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UPSTREAM which will also incorporate information from 2022 with an estimated duration of 285 days.
the existing EIA. Valaris, July 6 2021
Predator Oil & Gas completes Predator Oil & Gas, July 6 2021 TechnipFMC wins integrated

Guercif Basin well MOU-1 DOWNSTREAM

Predator Oil & Gas, the Jersey-based Oil and EPCI contract for Jubilee
Gas Company with operations in the area of the DPR seals 103 illegal South East development
Guercif Petroleum Agreement, comprising the
Permits I, II, III and IV, located in the Guercif filling stations and 13 offshore Ghana
Basin in northern Morocco, has announced
completion of the drilling of MOU-1. Predator LPG plants in Lagos TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant
(75%) operates Guercif in joint venture with the integrated Engineering, Procurement, Con-
Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, struction and Installation (iEPCI™) contract
(ONHYM) acting on behalf of the State (25%). DPR, Lagos, who confirmed the development on for the Jubilee South East development, located
Formation gas shows were recorded in a shal- Tuesday, said the outlets were shut down after a offshore Ghana. It will be the company’s first
low sand at 605 metres measured depth (MD) surveillance exercise by DPR task force teams on iEPCI™ project with Tullow Ghana.
comprising 2.35% or 19,392 ppm C1 methane. Monday. Jubilee South East is an extension to the
Total background, exclusively dry gas, Cardoso said the filling stations located both Jubilee field. The contract builds upon Tech-
increased from 0.6% to 1.7% (5,232 to 13,800 on the mainland and Island axis of the state were nipFMC’s established relationship with Tullow
ppm C1) down to 1,159 metres MD. Formation sealed for operating without valid licences: “This and covers supply and offshore installation of all
gas shows of 1.8% and 3.8% (13,355 to 36,035 is a continuous exercise by the DPR to improve major subsea equipment, including manifolds
ppm C1) were encountered whilst drilling this safety in selling and distribution of LPG in and associated controls, flexible risers and flow-
section. Lagos State. The task force visited 216 facilities lines, umbilicals, and subsea structures.
Below 1,159 metres in the lower Guebbas and observed that 103 petroleum products retail At the pre-tendering stage, TechnipFMC
and Hoot (using the stratigraphic nomenclature outlet lacked the prerequisite approval and were utilised its Subsea Studio™ digital solutions to
of the Rharb Basin), total background gas was subsequently shut down.” help optimise field layout. Subsea Studio™ is the
from 0.7% to 1.5% (5,000 to 11,996 ppm C1) but Cardoso also disclosed that the LPG (cooking company’s portfolio of design and monitoring
with traces of heavier gases C2, C3 and C4. For- gas) plants were shut down for non-compliance tools which help clients to improve economics,
mation gas shows of up to 1.67% (13,643 ppm with DPR guidelines and international safety enhance performance, and reduce emissions
total gases) were also recorded. standards. According to him, the plants were throughout the life of a project.
Wireline logs were run from 724 to 1487.4 also operating without prerequisite approval or Jonathan Landes, President, Subsea at
metres MD over the interval with gas shows. license from the regulatory agency. He said some TechnipFMC, commented: “We are proud
Wireline logs will require detailed interpretation of the sealed plants were operating in unap- to continue supporting Tullow Ghana in the
to take into account borehole conditions caused proved locations, stressing that the move was development of the Jubilee field. This is the first
by borehole enlargement where washouts have aimed at reducing the occurrence of gas explo- time Tullow has used our iEPCI™ model, which
occurred in the open-hole section. sion and fire incidents in Lagos State. enables us to collaborate even more closely and
MOU-1 drilling operations were completed DPR, July 6 2021 simplify project delivery. We will continue to use
and a cemented completion was run whilst the our Subsea Studio™ digital solution to optimise
well is being evaluated. the development, execution, and operation of
The occurrence of good gas shows in MOU-1 SERVICES Jubilee South East. We also see our work on this
with evidence of thermogenic gas migration project as an opportunity to further develop our
supports in this part of the Guercif Basin the Valaris awarded four-well local content in Ghana, with the fabrication of a
pre-drill geological interpretation for a deep gas number of subsea structures, including produc-
“kitchen” connected to shallower reservoirs by contract with BP offshore tion and water injection manifolds, carried out
large faults. in-country.”
Based on these positive results, the Company Mauritania and Senegal Technip FMC, July 6 2021
will be proposing to its partner to drill the previ-
ously defined MOU-4 location later this year to Valaris has been awarded a four-well contract
the northeast of MOU-1 and to commission an with BP offshore Mauritania and Senegal for COMPANIES
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) over drillship VALARIS DS-12. The contract is
the prospective area around the MOU-4 location expected to commence in the first quarter of Egyptian oil minister, Apache
chairman discuss expanding

activities in Egypt

Petroleum Minister Tarek el Mulla Monday dis-
cussed with Board Chairman of Apache Corp.
John Christmann plans of action during the
coming period in light of the company’s desire
to expand activities in Egypt.

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