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HALLIBURTON WINS CONTRACTS FOR INPEX OPERATED ICHTHYS PROJECT FIELD DEVELOPMENT

Halliburton has been awarded seven contracts for drilling and completion services for the next phase of field development of the INPEX-operated Ichthys Project in the Browse Basin offshore northern Australia.  

The well development campaign is due to start in March 2020 and will continue for an estimated 3-year term. The contracts awarded include directional drilling, logging while drilling, surface data logging, drilling and completions fluids, cementing, liner hangers, coring and well completions services.

We are excited to win this work and to collaborate with INPEX to deliver our extensive drilling and completions services in addition to our digital capabilities in the strategically significant Browse Basin,” said Jason Jeow, vice president of the Australasia region for Halliburton.

Halliburton’s Western Australian facilities in Jandakot and Broome will support the project. The Company expects to hire locally at its Broome facility to support the contract.

Source: https://keyfactsenergy.com/news/6461/view/

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Woodside Is Pressing Ahead With Plans of $6b Senegal Oil Project

Australia’s largest oil and gas producer Woodside is pressing ahead with its plans to develop Senegal’s first oil project, announcing the final field plan has now been submitted to the West African nation’s government for approval.

Describing the move as a “major milestone”, Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman said the project’s development plan was the last outstanding regulatory submission required before Woodside and its joint-venture partners could make a final investment decision later this month.

They look forward to continuing to work with the joint venture, the government, their contractors and other stakeholders to develop this opportunity, which will also be Senegal’s first oil project.

The first phase of the project is to develop 230 million barrels, with first oil targeted for early 2023, according to Woodside.

Senegalese oil producer Petrosen, which has a stake in the Sangomar project, said it was “excited about being in a position to take a final investment decision”.

Financing for the project has faced delays due to an arbitration sought by FAR Limited, which owns a 15 per cent interest in the project. FAR challenged Woodside’s acquisition of a 35 per cent holding from ConocoPhillips in 2016.

In a statement to the stock market on Tuesday, FAR said development of the “world-class” oil field in Senegal could transform FAR from an explorer to one of the biggest Australian-listed oil producers.

The Sangomar field development is anticipated to result in considerable cash generated for FAR and its shareholders from first oil in 2023, a time when FAR will also be one of the largest oil producers on the ASX,” Ms Norman said.

“This is an exciting time for the joint venture, the people of Senegal and FAR shareholders.”

The news comes as a final investment decision on another major Woodside project, the Scarborough gas field development, is a step closer after Woodside and its joint-venture partner BHP announced a deal to process gas at Woodside’s Pluto LNG facility last month.

Woodside and BHP, which has a 25 per cent stake in the Scarborough field off WA’s Pilbara coast, have inked a non-binding agreement that would see BHP make a decision on the project by mid-2020.

Source: https://www.woodside.com.au/