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UKCS Oil and Gas Outlook Having to write this blog in January, I am both trying to look at the year ahead in terms of what it might bring and also to reflect on what 2019 meant for our industry. Wood McKenzie states that 2020 will be a noteworthy year for the North Sea, in that companies will increase production for the first time since 2017 and the outlook for both exploration and investment is looking healthy. It also noted that the region will remain a global hotspot for deals as the corporate landscape continues to evolve and that the North Sea will see major steps towards decarbonisation. It is always good to see some positivity back. These themes were drawn on by Aly Harding of Westwood Global Energy, who gave an excellent review at PROSPEX looking at exploration trends in both the UK and Norway during 2019. A link to the presentations that are available to view from PROSPEX are available on the PESGB’s PROSPEX page -https://prospex.pesgb.org.uk/ highlights/ Aly spoke about several exploration positives including the fact that exploration activity had increased in 2019 in both the UK and Norway with discovered volumes at their highest for five years at 250 million barrels of oil equivalent for the UK and over 500 million barrels for Norway. She also noted that the average reserves replacement historically has been around 20% but this increased to 35% for the UK in 2019. The negative aspects of 2019 exploration were that the commercial success rates fell to just 8% compared to c. 30% in 2014 for the UK, with a median discovery size of only 18 million barrels of oil equivalent. This is in contrast to the OGA who at the recent OGUK Exploration Conference quoted a commercial success rate
for the UK of 33% for 2019. Aly felt the poor performance reflected both the effects of an increase in high impact (and higher risk) drilling and the dominance of near field (smaller accumulation size) drilling, respectively. The 2035 Roadmap produced by Oil and Gas UK has a production target of over one million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2035. Westwood shows a gap of around 600,000 barrels per day for this target in 2035 without exploration adds (amongst other improvements). This will presumably tie-in to an update and review of the MER UK strategy planned for this year and mentioned by Tim Eggar, chair of the Oil and Gas Authority in a speech given in January, looking at the Energy Transition -https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/ news-publications/news/2020/ogachairman-challenges-the-sector-torespond-to-the-energy-transitionchallenge/ . Tim focussed heavily on our industry moving to becoming part of the climate change solution rather than being viewed as the problem. I have heard several oil industry CEOs and Chairs say the same thing and I do hope we will see more constructive discussion around what we, as an industry, can bring to this debate
in 2020. He believed it was quite feasible for the UKCS to be carbon negative by 2050 and the updated MER strategy would reflect the UK’s zero carbon ambitions. This all ties in nicely with the launch of the PESGB’s newest SIG (Special Interest Group) - GeoScience in Energy Transition, which is covered elsewhere in this publication. We hope the new SIG will encourage learning and debate around this topic. Please do join us if interested in this issue and as always if you feel there are areas of special interest not already covered we are keen to hear from you. Finally, as I write this, I am looking forward to the start of the six nations rugby union tournament in a week’s time. As always full of hope and expectation, which will, no doubt by the time you are reading this, have been replaced by weary resignation. I do hope to catch up with some of you at some of the matches and if rugby is not your thing then I hope your weekends are enjoyably spent perhaps a little dryer and warmer!
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PES LONDON EVENING LECTURE ABSTRACT THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, W1J 0BD 10 MARCH 2020, 6PM
From Seismic to Seep: An Observation Based Approach to Defining the Petroleum Systems of the Offshore Gulf of Papua With Krista Davies*, Discover Geoscience, Australia; Trent Spry, Charge Geoscience, Australia; Simon Crellin, Searcher Seismic, Australia
Figure 1: Deep imaging of Haere 2D Seismic survey illuminates Moho Depth
The offshore Gulf of Papua has a vast areal extent of over 187,000km2. It is significantly under explored with only 27 offshore exploration wells drilled, all of which are restricted to the Fly River Platform and the nearshore Aure Fold Thrust Belt areas. The deepwater offshore Gulf has been largely ignored by industry due to paradigms around the extent of oceanic crust, presence of source and reservoir facies. An extensive regional dataset was acquired by Searcher Seismic in the Gulf between 2006 and 2018. The Searcher Database includes 76,361km of 2D data, 1,795 km2 of 3D data, gulf-wide shipborne gravity and magnetics data, transition zone airborne gravity and magnetics, 75 seabed cores, 37 heat-flow observation points and 10 PESGB March 2020
five dredge samples. All these datasets, plus a full satellite slick database from Airbus, were made available to Discover to carry out a detailed geological and geophysical review and develop a deep understanding of the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Gulf of Papua. Exploratory drilling to date has focussed on the Fly River Platform and the Aure Fold Thrust Belt, with other areas of the gulf, including the Moresby Trough, Eastern Plateau, Offshore Papuan Plateau and the Coral Sea remaining completely unexplored. The traditional play types targeted by oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Papua to date include Miocene platform carbonates and pinnacle reefs, basement related horst blocks and Pliocene basin floor fans.
Discover carried out regional seismic facies mapping as a tool for development of paleogeography maps and numerous additional play types have been identified away from the drilled nearshore and onshore areas. Utilizing the Searcher data, we were able to image down to 35km depth and map a likely Moho depth horizon. The data also illuminates a distinctive Coral Sea oceanic crustal character which was mapped and compared to the areas of attenuated continental crust. It was found that the actual extent of the true oceanic crust is most likely much more restricted than previous publications would suggest, with most of the Gulf and Offshore Papuan Plateau areas being underlain by attenuated continental crust. This has significant implications not
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only for heat flow modelling but also for the interpretation of the stratigraphy preserved between the basement and the Base Tertiary Unconformity. Reprocessing of the PPL379 3D seismic survey has resulted in a new deeper interpretation of the basement depth which leads to interpretation of a thick section of Mesozoic fluvio-deltaic to shallow marine sediments sitting below the Base Tertiary Unconformity, known to contain source rocks in the nearshore and onshore areas. Searcher acquired the Davaria Geochemical survey in 2017. The survey utilised satellite slick interpretation over 180,000 km2 in the gulf and used that data to choose locations for the geochemical sampling. Multibeam Bathymetric Surveys were conducted to identify seafloor anomalies and potential plumes. Drop cores
were collected in areas of interest. This included sampling across the offshore Papuan Plateau. In total, 75 Seabed cores, 38 Heatflow observation sites and 5 Seabed dredge samples were acquired. The results of the heatflow sampling are consistent with the interpretation from seismic data that the bulk of the offshore, including the Offshore Papuan Plateau, is underlain by attenuated continental crust. Geochemical sampling of the drop cores indicates the presence of thermogenic hydrocarbons of similar organic compound signature to the Mesozoic derived oils discovered in the onshore Papuan Fold Belt. An extensive 1D basin modelling study was also conducted. Results indicated that the interpreted Mesozoic source rocks in grabens across the Gulf of Papua began expulsion in
the Early Cretaceous and suffered a hiatus during the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary uplift and erosional events, before becoming buried once again to maximum depth at present day. This modelling suggests that there is currently an active charge system throughout the grabens across the Gulf of Papua and the conclusion is supported by the seabed coring, seep and slick data and heatflow survey results. The Gulf of Papua has been largely ignored by industry to date due to previously entrenched paradigms of thin, cold Tertiary stratigraphy overlying oceanic crust. The results of Searcher’s Geoscience program in the Gulf of Papua all point to a prospective basin with Northwest Shelf of Australia style stratigraphy, present day hydrocarbon charge and multiple play types.
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PES ABERDEEN EVENING LECTURE ABSTRACT JURYS INN ABERDEEN, UNION SQUARE, GUILD STREET, AB11 5RG 17 MARCH 2020, Food & drink served from 6:00pm, lecture starts at 6:30pm
Can the canary tweet again? The Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow - A new research facility for mine water geothermal energy With Vanessa Starcher Carboniferous coal-bearing strata provided a key energy source in Scotland during the 1900s prior to the advent of the oil-shale and oil and gas era. Today, flooded mines in the same rock succession are starting to provide an alternative decarbonised energy source for space heating and cooling known as mine water geothermal or shallow geothermal. This renewable energy source has a large resource potential but there are challenges to its commercially viability for investors including technical risks and markets for long term supply of heat. There are geological uncertainties inhibiting the development of shallow geothermal energy ranging from a lack of understanding about the rock mass thermal and hydrogeological properties through to concerns about the sustainability of the resource. The need for the facility to be located in close proximity to the market often in highly urbanised areas and regulatory requirements further constrain the widespread development of this energy source. In 2016, the Natural Environment Research Council provided UK Government funding to the British Geological Survey to construct the Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field site, part of the UK Geoenergy Observatories. This Figure 1: Location of boreholes within Cuningar Loop observatory consists of 12 boreholes and surface environmental monitoring, installed. The remaining six boreholes planned on a detailed 3D model 1: Location boreholes within Loop derived primarily from old mineworking and is located in the Eastern suburbs Figure target the of abandoned andCuningar flooded of Glasgow within the Cuningar mine workings at a depth of 50-90m plans. During the drilling, a core was Loop where coal mining and heavy below ground level. These mine acquired from the seismic borehole industry was prevalent (Figure 1). water boreholes are instrumented and cuttings were taken every metre Six of the boreholes are used for with electrical resistivity tomography for the remaining eleven boreholes. environmental baseline monitoring sensor cables and fibre optic cables Part of the core has been assigned and characterisation including a to measure temperature along the to geomicrobiology researchers to dedicated 199mOD deep seismic length of the borehole. advance the understanding of the role borehole with five seismometers The boreholes were located and of microbes within the subsurface. 12 PESGB March 2020
Fluid samples were also collected during the drilling to gain information about the geochemistry of the minewaters. Sharing of open data is key to the UK Geoenergy Observatories concept and data packs are being made available on the project website (ukgeos.ac.uk) This talk will provide a brief overview of the principles of shallow geothermal energy (Figure 2) with the main focus on the construction of the site and initial results from some of the collected data. It will address the forward plan for the facility which is hoped to attract researchers from all fields to undertake their own experiments and assist in enabling shallow geothermal to become a plausible alternative energy source for some regions of the UK. Figure 2: Principles of mine-water geothermal energy
Figure 2: Principles of mine-water geothermal energy
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Geological Evolution of the Himalaya 50 million years of earthquakes and mountains building With Professor Mike Searle, University of Oxford
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Welcome to the PESGB Night School programme. We aim to provide our members with access to low cost, high quality training to boost professional development. Courses are exclusive to PESGB members only. These classes have been specifically designed for those who are keen to participate in our training courses but are unable to take time off work. We understand the pressures our members face and we want to facilitate their training needs by holding classes outside of office hours. Course themes will range from technical skills to petroleum economics but all will focus on ‘skills within a work environment’. The classes will be facilitated by highly experienced tutors who will be there to help you build your skills and knowledge for a solid future in the energy industry. Venue Dates Duration
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Machine Learning has seen explosive growth in recent years and its methods of learning from data are already widely applied across many areas such as life sciences, finance and social media. Driven by rapid developments in learning algorithms, advances in computing infrastructure and increasing amounts of data from which to learn, machine learning is also starting to play an increasingly significant part in hydrocarbon exploration and production. Machine learning offers the promise of increased efficiency in areas like seismic interpretation and petrophysical analysis, and in understanding the avalanche of data produced by various digital sensors. It also holds the potential to analyse and extract value from the vast amounts of legacy data that through lack of resources are currently left unused. This conference is a platform for operators, service companies, software & hardware providers, and academia, to share real-world examples and lessons learned in delivering machine learning in the oil and gas sector. We will focus on the challenges of applying the technology and illustrate solutions that can deliver increased project efficiencies and valuable insight into oilfield data. Specialists from leading companies will come together to exchange insights on the latest developments and new technologies in machine learning. Case studies and interactive panel discussions will enable delegates to benchmark against industry best practices.
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Spireslack Mine Field Trip The Carboniferous of the Midland Valley Led by Graham Leslie & Mike Browne, British Geological Survey 24-26 April 2020
The Spireslack abandoned opencast mine offers a spectacular opportunity to examine many aspects of Carboniferous geology of the Midland Valley in Scotland. During this 1.5 day field trip, which will be led by Graham Leslie and Mike Browne from the British Geological Survey, we will be looking at the sedimentology, structural geology, palaeontology and economic geology of Carboniferous coal bearing strata that have been of great importance in the past. Given the recent activity around the southern margin of the Mid North Sea High, where ageequivalent rocks are found prospective, this field trip offers a good opportunity to study analogues in the field. Agenda Friday 24th April – Arrival in village of Cumnock – late afternoon or early evening. Saturday 25th April – One day visit to Spireslack abandoned opencast mine. During the evening a short lecture will be given by the field trip leaders to put the observations of the day into a more regional and scientific context.
