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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INPEX today announced that it has made a new gas discovery in the Browse Basin. INPEX Browse and Total E&P Australia acquired the WA-344-P exploration acreage in November 2007 and completed the Mimia-1 well in July 2008. A 72 metre gas column was found and a production test completed recently confirmed the discovery of gas and condensate. Full text
StatoilHydro ASA, operator of Production License 128, has completed drilling of wildcat well 6608/11-6. The well was dry. Water depth is 379 m. The wildcat well was drilled to 1828 metres below the surface of the sea and was terminated in rocks from Early Jurassic (the Åre formation). The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Full text
StatoilHydro has received consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea with the mobile facility Polar Pioneer. The consent applies to drilling of exploration well 7222/11-1, Caurus, which belongs to production licence 228. Full text
Exxon Mobil announced today the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, which includes its subsidiary, Esso Australia, will invest $1.1 billion to develop more than 270 million oil-equivalent barrels from the Turrum field in the Bass Strait, offshore southeast Australia. The development follows the recent announcement to develop natural gas from the Kipper field, also in the Bass Strait. Full text
Dana today announced a deal which delivers three additional exploration wells offshore Norway in partnership with Det norske oljeselskap ASA (‘Det norske’), the second-largest operating company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Dana is also pleased to report on progress with additional drilling plans for the UK and Egypt. Full text
Eni has made a new, significant gas discovery in the Sicilian Strait, with the Cassiopea 1 well at a water depth of some 560 metres, about 22 km off the coast of Agrigento.s The Cassiopea field extends across G.R14.AG and G.R13.AG exploration licences, which Eni operates with a 60% stake. Full text
Revus Energy ASA today confirmed well 21/8-4z as a further oil & gas discovery in block 21/8, production licence P.1107 which is located in the central North Sea Sector of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). Full text
Hess Corporation said today that the Briseis-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf discovered natural gas in Jurassic and Triassic sandstones. The well encountered 151 feet (46 meters) of net gas pay, in line with pre-drill estimates. Full text
Venture Production today announces that it has successfully sidetracked and tested well 47/9c-11x to appraise the Barbarossa gas field. Barbarossa is located in Block 47/9c in the southern North Sea on acreage operated and 90% owned by Venture. Full text
Revus Energy ASA today confirmed well oil & gas discovery in the eastern part of the Torphins prospect in the central UK North Sea. The well, which spudded on 20th June 2008, was drilled directionally to test sector and penetrated a Paleocene reservoir sandstone section with a gross logged oil & gas column in the region of 9 meters. Full text