Doubling of Aldous volumesThe results of appraisal well 16/2-10 have increased production license PL265 estimates to between 900 million and 1.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. |
Eni announces a giant gas discovery offshore Mozambique
Searcher and FMCS extend the Barrow Ultracube
Ancap signed contract with Fugro for Uruguay’ offshore survey
Small oil discovery south of the Alvheim field in the North Sea
Dry well south of the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea
Small oil discovery north of Sleipner in the North Sea
Chevron Announces Further Natural Gas Find in Australia
Small oil discovery southeast of the Grane field in the North Sea
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Aker ASA has been awarded a major oil and gas deepwater exploration and production license in the Gulf of Guinea. This region, off the coast of west Africa, is widely regarded as one of the world's most
promising petroleum provinces.
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Total announces today that it has signed an agreement with OMEL Energy Nigeria Limited (OENL) and OMEL Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (OEPNL) to acquire interests of 25.67% in deep offshore license OPL 285 and 14.5% in deep offshore license OPL 279. Full text
StatoilHydro has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in an exploration well in the Caurus prospect in the Barents Sea, 160 kilometres north-northwest of Hammerfest in North Norway. The drilling in Caurus was carried out by the Polar Pioneer drilling rig at a water depth of 356 metres. Full text
Marathon Oil Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has sanctioned two Gulf of Mexico development projects, Droshky and Ozona. The Board approved a total project cost of $1.3 billion for the Droshky development and $300 million for the Ozona development. Full text
Melrose Resources plc, the oil and gas exploration, development and production company, today announces a successful exploration well offshore Bulgaria and provides an update on its drilling and production operations. Plans are also now being formulated for the development of the Kavarna discovery and first production is expected in 2010. Full text
Recoverable reserves of the Noatun discovery have been estimated to be between five and eight million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent following the drilling of an appraisal well. A subsea tie-back to the Njord field is being considered. Full text
Norwegian Energy Company ASA today said that Oil has been discovered in the Knockandoo-Talisker exploration well near the producing Brage field in Norway, where Noreco owns a 13% share. The well is now being completed and is expected to start production within 3-4 weeks. Full text
The presence of oil and gas in the Pan/Pandora prospect has been proven by StatoilHydro. The find is located south of the Visund field in the North Sea and represents the group’s 20th find in 2008. The prospect is mainly located in production licence 120, but stretches into production licence 120B. StatoilHydro is the operator of both production licences. Full text
Mariner Energy, Inc. today announced a deepwater discovery at its Dalmatian prospect located on De Soto Canyon Block 48. The well, which lies in water depths of nearly 5,900 feet, encountered approximately 120 feet (net measured depth) / 57 feet (net true vertical depth) of high quality, dry natural gas pay. Plans are to develop the well as a subsea tieback to existing infrastructure in the area. Full text
EnCore Oil today announce that well testing operations on the East Breagh well 42/13-4 (‘the well’) have been completed. Incorporation of the well results into EnCore’s current mapping suggests that this accumulation has the potential to become one of the larger discoveries of recent years in the Southern North Sea. Full text