Tamar Partners Dive into FLNG FEED (Israel)

Delek Group gas subsidiaries announced that the Pre-FEED stage of Tamar and Dalit floating liquefied natural gas project (FLNG), off the coast of Israel, has now been successfully completed.

Therefore, the Tamar partners decided to begin the second phase-front-end engineering design (FEED). LNG production is expected to be up to 3 MMTPA. In accordance to that, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) signed an agreement with Levant LNG Marketing and Pangea LNG BV for the completion of the FEED stage.

DSME will carry out the costs of FEED and Tamar partners will contribute a total amount of $15 million (100%). The agreement has been set for two years, or until the date of the final investment decision of the FLNG project, whichever is earlier.

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Corpus Christi, TX: Tamar Platform En Route to Israel

Tamar production platform has left the Keiwit Shipyards in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, and is now on the way to its location offshore Israel, according to Globes, the Israeli financial newspaper.

It took 18 months for the 280 m platform to be completed, and the project has been described as “the largest infrastructure project in Israeli history.”

Noble Energy, operator of the Tamar field, did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

The Tamar platform will be located in approximately 800 feet of water and will be able to process 1.2 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day. The Tamar field is estimated to contain 8.4 trillion cubic feet of gas and will be produced through several subsea wells connected to the platform by 150 km long flow lines. The single-lift topsides facility has four deck levels and weighs nearly 10,000 tons.

Globes further reports that the platform is expected to reach its destination during the fourth quarter this year. First production is scheduled for March 2013.

Noble Energy operates Tamar with a 36 percent working interest. Other owners are Isramco Negev 2 with 28.75 percent, Delek Drilling with 15.625 percent, Avner Oil Exploration with 15.625 percent, and Dor Gas Exploration with the remaining four percent.

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Israel: Pinnacles Delivers First Gas

Israel’s  Delek Group has been informed by the operator, Noble Energy Mediterranean Ltd., that on June 12, 2012, development of Pinnacles #1 was completed and gas began to flow from it.

Pinnacles offshore well was recently linked by a subsea pipeline to the nearby Mari B production platform. Helix ESG’s reeled pipelay vessel, Express, which in April arrived at the port city of Haifa, Israel, completed the SURF (Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines) work.

According to the Israel-based financial newspaper The Globes, Pinnacles well will produce 150 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Noble Energy Mediterranean Vice President Lawson Freeman told The Globes that the company was excited to bring the Pinnacles well on stream. He also added that the company was pushing hard to accelerate the Noa development in the same way.

Development of the Noa field is geared to allow for additional supplies of natural gas to the Israeli market, until the start of natural gas supplies from the Tamar project in early 2013.

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Noble Energy Linking Noa and Pinnacles to Mari B Platform

Noble Energy and Delek Group have started linking Noa and Pinnacles offshore natural gas fields to the Mari B production platform, according to the Israel’s financial newspaper Globes.

Helix ESG’s reeled pipelay vessel, Express, which in April arrived at the port city of Haifa, Israel has started SURF (Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines) work.

According to the data on Noble Energy’s website, Noa will, once developed, provide 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of production by September 2012.

Development of the Noa field is geared to allow for additional supplies of natural gas to the Israeli market, until the start of natural gas supplies from the Tamar project.

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ReCap: Worldwide Field Development News Dec 23 – Dec 29, 2011

This week the SubseaIQ team added 2 new projects and updated 11 projects. You can see all the updates made over any time period via the Project Update History search. The latest offshore field develoment news and activities are listed below for your convenience.