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Geophysics Seminar 2020 Geophysics Seminar Geophysical acquisition techniques and their Geophysical acquisition techniques and their impact on hydrocarbon exploration, field impact on hydrocarbon exploration, field development and reservoir production success development and reservoir production success
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The full technical programme will be available at the technologies and methodologies impacting on hydrocarbon end of March 2020 and includes abstract submissions reservoir risk, uncertainty and producibility. Topics may include from universities, oil companies and service companies. non-seismic and seismic acquisition including streamers, nodes, The programme will offer a wide variety of topics sources and the impact these improved methods have on demonstrating the subsurface imaging. explosion in innovation in geophysics. Topics For initialinclude: indication of interest please send the proposed title •and Antarctic 3Djim.henderson@trace-editors.co.uk geophysics acquisition, Antarctica authors to by 31 January •2020. Gravity gradiometry and its rolesubmission in assisting hydrocarbon The deadline for final abstract is 31 March exploration 2020. Instructions regarding formatting of abstracts will be listed •on3D Oceanwww.pesgb.org.uk/membership/specialbottom seismic acquisition geometry theand SIG 4D webpage •interest-groups/geophysics/ Marine seismic vibrator • Leveraging recent innovations in seismic processing to optimise the design of would marinebeseismic surveys Offers to sponsor the event most gratefully received. •Sponsorship Imaging volcanics and intra-volcanic reservoir will help reduce individual registration fee intervals: comparison of OBN andindustry Single/Dual Azimuth Broadband thereby encouraging a wider attendance. Sponsors streamer will be widelydata acknowledged, including in future advertising, •presentations Designing and assessing the value ofcontact source-overand abstract volume. Please leanne@ pesgb.org.uk for further information. streamer acquisition • Sub-sill illumination in shallow water: A rich azimuth solution • Case studies from West of Shetlands to offshore Angola Sponsorship opportunities are available and gratefully received. Please contact leanne@pesgb.org.uk for further information.
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Geopressure 2020
Managing Uncertainty in Geopressure by Integrating Geoscience and Engineering
23-26 March 2020 The Palatine Centre, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham, UK Organising Committee: Stuart Jones Durham University Nick Pierpoint NWP Geoconsulting Richard Swarbrick Swarbrick GeoPressure Consultancy Limited and Durham University
Scientific Programme Coordinators: Tom Sinclair Shell Beth Stump Chevron Stephen O’Connor Global Geopressure Advice Binh Nguyen JX Nippon Rick. Lahann Indiana University
The organisers invite contributions within any aspect of geopressure but are particularly interested in the various phases of pore fluid pressure prediction, modelling and overpressure evaluation to manage uncertainty during the life cycle of a well. Suggested themes and sessions include: • Pore Pressure and stress, especially complex stress regimes
• Classic case studies, including Macondo and LUSI mud volcano
• Impact of machine learning on PPFG
• Pore pressure as an exploration and prospectivity tool.
• Well engineering and PPFG • Injecting fluids underground (including CO2)
• Geopressure in mature basins – lessons learnt
• Coupling of Pore Pressure and FG including depletion and closing the drilling window
• Unconventional stress regimes
• Pore pressure in active tectonic basins
• Seal capacity and relationship with PPFG
Toby Harold Repsol
• PPFG issues in mature basins (including abandonment/decommissioning)
Event Sponsors:
Additional Activities 23 March 2020: Best Practice for PP and FG - Mastery Class - Led by Richard Swarbick 24 March 2020: Field Trip - Led by Richard Swarbrick and Jack Lee to North Yorkshire Coast, GeoPressure in shales - field data and discussion 24 March 2020: Icebreaker Reception 25 March 2020: Conference Dinner
Further Information and abstract submissions:
For more information please contact sarah.woodcock@geolsoc.org.uk or visit the event website: www.geolsoc.org.uk/PG-Geopressure-2020
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5-6 MAY 2020, P&J LIVE, AB
DEVEX is now in its 17th year and is the only technical conference of its size which is focused on the full cycle of reservoir discovery, evaluation, development and recovery in the UK and provides excellent opportunities for engineers and geoscientists to come together and share knowledge.
WHY ATTEND? • Opportunity to learn from the experts and share knowledge • Strong technical programme with parallel sessions • Expert-led Masterclasses • Excellent networking opportunity with over 700 delegates • High volume of Operators present • Core displays • Young Professionals Event • Field Trip
DEVEX FIELD TRIP - 4TH MAY The trip will visit Gamrie Bay and New Aberdour Bay and will be led by Jim Ritchie of Forvie Geoscience Ltd. Limited places are available - don’t miss out! SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION If you’d like to raise your profile, take advantage of the sponsorship opportunities available. Exhibition space is also available at just £1100 which includes a free delegate pass.
For more information on the conference, sponsorship or exhibition opportunities, visit www.devex-conference.org or call 01224 646311. DEVEX 2020 ORGANISERS
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2020 HGS-PESGB Africa Conference September 15-16, 2020
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Norris Conference Centers | Houston, TX
pesgb.org.uk
Call for Abstracts Deadline: April 1, 2020 HGS-PESGB Africa Conference 2020
Africa – New Ideas, Plays and Innovation Exploration in Africa has undergone several exploration cycles throughout its history. In many places where giant discoveries have been made, production is in decline and investment has not sustained the growth of the industry. The theme for the 2020 Conference is focused on what can be and what has been done differently. What ideas should be tested? What has industry learned that should guide us toward new ways of thinking about exploration and development in Africa? What are the potential new areas with hydrocarbon potential? What technology(s) can help unlock additional reserves in existing basins and help find new reserves in unexplored areas? How government can attract and promote investment in new and existing areas. Technical Session Themes 1) Africa – New ideas in an old area a. Known plays to be tested in new areas b. Mapping known plays across multiple basins 2) Applications of New Technology a. Adding reserves in existing basins b. Reducing cycle time and costs in exploration c. Integration of multiple technologies to unlock future potential 3) Africa - New areas and ideas a. Frontier exploration plays b. New exploration plays in under explored areas 4) Africa – A new approach to increase investment a. Government participation and cooperation b. Corporate responsibility and ways to engage communities c. Sustainable solutions to Africa’s energy needs.
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2 4 - 2 5 J U N E 2 0 2 0 | C O N F E R E N C E C E N T R E , O LY M P I A L O N D O N
S TAND AR D R EGISTRATION DEAD L IN E: 2 3 JUNE 2020 PESGB/SEAPEX Member | £495+VAT Non-Member | £550+VAT asiapacific.pesgb.org.uk/
AN ARCHIPELAGO OF OPPORTUNITY
A S I A PA C I F I C
Confirmed contributing E&P companies include: BP, Conrad, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Mubadala, Oil Search, PetroChina, Repsol, Sapura-OMV and TIMOR GAP. Planned sessions to include Australia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia and Asian Frontiers.
#AsPac2020 @PESGB GE T IN TOU CH For more information about the conference, exhibition and sponsorship opportunities please contact:
This geoscience technical conference will highlight the successes and learnings, from the regional to reservoir scale, with numerous opportunities for discussion and networking. By its very nature, the event attracts an international audience, including many of the key players in the Asia Pacific Region.
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2018 INCLUDED
45 exhibitors 10 farmout booths
355 attendees
45%
of delegates from overseas
54 talks
FLOORPLAN AND EXHIBITION
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Task Fronterra (Asia) Pty. Ltd.
Exhibition Floorplan 24 – 25 June 2020
25
Searcher Seismic
14
Canesis Data Ltd.
15
PGS
Geoscience Australia
Catering Point
8
Enverus
10
Catering Point
RPS
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Moyes & Co.
17
Bell GeoSpace
26
Sharp Reflections Ltd.
27
Verif-i Ltd.
28
Katalyst Data Management
Catering Point
MCR & Molyneux Advisors
32
Posters
24 37
Euro2020 Networking Hub
31
Main Auditorium
36
Posters
35
Shearwater
34
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Catering Point
RISC Advisory
TGS
Lift Access
Lift Access
Reception
Cloakroom
EXHIBITOR BENEFITS Listing on the event exhibitor list and floorplan, both online and in upcoming PESGB magazines
Complimentary pass/es to the show with your stand booking
Access to the full Asia Pacific 2020 delegate list
Priority access to book meeting rooms on-site at the event
Company details in the on-site exhibitor guide
Lunch and refreshments provided throughout the day
We are delighted to be working with ConferenceExpo to deliver high-impact hassle-free exhibition stands at Asia Pacific 2020 Optional stand upgrades are available to book with ConferenceExpo
B R O N Z E | £ 1 , 3 0 0 + VAT
G O L D | £ 2 , 0 0 0 + VAT
• 1 x 1.5M wide backdrop • 1 x Standing counter with lockable storage & printed graphic infill • 1 x LED light • 1 x electrical power board • 1 x complimentary registration
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P L AT I N U M | £ 2 , 3 0 0 + VAT
G R A P H E N E | £ 3 , 5 0 0 + VAT
• 1 x 3.9M wide backdrop • 1 x Standing counter with lockable storage & printed graphic infill • 3 x LED light • 1 x electrical power board • 2 x complimentary registrations
• 1 x 4.5M wide backdrop plus front section • 1 x Large counter with lockable storage & printed graphic infill • 1 x 42’ screen with wireless keyboard, integrated shelf & mouse • 1 x 32” Screen • 2x Acrylic brochure holders • 2x LED lights • 1 x Round Bar Table & 2x Stools • 2 x complimentary registrations
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WHY SPONSOR? • Connect with 350+ industry professionals working wihin the Asia Pacific regions • Raise your company profile to a new audience • Advertise your company to the PESGB and SEAPEX wider network, with a combined reach of more than 6,000 professionals within the petroleum industry
I N D U S T R Y PA R T N E R | £ 7 , 0 0 0 - S O L D As a partner of the event, you recognise the value of what PESGB and SEAPEX are doing in bringing the two communities together, sharing knowledge and creating something new for industry. Your logo will prominently sit next to PESGB and SEAPEX and you will be advertised as a show partner. TECHNICAL SPONSOR This company wants to be associated with technical excellence and innovation TECHNICAL PROGRAMME & AV | £5,000 - SOLD A highly visible sponsorship package, your company logo will appear on the hard copy and digital timetable and on the holding slides and in the auditorium. D E L E G AT E S P O N S O R
• Enhance your corporate image
For those interested in raising their profile among the delegates. Get your name to the forefront of the minds of the delegates.
Would you like to support Asia Pacific 2020 in an alternative way? Flexible and bespoke sponsorship packages are available. Contact: leanne@pesgb.org.uk to discuss your ideas.
All prices are subject to VAT at 20%
R E G I S T R AT I O N | £ 2 , 8 0 0 Always a popular item for sponsorship. This is something that is one of the first things people see so widespread exposure is guaranteed. Your logo will also be featured on the ‘thank you’ slides on holding slides between presentations. B A D G E L A N YA R D S | £ 4 , 0 0 0 - S O L D The lanyards will be one of the first items picked up for sponsorship, a great way to turn delegates into walking advertising for your company. In addition to the lanyards, sponsorship of this product also guarantees that your logo will be on the Thank you Sponsors holding slides during the conference. D E L E G AT E L I S T | £ 1 , 5 0 0 The delegate list will be a full colour PDF which will be downloadable from our website. Sponsors details will be printed on a special card with a QR code to the delegate list on the website. Your logo will feature on both the downloaded list and the QR code card in the delegate pack.
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NETWORKING SPONSOR
BUSINESS SPONSOR
You recognise the value of networking in the oil and gas industries and its capacity to facilitate deals
You recognise the value of doing business at exhibitions to promote exploration and make deals happen
ICEBREAKER RECEPTION | £ 7 5 0 ( P E R S P O N S O R - 4 AVA I L A B L E ) 3 SOLD The ice breaker is the first opportunity for delegates to get together for the Asia Pacific E & P Conference. An exciting event with a short welcome speech by the organisers. Held in a hotel local to the venue where many delegates and exhibitors are staying. Your branding will be on the welcome signage and on the tables and drinks areas.
S I G N A G E | £ 2 , 5 0 0 - SOLD Your company logo will appear on hard copy signs throughout the show. The directional signs from the ground floor and around the conference. Signage will be high quality and the logo will feature prominently.
REFRESHMENT BREAKS | £ 2 , 0 0 0 P E R D AY ( 2 AVA I L A B L E ) An excellent opportunity to sponsor some of the delegates favourite things, food, drink and networking! Your branding will appear at serving stations communicating your company support for the conference. In addition your logo will feature on our thank the sponsor slides shown in the conference breaks. PUB CRAWL |
S H O W C ATA L O G U E | £ 3 , 0 0 0 Everyone in the event will be using the catalogue to identify where they are, which stand to visit and what they’ll want to do on the day. Your sponsorship gives you a full page advert in the catalogue and your logo featured prominently. A sure way of getting your branding across to your audience. WiFi | £5,000 Wi-Fi sponsorship is a wonderful way to engage with the delegates and exhibitors as everyone will sign up through a portal branded with your logo and company details. Further hard signage will be around the venue with the Wi-Fi code on that will have your logo exclusively. Always a popular choice amongst our sponsorship opportunities.
£ 2 , 5 0 0 P E R P U B ( 2 AVA I L A B L E ) 1 SOLD Thursday’s pub crawl drinks are a great opportunity to wind down after the conference with new and established contacts. Your logo will be used by the delegates to acquire a free drink in the pubs surrounding Olympia at various times during the evening. All the pubs will be directly outside Olympia and will display your logo on their bar. The map card will be part of the delegate pack that will be given out at the beginning of the conference.
EURO2020 NETWORKING HUB & DRINKS RECEPTION | £5,000 Join in the football fever and connect with delegates at our dedicated Euro2020 hub! The ‘go-to’ space will be branded with your company logo and you’ll have the option to display roller banners and additional literature. As part of your sponsorship, you’ll also exclusively sponsor Wednesday’s drinks reception and nibbles. You’ll benefit from table top branding on all catering points and your logo will also featured on the ‘thank you’ slides between presentations. The Euro2020 highlights will be shown throughout the event, guaranteeing fantastic footfall in this area!
