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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A/S Norske Shell has completed the drilling of appraisal well 6305/4-2 S on the Ormen Lange field. The well, which was drilled about 12 kilometres northwest of the field's main production area, was dry. Well 6305/4-2 S is the eight exploration well to be drilled on the Ormen Lange field. Full text
Wintershall Norge ASA, operator of production licence 378, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 35/12-3 S. The well was drilled about 115 kilometres north-northwest of Bergen and about 15 kilometres north of the Troll field.
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Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has announced that the 02/05 license group in Denmark has been awarded a new license 1/11, immediately to the west of the original 2/05 license area. Noreco is the operator and has a 47 percent interest in both licenses. Full text
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today confirmed discoveries within the Moho-Bilondo license in the Republic of the Congo. The Bilondo Marine 2 and 3 wells are located approximately 40 miles (70 kilometers) offshore of the Republic of the Congo, in 2,600 feet (800 meters) of water in the central part of the Moho-Bilondo license. Full text
Total announces discoveries from the Bilondo Marine 2 and 3 wells (BILDM-2 and BILDM-3), drilled in a water depth of 800 metres in the central area of the Moho-Bilondo license, approximately 70 kilometres offshore the Republic of the Congo. They follow the successful exploration wells Moho Nord Marine 1 and 2 drilled in 2007. Full text
Maersk Oil announces it has been awarded a licence in the Norwegian North Sea as a result of the latest APA Licensing Round. The licence is a geographical extension of Licence PL501, where operator Lundin and partners Statoil and Maersk Oil made the recent Avaldsnes discovery, into blocks 16/3 and 16/6. The licence holding structure remains the same in this extension; Lundin with 40%, Statoil with 40% and Maersk Oil with 20%. Full text
BP today announced that it has been awarded four deepwater offshore blocks in the Ceduna Sub Basin within the Great Australian Bight, off the coast of South Australia. Full text
Norwegian Energy Company ASA today announced that drilling of exploration well 17/6-1 has started. Target for the well is the Svaneøgle prospect. Noreco is the operator. Full text
TGS will commence a new multi-client 3D survey in the Tarakan Basin, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia in the Celebes Sea. The survey, TBN10, is the first ever multi-client 3D survey for TGS in Indonesia waters and will cover in excess of 1,600 km2. The data will be acquired by the M/V Seisquest and will commence before the end of this year, with acquisition expected to complete in Q1 2011. Full text
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced it has sanctioned development of its $4 billion Big Foot project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. "Sanctioning Big Foot underscores our commitment to the Gulf of Mexico and will contribute to future U.S. energy supply," said George Kirkland, vice chairman, Chevron Corporation. "This project is another example of Chevron's disciplined approach to advancing our enviable queue of major capital projects." Full text