Mediterranean Noble Finds Gas Pay in Cyprus Dec 28, 2011 – Noble Energy has made a natural gas discovery at the Cyprus Block 12 prospect, offshore the Republic of Cyprus. The Cyprus A-1 well encountered about 310 feet (94 meters) of net natural gas pay in multiple high-quality Miocene sand intervals. The well reached a depth of 19,225 feet (5,860 meters) in a water depth of 5,540 feet (1,689 meters). Results from drilling, formation logs and initial evaluation work indicate an estimated gross resource range of 5 to 8 Tcf, with a gross mean of 7 Tcf. Noble plans to appraise the find. Noble Energy operates the discovery with a 70 percent working interest; while Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration each hold 15 percent. Project Details: Cyprus (Aphrodite) Europe – North Sea Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Equipment for Svalin Development Dec 29, 2011 – Statoil awarded Aker Solutions a contract to engineer, procure and construct a subsea production system for the Svalin development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The scope of work includes two subsea trees, one four-slot integrated template structure with process distribution manifold, subsea and topside production control systems, wellhead systems and remote connection systems. Final equipment deliveries are slated for 3Q 2013. Svalin is a fast-track oil field project situated in a water depth of 394 feet (120 meters). Tendeka Secures Sand Control Frame Agreement for Troll field Dec 28, 2011 – Statoil has granted Tendeka a major frame agreement for the provision of sand screens and inflow control devices and services for use in the Troll field. The contract is for an initial three-year period with a further two optional extensions, each of two years. Tendeka’s scope of work includes the provision of sand screens with associated inflow control technology and services for deployment in the field. Troll produces 400,000 barrels a day from three platforms northwest of Bergen. Troll, a natural gas and oil field, lies in the northern part of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Kollsnes, near Bergen. Statoil, holding a 30.59 percent, operates the field; Petoro holds 56 percent; A/S Norske Shell holds 8.1 percent; ConocoPhillips holds 1.62 percent; and Total holds 3.69 percent. Project Details: Troll Area EnCore Reaches TD in Tudor Rose Dec 28, 2011 – EnCore Oil has encountered an oil column in the Tudor Rose well within the targeted Beauly formation and oil water contact at 3,236 feet (986 meters) total vertical depth. The operator gathered wireline samplings and conducted pressure testing of the hydrocarbon-bearing zone. Initial wellsite analysis of the samples suggest a viscosity of 600 to 800 Centipoise, which is likely too viscous to be commercially exploitable. EnCore says further onshore analysis is required before the provisional evaluation can be confirmed. The well will be plugged and abandoned. The Tudor Rose well is located on Block 14/30a in the UK sector of the North Sea. EnCore operates the block with a 40 percent interest; while Nautical Petroleum holds 20 percent; Endeavour holds 20 percent; and EnQuest holds 20 percent. Project Details: Tudor Rose Endeavour Acquires UK Producing Assets Dec 27, 2011 – Endeavour has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire ConocoPhillips’ interest in three producing UK oil fields in the central North Sea for $330 million. Endeavour will increase their current ownership interest in the Alba field, a late Eocene reservoir that has been producing since 1994. Additionally, the company will add ownership interests in the MacCulloch and Nicol fields. Endeavour’s aggregate working interest in the Alba field will be 25.68 percent following the closing of the acquisition. The company anticipates assuming operatorship of the MacCulloch field, subject to final partner agreement. Project Details: Alba Antrim Sidetracks Erne Discovery Dec 27, 2011 – Antrim Energy announced that the Erne discovery well sidetrack, 21/29d-11Z, encountered about 24 feet (7 meters) of net oil pay and 14 feet (4 meters) of net gas pay in a high-quality sandstone reservoir. Initial interpretation is that the well has penetrated a separate accumulation from that in the 21/29d-11 discovery well, but further work is necessary to confirm this, stated the operator. The 21/29d-11Z well will now be suspended for potential future re-entry and use in the development of the Erne discovery. The 21/29d-11Z well was designed to appraise the Erne oil discovery in the Eocene Tay formation, and was drilled up-dip of the discovery location to a total depth of 5,124 feet (1,562 meters). Erne is located in Block 21/29d in the UK sector of the North Sea. Antrim Energy operates Block 21/29d. Project Details: Erne BG Discovers Oil in PL 373 S Dec 27, 2011 – BG Norge has made an oil discovery in the North Sea in Production License 373 S. The wells, 34/3-3 S and 34/3-3 A, proved oil in early Jurassic sandstone. The objective of the well 34/3-3 S was to prove hydrocarbons in the Cook formation of the early Jurassic age in the Jordbaer Vest prospect. Oil was proven in the upper part of the Cook formation with very good reservoir quality. The objective of the 34/3-3 A sidetrack was to delineate the 34/3-3 S discovery by confirming the extent of the reservoir rocks, and also proving oil in the lower part of the Cook formation. The well proved oil both in the upper and lower Cook formation with very good reservoir quality. Extensive data acquisition programs have been carried out in both wells. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 1.5 and 4 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalents. The licensees will consider developing the discovery with the Knarr development, which was approved in June 2011. Project Details: Knarr (Jordbaer) Statoil Considers Skrugard Development in the Barents Sea Dec 27, 2011 – Statoil and partners are considering developing the Skrugard discovery in the Barents Sea by a floating production unit with additional capacity to process and transport from other prospects in the vicinity. Statoil says a feasibility study has identified a technical and commercial solution for Skugard, resulting in the rapid development of the discovery. The production unit will have separate oil and storage and offloading capability with a production capacity of 95,000 bopd. The field development calls for 14 oil producers and pressure support will be provided via injection wells for water and gas. Skugard is estimated to hold around 250 MMbbl of recoverable oil equivalents, with a considerable upside potential. Statoil plans to drill an exploration well on Havis, a prospect located roughly five kilometers from the Skrugard discovery, but within the same license. After drilling the Havis well, the rig will drill an appraisal well on Skrugard. Skrugard is located in Production License 532, which Statoil operates, holding a 50 percent interest. Partners in the license include Eni Norge (30 percent) and Petoro (20 percent). Project Details: Skrugard Australia BHP Billiton Confirms Rig Slot for Tallaganda-1 Well Dec 28, 2011 – The WA-351-P joint venture has approved the budget to drill the Tallaganda-1 well in the block. The operator, BHP Billiton, has secured the Atwood Eagle semisub to drill the well and expects to commence well operations at Tallaganda-1 in the first quarter of 2012. The Tallaganda-1 prospect straddles both the WA-351-P and WA-335-P permits and will test the gas potential of sandstones in the prolific Triassic age, Mungaroo formation, in a well defined horst block. Project Details: Tallaganda Africa – West Makouala Marine-1 Fails to Hit Commercial Pay Dec 28, 2011 – Lundin Petroleum says the Makouala Marine-1 well has encountered limited oil-bearing pay in the targeted Sendji formation reservoirs. The operator will now plug and abandon the well. This well was the second of a two-to-three well campaign in the area. Makouala Marine-1 is located in Block Marine XIV, offshore Congo. Soco International operates the block. Project Details: Makouala Marine Asia – SouthEast Otto Executes Final Farm-in Agreements for SC 55 Dec 28, 2011 – Otto Energy has executed the final farm-in agreements supporting BHP Billiton’s earlier decision to enter into Service Contract 55, offshore Palawan, Philippines. Once the execution is finalized, Otto will receive a final payment relating to back costs associated with SC55 of US $7.3 million, of which $5 million has already been received. Otto will submit the required assignment documents to the Philippine Department of Energy for their approval of the transfer of participating interest to BHP Billiton. Upon completion of the farm-in, Otto’s working interest in SC 55 will reduce to 33.18 percent. Cairn to Enter Second Phase of Exploration Dec 27, 2011 – Cairn Lanka Limited has successfully completed the first phase of the exploration campaign in Sri Lanka Block SL-2007-01-001. The exploration program involved the acquisition, processing and interpretation of 433,175 acres (1,753 square kilometers) of 3D seismic data and a three-well deepwater drilling program. The seismic program exceeded the first phase commitment by 20 percent, and the drilling program exceeded the drilling depth commitment by 50 percent. Cairn said this program resulted in two successive gas and condensate discoveries; the CLPL-Dorado-91H/1z well and, the CLPL-Barracuda-1G/1 well. The third well, CLPL-Dorado North 1-82K/1 was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. This drilling program has found an established working petroleum system in the frontier Mannar Basin. Cairn Lanka intends to enter the second phase of exploration.

