Pan Orient hits natural gas and condensate discovery at Akeh-1 well, Indonesia
Oct 21, 2015
The Akeh-1 exploration well has completed the testing of four zones within the primary target Lower Talang Akar sandstone formation utilizing cased

Lukoil, PanAtlantic and Romgaz discover large deep-water offshore gas field in Romania
Oct 15, 2015
In October 2015, the drilling of exploratory well LIRA 1X was completed. The work led to the discovery of an important gas field located in the deep sea Romanian

OMV makes new gas discovery in the Latif block, Pakistan
Oct 13, 2015
OMV announces the discovery of gas in the Latif South-1 exploration well in the Latif exploration license. The presence of hydrocarbons was proven through wireline

Lion Energy makes milestone Lofin discovery
Oct 9, 2015
Lion Energy Limited is pleased to report contingent resources for the Lofin Field. The estimates confirm a significant gas/ condensate discovery in the Seram Non-Bula Block

Maersk Oil makes minor condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea
Oct 5, 2015
Maersk Oil Norway AS, operator of production licence 510, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6406/6-4 S. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres southwest of the Tyrihans field

Transerv hits extensive gas interval at Warro onshore field in WA
Sep 25, 2015
Transerv Energy is pleased to report strong results from the latest well at the Warro onshore gas field in WA, with gas pay being encountered over

Eni discovers a supergiant gas field in the Egyptian offshore Mediterranean
Aug 31, 2015
Eni has made a world class supergiant gas discovery at its Zohr Prospect, in the deep waters of Egypt. The discovery well Zohr

Brightoil makes discovery of promising gas reserves in Tuzi gas field
Aug 28, 2015
Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited says that with regard to the Xinjiang Tuzi Luoke Gas Field (Tuzi Gas Field) jointly developed

Wentworth Resources updates on first gas delivery
Aug 21, 2015
Gas deliveries have now commenced to the new transnational pipeline in Tanzania. Two wells are now producing and the remaining three wells

Octanex makes declaration of location over Ascalon gas discovery
Aug 4, 2015
Octanex N.L. advises that a location has been declared over the Ascalon gas discovery in the Southern Bonaparte Basin, offshore from Western Australia. The declaration

Atlantic Petroleum completes sale of Pegasus discovery
Aug 3, 2015
P/F Atlantic Petroleum’s subsidiary Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited has completed on the sale and purchase agreement with Third Energy Offshore Limited for the sale

Kinetiko Energy and Badimo Gas provide update on Amersfoort gas discovery
Jul 29, 2015
Kinetiko Energy Limited with its major shareholder in Afro Energy Pty Ltd, Badimo Gas Pty Ltd is pleased to provide an update on the following

Statoil, partner makes gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea
Jul 24, 2015
Operator Statoil and its PL146/PL333 partner Total E&P Norge have made a gas and condensate discovery in the Julius prospect in the King Lear area in the North Sea. The discovery well 2/4-23S, drilled by Maersk Gallant, proved gas and condensate in the Ula formation. Statoil estimates the volumes in Julius to be between 15 and 75 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.

Eni makes important gas discovery in the Egyptian Nile Delta
Jul 21, 2015
Eni has made an important gas discovery in the Nooros exploration prospect, located in the Abu Madi West license in the Nile Delta, 120 kilometers north-east of Alexandria, Egypt. Preliminary estimates of the discovery account for a potential of 15 billion cubic meters of gas in place with upside, plus associated condensates. Eni achieved the important exploration success through the Nidoco NW2 Dir NFW well, which reached a total depth of 3,600 meters and encountered a 60 meters thick gas bearing sandstone interval of Messianian age with excellent petrophysical properties, further of other gas layers in the overlying Pliocene section.

Third gas discovery in the Aasta Hansteen area in three months
Jun 10, 2015
Statoil and PL602 partners have made a gas discovery in the Gymir prospect. With three discoveries in a row, an important progress has been made in unlocking full potential of the Aasta Hansteen area.“Our 2015 exploration campaign around Aasta Hansteen has proven an upside potential in the area. The estimated total volumes in the three discoveries, Snefrid Nord, Roald Rygg and Gymir, amount to 75-120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent, corresponding to about 1/3 of the Aasta Hansteen recoverable volumes.

Eni makes new gas and condensates discovery offshore Libya
May 27, 2015
Eni has made a new discovery of gas and condensates offshore Libya, in the Bouri North exploration prospect in Area D, 140 kilometers from the coast and 20 kilometers north of the production field of Bouri.The discovery was made through the A1-1/1 well, drilled at a water depth of 125 meters, which encountered gas and condensates in the Metlaoui Group of Eocene age.

Mol Group makes new discovery in Pakistan and enters DG Khan block
May 21, 2015
MOL has a well-established, proven track record and successful presence in the country with five blocks and over 15 years of operation.

Borders & Southern upgrade on its Darwin Gas condensate discovery
May 15, 2015
Borders & Southern provides a technical update on its Darwin Gas Condensate Discovery and near-field prospectivity. The Company has completed a comprehensive seismic

AWE Limited makes Irwin-1 gas discovery: 149 Bcf of gas at Irwin and Synaphea
May 8, 2015
AWE Limited announced initial results from the Irwin-1 exploration well, located in the onshore Perth Basin, Western Australia. The Irwin structure straddles

Repsol makes new gas discovery in Bolivia
May 6, 2015
Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau and Chief Executive Officer Josu Jon Imaz announced a new gas discovery in Bolivia at an event hosted by the President

Kosmos Energy makes significant gas discovery offshore Mauritania
Apr 28, 2015
Kosmos Energy says that the Tortue-1 exploration well, drilled to test the Tortue West prospect, which forms part of the Greater Tortue Complex,

Repsol makes new gas discovery in Algeria
Apr 21, 2015
Repsol has made its third gas discovery in the Illizi basin, in the southeast of Algeria. The discovery in Tan Emellel Sud-Ouest-2 (TESO-2) exploration

Karoon Gas encounters hydrocarbons at Echidna-1 exploration well
Apr 14, 2015
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd's Echidna-1 well, has intersected an oil bearing section in Paleocene sands, as shown on mudlog and Logging While Drilling data.

Statoil makers another gas discovery in the Aasta Hansteen area
Apr 14, 2015
Operator Statoil has together with PL602 partners made a gas discovery in the Roald Rygg prospect in the Norwegian Sea. This is the second discovery made by Statoil in the Aasta Hansteen area spring 2015. “Statoil has completed a targeted two-well exploration programme around Aasta Hansteen which aimed to test additional potential in the area and make the Aasta Hansteen project more robust. Both wells, Snefrid Nord and Roald Rygg,