DRILLING & COMPLETION NEWS • DEPARTMENTS
Zama unitization process
is finalized in Mexico
Talos Energy has received the final
Unitization Resolution from Mexico’s
Ministry of Energy regarding the Zama
field . Among other things, the resolu-
tion affirms the appointment of Pemex
as operator of the unit. Unitization was
required after determination that the field
is located within both the Talos-operated
Block 7 and an adjacent Pemex-operated
block. It provides for joint development of
the entire reservoir .

Talos will maintain a 17.35% partici-
pating interest in Zama , and the com-
pany anticipates submitting a Unit
Development Plan for approval by the
working interest partners within six to 12
months, a critical step before the parties
can make a final investment decision in
2023. New production starts up
from PowerNap, Colibri
Shell has announced the start of pro-
duction at PowerNap, a subsea develop-
ment in the US Gulf of Mexico with an
estimated peak production of 20,000 bbl/
day of oil equivalent (BOED) . PowerNap is
a tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus
production hub in the prolific Mars
Corridor. “Shell has been producing in the Mars
Corridor for more than 25 years, and we
continue to find ways to unlock even
more value there,” said Zoe Yujnovich,
Shell Upstream Director.

Separately, Shell – through subsidiary
BG International – announced the start
of production on Block 22 and NCMA-4 in
the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA) in
Trinidad and Tobago.

The start-up of Colibri follows the
amendment to the Block 6 production-
sharing contract for the Manatee field .

This will allow for the delivery of gas both
domestically and internationally through
Atlantic LNG.

Project Colibri is a backfill project that
is expected to add approximately 30,000
BOED of sustained near-term gas produc-
tion, with peak production expected to be
approximately 43,000 BOED through four
subsea gas wells tied back to the existing
Poinsettia Platform .

While working for Shell, the Maersk Voyager drillship will deploy the RigFlow
solution to help digitalize well construction workfl ows.

Maersk Drilling announces multiple new contracts
for 7th-gen drillship, 2 harsh-environment jackups
Maersk Drilling has been awarded
contracts with Shell for the provision of
the seventh-generation drillship Maersk
Voyager for drilling services offshore
multiple countries. The contracts were
expected to commence by April , with a
total firm duration of one year. The total
contract value is approximately $107.5
million, including a mobilization fee but
excluding integrated services expected
to be provided and potential performance
bonuses. The contracts include an addi-
tional one-year option.

To support a strong operational per-
formance in the campaigns, Maersk
Drilling and Shell have agreed to imple-
ment the RigFlow solution delivered by
Maersk Drilling subsidiary Horizon56.

RigFlow standardizes and digitalizes the
core workflows involved in well con-
struction, including real-time exchange
of information between onshore plan-
ning units, the offshore drilling teams,
and the service companies supporting
the operations.

Separately, Maersk Drilling has been
awarded a contract for the Maersk
Resolve. The harsh-environment jackup
rig will work for an operator in the UK
sector of the North Sea starting in April ,
with an estimated duration of 150 days.

The contract value is approximately
$16.9 million, including mobilization and
demobilization fees. The contract con-
tains options to add additional work
scopes with a total estimated duration of
85 days to the campaign.

The Maersk Resolve had been warm-
stacked in Esbjerg, Denmark, since com-
pleting its previous contract in the UK
North Sea in January 2022.

Additionally, Maersk Drilling has been
awarded contracts for the harsh-envi-
ronment jackup rig Maersk Resolute. It
will plug and abandon a total of 31 wells
in the Dutch sector of the North Sea
in support of a rig-sharing agreement
between TotalEnergies and Petrogas .

The contracts are expected to com-
mence in Q2/Q3 2022, in direct continu-
ation of the rig’s current contract, and
will include the plugging and abandon-
ment of 11 wells with TotalEnergies and
20 wells with Petrogas. The estimated
duration is 575 days, and the total firm
contract value is approximately $43 mil-
lion, excluding potential performance
bonuses. The contracts include options
to add additional work scopes with a
total estimated duration of 228 days.

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