Gas production has started from Wortel in Indonesia.

OGX Petróleo e Gás has announced first oil with the beginning of the extended well test (EWT) in the Waimea accumulation.

Statoil has raised the natural gas reserves estimate for the Snøhvit field offshore Norway in the Barents Sea by 20 bcm (706 bcf).

Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Explorations have commented on technical problems at Israel’s sole current offshore gas production complex.

OIE Services has won a contract to support construction of a new platform for Apache’s Forties complex in the UK central North Sea.

Antrim Energy and Valiant Petroleum have agreed on early installation of subsea facilities for the Fionn field development in the UK northern North Sea.

Dragon Oil expects to employ three drilling rigs for all or part of this year on its fields in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Caspian Sea.

Statoil has decided to replace the control systems in some of its older subsea wells offshore Norway, starting with the Vigdis and Tordis oilfields in the North Sea.

Petrobras’ CENPES Research and Development Center has concluded qualification testing of the world’s first modular small-scale GTL facility, according to supplier CompactGTL.