GENERAL SPONSOR
Options ranging from £1,000-£5,000 Those opting for General Sponsorship will be featured around the venue on banners and on the conference website in the run up to the conference. They will feature on a special conference sponsor card in the delegate pack and on a special holding slide which will be used as the introduction to all technical talks.
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Technical Programme sponsored by:
Technical Programme WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE 2020
THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2020
SESSION 1 | SETTING THE SCENE
SESSION 5 | BAY OF BENGAL
08:30
Introduction and Welcome Ian Cross, Moyes & Co and Andy Butler, SundaGas
08:30
08:40
Competing for Investment: Asia-Pacific Fiscal Systems and Gas Policies Graham Kellas, Wood Mackenzie
Complex Structural Evolution at the Heel of SE Asia: the Interplay between Plate Tectonics, Structure, Paleogeography and Basin Evolution between Sumatra and Myanmar Jon Teasdale, Geognostics / Mubadala Petroleum / Palynova
08:55
09:05
The Impact of Farmouts and M&A Deals on Exploration Activities and Success in SE Asia Graeme Bagley, Westwood Global Energy
East Coast India Exploration - Title TBC BP
09:20
A Fresh Look at Sri Lanka Offshore Basins - Breakup of Gondwana Ching Tu, Schlumberger
09:30
Emerging Shifts in APAC’s Upstream Investment Environment Rachel Calvert, IHS Markit
09:45
09:55
The Importance of Regional Work: Results of a SE-Asia Super-Regional Study – From Plate to Prospect Andreas Kayser, Equinor
Following in the Footsteps of a Southern Success: Replicating A-6 Outcomes in the Northern Myanmar Blocks Megan Smith, Woodside Energy
10:10 | REFRESHMENT BREAK SESSION 6 | TIMOR-LESTE / AUSTRALIA
10:20 | REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:50
11:15
SESSION 2 | ISLAND OF PAPUA
10:40
Developing an Exploration Strategy to Capture the Potential of the Eastern Papuan Basin, PNG Des Leech, ExxonMobil
Licence Round Announcement - Timor-Leste Mateus Da Costa, ANPM
10:50
Moving Into the Light. New Perspectives for Offshore Timor-Leste Hydrocarbon Prospectivity Paul Robinson, ANPM / Discover Geoscience
11:15
Mid-Crustal Detachment Beneath Southern Timor-Leste: Seismic Evidence for Australian Basement in the Timor Collision Complex (and Implications for Prospectivity) Tim Charlton, TIMOR GAP
11:40
The Permian-Triassic Boundary on Australia’s North West Shelf: Investigating the Possible Extent of New Hydrocarbon Plays Steve Abbott, Geoscience Australia
12:05
Prospectivity of the Vulcan Sub-Basin. The Power of New Seismic Imaging to Unlock a Basin’s Secrets Simon Molyneux, Molyneux Advisors
The Oil Search Operated Main Block Toro Field, PNG Simon Haworth, Oil Search
11:40
Untapped Potential of PNG Foreland and Eastern Foldbelt Richard Schroeder, Kina Petroleum
12:05
New Observations on Structural Style and Structural Evolution in Bintuni Basin, Indonesia Dee Hay, BP
12:30 | LUNCH
12:30 | LUNCH
SESSION 3 | WESTERN INDONESIA 13:30
Prize Talk - Kuala Langsa-1, North Sumatra Geoff Bennett, Guest Speaker
13:45
VIM Depositional Cycles, Regional Unconformities and the ‘Pulsebeat’ of Sedimentation Across the Sunda Region Bob Morley, Palynova
14:10
Shallow Gas Play Takes Off in West Natuna Sea, Indonesia Amir Mahmud, Conrad Petroleum
14:35
Integrated GGRP Study in Revealing Jabung Block, South Sumatra Basin – Indonesia Hidden Hydrocarbon Opportunity I Gusti Agung Aditya Surya Wibawa, PetroChina
From Biostrat to Bright Spots, Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Offshore Aceh’s Cenozoic Andaman Sub-Basin, Northern Sumatra, 15:00 Indonesia Damion Rudd, Mubadala Petroleum
SESSION 7 | AUSTRALIA CONTINUED 13:30
Update on Australia’s Oil and Gas Opportunities Tom Bernecke, Geoscience Australia
13:40
Australia’s Exploration Renaissance: An Overview of Recent Discoveries Ian Cockerill, RISC Advisory
14:05
The Perth Basin, Implications for Australia’s Next Major Gas Province Stuart Nicholls, Strike Oil
14:30
The Roebuck Basin – Over 40 Years of Patience William Plampton, IHS Markit
14:55 | REFRESHMENT BREAK
15:25 | REFRESHMENT BREAK SESSION 4 | MALAYSIA 16:00
Seismic Signatures of Pinnacles: A Catalogue from Central Luconia Jan Rindschwentner, Sapura-OMV
16:25
Cycle I Paleogeography and Paleogene Sands in Offshore Deep Water Sarawak Yasir Said, Royal Holloway, University of London
16:50
Exploration in Malaysia - Overlooked Plays and High Impact Drilling Opportunities in Luconia Pierre Eliet, Coro Energy and Petronas
17:15
Modern Seismic Re-Ignites the Exploration Potential of NW Borneo Tad Choi, PGS
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SESSION 8 | NEW FRONTIERS 15:30
Insights into the Petroleum Prospectivity of the Huon Gulf, A Newly Defined Sub-Basin in the Cape Vogel Basin, PNG Simon Crellin, Searcher Seismic
15:55
Tectonic and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Mongolian Valley of Lakes Basin Complex and New Evidence of Substantial Hydrocarbon Potential Jerry Smart, PetroMatad
16:20
A Brief History of Hydrocarbon Exploration and Potential in the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea Mike Pereira-Rego, Rego Exploration Ltd
16:55
Neogene Volcanic Fields in Japan Andy Racey, Andy Racey Geoscience Ltd.
EVENING PUB CRAWL Please note this programme is subject to change.
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24-26 NOVEMBER 2020 BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE LONDON
petex.pesgb.org.uk
PETEX 2018 S TAT S
116 exhibitors PETEX 2020 SHAPING THE FUTURE
#PETEX2020 @PESGB events@pesgb.org.uk +44 (0) 20 7408 2000 Are you looking to raise your brand profile in the E&P industry? Why not sponsor PETEX 2020! Email leanne@pesgb.org.uk to find out about our range of exclusive opportunities.
PETEX 2020, the largest subsurfacefocused E&P conference and exhibition is back! This biennial event returns, this time at the iconic Business Design Centre where the conference and exhibition floor space has been increased to enhance all aspects of the event. Complementing the technical programme, the exhibition will feature industry operators, service companies, national oil companies, financial companies and professional organisations. PETEX 2020 will offer a dynamic technical programme focussing on the latest global activity in exploration, field development, reservoir management and unconventional exploitation. Along with an abundance of prime opportunities for learning and networking, this is a must attend event.
1,283 sq ft of exhibition
2800+
attendees 31 Countries represented
20%
of delegates from overseas 27% Senior Management & Directors
E A R LY B I R D R E G I S T R AT I O N N O W O P E N !
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PETEX 2020 | EXHIBITION Speaker Room
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PINK ZONE Shell Scheme 6 - 10 sqm £370 per sqm | 1 comp ticket & 1 half-price
24 sqm and above £305 per sqm | 3 comp tickets
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Graphic Stand 2.4sqm stand £1200 | 1 comp ticket & 1 half-price
Shell Scheme 6sqm stand £325 per sqm| 1 comp ticket & 1 half-price
Space Only 11 - 14 sqm £330 per sqm | 2 comp tickets 15 - 23 sqm £305 per sqm | 2 comp tickets & 1 half-price 24 sqm and above £290 per sqm | 3 comp tickets
Find out more and book your space at:
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C A L L F O R PA P E R S
PETEX 2020
SHAPING THE FUTURE PETEX, the largest subsurface-focused E&P conference and exhibition returns in November 2020 and we are set to build on the success of the last event. The PETEX 2018 programme hosted over 200 extremely high-quality presentations and we hope to replicate that this year. The technical programme will be primed to discuss the latest global activity in exploration, field development, reservoir management and unconventional exploitation. The PETEX 2020 Technical Committee invites you to submit an abstract for the oral and/or poster programme. Your research could be featured in the main technical programme and you could present your work to a global audience. You may also have the opportunity to win one of the coveted PETEX awards. Submit your online abstract: petex.pesgb.org.uk The technical content of PETEX 2018 was truly excellent and your contribution is essential to making this year’s event a success. For more information please contact: events@pesgb.org.uk
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PETEX Technical Committee are seeking abstract submissions on these topics
Integration
New Energy Mix
Breakthroughs
Decarbonisation
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Cross Domain
C O L L A B O R AT I O N SHOWCASE
CCS ENERGY TRANSITION
Case Studies Maximising Recovery
Machine Learning
R&D and Innovation D I G I TA L I S AT I O N
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Future Innovation
G THE FU
Artificial Intelligance
New Frontiers
Strategy & Risk Funding Models
RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT
PETROLEUM ECONOMICS
Licence Rounds & Regulation
Opportunities & Roadblocks
D E A D L I N E : 2 5 M A Y 2 0 2 0
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LAUNCH CONFERENCE – MEMOIR 52
UK Oil and Gas Fields
Convenors:
Graham Goffey Soliton Resources Limited
50th Anniversary Commemorative Memoir 1 June 2020 The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London and Shell UK, Aberdeen (simultaneous live-streaming between venues)
Jon Gluyas Durham Energy Inst., Durham University
Venue provided by Shell
Event Sponsors:
Geological Society Memoir 52 records the extraordinary 50+ year journey that has led to the development of some 458 oil and gas fields on the UKCS. It follows the 1991 and 2003 Memoirs and is the largest of the series, containing papers on around 150 fields both on and offshore. Memoir 52 is a major, landmark volume that will be an enduring data source for those exploring for, developing, producing hydrocarbons and sequestering CO2 on the UKCS in the coming decades. This conference marks the planned publication of Memoir 52 in Q2 2020. Sixteen invited speakers will discuss fields which are contained in the Memoir. These talks will cover all of the major UK basins and will highlight themes which run through the Memoir. These themes include the utility of seismic data across the value chain, evolution in drilling and completion technologies, recent and near term field developments, and new exploration targets in less common reservoirs and subtle traps. As such it will be of benefit to all geoscientists working the UKCS.
For further information please contact: Sarah Woodcock, The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG. Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 9944 or email: sarah.woodcock@geolsoc.org.uk Web: https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/06-memoir-52-launch-conference-2020
At the forefront of petroleum geoscience www.geolsoc.org.uk/petroleum PESGB March 2020 35
#PGMemoir52Conf20
PES New Members Listings correct as at 14 February 2020
PESGB welcomes the following new and reinstated Members: Ian Angus IMC Geophysical Services Limited
Mohamed Ibrahim
Louise Vad-Pickering Equinor (U.K.) Limited
Grant Byerley Apache North Sea Ltd
Oleg Penkov Sevmorneftegeofizika
Alan Walker Enverus
Zongpeng Chen Perenco
Nick Pillar Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited
Alastair Welbon Neptune Energy Norge
Isil Dirik Glencore (UK) Ltd
Mikhail Savchenko Sevmorneftegeofizika
Jessica Wevill Geoteric
Rachel Evans Shell UK Limited
Ben Scott Monarch Geophysical Services Ltd
Ross Wood TOTAL E&P UK Ltd
Lewis Evans CNOOC International Limited
Duncan Taylor Chrysaor Production (UK) Ltd
Priya Gajperia RockhopperExploration plc
Tochi Ugo-Bekeu Oando Energy Resources Inc
Members on the Move Please can all Members on the Move information be sent directly to PESGB Membership Team at pesgb@pesgb.org.uk
Tony Hewett Retired
Vincent Sheppard Petroface (Chief Geophysicist) to Semi Retired
Our membership platform has received a facelift and has been moved to a new portal. Please contact Laiqah and Sam from the PESGB Membership Team at pesgb@pesgb.org.uk if you are yet to receive an invite to this portal.
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We’ve moved to a new Membership Portal – Update You may have noticed, that your membership profile looks a little different and you’re probably wondering why. The previous system has now become defunct. Members reported that they were experiencing technical issues whilst trying to use the previous platform. Our members are of paramount importance, after all PESGB is a membership organisation and we value your ongoing support. After much consideration and discussion, PESGB decided to overhaul the previous database and move to a new portal. The new platform will provide more opportunities for members to engage with each other and with the PESGB team. You’ll find the new system to be incredibly effective and very user friendly!
Unable to use the new system? We’re aware change can be scary and it can take some time in getting used to the new platform. To ease your fears, we have created Video Tutorials which are now live on our website. Please visit www.pesgb.org.uk and scroll down and click on ‘PESGB New Membership Platform.’
Still unable to use the new system? If you are still unable to use the new system or have any questions or concerns, then please don’t hesitate to contact the Membership Team either on 020 7408 2000 or via email on pesgb@pesgb.org.uk and we’ll be there to help you!
