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Guidelines for Drilling Wells for the Exploration and Production of Hydrocarbons in Mexico

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The National Hydrocarbons Commission (“CNH”) submitted a draft of the Guidelines for Drilling Wells for Exploration and Production of Hydrocarbons (“Lineamientos de Perforación de Pozos para las Actividades de Exploración y Extracción”; the “Guidelines”) to the Federal Commission for Regulatory Improvement (“COFEMER”).

The Guidelines regulate well permitting, design, construction, integrity, maintenance, and abandonment standards and requirements for all oil, gas, and injection wells in Mexico, whether on-shore or off-shore, conventional or non-conventional, and which apply to both private industry and state productive companies.  They regulate best oil field practices and standards for various activities; provide for inspection, audit, and enforcement; and, include provisions on operator and non-operator liability. Operators and non-operators are liable for all damages related to their activities (well drilling, design, construction, completion, and abandonment, etc.), regardless of whether their underlying exploration contracts with CNH or “entitlements” are in effect.

The Guidelines include the following attachments:

  1. Glossary of defined terms.

  2. Regulatory requirements on best practices for the design, construction, termination, integrity, maintenance, and abandonment of wells.  These requirements are considered to be hierarchically one step below official Mexican standards (NOMs), which means that the latter have control over CNH’s referenced regulatory requirements.

  3. Guidelines for registering oil and gas wells and reservoirs/fields.

  4. Guidelines for well-permitting applications.

  5. Guidelines for ensuring well integrity (e.g., casing and cementing requirements and standards).

  6. Format to request administrative registration of wells.

  7. Format to apply for drilling and completion well permits.

  8. Format for applications to modify previously granted well permits.

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Statoil to Drill Around 30 Exploration Wells in 2017

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Statoil ASA announced Wednesday that it plans to drill around 30 exploration wells in 2017, an increase of around 30 percent compared to last year.

In 2016, Statoil completed a total of 23 exploration wells as operator and partner – 14 of them on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. More than half of the wells in this year’s campaign will be drilled on the NCS, with Statoil expecting between 16 to 18 NCS exploration wells to be completed in 2017.

In Norway, a 5 to 7 well exploration campaign in the Barents Sea is said to be at the core of the activity plan. In The Norwegian Sea and the North Sea, the ambition is to prove near field volumes to prolong the productive lifetime of existing infrastructure and determine the growth potential, Statoil said.

“Taking advantage of our own improvements and changed market conditions, we have been able to get more wells, more acreage and more seismic data for our exploration investments in later years,” Tim Dodson, executive vice president for exploration in Statoil, said.

“This allows us to firm up a strong drilling program for 2017, totalling around 30 exploration wells as operator and partner. The upcoming well program is balanced between proven, well known basins and new frontier opportunities,” he added.

Internationally, Statoil’s 2017 exploration drilling activity will comprise growth opportunities in basins where Statoil is already established with discoveries and producing fields, as well as new frontier opportunities, the company said in a statement.

Partner operated wells are planned to be spudded in established basins like the US Gulf of Mexico and in in new frontier areas like Indonesia and Suriname. Statoil is also partnering in onshore exploration drilling planned in Russia and Turkey.

“The 2017 exploration plans demonstrate our long term commitment to the NCS, while we continue to position the company for global opportunities. If everything goes to plan, we will this year have exploration drilling activity in 11 countries on five continents,” Dodson said.

 

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Renaissance Oil initiates multi-well drilling program at Amatitlán

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From Renaissance Oil Corp. / Craig Steinke / 27 de Noviembre de 2017

 

VANCOUVER, Nov. 27, 2017 /CNW/ – Renaissance Oil Corp. («Renaissance» or the «Company») (TSX-V: ROE) is pleased to announce the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (the «CNH») has approved drilling permits for the Chicontepec multi well drilling program on the Amatitlán block in Veracruz, Mexico.  In conjunction with its partner Lukoil, Renaissance will conduct the following operations:

During the week of December 4th, 2017, mobilize Simmons Edeco Rig 836 to a multi-well drilling location and spud the first well, Amatitlán 1649, of the 10 well drilling campaign which will occur over the course of several months;

Each well will be directionally drilled, targeting multiple Chicontepec intervals, to a total depth of 1,975 meters; and

The second well in the program, Amatitlán 1708, will be drilled subsequently from the same multi-well location.

«As the first Canadian operated oil well drilled in Mexico, in almost a century, the Amatitlán 1649 is a historical milestone», stated Craig Steinke, Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance.  He added, «Rig 836, owned by Canadian based Simmons Edeco, will also be used to drill the planned 4,200 meter measured depth horizontal Upper Jurassic shale well.»

Renaissance continues to make progress on its journey to become a major Mexican energy producer.

From Renaissance Oil Corp. / Craig Steinke / 27 de Noviembre de 2017