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Petrofac Training Services guides P2D
through competency assurance
PETROFAC Training Services (PTS) has P2D’s Fereydon Rezapour with Petrofac assurance ‘health checks’ in the workplace as
completed work around the competency Training’s Ian Barton. Image courtesy Petrofac. a means of looking at a company’s existing
assurance process of Aberdeen-based P2D, Competency Management System (CMS), if
a provider of pipeline and pigging support any, and identifying where efficiencies can be
management services to the oil and gas made.
industry.
PTS regional manager for response services
The process undertaken confirmed that and major emergency management Peter
P2D’s onshore and offshore workforce had the Walker said current market conditions means
necessary skills and knowledge to do their jobs it is more important than ever to have a
both safely and effectively, Petrofac said in a competent workforce.
mid-July statement.
“An effective CMS is invaluable - it not only
P2D HSEQ advisor Fereydon Rezapour protects a company’s reputation, within what
said the company aimed to have a robust we know is already a highly regulated industry,
competency assurance system. but it ensures employees have the necessary
skills and knowledge to do their job safely and
“Following the design, development and effectively.”
delivery of our bespoke system by PTS, I am
now confident, especially in light of favourable PTS said the ‘health check’ is supported by
external audits recently, that we have one of the PTS’ own Scottish Qualifications Authority/
best competency management systems in our Engineering Construction Industry Training
business sector,” he said. Board Approved Centre where assessor and
verifier training is conducted. l
PTS is also conducting competency
Successful appraisal well for Lundin offshore Norway
LUNDIN Petroleum’s wholly owned said. such barrels will add value to the Edvard Grieg
subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed The well was also testing incremental asset.”
the drilling and logging of appraisal well
16/1-23 S on the Edvard Grieg field in the resource potential in this part of the field. This is the tenth exploration/appraisal well
Norwegian North Sea. Lundin Norway said the well encountered a in PL338 of which seven have been drilled on
the Edvard Grieg field.
In a statement, Lundin Norway said the 66 metres gross oil column in pebbly sandstone
appraisal well has been successful. with medium to good reservoir quality. Drilled to a vertical depth of 2,043 metres
below the sea surface and terminated in
The well was located in PL338 and was Extensive data acquisition and sampling is granite basement, the well will be permanently
drilled about 2.4 kilometres southeast of the currently ongoing with the initial data results plugged and abandoned.
Edvard Grieg platform location. appearing very promising with regard to
additional in-place volumes, Lundin Norway Lundin Norway said the well was drilled
Lundin Norway aimed to further delineate said. by the jack-up rig Rowan Viking which
the southeastern part of the Edvard Grieg field will return to the Edvard Grieg platform to
southwestwardly from last year’s successful Lundin Petroleum chief executive Ashley continue drilling of production and injection
appraisal well 16/1-18. Heppenstall was pleased with the result. wells.
This was to optimise the drainage strategy “This well, together with last year’s appraisal Lundin Norway is the operator of PL338
and to determine the best possible location well in the same area of the field, will in my with 50 per cent working interest, the partners
for production wells in this area, the company opinion result in an increase to the Edvard are OMV Norge AS(20%), Statoil Petroleum
Grieg reserves at the end of this year,” he said. AS (15%) and Wintershall Norge AS (15%). l
“The low incremental cost of developing
PGNiG to conduct oil and gas exploration operations in Germany
POLAND’S Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe PGNiG SA said the companies aimed to find PGNiG SA’s financial commitment as part
i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) and Germany’s potential crude oil accumulations comparable of the project is expected to exceed €10 million
Central European Petroleum GmbH (CEP) to those of the Lubiatów-Międzychód-Grotów by June 2016.
will work together on part of the Lubben (LMG) field, which had aggregate initial
licence area in Brandenbury, Germany. recoverable crude oil reserves of about 7 PGNiG SA will acquire a 36 per cent interest
million tonnes. in future revenue from any future production
The companies will carry out crude oil of crude oil and natural gas under the deal.
and natural gas exploration, appraisal and PGNiG will cover part of the cost of
production operations under the deal, with the drilling two exploration wells initially, as Project partners in the designated part of
first well to be drilled before the end of 2015. well as reimbursing part of the costs incurred the Lubben SW area include CEP (39%), the
previously on the licence area by CEP. licence operator, and Rohöl-Aufsuchungs
Aktiengesellschaft RAG of Austria (25%). l
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OIL & GAS AUSTRALIA
Petrofac Training Services guides P2D
through competency assurance
PETROFAC Training Services (PTS) has P2D’s Fereydon Rezapour with Petrofac assurance ‘health checks’ in the workplace as
completed work around the competency Training’s Ian Barton. Image courtesy Petrofac. a means of looking at a company’s existing
assurance process of Aberdeen-based P2D, Competency Management System (CMS), if
a provider of pipeline and pigging support any, and identifying where efficiencies can be
management services to the oil and gas made.
industry.