PESGB Honorary Life Membership Award
Gavin Ward The 2019 PESGB Council has awarded Honorary Life Membership to Gavin Ward for services given to the Society. Gavin has sat on Council from 2011 through to end 2019. During this time Gavin has provided an outstanding level of commitment to ensure that the financial affairs of the Society are managed prudently and efficiently and can adapt to the challenges of an industry in transition. Although Gavin is a geologist by academic training, he is also a qualified Chartered Accountant – skill sets that have proved incredibly valuable to the Society. Despite Gavin being no longer on Council, he has kindly offered to provide ongoing strategic and financial support to the Society by continuing as member of the PESGB Conferences Committee. Thank you again Gavin. Martin Durham, President, Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (2019)
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PES SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Geoscience in the Energy Transition Neil Frewin – Past President PESGB (2017-2019) As a community, we should take great pride in our role in developing the energy resources that have positively shaped and transformed the quality of life for billions of people over the past century. In doing so, we have made incredible technological advances as we have accessed ever-more difficult resources, taming the oceans and operating within the hostile subsurface. As geoscientists, we have become the prime creators and custodians of knowledge regarding the Earth’s subsurface and its transformations. However, new challenges have been emerging that geoscientists are typically not versed in addressing. The world’s energy demand is unlikely to reduce. In fact, some projections suggest a 70% increase in energy demand by 2050. While this may not necessarily translate to a commensurate increase in the demand for primary energy sources, as further advances in electrification, diversification and efficiency are made, this projection still suggests that oil and gas will remain a significant proportion of the energy mix to come. But for how long? The last energy transition from biomass to fossil fuels took over a century. It is highly likely that the pace of the next energy transition will be much faster. Whilst the debate around anthropogenic climate change rages on, societal pressure will play an increasing role in determining government policy and the push towards low carbon economies. With continued growth comes the obligation to manage the Earth’s resources in a more proactive and sustainable way, at a global level. This Special Interest Group for the PESGB aims to address these important topics for our industry and its near future: ·
What is the role of the geoscientist during an energy transition?
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How do we actively participate in the stewardship of Earth’s resources?
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PROSPEX 2020
Helping businesses do business! Since 2003 the annual PROSPEX conference has been a key event in the industry calendar, providing a setting for prospectors to meet interested parties in an informal setting. The event has always been focused on providing opportunities to not only make business deals, but also to network, build professional relationships and look closely at prospector booths and opportunities. PROSPEX has always been popular! In 2019 there were over 800 attendees, a figure which has remained remarkably steady, even through the downturn. However, over the years, PESGB has observed that fewer prospects are being actively showcased. On the exhibition floor, the number of prospectors has approximately halved over the years since 2015. To that extent, looking ahead to PROSPEX 2020 we’re considering how to evolve the conference to ensure it remains relevant within a changing industry landscape. The goal will be to strike a balance between retaining the best of what PROSPEX has provided and achieved in the past, while at the same time evolving the event to deliver more value, with a continued focus of bringing people together to do business. The future of the North Sea and adjacent areas will be impacted by a move towards lower carbon hydrocarbons and the need for a gas strategy as part of the energy transition. What skills and supply chain capability are going to be needed to support the move towards carbon storage, when considering the role of the geoscientists that make up so much of the PESGB membership? The pace of change required within the industry to fulfil government and company commitments being made around future carbon neutrality is going to require adjustments in corporate strategy. This is true for regulators, operators and service companies alike. Could, for example, changes in regulatory framework make currently marginal prospects more attractive, or conversely does it lessen the commerciality of projects currently being worked on? PROSPEX 2020 will aim to provide insight into the long-term strategic direction of the key regulators & portfolio holders and share strategies on how companies are addressing such challenges. But don’t worry! We know from the feedback that PROSPEX for many is the defacto industry end of year gathering and so networking will remain very much part of the event! If you have feedback and ideas, or are interested to help shape PROSPEX 2020, please contact Julie Branston, who as President Elect on the PESGB Council is the Chair of this event.
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PES GB Young Professionals
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Derby University Interview Day 2020 Review by Carla Riccio (Tullow Oil)
The PESGB YPs would like to thank CNOOC and Ireland’s Petroleum Affairs Division (PAD) for their generous sponsorship of our special interest group.
We would also like to thank IHS Markit (London) and Spirit Energy (Aberdeen) for providing high quality facilities where we are able to host our evening seminars.
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The PESGB YP annual visit to the University of Derby took place in January, organised by course director Dorothy Satterfield. This marked the 9th consecutive year that the PESGB YPs have assisted Derby University students with the opportunity to conduct mock interviews and provide feedback for their personal career development. Due to the number of students this year Martin Whiteley also helped to conduct the mock interviews with the students, while members of the university staff, Dorothy and Ian, acted as HR representation. It was a rewarding experience giving the students on the MSc in Applied Petroleum Geosciences Program an opportunity to practice their interview skills, as well as receive feedback on their cover letters and CVs. There was a chance to provide feedback on the interviews, as well as a Q&A session for the students to ask myself or Martin questions about working in the oil industry and how it is changing, especially with regards to the energy transition, sustainability and digitalisation. The students this year were exceptional in their conduct and preparation into this beneficial day for everyone. I hope this relationship between the University of Derby and the PESGB YP continues, as it is an extremely worthwhile and useful experience to both the PESGB YP professional and the students.
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Badley Geoscience sponsor the YPs for 2020 The PESGB Young Professionals would like to thank Badley Geoscience Ltd for their sponsorship for 2020. Their support will help us to keep providing high quality educational and networking events as well as enabling our mentorship scheme for early career professionals in the oil and gas industry.
The YPs are continually looking for sponsorship to provide networking opportunities, training, technical seminar and industry events. Please contact Ben Dewhirst at pesgbyp@gmail.com for further information about our sponsorship packages.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Everyone is welcome – these events are run by YPs but are for all PESGB members
ABERDEEN
YP Technical Seminar: North Sea 2020 – Rig Outlook: What does it mean for E&P drilling? Wednesday 25th March 2020 6.00-7.30pm Spirit Energy offices, Aberdeen
Mentoring Would you like an experienced mentor to help you with working your way through the oil industry? Advice on how to speak to your line manager? Technical help? Or to find out what it is like to work abroad? Alternatively, would you like to give back to the younger community or have you worked for 10+ years and feel you have something to offer to those new in the industry? Apply for our mentoring scheme! Check out our Mentorship Handbook! Following the rapid expansion of our Mentorship Programme, with the introduction of a YP to YP Mentorship Scheme and our establishment of an Ireland YP Chapter, we felt it important to clearly define the roles of mentors and mentees, the benefits and limits of mentorship as well as providing hints and tips for a happy and productive mentor-mentee relationship. Download at: www.pesgb.org.uk/ membership/ mentoring-scheme/
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Thank you to our Sustaining Sponsors
Brand new opportunities! Thanks to the generous contributions from our Sustaining Sponsors, we continue to educate PESGB members and the wider community on scientific and technical aspects of petroleum exploration. The ongoing support of our Sustaining Sponsors enables PESGB to provide greater insights into the industry and encourage advancements in geoscience through knowledge sharing, networking and training. We are actively seeking new Sustaining Sponsors to help us grow our community, achieve our goals and support the new generation of geoscientists. Contact leanne@pesgb.org.uk to find out more about the benefits of becoming a PESGB Sustaining Sponsor.
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NCS EXPLORATION
RECENT DISCOVERIES 2020 M AY 1 2 -1 3 2 0 2 0 | S C A N D I C H O T E L F O R N E B U
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PES Rebecca Vyse Technical Research Director, Europe, IHS Markit
Exploration in Norway’s Central Graben – Exhausted or Sleeping? It is over 50 years since oil first flowed from the Ekofisk field in the southern part of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). This DST, on 19 November 1969, achieved a rate of over 1,000 bo/d from well 2/4-2 and marked the start of the Norwegian oil story. Ekofisk was the first of many fields to yield oil (and gas) from this part of the NCS and the area has produced around 8 billion boe since it came onstream in 1971. However, despite its long and rich history, new volumes have been less forthcoming in recent years and a study of the exploration well drilling results over the last decade has shown that success rates here are significantly lower than they are elsewhere on the NCS. The area studied lies south of 58 degrees north and covers Quads 1 through to 13 in the most southerly part of the NCS. It is largely the Central Graben (and is referred to as this through the remainder of this article) but it also includes a small part of the Norwegian Danish Basin to the northeast. Between January 2010 and December 2019 a total of 38 exploration wells were drilled in this area on 36 different prospects. Just seven of these wells (labelled in green and red on Figure 1) made discoveries – a success rate of only 18%.
Figure 1- Area of study showing exploration wells drilled from 2010-2019
Looking at the companies which operated these 38 wells, Det norske drilled the most (five) but was unsuccessful with them all. Statoil had the most success, making discoveries with all three of its wells (King Lear, Julius and Romeo). Aker BP and DONG both drilled two wells, resulting in one discovery each (Kark and Trym South), ConocoPhillips made one discovery (Peking Duck) from 46 PESGB March 2020
three wells and Centrica made one discovery (Oda) from its four wells. The remaining 19 wells were drilled by 12 separate operators. In terms of the spread of wells by year, the first half of the decade was the busiest with around five wells per year but in the following three years (2016, 2017 and 2018) only a single well was drilled (this coincides with the general downturn of exploration
drilling in Norway during these three years when the total number of exploration wells was reduced by approximately 35%). 2019 then saw a return to previous levels in both the ‘Central Graben’ area and the whole of the NCS. There were discoveries in only five of these 10 years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019) in the ‘Central Graben’ area. A comparison with the rest of the
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Figure 2- Oil and gas volumes discovered by region over the past decade
NCS shows that during the same 10year period the number of discoveries was significantly higher in other parts of the NCS – 29 in the Barents Sea, 41 in the Norwegian Sea and 63 in the rest of the North Sea (ie excluding this ‘Central Graben’ area). Obviously, the number of discoveries is affected by the total number of wells drilled but a comparison of success rate shows a similar story with an 18% success rate in the ‘Central Graben’ versus between 42% and 50% in the other regions. Looking at volumes, of the seven ‘Central Graben’ discoveries only four are potentially commercial (Oda, King Lear, Julius and possibly Trym South) and these were all found prior to 2016. Again, a comparison with the other NCS areas (especially the rest of the North Sea) shows that volumes discovered in the ‘Central Graben’ area are certainly lacking (see Figure 2) over these last 10 years. The seven discoveries that are covered by the study are 50:50 oil and gas by number, but 67:33 by volume. All have Jurassic reservoirs but one (Romeo) also had oil in the Permian.
Oda was discovered in 2011 and contains 33 MMboe (95% oil) in its Upper Jurassic Ula Formation reservoir. It was brought onstream by current operator Spirit Energy in March 2019, producing as a subsea tie-back to Ula. Expected field life is 10 years. King Lear and Julius (discovered in 2012 and 2015 respectively) both contain gas condensate in Upper Jurassic reservoirs (the Farsund Formation at King Lear and the Ula Formation at Julius) and combined recoverable volumes total 99 MMboe. Operatorship was transferred to Aker BP in 2018 and joint development, as subsea tie-backs to Ula, is likely (Aker BP operates Ula and the tie-backs will increase capacity utilisation at the field’s facilities and supply Ula with additional injection gas for its WAG programme) with first gas possible in 2025. Trym South was discovered by DONG in 2013 and is currently operated by DNO which has declined to comment on whether development will proceed (according to the NPD production is ‘likely but not clarified’). Trym South contains recoverable
reserves of around 8 MMboe in the Middle Jurassic Sandnes and Bryne formations. The main Trym field is currently shut-in awaiting the redevelopment of Tyra in the Danish sector, to which it is tied-back (via Harald) and is expected back onstream in 2022. Development of the remaining three discoveries – Kark, Peking Duck and Romeo – is unlikely. Kark’s main target (the Gyda Sandstone) was absent but the well proved around 6 MMb of oil in an Upper Jurassic Eldfisk Formation reservoir. At Peking Duck, gas was found in the Ula Formation but reservoir quality is poor (volumes have not been reported) and Romeo has around 8 MMb of oil in the Lower Permian Auk Formation and the Jurassic Bryne and Ula formations. A look at the dry holes in the study area over the past 10 years shows that 50% of the wells found reservoir as planned and a further 37% found poor quality reservoir (including three of the four wells which had chalk targets), so in only 13% of the wells was the reservoir absent. The absence of reservoir does not seem to be affected by general location – ie more PESGB March 2020 47
PES Exploration in Norway’s Central Graben – Exhausted or Sleeping? (cont.) remote areas with less well control – as the wells in question are not in particularly remote areas and the few wells in the study which are more remote (eg Brattholmen and Zeppelin) found the reservoir as planned. So why have the results from the last 10 years of exploration been so disappointing? This area of the NCS is well-explored and is generally considered low risk for reservoir and the prolific Jurassic source. Migration, trap and seal are therefore likely reasons for some of the failures. Indeed, the two unsuccessful MOL wells (Otta Vinstra and Oppdal Driva) were drilled
on the Mandal High to test an area which was believed to be analogous to the Utsira High further north. It could be that migration was the cause of failure here. But, as we have seen from the Utsira High, a few dry holes do not necessarily rule out future success, so it may just be a matter of time. The study area has seen much success in its 53 years of exploration history (the first well on the NCS was 8/3-1, drilled in 1966) and holds some world class fields. However, a look at the creaming curve (Figure 3) shows the maturity of the area, so could it be
Figure 3- Central Graben area creaming curve
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that its days are numbered? It remains to be seen whether activity and, more importantly, discoveries increase again in this area in the near future (at least three wells are planned for 2020, including one which is targeting a joint UKCS/NCS prospect, so they will be watched with interest). However, due to the buoyant activity at older fields – such as the Ekofisk IOR project, Valhall West Flank, Tor II and Eldfisk North - and the redevelopment of Yme and possibly Hod and Oselvar, it is probable that a supply of tie-back options for any new discoveries will remain well into the future.
