Cayley gas well success in the North Sea for Talisman and Marubeni
2008.03.05 -
Field Development
Marubeni North Sea Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation) has successfully completed appraisal drilling on the Cayley condensate gas discovery, located in the UK Central North Sea with their partner, Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd. (operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc., one of the largest Canadian upstream company).
The Cayley discovery was well drilled from 2007 and tested at a constrained rate of 2,846bbls/day of condensate and 29.7 mmcf/day of gas (total about 8,000boe/day). Marubeni has a 41.03% working interest in the Cayley discovery, the rest is owned by Talisman.
Marubeni owns the adjacent exploration acreage with Talisman which has the identified prospects to be explored in the near future
PA Resources AB has signed an agreement with the shareholders to acquire the entire share capital of the British oil exploration company Scotsdale Ltd. The company is focusing on low risk exploration in North West Europe. The acquisition means that PA Resources increases its presence in the North Sea with licenses in the United Kingdom and Denmark, and potentially also in the Netherlands.
Aker Exploration has entered into agreements with the international oil company Eni Norge to acquire ownership interests in two licenses in the vicinity of the Åsgard field. The agreements further strengthen Aker Exploration’s position in the Norwegian Sea.
SCAN Geophysical ASA (SCAN) today announced that the company is
remobilising its seismic vessel, M/V Geo Searcher, to re-commence a previously-suspended
2D project offshore Pakistan for BP.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ENI Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/12-1 in the North Sea.
Eni has successfully drilled the last appraisal well, encountered approximately 127 metres (419 ft) of net pay in multiple sands. The initial analysis indicates good reservoir quality.