PTS regional manager for response services
The process undertaken confirmed that and major emergency management Peter
P2D’s onshore and offshore workforce had the Walker said current market conditions means
necessary skills and knowledge to do their jobs it is more important than ever to have a
both safely and effectively, Petrofac said in a competent workforce.
mid-July statement.
“An effective CMS is invaluable - it not only
P2D HSEQ advisor Fereydon Rezapour protects a company’s reputation, within what
said the company aimed to have a robust we know is already a highly regulated industry,
competency assurance system. but it ensures employees have the necessary
skills and knowledge to do their job safely and
“Following the design, development and effectively.”
delivery of our bespoke system by PTS, I am
now confident, especially in light of favourable PTS said the ‘health check’ is supported by
external audits recently, that we have one of the PTS’ own Scottish Qualifications Authority/
best competency management systems in our Engineering Construction Industry Training
business sector,” he said. Board Approved Centre where assessor and
verifier training is conducted. l
PTS is also conducting competency
Successful appraisal well for Lundin offshore Norway
LUNDIN Petroleum’s wholly owned said. such barrels will add value to the Edvard Grieg
subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed The well was also testing incremental asset.”
the drilling and logging of appraisal well
16/1-23 S on the Edvard Grieg field in the resource potential in this part of the field. This is the tenth exploration/appraisal well
Norwegian North Sea. Lundin Norway said the well encountered a in PL338 of which seven have been drilled on
the Edvard Grieg field.
In a statement, Lundin Norway said the 66 metres gross oil column in pebbly sandstone
appraisal well has been successful. with medium to good reservoir quality. Drilled to a vertical depth of 2,043 metres
below the sea surface and terminated in
The well was located in PL338 and was Extensive data acquisition and sampling is granite basement, the well will be permanently
drilled about 2.4 kilometres southeast of the currently ongoing with the initial data results plugged and abandoned.
Edvard Grieg platform location. appearing very promising with regard to
additional in-place volumes, Lundin Norway Lundin Norway said the well was drilled
Lundin Norway aimed to further delineate said. by the jack-up rig Rowan Viking which
the southeastern part of the Edvard Grieg field will return to the Edvard Grieg platform to
southwestwardly from last year’s successful Lundin Petroleum chief executive Ashley continue drilling of production and injection
appraisal well 16/1-18. Heppenstall was pleased with the result. wells.
This was to optimise the drainage strategy “This well, together with last year’s appraisal Lundin Norway is the operator of PL338
and to determine the best possible location well in the same area of the field, will in my with 50 per cent working interest, the partners
for production wells in this area, the company opinion result in an increase to the Edvard are OMV Norge AS(20%), Statoil Petroleum
Grieg reserves at the end of this year,” he said. AS (15%) and Wintershall Norge AS (15%). l
“The low incremental cost of developing
PGNiG to conduct oil and gas exploration operations in Germany
POLAND’S Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe PGNiG SA said the companies aimed to find PGNiG SA’s financial commitment as part
i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) and Germany’s potential crude oil accumulations comparable of the project is expected to exceed €10 million
Central European Petroleum GmbH (CEP) to those of the Lubiatów-Międzychód-Grotów by June 2016.
will work together on part of the Lubben (LMG) field, which had aggregate initial
licence area in Brandenbury, Germany. recoverable crude oil reserves of about 7 PGNiG SA will acquire a 36 per cent interest
million tonnes. in future revenue from any future production
The companies will carry out crude oil of crude oil and natural gas under the deal.
and natural gas exploration, appraisal and PGNiG will cover part of the cost of
production operations under the deal, with the drilling two exploration wells initially, as Project partners in the designated part of
first well to be drilled before the end of 2015. well as reimbursing part of the costs incurred the Lubben SW area include CEP (39%), the
previously on the licence area by CEP. licence operator, and Rohöl-Aufsuchungs
Aktiengesellschaft RAG of Austria (25%). l
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