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International News AZERBAIJAN In partnership with state company SOCAR, BP has started drilling the SAX-01 wildcat in the high-potential offshore Shafag-Asiman block. Operations are being conducted in 650 - 800 m of water using the “Heydar Aliyev” semi-submersible rig. With a planned total depth of up to 7,000 m, SAX-01 will mainly evaluate the Lower to Middle Pliocene sequence and take around nine months to drill. The Shafag-Asiman block covers an area of 1,060 sq km in the South Caspian Basin (around 125 km southeast of capital Baku) and is estimated to contain a resource potential of 17 Tcf of gas and 520 MMbbl of condensate. The production sharing agreement was signed in October 2010 and 2D and 3D seismic data was acquired in the following years. The SAX-01 well will test the same play that has been proven in the BPoperated Shah Deniz field (located 60 km northwest), where gas production increased to an average of 1.6 Bcf/d in 2019. CHINA Shale gas production in the Sichuan Basin reached record highs in 2019, up 32% from 2018 with over 14 Bcm (495 Bcf). PetroChina and Sinopec are the main shale gas operators in the basin and the increment was particularly evident for the former, up 88% to more than 8 Bcm (283 Bcf). PetroChina has four shale gas production blocks in the basin, namely Changning, Weiyuan, Zhaotong and Taiyang - Dazhai. So far, the company has booked 1,120 Bcm (39.6 Tcf) of gas in-place and recovered over 19.5 Bcm (690 Bcf). For its part, Sinopec has two shale gas production blocks, Fuling and Weiyuan - Rongxian. To date, the company has produced more than 28 Bcm (990 Bcf) of shale gas and holds a total in-place volume of 725.5 Bcm (25.6 Tcf). China started commercial production of shale gas in 2014 and plans to reach an
annual output of 30 Bcm (1 Tcf) by 2020 and up to 100 Bcm (3.5 Tcf) by 2030. COLOMBIA GeoPark has completed the USD 314 million acquisition of Amerisur Resources, which owns 13 production, development and exploration blocks in Colombia and the Oleoducto Binacional Amerisur, an export pipeline to Ecuador. The acreage consists of 12 operated blocks in the Putumayo Basin, including the recently-awarded PUT-36, and the CPO-5 non-operated block in the Llanos Basin. Amerisur’s production averaged 6,865 b/d of light oil in September 2019, of which 4,503 b/d from its wholly-owned Plantanillo block in the Putumayo Basin and a net 2,362 b/d from CPO-5, operated by ONGC-Videsh. The company’s 1P and 2P oil reserves were estimated at 15 MMbbl and 21.8 MMbbl as of end-Jul 2019, respectively, with net unrisked exploration resources ranging from 289 to 566 MMbbl. Through this transaction, GeoPark significantly expands its portfolio in Colombia, notably entering the Putumayo Basin, considered a high-potential, underexplored hydrocarbon province. The company is also present in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Peru, and reported a total production of 40,046 boe/d in 2019. EGYPT Edison spudded the first exploration well in the deepwater North Thekah block on 18 January 2020. The “Maersk Discoverer” semi-submersible rig is operating in 982 m of water and will drill to a planned total depth of 5,200 m, targeting the Ameeq gas prospect with an unrisked resource potential of 2.8 Tcf. North Thekah, which covers 2,700 sq km in the Levantine Basin, was awarded to Edison and Petroceltic in February 2014 as part of the EGAS 2012 International Bid Round, with
the former becoming sole owner after taking over the latter’s 50% interest two years later. The licence is flanked by various contracts, including the Dana Gas’s North El Arish block to the east, the Eni-operated Northeast Hapy block to the west and the company’s own Royee (399) block in Israeli waters to the northeast. Based on the 3D seismic data acquired in 2015 and 2017, the main exploration targets consist of Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene sandstones. INDIA Further acreage is being offered as part of the ongoing Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP), originally launched in June 2017. On 14 January 2020, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) announced the opening of the OALP-V bid round, with 11 blocks covering a combined area of 19,800 sq km across eight sedimentary basins. While two parcels lie in shallow water and one in ultra-deep water, most of the acreage is located onshore. Interested parties are invited to submit their bids through the DGH e-Bidding Portal by 18 March 2020. Concurrently, expressions of interest for OALP-VI will be accepted until the end of March. The OALP process is aimed at boosting exploration and development activities to increase domestic output – currently standing at 675 Mb/d of oil and 3.1 Bcf/d of gas – and ultimately reduce imports. The initiative has so far resulted in the award of 94 exploration blocks. LEBANON The Second Offshore Licensing Round, originally launched in April 2019, has been extended until 30 April 2020. The five blocks on offer cover a combined area of 9,100 sq km in the northern part of the Levantine Basin, mostly in deep water. No drilling has ever taken place in this part of the East Mediterranean, but a large seismic dataset exists. PESGB March 2020 49
PES International News (cont.) Interested parties must form consortiums comprising at least three companies to submit applications. Two offshore licences are currently in force, both allocated to a Total-Eni-Novatek joint venture in late 2017. Several petroleum plays have been proven in the East Mediterranean since the first discoveries in the mid-1980s, involving Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene sandstones, as well as Miocene and Cretaceous carbonates. The area has seen a dramatic increase in exploration activity since 2009, with deepwater drilling proving highly successful in Israel, Egypt and Cyprus. MALAYSIA The Larak field, located offshore Sarawak in Block SK-408, was brought online in late December. Gas is being produced via the Larak-A platform, connected by pipeline to the F6 field infrastructure 13 km away. From F6K-A, gas is then supplied to the Bintulu MLNG plant through existing pipelines. Two more fields – Gorek and Bakong – are planned to be developed under the first phase of the project, using separate wellhead platforms, and after full ramp-up, production from Block SK-408 is expected to exceed 30 Mboe/d. The licence covers 4,360 sq km in 60 to 120 m water depths in the Central Luconia Province, and of the 11 exploration wells drilled so far, all but two discovered gas. SapuraOMV Upstream is the operator with a 40% interest, with partners Petronas Carigali and Shell each holding 30%. Meanwhile, exploration has resumed after a two-year break, with a two-well programme targeting further gas resources in the Middle Miocene Cycle IV/V carbonates. MEXICO Following a successful appraisal and block extension last year, Talos Energy has announced the completion of an independent resource 50 PESGB March 2020
evaluation for the Zama discovery in the Sureste Basin. Best estimate 2C gross recoverable resources are pegged at around 670 MMboe and 3C (high estimate) volumes at around 1 Bboe, of which 94% consists of high-quality 28° API oil. In the 2C case, some 60% of the hydrocarbons are estimated to be located in Talos’ Block 7 and the remainder in the east adjacent, Pemex-operated AE-0152Uchukil entitlement block. While unitisation discussions with Pemex are ongoing, Talos is in the early stages of front-end engineering and design (FEED) and hopes to reach a final investment decision by end-year. Initial development plans call for two fixed platforms with a combined capacity of 150,000 boe/d in water depths of 168 m. Interest in Block 7 is currently divided between Talos, operator with 35%, Wintershall Dea-owned Sierra Oil & Gas (40%) and Premier Oil (25%). RUSSIA Gazprom has provided an update on recent appraisal work conducted at the Kruzenshternskoye field in Western Siberia. Last year, the company drilled a highly-deviated well with a total depth of 4,900 m, targeting the offshore extension of the field some 3.9 km from the coast. Kruzenshternskoye was discovered in 1976 on the western coast of the Yamal Peninsula but most of it lies in the Kara Sea. Based on the well and new seismic data, the field’s 3P gas reserves have been increased by 22% to 68.5 Tcf and the volume of associated condensate is now estimated at 93 MMbbl. Kruzenshternskoye, along with Karasaveyskoye and Bovanenkovskoye, forms the Bovanenkovo production zone. Bovanenkovskoye is the largest gas field in the peninsula, with recoverable reserves of 150 Tcf, and was commissioned in 2012. Gazprom expects to reach a production of 217
Bcm (7.4 Tcf) of gas and 4 MMt (32 MMbbl) of condensate per year from Bovanenkovo once the two remaining fields are brought onstream. SENEGAL Shortly after receiving the authorities’ approval for the exploitation of the Sangomar field in deep waters of the MSGBC Basin, Woodside and partners have taken the final investment decision on the USD 4.2 billion development. The field will be developed using a subsea production system and an FPSO vessel to be deployed in 800 m of water 100 km south of Dakar. Development drilling is expected to start in early 2021 and the initial phase will involve 23 production and injection wells. Sangomar is estimated to hold 645 MMboe (75% oil and 25% gas) and Phase 1 will target 230 MMbbl of oil, with production to begin in early 2023 and peak at 100,000 b/d. Phase 2 will focus on a further 253 MMbbl and require a total of 33 wells to extend the plateau to 60,000 - 80,000 b/d. Sangomar is the largest of four discoveries made in the Sangomar Offshore Deep permit between 2014 and 2017. Woodside operates the project with a 35% interest, with partners Cairn Energy (40%), FAR (15%) and Petrosen (10%) holding the balance. SOUTH AFRICA Block 11B/12B licence partner Africa Energy recently reported that Total will begin operations on the Luiperd 1 exploration well in the second quarter of this year. The “Deepsea Stavanger” semi-submersible will spud the well once it is released from a current drilling contract with Aker BP and completes two weeks of modifications and maintenance at the shipyard in Bergen, Norway. The rig will remain onsite at the deepwater block for nearly a year and will drill up to three consecutive wells, with Luiperd 1 to be followed by tests of the Blassop
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and potentially the Woudboom or Platanna prospects. Africa Energy has estimated the Luiperd in-place resources to potentially be higher than 500 MMboe. Total holds a 45% operated stake in Block 11B/12B, which covers an area of 18,734 sq km in the Outeniqua Basin and encloses last year’s Brulpadda discovery, in partnership with Qatar Petroleum (25%), CNR International (20%) and Main Street 1549 Proprietary (10%), a company 49% owned by Africa Energy. UAE - SHARJAH Only a year after officially announcing the signing of exploration agreements
for Areas A, B and C in the Emirate of Sharjah, Eni has reported exploratory success in one of the blocks. Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) confirmed on 27 January 2020 that the Mahani 1 wildcat in Area B is looking to be a significant gas and condensate discovery. The well was spudded in December 2018 in the west-central part of the 264 sq km tract and drilled to a total depth of 4,449 m through late 2019, when flow tests saw rates of up to 50 MMcf/d of lean gas and associated condensate from Thamama carbonates of Lower Cretaceous age. Appraisal work will follow as the partners attempt to better assess the size of the discovery and study a potential
fast-tracked development. Synergies may be possible with existing nearby infrastructure, such as the Sajaa gas field in Area A to the north (producing since 1982).
Cooper Basin after starting in late July 2019. The extensive drilling programme consisted of three wells in the Parsons oil field, four wells in the Callawonga oil field, followed by a further four wells at the Butlers field, and two more wells at the Rincon oil field. Beach and Cooper sought to test field limits across the PEL92 exploration license. The final two wells, Rincon-2 and Rincon-3, both revealed oil shows. While Rincon-2 had oil shows in the McKinlay and Namur sandstones, the well has been P&A’d after it was drilled to a total depth of 1,712m (approx. 5,616 ft). Rincon-3 was suspended as a future oil producer after being drilled to a total depth of 1,735m (5,692 ft). The well encountered a 1.2m (approx. 4 ft) net oil column across the McKinlay and Namur sandstones, confirming an extension of the Rincon field to the northwest of the Rincon-1 discovery
well. The Butlers-10 and Butlers-11 wells at the Butlers field, came in high to prognosis and identified a potential additional target in the McKinlay member with moveable oil. Two of the four wells, Butlers-12 and Butlers-13, were plugged and abandoned as dry. The Callawonga field appraisal began in November 2019 aimed at defining field limits to the north and east. Four wells were drilled across Callawonga and three of the wells, Callawonga-19, Callawonga-20, and Callwonga-21, intersected the Namur formation with oil shows. Callawonga-22 was dry. The Parsons appraisal drilling campaign failed to find oil at the Parsons-7 and Parsons-8 wells. The Parsons-6 well encountered a 2m (approx. 7 ft) oil column and was suspended as a producer. Butlers-10 in the southeast of the field was plugged and abandoned with oil shows. Butlers-11 was cased
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Asia-Pacific News AUSTRALIA Advent Energy has applied to the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator with a request to vary its work programme in offshore permit PEP11 in New South Wales state waters between Sydney and Newcastle. The company hopes to drill an exploration well, rather than acquiring 500 km2 of 3D seismic across the permit. BPH Energy and MEC Resources both hold an interest in Advent Energy, and one another, which in turn owns Asset Energy which has an 85% share of the permit containing the Baleen prospect. Bounty Oil and Gas holds the remaining 15%. The permit expires in March 2021 and the application includes a request for extension for another two years and to remove the requirement for more seismic acquisition. Beach Energy (75%) and Cooper Energy (25%) have completed a 13-well appraisal campaign onshore
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PES Asia-Pacific News (cont.) and suspended for testing. Oilex is yet to complete on the acquisition of Cooper-Eromanga Basin assets but is already selling them on to Doriemus that will see Oilex take a substantial position in Doriemus. Both companies announced a focus on Australian exploration in the past year. Oilex signed a binding heads of agreement with Doriemus, which will acquire Oilex subsidiary CoEra, and at completion will own 79.33% interest in PEL 112 and PEL 444 with the option to take the remaining 20.66% from three North American companies, and the rights to 27 retention licenses covering the Northern Fairway from Senex Energy for a nominal amount and assumption of liabilities estimated at A$2 million (approx. USD $1.4). Once the transaction completes Oilex will have no interests in Australia, refocusing its attention back to India and the UK Continental Shelf. CHINA China is offering a new acreage round where foreign oil companies will not need to partner with state owned companies. From the first of May 2020 those companies which already
have USD $43 million of assets within China can take part in hydrocarbon exploration. The move aims to increase domestic production given China’s reliance on imports of both crude oil and gas via both pipelines and rising numbers of LNG cargoes. Initial permits will be valid for five years, but extensions reduced by 25% in a move to apparently break the monopoly held by state oil companies. BP was the last international oil company working in onshore China in April 2019 before exiting after failing to find significant resources. INDONESIA Bass Oil (55%) has filed a record monthly production rate at its Tangai Sukanati field for December 2019 of approx. 1,835 bopd (1,009 bopd net to Bass Oil), up 7% from November, despite a pump failure at Bunian-1. Total field production for the month came to 31,265 bbl gross, with 17,196 bbl net to Bass, while December oil sales totalled 31,916 bbl 17,554 bbl net to Bass. NEW ZEALAND In 2018 New Zealand’s Prime Minister began the process to wind down
large parts of the nation’s oil and gas industry by ending Block Offers, the starting point to secure new oil and gas permits. In January 2020, that legislation officially came into effect. The government has pledged to make the country’s economy carbon neutral by 2050. While the ban is only applicable to new permits, it will not affect around 22 existing permits already granted in the offshore Taranaki Basin. The onshore part of the Taranaki basin was not affected, and there is exploration, appraisal and development work continuing elsewhere offshore. The Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ) has repeatedly called for the government to allow new exploration permits.
