from all over the world
to attend, it is rapidly becoming one of
the global oil and gas industry’s mustattend events.
In 2015, the Ball is set to take place in
Dubai at Meydan Racecourse on Friday,
6th March. Guests will enjoy a luxurious
silver-service dinner and entertainment
from Mercury Music prize winner
Heather Small (M-People), as well as a
live charity auction. Unquestionably the
highlight of the evening is the crowning
of the Oil Baron, an industry award
that recognises an individual who has
contributed significantly to the sector.
The Oil Baron becomes the industry’s
ambassador for a year, and many choose
to undertake charity work as part of their
award. This is an award voted for by the
industry and we need your nominations.
The competition is based on the following
criteria – the Oil Baron should be:
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and leader in the oil and gas industry then
briefly explaining who you would like to nominate the event.
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Project Update
Statoil gains four new exploration
permits in New Zealand
Statoil has been awarded four new
exploration permits offshore New
Zealand, building on its existing position
in the region and diversifying the
company’s long-term portfolio.
The permits were awarded by the New
Zealand government through the 2014 Block
Offer. Statoil participates in three blocks
in the East Coast and Pegasus basins as
a partner, and takes on operatorship for
one new permit next to existing acreage in
the Reinga basin lying northwest of New
Zealand’s North Island.
The company entered New Zealand
through the 2013 Block Offer, with the
award of petroleum exploration permit
55781 in the Reinga basin.
“The East Coast acreage adds another
high-impact opportunity to our long-term
portfolio, while the expansion in the Reinga
basin secures access to potential upsides
from our existing position. This is in line with
our exploration strategy of early access at
scale and deepening existing positions,” said
Erling Vågnes, Statoil’s senior vice president
for exploration in the Eastern hemisphere.
Blocks 57083, 57085 and 57087 have
been awarded with Chevron as operator
with both companies holding a 50 per cent
working interest. The permits are located
in the East Coast and Pegasus basins,
southeast off New Zealand’s North Island.
The permits cover more than 25,000 sq km
and sit in water depths between 800 and
3,000m. The initial phase of the project will
consist of data collection.
Block 57057 is awarded to Statoil with
a 100 per cent working interest. It is
located in the Reinga basin offshore the
Northland region, adjacent to Statoil’s
existing exploration acreage. The permit sits
approximately 100 km offshore and covers
an area of 1,670 sq km in 1,500m of water.
Statoil has committed to acquire 200
line kilometres of 2D seismic data within
the permit.
Total gets info management help
from AVEVA in Norway
AVEVA said that it has been selected
to supply an asset visualisation and
information management solution to
TOTAL E&P NORGE AS (Total).
Built on the AVEVA NET software, the
solution has been configured specifically
for the French oil major’s innovative
Martin Linge fixed-platform asset on the
Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
The new solution was rapidly delivered
and is already in the implementation
and testing phase. When fully deployed,
Total will use AVEVA NET’s access and
contextualisation functionality to deliver
a wide range of design, engineering and
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operational information throughout the life
cycle of the Martin Linge asset.
Through a challenging tender process,
Total was convinced that AVEVA could
provide the data access and visualisation
capability needed for this project. It is
expected that timely access to all types
of information will enhance Total’s ability
to make better decisions more quickly and
also reduce risk.
“AVEVA’s solutions are all developed with
a focus on maintaining integrity across the
life cycle of the Digital Asset,” said Helmut
Schuller, executive vice president, Global
Sales, AVEVA.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Petrobras finds gas
offshore Colombia
Brazil’s state-controlled Petrobras has
announced the discovery of natural
gas at a block off Colombia’s Caribbean
coast. The gas discovery was the result
of successful drilling, which ended in
September, of the Orca 1 exploratory
well in the Tayrona block, located
40 km off the coast of the northern
Colombian province of La Guajira. The
well was drilled to a water depth of
640m and penetrated 4,240m into the
rock layer. The gas accumulation was
confirmed at 3,600m and represents
the first hydrocarbon discovery in the
deep waters off Colombia’s Caribbean
coast. Petrobras said it will carry on
with scheduled operations, in order to
evaluate the size of the discovery.
Wood Group secures major
BP contract
Wood Group has been awarded a five
year contract with an estimated value
of US$750 million from BP. Under the
contract Wood Group PSN (WGPSN),
will deliver engineering, procurement
and construction services to six UK
continental shelf offshore upstream assets
and the Forties Pipeline System onshore
midstream facilities in Grangemouth.
Effective January 2015, this is WGPSN’s
largest contract award in 2014 and includes
an option for two, one-year extensions.
Carnarvon disposes of
remaining Thailand assets
Australia’s Carnarvon Petroleum has
agreed to sell its remaining 20 per
cent interest in its Thai assets to the
Netherlands company Berlanga Group
for US$58.2 million in cash. The Sale
and Purchase Agreement with Berlanga
Thailand Limited, a member of the
Berlanga Group, is for Carnarvon’s
Thailand oil production concessions
L44/43, L33/43 and SW1A. The deal
is subject to approval and it should be
completed by February 2015.
Project Update
Halliburton-Baker Hughes
integration bosses named
NEWS IN BRIEF
Technip wins subsea
contract at Statoil’s
Gulfaks field, Norway
Technip signed an important
lumpsum contract with Statoil for
the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD)
Marine Operations Pipelay and
Subsea Installation project. This
project is an option to the Snøhvit
CO2 Solution project awarded in
2013. The GRD project scope consists
of a subsea tie-back to a new Wye
piece on an existing pipeline close
to the Gullfaks A platform. The
GRD template will be located 190
km Northwest of Bergen, Norway.
Halliburton announced its board has
appointed executive vice president and
CFO Mark McCollum to the new role
of executive vice president and chief
integration officer. In this capacity,
he will serve as head of the Joint
Integration Team that Halliburton
and Baker Hughes Incorporated
are assembling in connection with
Halliburton’s pending acquisition of
Baker Hughes. McCollum will continue
reporting to Halliburton CEO Dave
Lesar and will remain a member of the
company’s Executive Committee.
The oil service major anticipates that
McCollum will resume his CFO duties
at the conclusion of the two companies’
integration. The new role is effective
January 1, 2015.
Belgacem Chariag, president of Global
Products and Services for Baker Hughes,
will serve as lead for Baker Hughes on the
Joint Integration Team.
“Establishing a unified integration
team under the direction of Mark and
Belgacem is an important first step in
bringing together the talent and expertise
of both companies to make a stronger
combined company,” said Lesar. “We are
committed to putting together a detailed
and thoughtful integration plan to make
the post-closing transition as seamless,
efficient and productive as possible.”
On November 17, Halliburton and Baker
Hughes jointly announced a definitive
agreement under which Halliburton will
acquire Baker Hughes in a stock and
cash transaction.
SNC-Lavalin sells Canadian
electricity firm for $2.7bn
SNC-Lavalin has finalised sale of its
entire stake in AltaLink, the largest
regulated electricity transmission
company in Alberta, Canada, to
Berkshire Hathaway Energy. The
transaction valued at about US$2.7
billion to SNC-Lavalin. The deal
forms part of SNC-Lavalin’s strategy
to intensify focus on engineering
and construction work. “The sale of
AltaLink, just like the recent acquisition
of Kentz, represents a key milestone
in our company’s growth strategy
to become a Tier-1 engineering and
construction services firm,” said Robert
G. Card, President and CEO, SNCLavalin Group Inc.
Karoon finds oil off Brazil
Gazprom Neft draws closer to Vietnam
Gazprom Neft has signed a number of
agreements with Vietnamese companies
aimed at developing closer ties with the
southeast Asian country.