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Noble Energy Discovers Significant Gas Discovery Offshore Cyprus

Noble Energy, Inc. announced today a natural gas discovery at the Cyprus Block 12 prospect, offshore the Republic of Cyprus. The Cyprus A-1 well encountered approximately 310 feet of net natural gas pay in multiple high-quality Miocene sand intervals.

The discovery well was drilled to a depth of 19,225 feet in water depth of about 5,540 feet. Results from drilling, formation logs and initial evaluation work indicate an estimated gross resource range(1) of 5 to 8 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), with a gross mean of 7 Tcf. The Cyprus Block 12 field covers approximately 40 square miles and will require additional appraisal drilling prior to development.

Charles D. Davidson, Noble Energy’s Chairman and CEO, said, “We are excited to announce the discovery of significant natural gas resources in Cyprus on Block 12. This is the fifth consecutive natural gas field discovery for Noble Energy and our partners in the greater Levant basin, with total gross mean resources for the five discoveries currently estimated to be over 33 Tcf. This latest discovery in Cyprus further highlights the quality and significance of this world-class basin.”

Davidson went on to say, “We would like to thank the Government of Cyprus for their productive cooperation and support in achieving an important outcome for the people of Cyprus and Noble Energy. We look forward to working closely with the Government of Cyprus to develop this discovery in a manner that maximizes value for all stakeholders.”

Noble Energy operates the well with a 70 percent working interest. Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration will each have 15 percent, subject to final approval by the Government of Cyprus.

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Hoegh LNG, DSME to Work on LNG FPSO for Israel’s Tamar Field

Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has entered into an agreement with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (“DSME”) to start a project specific front-end engineering design (FEED) of an LNG FPSO solution for the Tamar gas field offshore Israel.

This agreement follows the recent announcement of the agreement between DSME consortium, DSME and its Norwegian joint venture D&H Solutions AS and Tamar field owners, Noble Energy, Delek and Isramco to exploit part of the Tamar field by use of an LNG FPSO.

The agreement states that Höegh LNG with selected partners shall be the owner and operator of the LNG FPSO and that DSME shall be the EPCIC contractor, subject to further engineering work and a final investment decision.

President and CEO, Sveinung Støhle, says: “We are excited about initiating the engineering work for an LNG FPSO to monetize the gas reserves in the Tamar field in Israel based on Höegh LNG’s already developed design. This is a result of Höegh LNG’s continuous effort over the past five years to promote technical and economical sound floating solutions for LNG production. We are pleased to work with DSME and the Tamar field owners in jointly developing one of the first LNG FPSOs to come to market. DSME has been our partner for several years and we are confident that together with the other Tamar partners we will design, construct and operate an excellent solution for bringing the Tamar gas to the market.”

Tamar gas field is located some 80 km west of Haifa in waters 5,500 feet (1,700 m) deep. The gross resource estimate of Tamar has been increased to 9 Tcf from 8.4 Tcf as a result of appraisal work, Noble Energy said recently in a press release.

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