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North Sea News DRILLING ACTIVITY UNITED KINGDOM Two exploration wells are active in the UK. No E&A wells have been completed to date in 2020. Apache spudded its 9/18e42 Solar exploration well on 17 December before being re-spudded on 23 December. The well was then sidetracked on 26 January. The well is being drilled in the Beryl field area and in the event of success an oil discovery will be tied-in to the adjacent field infrastructure. At the time 52 PESGB March 2020
of writing, operations on the well remained ongoing. Total spudded the 30/12d-11 Isabella exploration well with the Noble Sam Hartley on 13 October 2019. The well is being drilled in the HPHT Central Graben region and has an expected duration of c. 125 days, so taking operations into 2020. Two companies have farmed-in to the well which is a firm commitment on this 26th Round licence. At the
time of writing, the well was operating at total depth. UK ONSHORE On 23 December UKOG announced HH-2Z had successfully completed the first phase of its EWT, flowing at rates up to 1,087 barrels of fluids per day with 60% oil (652 bopd). On 28 January, UKOG announced that HH-2Z is currently shut-in and an intervention to shut-off water ingress is
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Operator Class
Type
Licence
Target
Age
Status
Spud Date
Completion Date
Basin
9/18e-42Z 9/18e-42A 9/18e-42
Apache
Exp
Initial
P2335
Solar
Eocene
Active P&A J&A
26/01/20 23/12/19 17/12/19
23/12/19
NNS
30/12d-11
Total
Exp
Initial
P1820
Isabella
Triassic
Active
13/10/19
-
CNS
Well
Current and recent E&A drilling activity in UK. Source: Westwood Atlas
Well
Operator
6506/51S 6604/52S 25/7-9 S
Class
Type
Licence
Target
Age Upper Cretaceous Upper Cretaceous
Aker BP
Exp
Initial
1008
Nidhogg
Wintershall DEA
App
Initial
894
BalderbrĂĽ
ConocoPhillips
Exp
Initial
917
Hasselbaink
025
Upper Jurassic Sigrun East Middle Jurassic
Eocene
15/3-12 S, A
Equinor
Exp
Sidetrack Initial
31/5-7
Equinor
CCS
Initial
E01
Eos
Lower Jurassic
31/5-7
Equinor
CCS
Initial
E01
Eos
Upper Cretaceous
25/7-8 S
ConocoPhillips
Exp
Initial
917
Enniberg
6406/310
Wintershall DEA
Exp
Initial
836 S
Bergknapp Middle Jurassic
25/8-19 S, A
MOL Norge
App Exp
Sidetrack Initial
820 S
Iving - Evra
Status
En Date
Basin Norwegian Sea Norwegian Sea
Active
30/01/19
-
Active
22/01/19
-
Active
12/01/19
-
Active P&A
12/01/19 03/12/19
Active
02/12/19
-
North N. Sea
01/12/19
11/01/19
Norwegian Sea
13/11/19
09/01/19
North N Sea
Active
08/11/19
-
Norwegian Sea
Active P&A Dry
31/12/19 02/11/19
30/12/19
North N Sea
P&A gas shows P&A oil & Lower Jurassic gas
Lower Jurassic Eocene
Spud Date
North N. Sea
Central N. Sea 21/01/19
Current and recent E&A drilling activity in Norway. Source: Westwood Atlas
Country
UK
Deal Type
Buyer
Seller
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Asset
Premier
BP
Andrew Area fields
Asset
Premier
BP
Shearwater field
Asset
Premier
Dana
Tolmount development
Asset
Jersey Oil & Gas
Equinor
Verbier discovery
Farm-in
Shell
Egdon
Resolution and Endeavour gas discoveries
Deal activity Source: Westwood Atlas PESGB March 2020 53
PES North Sea News (cont.) scheduled for February. Production from the Horse Hill-1 Kimmeridge Micrite reservoir had continued simultaneously with HH-2Z drilling operations, with temporary shut-ins during rig mobilisation and de-mobilisation. UKOG also announced a field development plan has been submitted to the OGA envisioning a two-phase development as opposed to the single phase previously considered. On 18 December 2019, Union Jack Oil announced it is now seeking regulatory approval to re-commence the EWT in the Permian Kirkham Abbey Shoal Formation at the West Newton A-2 well. Testing operations were suspended on 29 August as revisions were required to account for liquids production. Petrophysical interpretation had estimated a 20m (66ft) gas and 45m (148ft) oil column. On 11 November 2019, in-place volumes of base upside 146 - 283 mmbbls liquids and 212 - 266 bcf of gas were reported. There are plans to drill two further wells on the structure in H1 2020. NORWAY On 12 January, ConocoPhillips spudded 25/7-9 S Hasselbaink using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible. The well is targeting pre-drill resources of 45 mmboe in Eocene injectites and is prognosed to complete in 35 - 70 days. Hasselbaink is the final well of a three-well exploration campaign after 25/7-7 Busta and 25/7-8 S Enniberg. Equinor spudded the 15/3-12 S Sigrun East well on 3 December using the West Phoenix semi-submersible. The well is targeting a Middle Jurassic Hugin Formation reservoir. An exploration sidetrack
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was kicked-off on 21 January to target the secondary Upper Jurassic Intra-Draupne Formation target. The well programme is expected to complete in c. 70 days. Equinor spudded the 31/5-7 Eos well on 2 December using the West Hercules semi-submersible. Eos is the first exploration well on the NCS to be targeting a water-wet reservoir and will test the reservoir for CCS properties as part of the Northern Lights project. The well is expected to complete in 75 days, including 29 days testing. ConocoPhillips spudded the 25/7-8 S Enniberg well on 13 November using the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible rig. The well targeted pre-drill resources of 69 mmboe in a Jurassic - Triassic sedimentary package within a tilted fault block. The well encountered independent oil and gas columns in its primary Lower Jurassic - Upper Triassic targets. In the Nansen Formation the well encountered 28m (92ft) of good reservoir quality sandstones, of which 5m (16ft) was oil-bearing. In the Eiriksson Formation, 11m (36ft) of moderate reservoir quality sandstones was encountered of which 6m (20ft) was oil and gas-bearing. In the Skagerrak Formation 13m (43ft) of moderate reservoir quality sandstones was encountered of which 8m (26ft) was gas-bearing. Preliminary resources are estimated at 6 - 31 mmboe, though the discovery is presently considered noncommercial. It is the second well of Conoco’s three well campaign after the 25/7-7 Busta discovery well and completed on 9 January. MOL Norge spudded the highimpact 25/8-19 S Iving - Evra well on 2 November using the Deepsea Bergen. The Evra prospect is
targeting Eocene injectites as encountered in the nearby Frosk complex, whilst Iving is targeting the Lower Jurassic - Upper Triassic Statfjord Group in a tilted fault block. The JV is targeting combined resources of 181 mmboe. A sidetrack of the well kicked-off on 31 December. Aker BP spudded the 6506/51 S Nidhogg well on 30 January using the Deepsea Nordkapp semisubmersible. The well is targeting 26 - 70 mmboe gas condensate in the Upper Cretaceous Lysing Formation turbidite sandstones. The programme is expected to complete in 27 - 33 days. Wintershall DEA spudded the 6604/5-2 S Balderbrå appraisal well on 22 January, using the Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible, following the completion of 6604/6-1 Gullstjerne. The well is targeting the Upper Cretaceous and is expected to complete in 51 days. On 1 December 2019, Wintershall DEA spudded the 6604/6-1 Gullstjerne well using the Scarabeo 8. The well targeted three stacked Upper Cretaceous Springar Formation sandstones in a faulted four-way dip closure, updip of the Balderbrå discovery. The well encountered trace gas in a 185m (607ft) thick Springar Formation interval, with poor to moderate reservoir quality sandstones in three zones totalling 120m (394ft). The well was completed on 11 January 2020. Wintershall DEA spudded the 6406/3-10 Bergknapp exploration well on 8 November using the West Mira semi-submersible. The well is targeting pre-drill resources of 30 - 60 mmbbl in stacked Middle - Lower Jurassic reservoirs within a faulted trap. The well was expected
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to complete in c. 60 days if dry, however it was suspended for a while during November - December. With the completion of Equinor’s Sputnik exploration well in August 2019, which was abandoned as a minor oil discovery, there has been no further drilling in the Barents Sea.
DEAL ACTIVITY UNITED KINGDOM On 7 January Premier Oil announced three deals. The first two deals had a total consideration of US$625 million. The first deal included the acquisition of interests of between 50% and 100% from BP in five fields in the Central North Sea Andrew Area where net production is currently c. 18,000 boepd. The second deal was the acquisition of a 27.5% interest from BP in the Central North Sea Shearwater field, where Premier estimates it has acquired 25 mmboe in reserves and resources. The third deal comprises the acquisition of a further 25% interest in the Southern North Sea Tolmount area from Dana for US$191 million in addition to contingent payments of up to US$55 million. First gas from Tolmount is expected by end 2020 and there is upside following the successful well at Tolmount East. It was announced on 21 January that Shell has agreed to farm-in to Egdon’s solely owned Southern North Sea licences P1929 (blocks 41/18a and 41/19a) and P2304 (block 41/24) to acquire a 70% operated interest. The acreage includes the Endeavour and Resolution gas discoveries in the Zechstein. The deal follows the signing of an exclusivity agreement in October 2019. As a consideration, Shell will pay 85% of the costs of the acquisition and processing of a 3D
seismic survey over the acreage. The promote on the seismic is capped at US$5 million, costs above which will be paid in-line with its 70% working interest. All G&G costs including studies will be paid 100% by Shell up to the well investment decision. On 27 January Jersey Oil and Gas announced it has acquired Equinor’s operated 70% interest in Central North Sea licence P2170, including blocks 20/5b and 21/1d, thereby increasing its interest to 88%. The acreage includes the 20/5b-13, 13Z Upper Jurassic Verbier oil discovery which was drilled in 2017 and appraised in 2019. Current estimated resources are 25 mmboe. The deal is made up entirely of contingent payments, with no initial consideration. In the event the Verbier discovery is developed, Jersey will pay US$3 million on OGA sanction of the FDP followed by US$5 million once first production from Verbier is achieved. Based only on the total contingent payments of US$8 million, excluding royalty payments, and assuming Jersey is successful in achieving first oil from Verbier the deal has a minimum headline value of US$0.46/bbl. Equinor will also receive royalty payments at certain production milestones.
of the agreement, Riverstone will receive additional payments ranging from US$5 - US$10 million. On 6 February, AJ Lucas announced it had extended its offer to the shareholders of the remaining c. 7% that it does not own, under the same terms as those agreed with Riverstone. NORWAY To date in 2020, there have been no major deals to report.
