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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DONG Energy and its licence partners Bayerngas Norge and Faroe Petroleum have prepared a development plan for the Norwegian oil and gas field Trym which is to provide a subsea tie-back to the Danish production platform Harald. Full text
StatoilHydro has concluded the drilling of exploration well 6707/10-2S in the Norwegian Sea. Gas was confirmed in a reservoir with good production qualities. The size of the discovery is estimated to be between 8 and 14 billion standard cubic metres (Sm3) of recoverable gas. Full text
Sonangol and BP Exploration today announced the Dione oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola. This is the sixteenth discovery made by BP in Block 31 and is located in the southern portion of the block, about 9 kilometres to the south-west of the Juno-1 discovery. Full text
StatoilHydro has received consent to use facilities on Yttergryta in the Norwegian Sea. The consent relates to use of a single subsea production facility and an approx. 5 km long pipeline to the X well template on the Midgard field Full text
One of the most intensive offshore oil and gas drilling campaigns mounted in Australia by Beach Petroleum Limited is underway this week in waters just north of Tasmania and in Victoria’s far west. The campaign will involve Beach drilling three wells back-to-back in the Bass and Otway Basins.. Full text
Serica Energy plc as operator of UK Block 23/16f has submitted the Field Development Programme for the Columbus field in the UK Central North Sea to the UK government. Engineering studies have been carried out in cooperation with neighbouring infrastructure operators and the Columbus FDP envisages production via a subsea tie-back to the BP operated Eastern Trough Area Project (“ETAP”). Full text
BP America Inc. announced today an oil discovery at its Freedom Prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 948, approximately 70 miles southeast of the Louisiana Coast, is in about 6,100 feet (1,860 metres) of water. Full text
StatoilHydro ASA and Det norske oljeselskap ASA signed a sales and purchase agreement for the transfer of Det norske oljeselskap’s 15% interest in the Goliat field to StatoilHydro ASA. The subsea development of Goliat is an important next step to realise the potential in the Barents Sea and the far north Full text
EnCore Oil today announced that the East Breagh well has reached total depth having successfully encountered significant gas shows. Initial analysis of wireline log and pressure data indicates the presence of a 72 foot net gas bearing interval and that the gas in this well is likely to be part of the same accumulation found in the 42/13-3 well. Full text
Lundin Norway AS (LNAS) has been granted consent to conduct exploration drilling of well 2/5-14 S and drilling of sidetrack 2/5-14 A using Mærsk Gallant. The well is located in the southern North Sea approx. 255 km southwest of Egersund and West of the Ekofisk Field and South of the Tor Field. Full text