Doubling of Aldous volumes

The 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.

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Lundin commence Luno exploration drilling

2010.02.05 - Field Development -

Lundin commence Luno exploration drilling

Lundin Petroleum has announced that drilling of exploration well 16/4-5 on the Luno High prospect in the Greater Luno Area has commenced. The well in PL359 is located 9 km south of the Luno field on the southern Utsira High in the North Sea. Full text

New TGS 3D Project in Liberia

2010.01.27 - Field Development -

New TGS 3D Project in Liberia

TGS has commenced acquisition of the next phase of 3D projects offshore Liberia. This newest project covers Liberia blocks 8 and 9 and totals 5,000 kms2. The MV Polarcus Nadia will acquire the project and TGS will apply advanced pre-stack time and pre-stack depth imaging techniques to create the final subsurface image. Full text

Det norske offered most licenses APA 2009 licensing round

2010.01.20 - Field Development -

Det norske offered most licenses APA 2009 licensing round

Det norske oljeselskap ASA is offered most licenses in APA 2009. Det norske emerged as a winner in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2009 licensing round. Following this award, Det norske has ownership in 81 licenses and is operator for 36 licenses. Full text

Gas discovery near Norne

2009.12.16 - Field Development -

Gas discovery near Norne

Statoil has discovered gas two kilometres south-west of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea during the drilling of exploration well 6507/3-8. Full text

Chevron Announces Natural Gas Find in Australia

2009.12.16 - Field Development -

Chevron Announces Natural Gas Find in Australia

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), through its subsidiary Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, today announced an additional natural gas discovery in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. The discovery is located in Australia’s premier hydrocarbon basin, where Chevron is the leading leaseholder. Full text

Acheron 2D Non-Exclusive Seismic Survey Southern Carnarvon Basin

2009.12.08 - Field Development -

Acheron 2D Non-Exclusive Seismic Survey Southern Carnarvon Basin

The Acheron 2D Non-Exclusive seismic survey is operated by Searcher Seismic in conjunction with its project partner Seabird Exploration. The project acquired approximately 2,700 km of 2D seismic data over an unexplored Cretaceous - Jurassic Rift basin lying immediately to the west of the Bernier Ridge. Full text

Helix ESG Announces Gulf of Mexico Discoveries

2009.12.01 - Field Development -

Helix ESG Announces Gulf of Mexico Discoveries

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Energy Resource Technology GOM (ERT), has made a Gulf of Mexico deepwater oil and gas discovery at its Jake prospect, located in Green Canyon Block 490. Full text

Small discovery at Jetta

2009.11.13 - Field Development -

Small discovery at Jetta

ExxonMobil E&P Norway AS (ExxonMobil), the operator of Production License 027D, is about to conclude the drilling of exploration well 25/8-17 and the appraisal well 25/8-17A. Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) has carried out the drilling on behalf of ExxonMobil. The wells are situated approx. four kilometers south of the Jotun Field in the North Sea. Full text

Oil discovery at Jetta offshore Norway

2009.10.29 - Field Development -

Oil discovery at Jetta offshore Norway

Det norske has, together with operator ExxonMobil, and licence partners Dana Petroleum, Bridge Energy and Petoro discovered oil in well 25/8-17, in the Jetta prospect, south of the Jotun field. Full text

Total make oil discovery on deep Block 17/06 offshore Angola

2009.10.26 - Field Development -

Total make oil discovery on deep Block 17/06 offshore Angola

Total announces that they and Sonangol have discovered oil on Block 17/06, in the deep waters of the Angolan offshore. Gardenia-1 is the first well and the first discovery made on Block 17/06. It was drilled in a water depth of 977 meters. The well discovered hydrocarbon reservoirs, both in the Miocene and the Oligocene. Full text

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