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StatoilHydro discover gas in the Barents Sea Ververis prospectStatoilHydro has confirmed the existence of gas in the Ververis prospect in the Barents Sea, whereas an exploration well in the Stetind prospect in the Norwegian Sea turned out to be dry. This is the 13th discovery on the Norwegian continental shelf that StatoilHydro is involved in this year. Full text |
Lundin find oil in its Morskaya well in the Caspian Sea
Talisman and Det Norske find oil in the Lilleulv prospect in the Varg Field
Endeavour positive to Galvort natural gas dicovery well
Total find new gas field Islay in North UK near Alwyn
Dana and gas de France find gas offshore Egypt
Petrofac get approval to develop Don subsea fields
ENI makes subsea discovery in deep waters offshore USA
Transocean Prospect semisubmersible drilling rig spud Valiant well Globe
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TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) has started a 1500 square kilometer multi-client 3D survey in Quadrants 7016 and 7116 in the Troms III area. The Troms III 3D survey is supported by strong industry pre-funding. Full text
Petrobras, Shell, and Galp Energia has proved the presence of oil in pre-salt reservoirs, in block BM-S-8, in subsea ultra-deep waters in the Santos Basin, after drilling another well. Preliminary analyses indicate comparable results to that of the other pre-salt oils found in the Santos Basin.
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BP today announced an oil discovery in North Sea Block 16/23s, some 230 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen, to be named Kinnoull. BP are now looking into a subsea development with tie back to Andrew Field. Full text
Endeavour International Corporation today said that one exploration well has discovered natural gas in the Jurassic Garn formation at the Galtvort prospect on production license 348 in the Norwegian North Sea. Full text
StatoilHydro has completed the drilling of two appraisal wells at the Tornerose gas discovery in the Barents Sea. No new find was made. The well confirmed the existence of reservoir development in this rock, but no movable hydrocarbons were proven in any of the wells. Full text
Eni Norge AS, the operator of the Goliat licence, will award a contract with Sevan Marine ASA (Sevan) and Aker Engineering and Technology AS (Aker) for a Goliat FPSO Design Competition FEED. Full text
StatoilHydro has confirmed the existence of gas and condensate on the Alve field in the Norwegian Sea around 16 km southeast of the Norne field. Full text
Today at OTC, Chevron's Randall Kubota said to subsea industry sources that a FEED study for the subsea development of Jack and St Malo ultra-deep discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico will start in the near future. Kubota is Chevrons subsea general manager. The development concept is not yet determined. Full text
StatoilHydro’s Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of the Morvin field was approved today, Friday 25 April. This is the first PDO approved in the merged StatoilHydro. The Morvin development concept will include two subsea templates tied in to Åsgard B for processing through a 20-kilometre pipeline. Full text
The well is located in the offshore licence PL293, at a water depth of 373 metres in the Norwegian North Sea, some 165 km West of Bergen. Eni is operator of the project with an equity stake of 45%. Other partners in the project are StatoilHydro (40%) and Idemitsu (15%). Full text