Venture to develop subsea tie-back from new Barbarossa discovery

Venture to develop subsea tie-back from new Barbarossa discovery

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

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Roc Oil plug and abandon Wei well offshore China

2008.03.11 - Field Development -

Roc Oil plug and abandon Wei well offshore China

Roc Oil (China) Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC. Since the last Drilling Report the well has drilled to a Total Depth of 2,510 mBRT and an extensive evaluation programme has been carried out. Although the well encountered minor residual oil shows it will be plugged and abandoned. Full text

Chevron to develop Platong gas offshore Thailand

2008.03.10 - Field Development -

Chevron to develop Platong gas offshore Thailand

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced that the company and its partners have given the green light to construct the Platong Gas II natural gas project in the Gulf of Thailand. Total development cost of the field is approximately $3.1 billion with startup scheduled for first quarter 2011.
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Chevron Announces Plans for Wheatstone LNG Development in Australia

2008.03.10 - Field Development -

Chevron Announces Plans for Wheatstone LNG Development in Australia

Chevron Corporation (NSYE: CVX) today announced that its Australian subsidiary, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, plans to develop a new Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, based on its 100 percent-owned Wheatstone natural gas discovery.
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Exxon get licenses in Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland

2008.03.08 - Field Development -

Exxon get licenses in Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) confirmed today its subsidiary, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Ireland (Offshore) Limited, along with Providence Resources P.l.c. (Providence) and Sosina Exploration Limited (Sosina), has been awarded two additional licenses in the Porcupine Basin of the Irish Sea. Full text

Venture Production turn on taps of new Chiswick gas well

2008.03.07 - Field Development -

Venture Production turn on taps of new Chiswick gas well

Venture Production plc ('Venture'), the Aberdeen headquartered UK independent oil and gas production company, today announces that it has successfully brought the second production well in the Chiswick gas field onstream.
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Bluewater subsidary farm in at Island Oil & Gas Connemara oil field

2008.03.07 - Field Development -

Bluewater subsidary farm in at Island Oil & Gas Connemara oil field

Island Oil & Gas plc (LSE:IOG), has announces that Supernova Ireland Resources B.V., a member of the Bluewater Group, has executed a second option to farm in for an additional 10% equity in Frontier Exploration Licence in the Porcupine Basin in the prospective Atlantic Margin off the west coast of Ireland. Full text

CGGVeritas begins massive scan for ONGC

2008.03.06 - Field Development -

CGGVeritas begins massive scan for ONGC

CGGVeritas has begun to record a shallow water 3D seismic acquisition and processing program awarded by ONGC, the Indian national oil company, in the Krishna-Godavari Basin off the east coast of India. Full text

Cayley gas well success in the North Sea for Talisman and Marubeni

2008.03.05 - Field Development -

Cayley gas well success in the North Sea for Talisman and Marubeni

Marubeni North Sea Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation) has successfully completed appraisal drilling on the Cayley condensate gas discovery, located in the UK Central North Sea with their partner, Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd. (operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc., one of the largest Canadian upstream company). Full text

Niko move into Pakistan Arabian Sea offshore development deal

2008.03.03 - Field Development -

Niko move into Pakistan Arabian Sea offshore development deal

Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX:NKO) today announced that the company has signed four (4) Offshore Production Sharing Agreements (PSA's) with the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Government Holdings (PVT) Limited, through the Secretariat of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. Full text

Stetind partners optimistic prior to Transocean drilling

2008.03.02 - Field Development -

Stetind partners optimistic prior to Transocean drilling

Aker Exploration is optimistic on the coming Stetind well to be drilled by Transocean Leader starting in March. Expectations are to find gas in the well, but oil find can not be ruled out. Full text

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