The Russian firm and Vietnam’s
PetroVietnam signed an agreement
to start exclusive talks on possible
cooperation in the exploration and
development of the Dolginskoye field,
located in the centre of the Pechora Sea
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and 110 km north of the mainland coast.
By the end of May 2015 the two parties
are expected to sign an operating agreement
and outline terms for the creation of a
special company for the project, in which
Gazprom Neft will be a majority stakeholder.
Gazprom Neft also agreed with Binh
Son Refining and Petrochemical, to provide
delivery of ESPO oil to the Dung Quat oil
refinery from the Russian port of Kozmino.
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Karoon Gas Australia has encountered
five oil-bearing zones in the Kangaroo-2
appraisal well in the Santos basin
off Brazil. The Kangaroo-2 appraisal
well is located in block S-M-1165,
approximately 300m up-dip from the
Kangaroo-1 discovery well. Karoon, the
operator, holds a 65 per cent interest
and Canada’s Pacific Rubiales Energy
Corp holds the remaining 35 per cent in
in the jointly held block. The Kangaroo-2
well encountered a 250m of gross pay
and 135m of net oil pay. The appraisal
well was drilled in Block S-M-1165.
TOOLS
NEWS:
& TECHNOLOGY
International
Saudi Arabia ramps up technology R&D effort
The Saudi Arabia Advanced Research
Alliance (SAARA), a new partnerbased collaboration between six
organisations that span Saudi Arabia’s
public and private sectors, has been
launched in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
SAARA has been set up to drive the
commercialisation and application of
innovative research and development
activities in the kingdom.
“The establishment of the SAARA
alliance is a very welcome initiative and
will help stimulate continued economic
growth in the kingdom,” said Saudi
Arabia’s energy minister Ali Al-Naimi who
attended a signing ceremony to establish
the alliance.
SAARA is expected to provide a focal
point within Saudi Arabia to bring industry
and academia together to find ways to
translate technology and intellectual
property (IP) into commercially available
products and applications.
The SAARA partners are: Saudi
Aramco; King Abdulaziz City for Science
and Technology (KACST); King Fahd
University of Petroleum and Minerals
(KFUPM); King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology (KAUST);
TAQNIA - the technology arm of the
Saudi Public Investments Fund, and a
knowledge-based industries accelerator;
and RTI International – one of the world’s
leading research institutes dedicated to
Khalid Al-Falih, CEO, Saudi Aramco
improving the human condition by turning
knowledge into practice.
As its first action, SAARA has established
Technovia - a new venture dedicated to
maintaining a systematic, staged process
to build a pipeline of commercialisation
opportunities in Saudi Arabia.
In his speech at the event, titled
“Bridging the gap between lab and
industry”, Saudi Aramco CEO, Khalid
Al-Falih said that: “We believe that this is a
truly pivotal moment in the kingdom’s goal
of a fully integrated innovation ecosystem.
Certainly, the kingdom’s R&D progress in
the past 10 years has been remarkable.
New, world-class universities have been
built; leading research centres have come
on-stream; globally-recognised technology
incubators have been created. And the
kingdom now ranks first among Arab
countries in globally registered patents,
holding some 45 per cent of the total.
Indeed, we’ve been a major player in that
progress at Saudi Aramco, and we’ve
really picked up the pace with increasing
numbers of patents filed and granted over
the past few years.”
Located at the Dhahran Techno Valley,
and with offices in Riyadh and Thuwal,
Technovia will be operated by TAQNIA
and RTI. Technovia will work with
stakeholders to prepare technologies
for the strongest market entry and
position them competitively for external
investment and funding. It will screen
ideas for those with highest commercial
potential, conduct IP assessment,
market research and competitive
analysis, develop and test prototypes and
field-able demonstrations, and prepare
technologies for commercial launch.
Oilennium’s ConTrainer package receives top results
Oilennium Ltd., a Petrofac Training
Services (PTS) company providing
eLearning training services to the oil
and gas industry, announced that since
Dolphin Geophysical deployed the
ConTrainer on its global fleet of seismic
vessels, the company has experienced
a dramatic improvement in its ability
to deliver quality, consistent Health,
Safety and Technical training to its
crews offshore.
The ConTrainer, a standalone Learning
Management System (LMS) that features
comprehensive training content for the oil and
gas industry on a small computer system,
is the only one of its kind to offer eLearning
modules offshore and in remote locations.
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Developed by Oilennium, the ConTrainer
was created in response to demand from
oil and gas companies seeking to provide
interactive learning for employees working
in remote locations where access to the
Internet is intermittent.
Internet captive no more
Norway’s Dolphin Geophysical,
which supplies marine geophysical
services with its fleet of seven newgeneration high capacity seismic vessels,
recognised a need to reliably train its
crews consistently, whether offshore or
docked in harbour.
Mike Hodge, vice president of QHSE
for Dolphin Geophysical commented:
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“Before we began using the ConTrainer,
our efforts to train crews on vessels via
eLearning systems were compromised
by constrained VSAT access to the
internet, which most eLearning systems
require. To test the effectiveness of the
ConTrainer, we conducted a three-month
trial on two of our new 3D vessels Polar
Duke and Polar Duchess, in international
waters. We were able to monitor learners’
progress from our global headquarters
in Bergen, Norway. We were impressed
by the rapid uptake by our crews. The
compelling, media-rich quality of the
programmes really engaged them, and
fuelled their desire to progress, which in
turn enhanced retention.”
PEOPLE
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Saudi Aramco vet joins
Halliburton board
Halliburton has
added 30-year
Saudi Aramco
veteran,
Abdulaziz F. Al
Khayyal to its
board of
directors, the company officially announced,
just weeks after its multi-billion dollar
merger with rival Baker Hughes. The
appointment will see Al Khayyal stand for
election by stockholders at the company’s
annual meeting in May 2015. Al Khayyal
retired as senior vice president, Industrial
Relations in April this year. Al Khayyal held a
variety of managerial positions in oil and
gas operations and maintenance while at
Saudi Aramco, including senior vice
president, International Operations, and
senior vice president, Refining, Marketing
and International. In 2004, Al Khayyal was
appointed to the board of directors of Saudi
Aramco, and served as chairman of board
of directors for Saudi petrochemicals
company PetroRabigh from 2005 to 2012.
He was also chairman of the board of Vela
International Marine.
Shell appoints new chairman
Shell has
appointed
Charles O.
Holliday as
chairman with
effect from the
conclusion of the
2015 Annual
General Meeting (AGM), subject to his
re-appointment as a director of the
company by shareholders at the AGM.
Holliday will succeed Jorma Ollila who will
step down from Shell’s board following
conclusion of the 2015 AGM having served
as chairman for nine years. Holliday was
appointed as a non-executive director of
the company with effect from September
2010, and is currently chairman of the
Corporate and Social Responsibility
Committee and member of the
Remuneration Committee. He was CEO of
DuPont from 1998 to 2009, and chairman
from 1999 to 2009. He is a member of the
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board of directors of Bank of America
Corporation, having previously served as
chairman up until September 2014, and is
also a director of Deere & Company.
Unique Maritime names global
diving director
Steve MacMillan has joined as Global
Project director for Unique Maritime
Group’s (UMG) Diving Division and its
Global QHSE director. He will be based
at UMG’s head office in Sharjah, UAE.
