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Russia Offshore Oil & Gas Production News

Kirinskoye subsea gas/condensate production facilities coming together

Gazprom plans to start gas production this year from the Kirinskoye gas/condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island, under the Sakhalin III project.

Dragon looking to streamline production from Caspian fields

Dragon Oil says results from a water injection study offshore Turkmenistan could improve well performance on its Cheleken Contract Area fields.

Caspian development drilling lifts Dragon production

Dragon Oil has updated its ongoing drilling program in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Pechora Sea oil production platform close to sail-out

The ice-resistant fixed platform for Gazprom’s Prirazlomnoye field off northern Russia is nearing completion.

ACE lifts Caspian platform structures

ACE Winches’ Hire Equipment division is nearing completion of a $7.7-million contract for Petronas/MMHE offshore Turkmenistan.

Dragon expands Turkmen export infrastructure

Dragon Oil has completed a further development well in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Caspian Sea, and commissioned a new 14-in. in-field pipeline

Rosneft, CNPC look to extend upstream link

Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) have agreed to expand co-operation in the upstream sector.

Regional confidence boosts capex says Wood Mackenzie

Wood Mackenzie forecasts global upstream capital spending of over $380 billion in 2010, based on analysis of the industry’s investment plans.

WorleyParsons awarded Shtokman FEED

Gazprom has contracted WorleyParsons for front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Shtokman development phases 2 and 3 in the Barents Sea.

Two more Turkmen wells on stream

Dragon Oil has completed drilling and initial testing of two more wells in its Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Caspian Sea.

Odoptu production starts at Sakhalin-1

Exxon Mobil Corp. reports the startup of production from Odoptu field at Sakhalin-1 offshore eastern Russia.

Turkmen fields deliver further growth

Production from the Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Caspian Sea averaged 46,420 b/d of oil during the first half of 2010.

AIOC kicks off Chirag Oil Project

Azerbaijan International Operating Co. (AIOC) has awarded $814 million in contracts for development of the Chirag Oil Project (COP) in the Caspian Sea.

Workovers, sidetracks lift CCA production

Dragon Oil continues to raise production from its Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Caspian Sea set for offshore resurgence

The Caspian Sea is the setting for some of the world’s oldest offshore oil developments. These date to the late 1940s in Azerbaijan, when the Pirallahi, Gurgany Deniz, and Chilov Adasy fields were brought onstream. Azerbaijan remained a prominent offshore producer through the 1950s and, for a while, the Neft Dashlary field took on the mantle of the world’s biggest offshore project.

Report: Global upstream spending to return to growth by 2011

In its latest report, The first hints of recovery in global upstream spending, Wood Mackenzie predicts that investment in the upstream sector will return to growth by 2011, reaching around $350 billion in 2012.

Centrica evaluating UK storage needs

Centrica’s Rough gas storage facility in the UK North Sea underwent its stiffest test this winter.

Sakhalin transports 200th oil cargo

Sakhalin Energy has exported its 200th oil cargo.

Iran offers to purchase Azeri gas

Iran has offered to buy the entire gas volumes produced from the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan.

Shell completing last well at Lunskoye platform

Shell is completing the last major offshore gas well at the Lunskoye platform in the Sea of Okhotsk, preparing the way for full LNG production capacity at Sakhalin II.

Kish gas heading for Oman

The first phase of Iran's giant Kish field should be operational within the next two years, according to the country's Petroenergy Information Network (Shana).

Output still climbing from Cheleken fields

Gross oil production from the Cheleken Area fields off Turkmenistan reached 43,787 b/d in the first quarter of this year, according to operator Dragon Oil.

First LNG cargo loaded from Sakhalin II plant

The first scheduled Russian LNG cargo has been successfully loaded from the Sakhalin II LNG plant onto the LNG carrier Energy Frontier, according to Sakhalin Energy.

Keppel wins contracts totaling $197 million

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Keppel O&M), through Keppel Shipyard and Keppel FELS Brasil, has secured three contracts totaling $197 million.

Brazil shrugs off price woes with higher output

Brazilian national oil company Petrobras continues to raise oil and gas production with the recent start-up of three offshore platforms.
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