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Onshore Processing facil-

A ity have been completed.

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Offshore production and treatment facilities on the artifcial island complex

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K stage,” says NCOC.

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Kashagan feld is 75km

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Atyrau. The reservoir lies about 4,200m deep, beneath 3–5m water, and extends over an area of about 75km by 45km. Kashagan and neighbouring felds in the

Caspian Sea hold 35billion

H west of the company’s in Block 4 off Tanzania. The bbls of estimated reserves Hellenic Petroleum

Espoir and Baobab felds, in well, drilled by the Deepsea in place. wins Patraikos block

A consortium of three 250-300m water depths. The Metro 1 drillship, appraised

M companies has made a suc- block contains two unde- the Chewa gas feld resulting Transocean cessful bid for an explo- veloped discoveries, drilled in an upgrade in estimated sets drilling record ration concession on the during the 1980s, and poten- recoverable resources in the Transocean Ltd. announced

Patraikos block, off western tial Turonian fan channels block. Recoverable resources that the ultra-deepwa-

Greece. Hellenic Petroleum that were not penetrated by across the Chewa-Pweza- ter drillship Dhirubhai (operator), Petroceltic previous wells. Ngisi hub are now estimated Deepwater KG1 set a new

International, and Edison at 4.5Tcf, up from 3.7Tcf. BG world record for the deepest

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International, will each hold is operator of Block 4 with water depth by an offshore Eco seismic planned a one-third working interest Eco Oil & Gas (Atlantic) is 60%, while partner Ophir drilling rig. The drillship in the concession. planning seismic surveys Energy holds 40%. spudded a well in 10,411ft

The Patraikos block is after receiving a one-year Nick Cooper, CEO of (3,174m) water depth, while in the Gulf of Patra and extension on two explora- Ophir, said: “The success- drilling off India’s east coast covers 1892sq km in 100- tion licenses off Namibia. ful Ngisi drilling results for ONGC. This surpasses 300m water depth. Hellenic The extension to the Guy provide critical mass for the Transocean’s prior record of

Petroleum expects the new (2111B & 2211A) and Sharon aggregation and develop- 10,385ft (3,165m) set by the concession to be formally (2213A & 2213B) licenses, ment of the gas discoveries same drillship in February awarded to the companies both in the Walvis Basin, in Block 4. These (reserves) 2013.

in late 2013. The three-year will allow more time to com- will be piped ashore and

N initial exploration period plete 1000sq km of 3D seis- combined with the Block 1 Rosneft’s includes a work program mic on each of the licenses resources for Tanzania’s LNG seismic program of 2D and 3D seismic data in 2015. Eco will then drill development.” Rosneft began seismic acqui- acquisition. an exploration well in 2016. sition over license blocks

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Eco will also gather out Lisyansky, Kashevarovsky, Kashagan

I 500sq km of 3D seismic on and Magadan-1 in the CNR International production to start the Cooper license (2012A) North Caspian Operating Sea of Okhotsk off east- signs PSC

CNR International signed a later this year, together Company (NCOC) began ern Russia. The company production sharing contract with partners AziNam and work to start production is gathering 2D seismic (PSC) for Block CI-12 off NAMCOR. of Kashagan feld in the along with a gravity and

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Caspian Sea. The frst phase magnetic survey, using the

K with a 60% working inter- will see production from Academik Fersman seismic BG fnds Tanzania gas est. CNR International will BG Group has made a gas eight wells on an artif- vessel. The program will operate the block, located discovery in the Ngisi-1 well cial island complex. Wells, cover 10,000km: 5300km oedigital.com August 2013 | OE 15 014_OE0813_Global Briefs.indd 15 7/23/13 10:35 AM