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UK ONSHORE On 4 February, Cuadrilla announced that major shareholder AJ Lucas had acquired Riverstone’s shareholding in the company, increasing AJ Lucas’s holding from 47.6% to c. 93%. Under the deal, Riverstone will receive a nominal payment on signing and a US$2 million payment upon resumption of Spirit Energy’s contingent carry, assuming the carry commences within three years of the agreement. In addition, should AJ Lucas sell a 25% or more of its interest in Cuadrilla within three years
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PES Olga
Title: Johan Sverdrup and Johan Castberg to drive the future of oil production in Western Europe PESGB Newsletter KerimovaPublication: & Veronika Akulinitseva, Vice Presidents, Rystad Energy
Authors: Olga Kerimova and Veronika Akulinitseva Johan Sverdrup and Johan Castberg to drive Date: 3 February 2020 the future of oil production in Western Europe Having declined to the level witnessed back in 2014, oil production in Western Europe is on the verge
by 19% in 2020 and hitting millionoil bpdproduction mark by 2025, particularly driven by the is on the verge Having declinedoftoexpanding the level witnessed backthe in 3.5 2014, in Western Europe Sverdrup and start-up Castberg field in Norway. This article assesses of expanding byramp-up 19% on inJohan 2020 and hitting theof the 3.5Johan million bpd mark by 2025, particularly driven by the the Western European E&P status and outlook, illustrated by the three key drivers: oil production, ramp-up on Johan Sverdrup and start-up of the Johan Castberg field in Norway. This article assesses the breakeven prices and capital spending. Western European E&P status and outlook, illustrated by the three key drivers: oil production, breakeven prices and capital spending. 4,000 3,500 3,000
Others
2,500 2,000
United Kingdom
1,500
Norway
1,000 500 0 2010
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2020
2022
2024
Figure 1: Western Figure Europe oil andEurope condensate production split split by country bpd. (Source: UCube from Rystad 1: Western oil and condensate production by country–– thousand thousand bpd. (Source: Energy, February 2020) UCube from Rystad Energy, February 2020) depicts oil and condensate production from Western Europe split360,000 by country,bpd of oil in 2020. We Figure 1 depicts oilFigure and1condensate contributed 93% ofthe the region’s oilregion, add from 2010 to 2025. Historically, oil production has been declining due to the natural decline on oil growth from several production from the Western Europe output with Denmark, Netherlands will also see mature fields, bpd mark in 2014. While volumes managed to rebound 2.8 namely Clair Ridge region, split by country, fromhitting 2010a 2.6 million and others accounting foroiljust about fields in thetoUK, million between 2015-2016 thanks tobpd. the ramp-up on several important developments in both to 2025. Historically, oilbpd production 180,000 Looking forward, and Mariner, which cumulatively are (Golden Eagle, Kinnoull and FranklinEurope’s & Franklin West) and Norway (Goliat, and Edvard has been decliningUKdue to the natuWestern oil production is Gudrun estimated to account for 70,000 bpd Grieg), last year oil output in Western Europe again decreased to the level witnessed back in 2014. At ral decline on mature fields, hitting a expected to grow by an impressive of additional oil. In the medium term, the same time, Norway and the United Kingdom contributed 93% of the region’s oil output with 2.6 million bpd mark in 2014. While 19% in 2020 and exhibit a CAGR we anticipate the start-up of the alDenmark, Netherlands and others accounting for just about 180,000 bpd. Looking forward, Western oil volumes managed to rebound to of 2.4% in 2021-2025. As such, oil ready sanctioned Johan Sverdrup Europe’s oil production is expected to grow by an impressive 19% in 2020 and exhibit a CAGR of 2.4% 2.8 million bpd between 2015-2016 volumes are anticipated to hit 3.5 milPhase II and Johan Castberg, which in 2021-2025. As such, oil volumes are anticipated to hit 3.5 million bpd in 2025, adding nearly one thanks to the ramp-up on several lion bpd in 2025, adding nearly one together will increase oil production important developments in both UK million barrels per day over the next by 300,000 bpd in 2023. While there [Type here] (Golden Eagle, Kinnoull and Franklin five years. Such increase in producare no discoveries of similar size ex& Franklin West) and Norway (Goliat, tion this year is particularly driven by pected to be put on stream before Gudrun and Edvard Grieg), last year the ramp-up of the first phase of a 2025, there are many mid-sized oil output in Western Europe again giant Johan Sverdrup field in Norway, fields that are waiting in the pipeline decreased to the level witnessed which began producing in October to be developed in both the UK and back in 2014. At the same time, 2019. Holding over 2 billion barrels in Norway. In combination with the fields Norway and the United Kingdom oil reserves, the field is expected to mentioned, these will be enough to Olga Kerimova, Vice President olga.kerimova@rystadenergy.com
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Veronika Akulinitseva, Vice President veronika@rystadenergy.com
million barrels per day over the next five years. Such increase in production this year is particularly driven by the ramp-up of the first phase of a giant Johan Sverdrup field in Norway, which began producing in October 2019. Holding over 2 billion barrels in oil reserves, the field is expected to add 360,000 bpd of oil in 2020. We will also see oil growth from several fields in the UK, namely Claire Ridge and Mariner, which cumulatively are estimated to account for 70,000 bpd of additional oil. In the medium term, we anticipate the start-up of the already sanctioned Johan Sverdrup Phase II and Johan Castberg, which together will increase oil production by 300,000 bpd in 2023. While there are no discoveries of similar size expected to be put on stream before 2025, there are many mid-sized fields that are waiting in the pipeline to be developed in both the UK and Norway. In combination with the fields mentioned, these will be enough to offset declining output on mature fields and help reach oil production of 3.5 million bpd by 2025.
N E W S F E AT U R E
Johan Sverdrup Phase 2
$25.4
Norway
Johan Castberg
$24.9
7324/8-1 (Wisting Central & Hanssen)
$37.2
30/11-8S (Krafla/Askja)
$30.5
Johan Sverdrup Phase 3
$37.6
Halifax (205/23- 3a) United Kingdom
offset declining output on mature fields and help reach oil production of 3.5 million bpd by 2025. Figure 2 depicts estimated economically recoverable resources for the top five non-producing oil fields in Norway and the United Kingdom. Breakeven oil prices as of the sanctioning date for each field are also displayed on the chart. In Norway, the field holding the largest resources of over 600 million bbl is the second phase of Johan Sverdrup, sanctioned in May 2019 and forecasted to come online in 2022. Along with Johan Castberg, it is also the field with the lowest breakeven price, around $25 per bbl. The third phase of the giant field is awaiting approval, which is expected to be reached by 2026, and has a breakeven price around $38 per bbl. In the United Kingdom, three of the five largest discoveries, Halifax, Lincoln and Lancaster, are operated by Hurricane Energy and located in the West of Shetland region of the UK Continental Shelf. The Halifax field, discovered in early 2017, has estimated recoverable resources of around 800 million bbl with sanctioning expected by 2027. Lincoln (full field development) is expected to be sanctioned by 2022 and has a breakeven of $32 per bbl; the tie-back of a Lincoln well to the Aoka Mizu FPSO is planned already this year. Similarly, Equinor is expected to reach the final investment decision on the Rosebank discovery, holding an estimated 300 million bbl of oil resources, by mid-2022. Figure 3 shows capital spending on oil fields in Western Europe from 2010 to 2025. Investments have fallen from the peak of $35.7 billion in 2014 to just $16.8 billion in 2017, as a result of years of reduced activity triggered by the oil price collapse. Since 2018, we have seen a gradual recovery driven by increased sanctioning activity in a higher oil price environment. Johan Sverdrup Phase II and Johan Castberg fields in Norway have been the main sources of capital influx, amounting to nearly $3 billion in both 2018 and 2019. In the medium-term, capital expenditures are expected to continue to increase driven by higher spending on unsanctioned discoveries. Rosebank/Lochnagar, Lincoln, Lancaster and Clair South fields in the
31.5
Lincoln (FFD)
32.2
Rosebank/Lochnagar (213/27- 1Z)
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Figure 2: Recoverable resources and breakeven prices for the top non-producing oil fields in Western Figure 2: Recoverable resources breakeven prices the top nonEurope by lifecycle and country – Million bbl andand USD/bbl (Source: UCube from for Rystad Energy, producing February 2020) oil fields in Western Europe by lifecycle and country – Million
bbl and USD/bbl (Source: UCube from Rystad Energy, February 2020)
Figure 2 depicts estimated economically recoverable resources for the top five non-producing oil fields in Norway and the United Kingdom. Breakeven oil prices as of the sanctioning date for each Equinor is expected to reach the final investment decision on the Rosebank discovery, holding an field are also displayed on the chart. In Norway, the field holding the largest resources of over 600 estimated 300 million bbl of oil resources, by mid-2022. million bbl is the second phase of Johan Sverdrup, sanctioned in May 2019 and forecasted to come online in 2022. Along with Johan Castberg, it is also the field with the lowest breakeven price, around 40,000 $25 per bbl. The third phase of the giant field is awaiting approval, which is expected to be reached by35,000 2026, and has a breakeven price around $38 per bbl. In the United Kingdom, three of the five largest discoveries, Halifax, Lincoln and Lancaster, are operated by Hurricane Energy and located in the West of Shetland region of the UK Continental Shelf. The Halifax field, discovered in early 2017, 30,000 has estimated recoverable resources of around 800 million bbl with sanctioning expected by 2027. Lincoln 25,000 (full field development) is expected to be sanctioned by 2022 and has a breakeven of $32 per bbl; the tie-back of a Lincoln well to the Aoka Mizu FPSO is planned already this year. Similarly, Unsanctioned
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Figure 3: Capital investments in oil fields in Western Europe by life cycle – Million USD. (Source: Figure 3: Capital investments in oil fields in Western Europe by life cycle – UCube from Rystad Energy, February 2020)
Million USD. (Source: UCube from Rystad Energy, February 2020)
Figure 3 shows capital spending on oil fields in Western Europe from 2010 to 2025. Investments have fallen from the peak of $35.7 billion in 2014 to just $16.8 billion in 2017, as a result of years of UK and Wisting Central Hanssen, Krafla/Askja, and in Norway reduced activity triggered by the oil&price collapse. Since 2018, we have seenLiatarnet a gradual recovery will by see the largest spending Overall, oil field capital investdriven increased sanctioning activity in contributions. a higher oil price environment. Johan Sverdrup Phase II and Johan Castberg fields in Norway have been main $18.4 sources of capitalin influx, amounting to ments are currently forecasted to the reach billion 2020 and grow to nearly billionbillion in bothby 2018 and 2019. In the medium-term, capital expenditures are expected to over$3$20 2025. continue to increase driven by higher spending on unsanctioned discoveries. Rosebank/Lochnagar, Lincoln, Lancaster and Clair South fields in the UK and Wisting Central & Hanssen, Krafla/Askja, and CONCLUSION Liatarnet in Norway will see the largest spending contributions. Overall, oil field capital investments Western Europe’s oil supply, with Norway and the United Kingdom as key are currently forecasted to reach $18.4 billion in 2020 and grow to over $20 billion by 2025.
contributors, is set for a renaissance this year and a growing trajectory The flat development over the last few years is expected to beEurope’s reversed thanks largelyandtotheNorway’s Johan Johan Western oil supply, with Norway United Kingdom as keySverdrup contributors,and is set for a Castberg both the UK over andtheNorway, renaissance thisfields. year andUnsanctioned a growing trajectorydiscoveries, going forward. The flat in development last few years is expected to bebreakeven reversed thanks largely and to Norway’s Johanresource Sverdrup andpotential, Johan Castberg with favorable prices sizeable will furfields. both in the UK and Norway,production with favorablegrowth breakeven and therUnsanctioned contributediscoveries, to investments and support inprices the region sizeable potential, will further contribute to investments and support production growth in goingresource forward. Conclusion going forward.
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Heritage Oil l Company Profile Heritage is a versatile organisation with a portfolio of quality assets managed by a highly experienced team with excellent technical, commercial and financial skills. The Company has a producing asset in Nigeria and exploration assets in Ghana, Malta and Papua New Guinea. In 2014 Heritage Oil was acquired by Energy Investments Global Ltd. Heritage typically focuses on regions which may have been overlooked and where it can participate as an early entrant. The asset portfolio provides b o t h g e o g ra p h i c a l a n d o p e rat i o n a l diversification. Producing Material corporate transactions undertaken in 2012 provided a balance to the portfolio with assets that include significant production and reserves. The joint venture company Shoreline Natural Resources Limited (“Shoreline”), created in partnership with Nigerian company Shoreline Power, has established an indigenous company which will provide a platform for further growth within the country. Through Shoreline, Heritage acquired an interest in OML 30, a world class asset. OML 30 lies onshore the Niger Delta in one of the most prolific oil provinces in the world and includes eight producing fields with oil and gas contained in numerous stacked reservoirs. Entry into Nigeria was partially funded through the disposal of interests in Kurdistan, for which an attractive valuation was achieved. Exploration Activity on the exploration portfolio is focused on Ghana, Papua New Guinea, and Malta. With its partners, Heritage holds 45% of both the Offshore South West Tano (OWST) and East Keta licence blocks in Ghana, in 1800 and 2000+m of water offshore Ghana. OWST will be drilled in 2020 and East Keta will see seismic acquisition likely 2020/21. Both are highly prospective. Heritage with its partner K ina holds attractive acreage in Papua New Guinea, a gas/condensate system close to existing and planned gas evacuation infrastructure. The proposed construction of a new LNG facility in the area increases the attractiveness of the holding. Heritage holds a 100% licence covering the Areas 2 and 7 in Malta. The areas contain the Caravaggio and Medina bank prospects. A data room is currently open inviting farm in offers for the high-risk high reward prospects. The prospects are ready to drill. This area of the Mediterranean is considered underexplored.
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producing fields with oil and gas contained in numerous stacked reservoirs. The fields are deltaic shallow marine shelf sands at intermediate depth. The fields each contain up to 40 stacked reservoirs and the reservoirs are underlain by substantial aquifers that provide very strong pressure support. The oil is good quality 22-38° API and typically sells at over a 2% premium to Brent.
asset. Most of the current production increase is as a result of production optimisation activities and additional investments in facilities equipment to improve capacity and uptime. Some well intervention activities and flowline repairs have also contributed to the current production. The production growth was also supported by improved security and robust community relations programs.
