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Hess strike natural gas at Nimblefoot well offshore AustraliaHess Corporation announced today that the Nimblefoot-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf discovered natural gas. The well encountered 93 feet (28 meters) of net gas pay. Hess holds a 100 percent interest in the 780,000 acre WA-390-P Permit. Full text |
Maersk Oil expands its deep water exploration interests in the US Gulf of Mexico
Searcher Seismic, Fugro and Gardline complete the Exmouth West Non-Exclusive 2D Seismic Survey
StatoilHydro plans for Gudrun, Trestakk, Valemon, Astero, Peon, Luva, Lavrans and Dagny fields
StatoilHydro has made two new discoveries on the Norwegian continental shelf
StatoilHydro makes gas discovery in the Barents Sea
Australia’s Largest Non‐Exclusive Seismic 3D Reprocessing Project
Chevron to develop Hebron heavy oil project offshore Canada
Nexen Blackbird discovery to be fast track subsea tie-back to Ettrick
Jordbær field annonced a significant oil discovery
Petrobras with another ultra deepwater discovery in Santos Basin
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At the beginning of December StatoilHydro completed an agreement with Chevron to take over three heavy oil licences on the British continental shelf (UKCS). This is the first-ever operatorship for the group in this area. Full text
StatoilHydro has completed drilling of the Askeladd Beta exploration well in production licence 7120/8-4 in the Barents Sea. Full text
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) today announced an oil discovery at its West Tonga prospect on Green Canyon block 726 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The discovery well, located in approximately 4,700 feet of water, was drilled to a total depth of 25,680 feet and encountered over 350 feet of net oil pay in three high-quality subsalt Miocene sands Full text
StatoilHydro ASA has concluded drilling of exploration well Ragnarrock 2 (16/2-4), in the North Sea. The well lies 35 kilometres east of the Gudrun field and 30 kilometres south of the Grane field.
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In the National Agency of Petroleum’s ninth bidding round, StatoilHydro bid successfully on two blocks offshore Brazil. Full text
CNOOC Ltd. has made 10 new oil and gas discoveries offshore China this year, of which three were made in the second half, including a discovery with "big potential." Full text
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) announced today that Det norske oljeselskap ASA (formerly Pertra ASA), operator of Production License 337, has finalized the drilling of wildcat well 15/12-18 S and the appraisal well 15/12-18A, located in the North Sea between the fields Sleipner Øst and Varg. The well proved two oil discoveries in Paleocene reservoirs. Full text
A new, significant discovery of gas and condensate has been made at the Yolanda prospect in Block I in Equatorial Guinea. This is the second discovery of hydrocarbons made in Block I. PA Resources has a six percent participating interest in the license. Full text
Drilling of the wildcat 6608/8-2 in the Bjørk prospect north of the Norne field has been completed. No hydrocarbons were proven in the well. Full text
Aker Exploration has entered into an agreement with Chevron Norge AS to acquire a 12.5 percent ownership interest in license PL 283, which includes the Stetind discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Drilling start-up of the second exploration well on PL283 is scheduled for 1Q 2008. Full text