First Oil from West Don
2009.04.29 -
Projects
Valiant Petroleum plc today announced that production has commenced from the West Don field located in in the UK North Sea and is producing in-line with expectations. The field which is operated by Petrofac Energy Developments Limited.
A further West Don production well and water injection well are expected to start-up during the third quarter of this year. Oil export from the production facilities will be initially by offshore tanker loading and subsequently via subsea tie-back to the Thistle platform.
Production has been achieved from West Don in less than one year from receiving governmental approval of the Field Development Plan ('FDP').
Don Southwest (Valiant, 40%), which is being jointly developed alongside West Don, is currently anticipated to begin production by the end of June from two production wells.
The FPSO Sevan Piranema has today commenced oil production on the Piranema field, off the coast of Aracaju, in the state of Sergipe, Brasil.
Q is located in Mississippi Canyon block 961. The natural gas field is developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operated Independence Hub facility in the eastern US Gulf of Mexico. StatoilHydro has a 50% working interest in the Q field.
The Piranema field, 25 km off the coast of Sergipe, started producing oil this Wednesday (10/10), in deep Northeastern Brazil waters. With operations going online in this field, Petrobras is taking another step towards maintaining Brazil’s oil self-sufficiency. The Piranema oil, of excellent quality, at 44º API, is the lightest oil produced in deep waters in Brazil.
The first tanker with a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Snøhvit field left port at Melkøya near Hammerfest, northern Norway
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited, has started production from the Marimba North project, designed to develop 80 million barrels of oil in approximately 3,900 feet (1,300 meters) of water more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) off the coast of Angola.