MacMillan’s main responsibilities will focus
on managing and coordinating large and
complex Diving related projects through
all phases of design, permitting and
construction. He will also provide leadership
for the regional site project management
teams by managing, coordinating and
developing UMG staff. He will also be
responsible for developing and driving the
companies QHSE culture in his role as
director of QHSE. MacMillan started his
early career in the diving industry in 1981 as
an air diver, working out of Singapore. He
then rapidly progressed on to becoming a
saturation diver and onwards as a Saturation
supervisor. In 1995, he joined McDermott
as an operations manager and ultimately
became the director of International Diving
for McDermott as well as director of HSES
for the Subsea Group.
GAC names new European O&G
business manager
Steve Gibson has been appointed Oil &
Gas Business manager, Europe – Global
Hub Services, to drive the development
of a dedicated hub service for oil and gas
customers throughout the region. Gibson’s
new role was created with GAC’s oil and gas
customers in mind. With his appointment,
the company will be able to take full
advantage of GAC’s insight, expertise and
experience in the sector to help deliver their
strategies with more specialist services,
GAC locations and support for clients in the
UK, throughout Europe and beyond. Gibson
continues to be based at GAC’s quayside
office and warehouses at Aberdeen,
Scotland where he has worked for the
last three years, most recently as general
manager, Oil & Gas.
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Penspen hires new COO
Penspen has
named Dr
Caroline Brown
as chief operating
officer. She will
be responsible
for the efficient
operation of Penspen’s global operations
across Europe and Africa, the Middle East,
Asia-Pacific and The Americas. With
executive experience across the energy,
technology and professional services
sectors, Dr Brown has managed FTSE100
and rapidly growing companies as an
executive director of Petrofac Energy
Developments, Gulf Keystone Petroleum,
and KBC. She has a background in energy
corporate finance with blue-chip banks
including Merrill Lynch, UBS and HSBC and
is an experienced non-executive director
with companies including WSP Group plc,
Bridge Energy ASA and Intelligent Energy
plc. Dr Brown holds a First Class degree
and PhD in Chemistry from the University
of Cambridge, a Masters of Business
Administration from the Cass Business
School, is a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants and,
a Chartered Director and member of the
Institute of Directors.
DNV GL expands SE Asia LNG
consultancy with regional manager
DNV GL has
appointed Arve
Johan Kalleklev
regional manager
for Oil & Gas in
South East Asia
just as the
company is establishing a dedicated LNG
and Gas Consulting unit in Singapore. The
unit will support the extensive development
plans for a safe, secure and reliable gas and
LNG infrastructure in Asia. The new unit will
bring together local talent with strong
support from DNV GL’s wide international
network of experts, combined with access
to unique testing and training facilities. These
include DNV GL’s Spadeadam fire and
explosion test site and natural gas flow
centre in the UK and natural gas calibration
and testing facility in the Netherlands.
Rigs Update
PREPARED BY: Ian Anderson, Semco Maritime
[email protected]
For updates, comments and corrections - Tel (Mob): 971 50 6463350
Working status of Jack-up rigs Middle East, India & Egypt
COMPANY
RIG
TYPE
MAX.WD MAX.DD OPERATOR
LOCATION
CONTRACT STATUS
OP. STATUS
TOP DRIVE
ABAN LLOYD
ABAN LLOYD
ABAN LLOYD
ABAN LLOYD
ABAN LLOYD
ABAN LLOYD
ABAN LLOYD
ABAN 2
ABAN 3 (IDA)
ABAN 4 (HITDRILL 1)
ABAN 5
ABAN 6
ABAN 7 (ROWAN TEX)
ABAN 8
BETH.250MS
LeT 53SC
BMC 300IC
F&G L 780 MOD 2.
JUBILEE CLASS
LeT 52
BMC PACIFIC 375
270
300
300
300
250
250
375
25000 ONGC
20000 ONGC
21000 ONGC
25000 NONE
IOOC
20000 NONE
35000 PETROPARS
INDIA RAVVA FIELD
INDIA (IOC)
INDIA
SHARJAH .UAE
IRAN
SHARJAH .UAE
IRAN - SOUTH PARS 12.
Q2/2016
Q1/2018
Q1/2018
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
IDLE
DRILLING
IDLE
DRILLING
MEXICO
TDS 11 SA
TDS 11 SA
CANRIG 1050E-2SP
VARCO
VARCO
VARCO
VARCO TDS 85A
VARCO HPS-800-EDC-2S-SG
VARCO HPS-1000-2EAC-KT
VARCO -HPS 800E-DCVARCO HPS-1000-2EAC-KT
VARCO -HPS 800E-DCVARCO - HPS
1000-2E-AC-KT
VARCO TDS -3
N/A
N/A
VARCO TDS -3
FEB.2015
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 1
BAKER 375 PACIFIC
375
30000
PEMEX
Q3 - 2016
DRILLING
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 2
KFELS MOD V B
350
35000
IRANIAN CONTRACT IRAN
OCT.2015
DRILLING
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 3
KFELS MOD V B
350
35000
PETRONASCARIGALI MALAYSIA
Q4/2015
DRILLING
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 4
BAKER 375 PACIFIC
375
30000
IRANIAN CONTRACT IRAN
OCT.2015
DRILLING
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 5
KFELS MOD V B
350
35000
PV DRILLING
VIETNAM
Q2 - 2015
DRILLING
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 6
KFELS MOD V B
350
35000
PETROPARS
IRAN - SOUTH PARS 12.
AUG.2015
DRILLING
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 7
BAKER 375PACIFIC
375
30000
PEMEX
MEXICO
ABAN LLOYD
DEEP DRILLER 8
BAKER 375PACIFIC
375
30000
SHELL BRUNEI
BRUNEI
ADC
ADC
DELTA MARINE SERVICES
ADC
ARABDRILL 17
ARABDRILL 20
DELTA 22
ARABDRILL 8
LeT 82 SC
MPSV (UTILITY)
BMC 150 L/Q
BMC 150
300
135
200
150
20000
N/A
N/A
20000
ARAMCO
KJO
BUNDUQ OIL
KJO
KSA
AL KHAFJI, KSA
ASRY - BAHRAIN
AL KHAFJI, KSA
LAMPRELL SHARJAH YARD
ONGOING
L/Q PLATFORM
JULY 2017
AL KHAFJI
KSA
QI/2016
KSA
AL KHAFJI, KSA
SINGAPORE YARD
AL KHAFJI, KSA
JULY 2017
DRILLING
DRILLING
YARDSTAY
WORKING
WORKING
DRILLING
NON DRILLING
SUPPORT
DRILLING
DRILLINMG
DELIVERY END 2015
DRILLING
ADC (EX BIMA)
ARABDRILL 40
MSC 4 LEGS
160
N/A
ADC
ADC
ADC
ADC (WEST CERES)
AMS/EZION
AMS/EZION
AMS/EZION
AMS/EZION
ANADARKO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
COSL
COSL
COSL
COSL
COSL
EGYPTIAN DC
EGYPTIAN DC
EGYPTIAN DC
EGYPTIAN DC
EGYPTIAN DC
EGYPTIAN DC
ENSCO
ENSCO
ENSCO
ENSCO
ENSCO
ENSCO
ENSCO
ENSCO
ENSCO
EURASIA DRILLING CO.
EURASIA DRILLING CO.
