Saudi Arabia - joining the dots

A series of blog entries exploring Saudi Arabia's role in the oil markets with a brief look at the history of the royal family and politics that dictate and influence the Kingdom's oil policy

Thursday, 23 August 2018

Tolmount sanctioned with first gas by end 2020

Premier Oil, Dana Petroleum and Antin has sanctioned the Tolmount gas field in the UK North Sea which is planned to be onstream towards the end of 2020. This represents major project for the partners with 500bcf of gas and plateau production of 300mmcfpd. This field will further help steer the fortunes of the two upstream partners. Premier Oil is looking for longer term growth projects having been financially constrained for years under a debt mountain and now that Catcher is onstream. For Dana, the company has been strategically lost with its...

Tuesday, 21 August 2018

Energean bearing fruit in the Eastern Med

Energean has published a new CPR highlighting the conversion of 2C resources into 2P reserves at the Karish and Tanin fields. Net 2P reserves for the fields now stands at 298mmboe with 22tcf gas and 32mmbbl liquids (gross) being upgraded. The company’s net 2P reserves including its Greek fields are now at 349mmboe. A further 0.2tcf gas and 1mmbbl liquids remain in contingent resources relating to the Karish B reservoir and will be upgraded upon...

Thursday, 2 August 2018

All Tawke on Peshkabir: Is Tawke production declining?

The Tawke PSC encompasses the Tawke and Peshkabir fields. In 2017, operator DNO commenced production at Peshkabir and in 2018, drilled the Peshkabir-4 and -5 wells taking production up to 30-35mbopd. However, the limited disclosure by DNO means it is difficult to break out the production on the Tawke PSC between the Tawke and Peshkabir fields. Based on various disclosures between DNO and partner Genel, it appears that production at Tawke is declining,...

Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Total sells Norweigian assets to AkerBP for USD205 million

Total has agreed to sell interests in a portfolio of 11 licences in Norway to AkerBP for a cash consideration of USD205 million. The portfolio includes four discoveries with net recoverable resources of 83mmboe. The acquisition allows AkerBP to consolidate its position around the Alvheim, NOAKA and Skarv hubs as well as adding exploration acreage near its operated Ula field (AkerBP 80%). Increasing stakes in fields and discoveries and having...

Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Map of the day: Ghana near-field tiebacks and upsides

#Ghana #Jubilee #Kosmos #TEN #Tull...

Wednesday, 18 July 2018

Trump administration hampers US oil

Plains All American Pipeline company has been denied a request for an exemption from steel import tariffs. This will hit plans to build much needed takeaway capacity for the evacuation of oil from the Permian Basin. The capacity bottleneck has already manifested in large discounts for Midland-Permian crude which is trading at a discount of c.USD12/bbl to WTI. Plains sought an exemption for high-grade steel from Greece for its 585mbopd Cactus...

Tuesday, 17 July 2018

Kosmos hit by rig contract as dry hole is announced in Suriname

Kosmos could be liable for a share of the onerous contract in Ghana entered into by Tullow Oil, operator of the Jubilee and TEN fields. This could equate to over USD100 million for Kosmos which would wipe out Q2 2018 revenues and earnings since the beginning of the year. Tullow, on behalf of the field partners entered into a long-term rig contract for the West Leo rig in 2012 for work in the Jubilee and TEN area. In 2016, Tullow declared force...