Since 1961 over 200 wells have been drilled on the licence and the strong aquifer support has enabled the majority of these to be producers. There is the potential to both stabilise and increase production in the near term through rigless workovers in existing wells and drilling of additional producers. Current gross production in from the eight fields is about 80,000 barrels of oil per day, supported by gas lift infrastructure in most of the fields.
The drilling of new wells, planned to commence in 2020, should provide a significant increase to production with the longer term potential estimated at over 150,000 bopd gross by 2021.
The licence benefits from infrastructure being in place with nine flow stations (eight currently operating) that have the capacity to handle over 350,000 bpd thereby allowing for the projected production growth. The facilities have been robustly designed and constructed, and benefit from a standard design so equipment can easily be replaced or upgraded if required. The OML 30 acquisition included a segment of the TFP which transports liquids from OML 30 to the Forcados Terminal. The 87 kilometre long pipeline is 28 inch in diameter and largely buried along most of its length. It has a current capacity of about 600,000 bpd. The TFP is used by several other operators and provides additional revenue for OML 30 through the tariffs charged.
OML 30 is a world class asset in the Niger Delta. It includes 8 producing fields each with oil and gas contained in up to 40 stacked reservoirs.
In 2017, a transfer of the operatorship was approved by the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Heritage Energy Operational Services Ltd (HEOSL).. Since 2017, Heritage has embarked on aggressive rehabilitation and upgrade of facility equipment, resulting in additional wells being opened and optimised for production.
OML 30 lies onshore within the Niger Delta in one of the most prolific oil and gas provinces in the world. The licence covers 1,097 square kilometres and includes eight
Current gross production of 80,000 bopd from the asset represent a significant increase from average production of 2545,000 bopd prior to Heritage operating the
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GHANA In 2014 Heritage was awarded two high impact exploration licences in offshore Ghana. The awards provide the opportunity to explore a well-known, prolific hydrocarbon basin.
Offshore South West Tano Block
Heritage has a 39.6% interest in the Offshore South West Tano (“OSWT”) Block, which covers a gross area of approximately 175 square kilometres. The deepwater OSWT Block is situated within the multiple fan and channel systems of the proven Upper Cretaceous play fairway of the Tano Basin in water depths ranging from 1,000 to 2,750 metres. The Block is located adjacent to the producing giant Jubilee field and the recent Springfield discoveries adjacent in the East with prospectivity such that a stand alone FPSO development is clearly possible. Away from a stand alone development potential for tie back to the Jubilee infrastructure is possible. Similarly, the Tweneboa-EnyenraNtomme (TEN) development lies c.20 kilometres to the west, with the Akeroperated Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points directly to the south placing the OSWT block at the centre of a highly prolific basin and offering a number of tie back development opportunities . In addition to standalone prospectivity, clear targets have been identified indicating both Jubilee and Tweneboa/Ntomme extensions into the block
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East Keta (EK)
Offshore Southwest Tano (OSWT)
The work programme has commenced and detailed mapping within the licence area has identified multiple prospective Upper Cretaceous leads. Currently two locations are firm with drilling being planned for June 2020.
East Keta Block
Heritage has a 38.7% interest in the offshore ultra-deep water East Keta Block, which covers a gross area of approximately 2,239 square kilometres. The East Keta Block is a frontier exploration l i c e n c e l o c a t ed a p p rox i m a t e l y 1 0 0 kilometres from the coast of Ghana with water depths ranging from c. 2,500 to 3,500 metres. The work programme has commenced and initial mapping within the licence area has identified prospective Cretaceous and Miocene aged fans and channels. Seismic is planned, likely to take place in 2020.
MALTA The group holds a PSC with the Maltese Government for a 100% interest in Areas 2
Eocene stacked carbonate play. Detailed mapping of the primary prospect (Caravaggio) in Area 7 has also identified the presence of an additional deeper carbonate target within the Cretaceous section of the structure. These targets are recognised as major hydrocarbon producing zones in the central part of the Mediterranean and several additional prospects and leads associated with possible reefs have been identified within the licenced area. Geochemical studies and basin modelling has indicated mature oil source rock charging the structure directly. The Caravaggio prospect within Area 7 has been fully mapped with initial well planning complete, and is drill ready subject to Maltese government approval. Similarly the Medina Bank prospect located solely within Area 2 is ready to drill.
and 7 in the South-Eastern offshore region of Malta.The Maltese licences cover almost 18,000 square kilometres and are situated approximately 80 kilometres (Area 2) and 140 kilometres (Area 7) offshore, in water depths of up to approximately 180- 350 metres. The two Areas are close to, and in a geologically analogous play to a number of producing fields offshore Libya and Tunisia. Both areas are considered to be underexplored, with only one well (Medina Bank1) previously drilled in Area 2, by Texaco in 1980. The well did not reach its Upper Cretaceous target and the structure remains untested. Although drilled to a depth of 1,225 metres, the well failed to reach the objective horizons, estimated to be between 1,500 and 4,500 metres. Heritage’s evaluation indicates potential reserves in the order of 300mmbbl, similar to that carried by Texaco. With water depth under <200m a range of development options are available. Additionally, interpretation of Heritage’s extensive seismic dataset of approximately 5,000 line kilometres of 2D has confirmed the presence of a highly attractive Lower
Currently the Malta licence is being offered for Farm out.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA In 2013 Heritage expanded its portfolio into onshore Papua New Guinea (PNG) through the farm-in into PPL 437. PPL 437 In October 2013, Heritage announced the farm-in to PPL 437. Heritage has a 42.5% working interest in the licences through payment of a $300,000 contribution to back costs; by funding and operating the acquisition of c.104 kilometres of 2D seismic and by taking on our proportion of previous licence participants working interest in the licence. PPL 437 lies within a proven hydrocarbon system. Legacy datasets, which include regional gravity/magnetic data; surface geological mapping, and c.812 kilometres of re p ro c es s ed 2 D s e i s m i c h ave b e e n evaluated, in conjunction with the new 2D seismic data. Interpretation of this extensive dataset has identified significant gas and associated liquid potential within the drill ready Malisa prospect and five leads mapped.
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PES Consultant Directory AKM Geoconsulting Ltd Dr Adam K Moss – Core Analysis Petrophysicist Core provides a unique opportunity to “see and touch” a reservoir: AKM Geoconsulting can help you make the most of this prospect. Adam Moss is a core analysis expert with over 25 years’ petrophysical experience; he works with assets and multi-functional teams to define best-practice workflows and ensure high quality core analysis data. He can also help with: design and management of SCAL test programmes, core to log integration, building saturation height function models and integration of core data into reservoir models. Adam provides bespoke training on a wide range of petrophysical topics to an international portfolio of clients. adam@akmgeo.co.uk +44(0)785 8089247 www.akmgeo.co.uk Adinvenio Multimedia Ltd Dr Greg Samways – Petroleum Geologist Petroleum geologist with 20+ years’ experience of geological description and training in all major depositional systems and G&G disciplines, from exploration to production-scale. Specialist in sequence stratigraphy, log analysis, sedimentology, petrography, inorganic geochemistry, diagenetic modelling, reservoir quality analysis and prediction, and reservoir modelling. Experienced project manager skilled at defining workflows, scheduling and delivering focused integrated multidisciplinary play fairway to reservoir-scale studies. +33 (0)5 55 785420 gregsamways@adinvenio.com www.adinvenio.com www.linkedin.com/in/gregsamways Blackbourn Geoconsulting Graham Blackbourn – Sedimentologist & Petrographer Over 35 years’ experience in reservoir evaluation from a microscopic to a basin-wide scale. Specialises in reservoir facies modelling, basin analysis and diagenetic interpretation in hydrocarbon exploration and development. Worldwide experience, especially UKCS, Russia, Central Asia (the “-stans”) and the Far East. Formerly with BNOC/ Britoil (Head of Sedimentology) and BP, then over 30 years consulting. graham@blackbourn.co.uk 01506 828110 www.blackbourn.co.uk
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Bodecott Consulting Dave Bodecott has been an independent consultant from 1981, also manager and director in world-wide exploration geology and geophysics, specialising in seismic interpretation. From 2004-2013 he was acting or actual Exploration Director of Rockhopper Exploration plc, leading to the discovery of the large Sea Lion Oilfield and satellites, all of which were successfully farmed out. Rockhopper won several City “Explorer of the Year” type awards after the 2010-2012 discovery and appraisal. He has worked for major companies and as consultant for forty years and as NED for other listed companies. www.bodecott.com ffrench Exploration Consulting Jon ffrench is an innovative & highly experienced exploration geophysicist (40 years) specialising in Petrel 3D seismic interpretation & mapping for exploration/appraisal projects from many countries around the world including the UK & Ireland, East Med, North/West/Central Africa, Middle East, Canada, India/Pakistan & northern South America. He is also a DHI/AVO characterisation expert specialising in the seismic expression of hydrocarbon tank geometries where he utilises some very original techniques & observations. Other particular skills include conventional & DHI depth conversion, geological & DHI risking & prospect/lead volumetrics calculation. Can provide training and mentoring. +44-(0)1732810602 +44-(0)7711046875 jonathanffrench@hotmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/jon-ffrench-54b47446/ Geospatial Research Ltd – Integrated Geoscience from Fieldwork, Satellite & Map Data Technology-savvy consultancy with very wide experience spanning most of the world’s petroleum provinces at a variety of scales: from global geodynamics to prospectscale mapping to subseismic fracture networks. Detailed outcrop capture using lidar & UAVs. Many months fieldwork each year. Field training and bespoke field trips. Richard Jones richard@geospatial-research.co.uk www.geospatial-research.co.uk Global Exploration Services Ltd Managing Director: Ray Bate – geologist/biostratigrapher, specialising in Pre-Salt basins of West and Northwest Africa & Brazil, also Pannonian Basin & Middle East; Directors: Andy Carr – Geochemist, basin and petroleum system modeller; Enzo Zappaterra – petroleum geologist;
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performed in locations around the world, from frontier to mature basins. OPC can offer farm out services to clients, including evaluating data, constructing and hosting data rooms. Piers Johnson, Managing Director Julie Buckingham, Principal Geoscientist +44 (0)7428 1111 london@opc.co.uk https://opc.co.u
Lomond Associates Sedimentological Consultants Applied reservoir sedimentologists and petrographers with 30+ years of problem solving experience in a wide range of clastic environments, UK and International. Practical reservoir description focused on reservoir quality. Single well, field and regional facies and diagenesis studies are integrated with other disciplines (biostratigraphy, petrophysics, FMI data, chemostratigraphy) to generate robust reservoir models. 01505 843002 mail@lomond-associates.com www.lomond-associates.com
Philip Fish - Seismic Interpretation Consultant 35 years experience as a seismic interpreter - from the majors to the minors. All key areas of exploration covered from basin analysis, regional studies, through to prospect generation, drilling and post well review. Extensive expertise in deep-water hydrocarbon systems, specialising in the integration of seismic and well data to produce robust prospects. AVO practitioner in both Cretaceous and Tertiary deep-water clastics. Extensive Atlantic Margin experience from Falklands to Foz do Amazonas and from Namibia to Norway. Proven track record along the margin of successful regional studies, licence round evaluations and applications to farm-ins and farm outs. Discoverer of hydrocarbons along the South Atlantic margin. Involved as founding partner in start-up company, with a successful IPO ultimately leading to drilling and hydrocarbon discovery. Multi-platform workstation experience. 07952 942048 philipfish@waitrose.com
Needham Geoscience Limited Dr Tim Needham – Structural geologist Consultant structural geologist with 20+ years of experience worldwide, including NW Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Americas. Work at all scales, ranging from core description to regional tectonics with extensive experience in fault and fault seal analysis, fractured reservoir studies, structural restoration and QC of interpretations for exploration and production. 01943 277030 07884 404373 tim@needhamgeoscience.co.uk www.needhamgeoscience.co.uk OPC (Oilfield Production Consultants Ltd) Integrated Geosciences and Subsurface Engineering Oilfield Production Consultants (OPC) is a consultancy providing fully integrated geosciences, subsurface engineering and reservoir management expertise. We perform a wide range of subsurface geophysical, petrophysical and geological studies as well as seismic interpretation projects. OPC has supported clients in license rounds and our team can quickly evaluate available blocks, map prospects and leads, assess the risk and uncertainty associated with each element of the petroleum system, and provide work programme support moving forward. Regional geological and integrated basin studies can be
Phil Mollicone Experienced oil industry geophysicist Extensive background of seismic interpretation & mapping; collaborative team working; depth conversion & sensitivity analysis; QI & AVO; and recently seismic acquisition & processing, all of it across a wide range of geologic and geographic provinces. +44 (0) 1777 572 6408 Email: PhilMollicone@aol.com www.linkedin.com/in/pmoll-seismic Pore Scale Solutions Ltd Jon Bouch & Emma Whear Petrographical consultants specialising in reservoir quality evaluation and prediction by the integration of petrography, diagenetic modelling, geochemistry and pore system analysis, with sedimentological and petrophysical data. 01209 832292 contact@porescale.co.uk www.porescale.co.uk Stephen O’Connor – Global Geopressure Advice PESGB March 2020 61
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