GLOBAL PETRO TECH
GREAT OFFSHORE
ARABDRILL 50
ARABDRILL 60
ARABDRILL 70
ARABDRILL 30
TRANSOCEAN 136
TIBERON 1
TIBERON 2
SHELF EXPLORER
EPU AL MORJAN
SAR 201 (SAMDP3)
SAR 202
COSL CRAFT
COSL FORCE
COSL POWER
COSL STRIKE
COSL SUPERIOR
EL QAHER 1
EL QAHER 2
KAMOSE (FD 3)
SENUSRET
SNEFERU (NEWBUILD)
ZOSER
ENSCO 54
ENSCO 58
ENSCO 76
ENSCO 84
ENSCO 88
ENSCO 91
ENSCO 94
ENSCO 96
ENSCO 97
NEPTUNE
MERCURY
GLOBAL PEARL
KEDARNATH
KFELS MOD V B
KFELS B CLASS
KFELSBCLASS
KFELS MOD V B
F&G L780 MOD2
CFEM T-2600 C1
F&G L70 MOD 2
CFEM T-2005-C
SELF.EL. (EPU)
BAKER 200
KFELS SUPER B
KFELS MOD V B
BAKER PACIFIC
BAKER 375 FREEDO
KFELS MOD V B
BAKER PACIFIC
BAKER 375 PACIFIC
BAKER 375 PACIFIC
LEV.111C
MODEC 200C-45
BAKER 375
HITACHI ZOSEN
F&G L780 MOD2
F&G L 780 MOD 2.
LeT S116C
LeT 82 -SD-C
Let 82 SD
HITACHI C-150
HITACHI ZOSEN
HIT.ZOSEN C-250
LeT 82 SCD
LET 116E
LET 116E
LeT 82 SD - C
LeT 84S
300
400
400
300
300
300
300
300
30000 ARAMCO
35000 ARAMCO
35000 ARAMCO / KJO
30000 KJO
25000
200
450
400
375
375
400
375
375
375
300
180
375
250
300
300
300
250
250
270
250
250
250
350
350
250
300
25000
35000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
20000
20000
30000
20000
25000
25000
25000
20000
20000
20000
20000
25000
25000
30000
30000
20000
20000
GREATSHIP
GREATDRILL CHAARU
LET SUPER 116E
350
30000
NEWBUILD
LAMPRELL HAMRIYAH
ONGC TO 2020 ON DELIVERY DELIVERY Q3/2015
GREAT SHIP
GREATDRILL CHAAYA
LET SUPER116E
350
30000
ONGC
INDIA
DELIVERED JAN.7TH.
GREATSHIP
GULF DRILLING CO QATAR
NOV. 2015
GULF PETROLEUM INVEST.
HARRINGTON
HALLWORTHY (FORESIGHT)
HALLWORTHY (FORESIGHT)
CHETNA
AL DOHA (GULF 1)
AL KHOR (GULF 4)
AL RAYAN (GULF 2)
AL WAJBAH (GULF 3)
AL ZUBARAH (GULF 5)
AL JASSRA
ZIKREET (ENSCO 95)
HALUL
DUKHAN
MSHEIREB(VICKSBURG)
TRANSOCEAN NORDIC
WEST JANUS
FORESIGHT D.5. (144)
FORESIGHT D.7
KFELS MOD V B
MD -T-76J8
KFELS MOD V B
F&G L780 MOD2
LET 82 IC
KFELS MOD V B
PACIFIC 400 CLASS
HIT.ZOSEN C-250
KFELS MOD V B
KFELS MOD V B
LeT 116C
CFEM-T-2601-C
GUSTO(FEMCO)
FELS
LeT 116C
300
250
300
300
275
300
400
250
300
300
300
300
330
160
350
30000
20000
30000
25000
25000
30000
30000
25000
30000
30000
25000
25000
30000
12000
20000
BRITISH GAS
QATAR PETROLEUM
SHELL QATAR
OXY QATAR
OXY QATAR
QATAR PETROLEUM
MAERSK OIL QATAR
RAS GAS L/Q JOB
QATAR PETROLEUM
QATAR PETROLEUM
OXY, QATAR.
NONE
INDIA
DOHA
QATAR - BLOCK D
IDD EL SHARGI RO6
ISS-34B IDD EL SHARGI
QATAR
AL SHAHEEN FIELD
QATAR
QATAR
QATAR
IDD EL SHARGI RO6
UAE WATERS
IRAN
IRAN
STACKED MIDDLEEAST
25000
MAERSK OIL DK.
ANADARKO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
GLOBAL PETROTEK
GLOBAL PETROTEK
PTTEP,THAILAND
GLOBAL PETROTEK
CNOOC
PETROBEL
PETROBEL
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
SUCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
DRAGON OIL
DRAGON OIL
NONE
ONGC
IOOC
NONE
DENMARK
AL RAYAN - QATAR
KSA-TANAJIB
KSA
IRAN
IRAN
THAILAND
IRAN - DANA DRILLING
BLOCK C, QATAR
EGYPT - MED
EGYPT - MED
EGYPT
KSA
KSA
GULF SUEZ
KSA
KSA
RED SEA
KSA
KSA
KSA
KSA
KSA
KSA
CASPIAN
LAMPRELL HAMRIYAH
STACKED SHJ PORT
INDIA
SPONSORED BY SEMCO MARITIME
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
EXTENSION PENDING
SOLD TO ATLANTIC - EZION
ON CONTRACT ARAMCO
ON CONTRACT ARAMCO
END 2014
END 2014
Q3/2015
END 2014
MID 2015
AUGUST 2015
OPTION PENDING
Jul-16
AUG 2015 + I YEAR OPTION
DEC.2014
3 YEARS PLUS OPTIONS
JAN.2015
NOV.2018
NOV.2018
Q2/ 2016
JAN.2015
OPTION PENDING
NOV.2018
NOV.2018
CASPIAN SEA
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
GLOBAL PETRO TECH
NOV. 2015
JUNE 2018
Apr-15
MARCH 2015
MAY 2018
Q1/2018
JUNE 2016
JUNE 2018
Q4 2019
Q4 2019
JULY 2018
UPGRADE AWAITED
DOCKED HAMRIYAH
N/A
VARCO TDS 8-A
VARCO TDS 8
VARCO TDS 8
VARCO TDS 8A
CONVERT TO L/Q
CONVERT TO L/Q
IN SERVICE
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DELIVERY NOV.2014
STACKED
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
L/Q RIG
STILL UNDER BUILD
MOBILIZING
MOBILIZING
STACKED
DRILLING
YARDWORKS
N/A
VARCO TDS -3
VARCO
NOV TDS - 8SA
NOV HPS 750-E-AC-SG
VARCO HPS - 800
NOV TDS - 8SA
NOV HPS 750-E-AC-SG
VARCO HPS 800
VARCO HPS 800
VARCO IDS
VARCO TDS -3
NOV HPS 750-E-AC-SG
VARCO TDS -3
VARCO TDS - 4H
MH - DDM650C
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO TDS 4H
VARCO TDS 4H
VARCO TDS-100
VARCO TDS -4H
VARCO TDS -3
VARCO TDS -3
LEWCO 750 TON
LEWCO 750 TON
VARCO TDS 3H
NO INFO
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
VARCO TDS 4H.
VARCO TDS 4
VARCO TDS 8
VARCO TDS 4.
VARCO TDS 4.
VARCO TDS 8
VARCO TDS 4-H
DELIVCERY Q4/2014
VARCO TDS 8
VARCO TDS 4S
NO
VARCO TDS 4H.
