ENI award Goliat FEED contract to Sevan Marine and Aker
2008.05.19 -
Field Development
Eni Norge AS, the operator of the Goliat licence (PL229), has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sevan Marine ASA (Sevan) and Aker Engineering and Technology AS (Aker) for a Goliat FPSO Design Competition FEED. The FEED contracts are based on previous development studies by Sevan and Aker for Goliat in 2007 and 2008.
During this Design Competition, both Aker and Sevan will further mature their proposed FPSO concepts for the selected Goliat development solution.
The Design Competition will be completed by early autumn 2008, and Eni and the Goliat partners will use the following period to evaluate and select the final platform solution. It is estimated that this decision will be announced in 4th quarter 2008.
The licensees in production licence 229/229B are:
Eni Norge AS (operator) - 65%, StatoilHydro ASA - 20% and Noil Energy ASA - 15%
PA Resources AB has signed an agreement with the shareholders to acquire the entire share capital of the British oil exploration company Scotsdale Ltd. The company is focusing on low risk exploration in North West Europe. The acquisition means that PA Resources increases its presence in the North Sea with licenses in the United Kingdom and Denmark, and potentially also in the Netherlands.
Aker Exploration has entered into agreements with the international oil company Eni Norge to acquire ownership interests in two licenses in the vicinity of the Åsgard field. The agreements further strengthen Aker Exploration’s position in the Norwegian Sea.
SCAN Geophysical ASA (SCAN) today announced that the company is
remobilising its seismic vessel, M/V Geo Searcher, to re-commence a previously-suspended
2D project offshore Pakistan for BP.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ENI Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/12-1 in the North Sea.
Eni has successfully drilled the last appraisal well, encountered approximately 127 metres (419 ft) of net pay in multiple sands. The initial analysis indicates good reservoir quality.