Rigs Update
COMPANY
RIG
TYPE
LOCATION
CONTRACT STATUS
OP. STATUS
TOP DRIVE
SOLD TO FOCUS ENERGY
HERCULES DRILLING
HERCULES DRILLING
HERCULES DRILLING
HERCULES DRILLING
HERCULES DRILLING
HERCULES DRILLING
IOOC
IOOC
JAGSON
JAGSON
JAGSON
JAGSON
KS ENERGY/ATLANTIC
JINDAL PIPES
JINDAL PIPES
MENA DRILL
MILLENIUM OFFSHORE
SERVICES
MILLENIUM OFFSHORE
SERVICES
MILLENIUM OFFSHORE
SERVICES
MILLENIUM OFFSHORE
SERVICES
MILLENIUM OFFSHORE
SERVICES
MILLENIUM OFFSHORE
SERVICES
MILLENIUM OFFSHORE
SERVICES
NABORS
NABORS
NABORS
NABORS
NABORS
NABORS (OCEAN WARWICK)
HERCULES 170
AMBERJACK
HERCULES 156
HERCULES 261
HERCULES 262
HERCULES 266
WHALESHARK
AL BORZ
SHAHID REJAIA
DEEP SEA MATDRILL
DEEPSEA FOSSIL
DEEPSEA FORTUNE
DEEPSEA TREASURE
KS MEDSTAR 1.
JINDAL PIONEER
JINDAL STAR
MENADRILL 2.
SONAT-C
LIFTBOAT
BMC 200 IC
LeT 82 - SD-C
LeT 82 - SD-C
LeT 82 - SD-C
LIFTBOAT
LeT42
HITACHI ZOSEN-C
BMC 250M
F&G L780 MOD2
F&G L780 MOD2
LEV 111C.
MODEC 200C-45
LET SUPER 116E
LET SUPER 116E
F&G SUPER M2
170
16000
ASRY YARD BAHRAIN
BOUGHT BY FOCUS ENERGY
170
250
250
250
ASRY YARD BAHRAIN
KSA
KSA
KSA
KSA
ABUZAR - IRAN
IRAN - KISH
INDIA
INDIA
INDIA
INDIA
EGYPT SUEZ
LAMPRELL HAMRIYAH
INDIA
MEXICO
VARCO TDS 3
N/A
VARCO TDS 1
VARCO TDS 3H
VARCO TDS 3H
VARCO TDS-3
N/A
250
300
250
300
300
300
225
350
350
300
16000
25000 ARAMCO
25000 ARAMCO
25000 ARAMCO
ARAMCO
20000 PEDCO
25000
20000 ONGC
25000
25000
20000
25000 PETROBEL
30000 NEWBUILD
30000 ONGC
30000 PEMEX
CONTRACTED
MOBILIZING
RE-ACTIVATION
STANDBYE RAK
STACKED
MOBILIZING
DRILLING
DRILLING
WORKING
DRILLING
STACKED
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
IDLE
DRILLING
DELIVERY Q1/2015
DRILLING
TRIALS
AHMED
LeT 40 L/Q
300
N/A
GUPCO
EGYPT SUEZ
EN ROUTE UAE - YARDSTAY
ACCOMODATION
N/A
DEEMA
LeT 150 L/Q
170
N/A
HYUNDAI /RAS GAS
QATAR
UAE - SHARJAH PORT
YARDWORKS
N/A
LEEN
SE.UTILITY L/Q
140
N/A
ZADCO
ABU DHABI
OPTION EXCERCISED
ACCOMODATION
N/A
MARINIA
SE.UTILITY L/Q
160
N/A
OXY QATAR
QATAR
UAE - SHARJAH PORT
YARDWORKS
N/A
FRONTIER (TRID IV)
L/Q PLATFORM
300
N/A
AUSTRALIA
MOBILIZING
ON CONTRACT
ACCOMODATION
N/A
BURJ
LeT Class 53
350
25000
UAE
UAE - SHARJAH PORT
YARDWORKS
N/A
TRIDENT 1
SE.UTILITY L/Q
200
N/A
UNDER CONTRACT
ACCOMODATION
N/A
NABORS 240 (OM 8)
NABORS 655 (143)
NABORS 656 (KEY VIC)
NABORS 657
NABORS 867 (145)
NABORS 660
BMC 150-IC
FELS
LeT 80
MITSUI F550
FELS C
LEV 111
160
160
250
250
150
300
20000
12000
25000
20000
12000
20000
NONE
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
NONE
ARAMCO
ABU DHABI
ASRY YARD BAHRAIN
KSA
KSA
ABU DHABI YARD
KSA
STACKED AND AVAILABLE
CONTRACT TO 2017
CONTRACT TO 2017
CONTRACT TO 2015
SOLD TO AL ZAKHER MAR.
Q4/2016
YARD -BACK TO KSA
DRILLING
DRILLING
CONVERT TO L/Q
DRILLING
NDC
AL BZOOM
BMC 160-C
110
18000
ADMA-OPCO
ABU DHABI
ONGOING CONTRACT
DRILLING
NDC
NDC
NDC
NDC
NDC
NDC
NDC
NDC
NDC
NDC
AL GHALLAN
AL HAIL
AL ITTIHAD
AL YASAT
BEYNOUNA
BRAKAH
DELMA
DIYINA
JUNANA
AL GHWEIFAT
LeT 82 S
KFELS MOD V B
LeT 82 S
HITACHI ZOSEN-C
BMC 160-C
BMC 150-C
BMC 150-C
HITACHI ZOSEN-C
HITACHI ZOSEN-S
BARGE
150
350
150
180
150
150
150
180
150
20000 ZADCO
30000 ADMA-OPCO
20000 ADMA-OPCO
20000 ABU DHABI YARD
18000 ZADCO
18000 ADMA-OPCO
18000 ADMA-OPCO
20000 ADMA-OPCO
20000 ZADCO
ADMA-OPCO
UAE, ABU DHABI
UAE, ABU DHABI
UAE, ABU DHABI
UAE, ABU DHABI
UPPER ZAKUM AD.
ABU DHABI
ABU DHABI
UPPER ZAKUM UZ 416
ABU DHABI
ABU DHABI
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
RIAP PLANNED
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
LONG TERM ARAMCO
Q4/2019
UNTIL Q1/2016
DEC. 2014
Q1/ 2018
Q1/ 2018
MAY 2015 (1 YEAR OPTION)
NDC
(RIG 1)
NDC MAKHASIB
LeT SUPER 116E
200
30000
ADMA-OPCO
ABU DHABI
DEC. 2015
DRILLING
NDC
(RIG 2)
NDC MUHAIYIMAT
LeT SUPER 116E
200
30000
ADMA-OPCO
ABU DHABI
UNDER CONTRACT
DRILLING
NDC
(RIG 3)
QUARNIN
LeT SUPER 116E
200
30000
ADMA-OPCO
ABU DHABI
UNDER CONTRACT
DRILLING
NDC
(RIG 4)
MARAWAH
LeT SUPER 116E
200
30000
ADMA-OPCO
ABU DHABI
UNDER CONTRACT
DRILLING
NDC
(RIG 5)
BUTINAH
LET SUPER 116E
200
30000
ADMA-OPCO
LAMPRELL HAMRIYAH
NEWBUILD - UNDERWAY
DELIVERY Q4/2014
NDC
(RIG 6)
AL SHUWEHAT
LET SUPER 116E
200
30000
ADMA-OPCO
LAMPRELL HAMRIYAH
NEWBUILD - UNDERWAY
DELIVERY Q1/2015
YEMILAH
SHAHID MODARRES
AL VAND (SCAN BAY)
IRAN KHAZAR
ALAN HAY
CHARLES COPELAND
PARAGON M 1161
PARAGON M 822
DAVID TINSLEY
DHABI 2
PARAGON B152
PARAGON L 785
GENE HOUSE
PARAGON L 785
PARAGON L 1111
PARAGON L784
JOE BEALL
PARAGON L 786
ROGER LEWIS
PARAGON M 1162
SCOTT MARKS
MICK O'BRIAN
PARAGON L 1115
THULE POWER (AD19)
SAGAR BHUSHAN
SAGAR GAURAV
SAGAR JYOTI
SAGAR KIRAN
SAGAR PRAGATI
HITACHI ZOSEN-C
BETH.250C MS
BETH.250C
F&G L780 MOD2
LEV.111C
LeT 82 S-D-C
LeT 116C
LeT 82C
MODEC 300C-38
BMC 150
BMC -150 IC
LEV.111C
MODEC 300C-38
F&G L780 MOD2
LEV.111C
F &G L780 MOD2
MODEC 300C-38
F &G L780 MOD2
F&G JU 2000E
LeT 116C
F&G JU 2000E
F&G JU 3000N
LEV.111C
BMC 200H
DRILL DHIP
ROBCO 350
HITACHI ZOSEN
HITACHI K 1045
CFEM - T- 2000C
200
210
250
300
300
280
300
250
300
160
150
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
400
328
400
400
300
250
1000
300
300
300
300
18000
20000
20000
20000
25000
20000
25000
20000
25000
20000
20000
25000
25000
20000
30000
25000
25000
25000
30000
30000
30000
30000
20000
21000
20000
20000
20000
20000
20000
ADMA-OPCO
IOOC
OYSTER GROUP
PETRONAS
DUBAI PETROLEUM
ARAMCO
ONGC
U.SHAIF US 262
IRAN
DUBAI MARITIMECITY
IRAN
DUBAI
KSA
INDIA
RIAP PLANNED
REPAIRS AT ISOICO YARD
DRILLING
TBA
ADOC
NDC (ADOC)
ONGC
ARAMCO
TALISMAN
TBA
RAS GAS QATAR
ARAMCO
ONGC
ARAMCO
ADMA OPCO
ARAMCO
DPA
LAMPRELL HAMRIYAH
ABU DHABI
ABU DHABI
INDIA BOMBAY HIGH
KSA
MALAYSIA
LAMPRELL HAMRIYAH
BARZANFIELD WHP-2
KSA
INDIA
KSA
ABU DHABI
KSA
OFFSHORE DUBAI
JULY 2015
NOV.2015
FEB.2015
TO END NOVEMBER 2015
ON CONTRACT
STACKED
DEC.- 2014
NOV. 2018
Q4/2018
Q2/2017
ADMA OPCO
Q2/2017
STACKED
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
STACKED
STACKED
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
STACKED
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
INCOMPLETE
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
HAMRIYAH PORT
BOMBAY HIGH
INDIA-BOMBAY HIGH, N-7
INDIA - TAPTI, SD6.
INDIA-BOMBAY - NO
INDIA-BOMBAY H.
SOLD TO TWIN FOUNTAINS
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
ONGOING CONTRACT
CONVERSION
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
YARD TO PRODUCTION
NDC
NIDC
NIOC
NIOC
NOBLE
NOBLE
NOBLE CHARLIE YESTER
NOBLE CHUCK SYRINGE
NOBLE
NOBLE
NOBLE DICK FAVOR
NOBLE ED HOLT
NOBLE
NOBLE GEORGE MCLEOD
NOBLE GUS ANDROES
NOBLE JIMMY PUCKETT
NOBLE
NOBLE KENNETH DELANEY
NOBLE
NOBLE ROY RHODES
NOBLE
NOBLE
NOBLE HARVEY DUHANEY
TWIN FOUNTAINS (KS)
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
54
NO NEWS !
Q4/2016
SEPT.2015
Q4/ 2018
TESCO 1350HP 500ELI
NO
VARCO TDS -3
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO TDS 8SA
CANRIG 1050E 500T
CANRIG 8035E
CANRIG 1050E
NAT. PS 2-500
NEW NAME - REALM 1
VARCO TDS-3
LEWCO DDTD500TONS
NO
VARCO
NO
NAT. PS 2-500
TESCO 500 HS
TESCO 1350HP 650ELI
NO
NAT. PS 2-500
VARCO TDS-4
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
LEWCO 750 TON A/C
DIRECT
TESCO 1350HP 650ELI
NO
NO
TESCO 500 EC
VARCO TDS - 5H
VARCO TDS 4SH
VARCO TDS-3HE
VARCO TDS 5H
VARCO TDS - 5H
VARCO TDS - 3
VARCO TDS 5H
VARCO TDS 4SH
VARCO TDS 5H
VARCO - TDS 3-SH
NOV PS-2 750 A
VARCO TDS-4SH
NOV PS-2 750 A
VARCO TDS-3SH
NOV HYDRALIFT 750
NOV PS-2 750 A
NAT.HPS-750-E-AC
NOV PS2 750 A
VARCO TDS - 5H
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
Rigs Update
COMPANY
RIG
TYPE
LOCATION
CONTRACT STATUS
ONGC
SAGAR RATNA
300
20000
ONGC
HINDUSTAN SHIPYARD
YARDWORKS
ONGC
SAGAR SAMRAT
250
18000
ONGC
INDIA-BASSEIN, S-12
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
PEMSA
PEMSA
PETROGREEN
EZION
PYRAMID DRILLING
QUEST ENERGY
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
ROWAN CO. INC.
TERRAS OFFSHORE (EZION)
ROWAN CO. INC.
SAGADRIL, INC.
SAGADRIL, INC.
SAIPEM
SAIPEM
SAIPEM
SAIPEM
SAGAR SHAKTI
SAGAR UDAY
SAGAR WIJAY
HAFFAR 2. (HULL 108)
HAFFARI (Hull 106)
ARMANATH
NOAH'S ARK
BENNEVIS
WAVE SIERRA
ARCH ROWAN
BOB KELLER
BOB PALMER
CHARLES ROWAN
GILBERT ROWE
HANK BOSEWELL
RALPH COFFMAN
ROWAN CALIFORNIA
ROWAN MIDDLETOWN
ROWAN MISSISSIPPI
TERAS TITANIUM
SCOOTER YEARGAIN
SAGADRIL 1 (HAK 9)
SAGADRIL 2 (HAK 7)
PERRO NEGRO 2
PERRO NEGRO 3
PERRO NEGRO 4
PERRO NEGRO 5
HITACHI ZOSEN
OFFSHORE DESIGN
S/P
ROBCO 350
HITACHI K 1045
DRILL DHIP
F&G SUPER M2
F&G SUPER M2
F&G L780 MOD2
LeT 43 SC
ORION TYPE
Lev.MSC CJ 50
LeT 116C
LeT Tarzan Class
LeT Tarzan Class
LeT 116C
LeT 116C
LeT Tarzan Class
LeT Workhorse
LeT 116C
LeT 116C
LeT Workhorse
LeT 116C
LeT Tarzan Class
MD J - 300E
MD J - 300E
LeT 116C
F &G L780 MOD2
LeT 150-44
Lev. 111.
300
300
2953
300
300
300
300
250
325
350
300
300
300
350
300
400
300
350
400
350
300
300
300
300
300
150
300
20000
20000
20000
30000
30000
25000
20000
20000
25000
25000
40000
40000
25000
25000
40000
35000
25000
25000
35000
25000
40000
20000
20000
21000
20000
16000
25000
ONGC
ONGC
ONGC
PEMEX
PEMEX
IRAN ?
QATAR OPERATOR
GUPCO
NONE
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
GALP ENERGIA
MAERSK OIL
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
(EX PARIS)
ARAMCO
INDIA-BOMBAY, W1-7
L&T YARD OMAN
INDIAN WATERS
LAMPRELL SHARJAH
DOS BOCAS, MEXICO
QATAR
GULF SUEZ
HAMRIYAH DOCK
KSA - ABU SAFAH
KSA - HASBAH
KSA - HASBAH
KSA - MANIFA
KSA - SAFANIYA
KSA - KARAN
CYPRUS
QATAR
KSA - MARJAN 434
KSA - ARABIYAH
ABU DHABI YARD
KSA
TOTAL ABU AL BKS
ADMA OPCO
PETROBEL
ARAMCO
UAE - HAMRIYAH
ABU DHABI, UAE
ABU DHABI, UAE
EGYPT
KSA / BAHRAIN
DEC.2014
ONGOING CONTRACT
Q1/2015
Q4 / 2014
YARDWORKS
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
SAIPEM
PERRO NEGRO 7
BMC PACIFIC CLASS
375
30000
ARAMCO
KSA
Q4/2015
YARD
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SEADRILL
SeaDrill/PT Apex
SHIV - VANI
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
SHELF DRILLING
UMW
TRANSOCEAN
GSP ROMANIA
TRANSOCEAN
TRANSOCEAN
TRANSOCEAN
US CONSORTIUM
AOD - 1
AOD - 2
AOD - 3
WEST CALLISTO
WEST FREEDOM
WEST INTREPID
WEST MISCHIEF
WEST RESOLUTE
WEST TRITON
WEST TUCANA
WEST CASTOR
WEST TELESTO
WEST OBERON
RANI WORO
SHIVANI HERITAGE
HIGH ISLAND 7
RIG 105
RIG 124
RIG 141
C.E. THORNTON
TRANSOCEAN COMET
F.G. McLINTOCK
HIGH ISLAND 4
HIGH ISLAND 9
HIGH ISLAND II
J.T. ANGEL
KEY HAWAII
KEY SINGAPORE
MAIN PASS I
MAIN PASS IV
COMET
TRIDENT XV
GALVESTON KEY
KEY GIBRALTER
TRIDENT XVI
GSF ADRIATIC X
RANDOLPH YOST
HARVEY H.WARD
RON TAPPMEYER
TRIDENT XIV
TRIDENT 12
ADRIATIC 5
HIGH ISLAND V.
TRIDENT 2
NAGA 6
INTEROCEAN III
GSF MAGELLAN
CONSTELLATION II
TRIDENT VI
RIG 134
DIXIE PATRIOT
KFELS MOD VB
KFELSMODVB
KFELS MOD VB
KFELS ModVB
LeT SUPER 116E
LeT SUPER 116E
LeT SUPER 116E
LeT SUPER 116E
BMC 375 PACIFIC
JU 2000E
JU 2000E
JU 2000E
JU 2000E
BMC 300IC
F&G L 780 MOD 2.
LET.82-SD-C
LeT 52-C
MODEC 200C-45
LeT 82C
LeT 53
SONAT-C
LeT 53C
LeT 82-SD-C
LeT 82-SD-C
LeT 82-SD-C
F &G L780 MOD2
MITSUI JC300
LeT 116C
F&G L780 MOD2
F&G L780 MOD2
JUBILEE CLASS
MODEC 300 C-38
LeT 116CS
LeT 84 (116C in 1996)
MODEC 300-C-38
LET 116C
LeT 116C
F&G L780 MOD2
LeT 116C
BMC-300-IC
BMC 300 IC
LeT 116C
LeT 82 SDC
LeT 53-SC
BAKER 400
SONAT ORION C
F&G L780 MOD2
F&G JU 2000
MODEC-300-C35
F&G L780 MOD2
LIFT BOAT
300
300
300
300
350
350
350
350
375
400
400
400
400
320
300
250
250
250
250
300
250
300
280
280
280
300
300
350
300
300
250
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
270
300
375
300
300
400
220
300
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
30000
20000
20000
20000
20000
20000
25000
29000
20000
29000
20000
20000
20000
25000
25000
25000
25000
25000
20000
25000
25000
20000
25000
25000
25000
25000
25000
29000
29000
25000
20000
25000
30000
20000
25000
30000
21000
20000
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
KSA
KSA
KSA
KSA
VENEZUALA
MEXICO
AFRICA CONGO
KSA
KSA
VIETNAM
SINGAPORE
DALIAN YARD
CHINA
SHARJAH .UAE
RAS GHARIB, SUEZGULF
NKOM YARD, DOHA
GULF SUEZ
GULF SUEZ
GULF SUEZ
INDIA
GULF SUEZ
INDIA
KSA
KSA
KSA
INDIA
QATAR
SINGAPORE
KSA
KSA
OCTOBER FIELD GOS
BENCHAMAS E
VIETNAM
VIETNAM
VIETNAM
NIGERIA
INDONESIA
INDIA
INDIA
WEST AFRICA
INDIA
DUBAI DRY DOCKS
KSA
INDIA - NEELAM
VIETNAM
ASRY YARD BAHRAIN
WEST AFRICA
GABON, WEST AFRICA
3 YEARS
CONTRACT TO JUNE 2016
ON CONTRACT - 3 YEARS
OCTOBER 2016
KJO
KHAFJI JOINT OPS.
PVEP - VIETNAM
JURONG YARD
PREMIER - VIETNAM
DSIC DALIAN
CRESCENT PET
GUPCO
QPD (AFTER YARD)
PETROBEL
AL AMAL PC
GUPCO
ONGC
PETRO GULF
ONGC
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
ONGC
(MAERSK OIL QATAR
TBA
ARAMCO
ARAMCO
GUPCO
CHEVRON-THAILAND
CUU LONG JOC
PVEP POC
PVEP POC
ADDAX
CHEVRON INDONES
ONGC
ONGC
ADDAX
ONGC
ARAMCO
ARAMCO Q4/2013
ONGC
PETRONAS CARIGALI
TOTAL E&P
NONE
NONE
GDI & DOLPHIN QAT. QATAR
OP. STATUS
TOP DRIVE
ONGOING CONTRACT
DRILLING
NO
ONGOING CONTRACT
YARD WORKS
HOT STACKED
DELIVERED
DRILLING
YARDWORKS
STACKED
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
MOBILIZING
DRILLING
Ex. WEST LARISSA
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRIILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DELAYED DELIVERY
DRILLING
NO
NO
NO
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO TDS 8SA
NO INFO
ON TRIALS
AVAILABLE
NOV.2015
MAY 2024
AUGUST 2015
NOV.2015
MARCH 2015
AUGUST 2015
Q3/2016
APRIL 2015
DECEMBER 2015
NOVEMBER 2015
DEPARTS YARD MID OCT.
NO
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
OCTOBER 2015 + I YEAR OPT. DRILLING
IDLE
MAY 2017
DRILLING
TDS MS
NO
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO
VARCO
VARCO
VARCO
VARCO TDS-4
VARCO
LEWCO 750 A/C DRIVE
VARCO
VARCO
LEWCO 750 A/C DRIVE
VARCO
VARCO
VARCO TDS-3H
VARCO TDS-4 H
VARCO TDS-4
VARCO TDS-3
NO
VARCO TDS-3
NAT HPS 750-E-AC
SG 750K
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO TDS 8SA
VARCO TDS 8SA
LEWCO 750 A/C DRIVE
LEWCO 750 A/C DRIVE
LEWCO 750 A/C DRIVE
LEWCO 750 A/C DRIVE
VARCO TDS -8SA
MOBILIZING
JULY 2015
SEPT 2015
DOCKING Q2/2015
UNTIL JAN. 2016
DOCKING Q2/2015
Q4/2014 (Q4/2019)
AUGUST 2015
Q4/2014 (Q4/2019)
Q1/2017
DEC.2016
REACTIVATION
Q4/2014 (Q4/2019)
Q4/2014 (Q4/2019)
JULY 2016
UNTIL Q1/2016
END 2014
Q2 - 2015
JULY 15 , + 1 YEAR OPTION
Q1/2017
Q1/2017
NEW CONTRACT ?
STACKED
UNTIL OCT.2018
Mar-15
END Q2 - 2015
NONE
SOLD TO GSP ROMANIA
EN RUTE - MID.EAST
STACKED - HAMRIYAH PORT
WORKING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
YARDWORKS
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
DRILLING
YARD
VARCO TDS 3
VARCO BJ
VARCO TDS 3H
VARCO TDS-3
NAT. PS 2-500
NAT. PS 2-500
VARCO TDS 3
VARCO TDS 3
VARCO TDS 3
NAT.PS 2-500
VARCO TDS 4-S
VARCO TDS-3H
VARCO TDS 4-H
VARCO TDS-4H
VARCO TDS-3
VARCO TDS 4-S
VARCO TDS-3H
VARCO TDS 3
VARCO TDS 3-H
NOV PS 2
VARCO TDS 8-SA
VARCO TDS - 3S
VARCO TDS-3
VARCO TDS 4-S
VARCO TDS-4H
VARCO TDS-3
VARCO TDS-3H
VARCO TDS -3H
VARCO TDS 4S
REACTIVATION ?
VARCO TDS - 3H
DRILLING
VARCO TDS 4S
DRILLING
VARCO TDS-4
STACKED
TDS - 4S
DESTINATION BRAZIL VARCO TDS - 4H
DRILLING
NAT. PS 2-650/750
SOLD
VARCO TDS-3H
VARCO TDS-4
ACCOMODATION
N/A
Aerospace
Flow Control Valves
Fluid Connectors
Tube / Hose Fittings
Hyd. Cylinders
EFLEX
Climate Controls
Filtration
Tubes & Pipes
Clamps/Couplings
Hyd. / Ind. Hoses
Quick Couplers
O Automation
O Chemicals
O Engineering Services O Filtration
Tube Clamps
Hydraulics
Instrumentation
Ball / Check Valves
Industrial Hoses
Tube / Hose Fittings
Hand
H
and
d Tools
Too
ols
ls
Pneumatics
O Fluid Conveyance
O Hydraulics
O Instrumentation
O O-Rings & Seals
O Pneumatics
O Valves
Seals & O-Rings
Automation
Inst. Panel Comp.
Instrument Tubings
Lifting Equip.
ESMA INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES
ESMA
P.O. Box 18356, JAFZ, Dubai - U.A.E. Tel: +971 4 883 9100, Fax : +971 4 883 9495
E-mail: [email protected], Web: www.esmagroup.com
Abu Dhabi
RBV Energy
Middle East FZC
Warehouse No: Q4-011
SAIF Zone
P.O. Box 122355
Sharjah - U.A.E.
T : +971 (0)6 5528 150
M : +971 50 6789137
Aktau
Almaty
Baku
Dubai
www.esmagroup.com
CLASSIFIEDS
Jebel Ali
Middle East’s leading supplier and stockiest of bulk
piping material for more than 30 years.
One stop shop for Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel and
Alloy Steel. Cater to Oil & Gas, Petrochemical,
Power & Desalination, Civil Construction, Ship
Building, Marine and associated industries.
F : +971 (0)6 5528 160
E : [email protected]
LARGEST STOCK
OF Gr.4130 PIPES
IN MIDDLE EAST
PIPES FITTINGS FLANGES
VALVES ACCESSORIES
Supply and Stockists of:
AISI 4130 and X52.
Pipe, BW fittings and
pipe connectors.
API and ANSI valves &
control systems.
Skid mounted packages including
production and drilling manifolds.
Special fabrications, pressure
vessels, forged products and
hose packages.
Visit our website for more info:
www.rbvenergy.com
P.O. Box: 261815, Jebel Ali Free Zone,
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
TEL: +971 48860777,
FAX: +971 48862727 / 8862961
Email: [email protected]
www.i-m-s.ae
Reach over 8,500
Oil and gas professionals
Advertising Contact: Rafiq Sayyad
Contact no.: +971 (4) 445 3655
Email: rafi[email protected]
www.pipelineme.com
SUPPLIER FOCUS: Offsure Design
PROVIDING EXCELLENCE IN
OFFSHORE ACCOMMODATION
Dutch firm Offsure Design wants to make offshore accommodation worth
staying in and the company can deliver turn-key projects for offshore
projects by providing every necessary aspect of interior design from start
to finish, according to Kelly Bossinade art director at the company
Where are you located within the Middle
East / GCC region? How important is this
part of the world to your overall business?
Offsure Design is not bounded to any
region. Based on digital information of the
customer a pre-design and offer can be
made. After mutual consensus on the basedesign a full design can be made; which is
known to us as “the project”. Wherever the
projects are in the globe, we will visit the
location to set details and final production
of all applications and materials.
The team at Offsure Design travels
from the Netherlands to every location. All
applications and designs are done in-house,
so the quality and certification of the used
material is guaranteed.
Are there any standout projects within the
region on which your company has worked,
preferably within the last 6-12 months?
The project on the Semi Sub OOS
Prometheus, momentarily in Brazilian
waters, will be executed on short notice
58
©: Offsure Design
How long has your business provided
services /solutions for the oil & gas sector?
Since 2013 when KB by KellyBossi design
and Sytze Jan Bakker of Visual (production)
joined forces for the interior design of rooms
and corridors of the Semi-Submersible
Heavy Lift Service Unit “OOS Gretha”.
OOS International - located in the
Netherlands - ordered to execute the project.
During the transport of the vessel from Yantai
CN in China to Brazil in January 2014, the
installation team went on board in Mauritius
and fixed the whole application before arrival
in Rio De Janeiro. During this same period
the application order was granted for the
Semi Sub “OOS Prometheus”.
as all materials are already produced. As
we speak, a design has to be made for
150 Temporary Offshore Modules to be
used by Petrobras Brazil; together with
partner Desso (high Tech floorcoverings) a
preliminary design will be made for a new
2,000-people capacity Offshore Hub.
What has been the highlight of the last
12 months for your company?
Executing our first big project the
OOS Gretha. We provided Gretha with
necessary wayfinding, interior design and
decoration. The vessel now gives personal
accommodation to 618 people.
What is the competitive advantage
your business has over others providing
similar services?
Offsure Design can provide a turn-key
solution with certified and high spec certified
materials according to an exclusive design.
Our strength is that our organisation can
adapt to any client demand by making lines
of communication shorter without losing
time and avoiding any misunderstanding
that might occur.
What are you most excited about for the
coming year, in terms of your business
outlook?
Taking it to the next level. As a start
up business basically anything you do
will be a next level step, but we want to
go full throttle in 2015. We want to show
the offshore industry what is possible in
terms of vessel design. We will do this by
combining new (and daring) concepts with
certified materials.
www.pipelineme.com
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MADE IN
UAE
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