Well Results: Exploration Well on Bakassi West, CameroonMar 28, 2016SDX Energy Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in Egypt and Cameroon, reports that drilling operations have been completed on the Manatee-1 exploration well...
Norwegian Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2016 AnnouncedMar 17, 2016The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced this year’s licensing round for mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2016.
Shell Delivers More Brazil Deepwater ProductionMar 15, 2016Shell and its joint venture announce the start of oil production from the third phase of the deepwater Parque das Conchas (BC-10) development in Brazil’s Campos Basin.
Eni Starts Goliat ProductionMar 15, 2016Eni has reported the start production on the Goliat field, located 85 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest, within Production License 229, in a ice-free area in the Barents Sea off Norway.
Hansa Hydrocarbons Enters DenmarkMar 7, 2016Hansa Hydrocarbons Limited has announced it has been provisionally awarded two new licences under the Danish 7th Licensing Round...
Exploration Well 16/4-10 Completed as DryMar 7, 2016Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has completed the drilling of exploration well 16/4-10 on the Fosen prospect.
Statoil Awarded Six Licensing Options Offshore IrelandMar 2, 2016Statoil Exploration (Ireland) Limited has been awarded six Licensing Options in Ireland’s 2015 Atlantic Margin Licensing Round.
Johan Sverdrup Production Drilling CommencesMar 1, 2016Statoil reports that at 00:00 on Tuesday 1 March the
Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig started the first of a total of 35 wells to be drilled in the first phase of the Johan Sverdrup field development.
Masirah Oil commences drilling in Oman’s offshore Block 50Feb 29, 2016Masirah Oil Limited and its partners has started the drilling of exploration well Manarah-1 in Block 50 Oman. The prospect Manarah-1 is targeted for a depth of more than 3 km,
Genel Energy issues Taq Taq reserves updateFeb 29, 2016Genel Energy issues its reserves position at the Taq Taq field (Genel 44% working interest). In its Trading and Operations Update on 20 January 2016, the Company
88 Energy updates evaluation for Icewine #1 wellFeb 29, 201688 Energy Limited updates the evaluation and integration of the core with log data over the HRZ interval from the recently drilled Icewine#1 exploration well.
Pantheon completes a diagnostic spinner survey on VOS#1 discoveryFeb 29, 2016Pantheon Resources says that having earlier completed a pressure build up test on the VOS#1 discovery, the operator Vision has completed a diagnostic spinner survey in order
Sound Energy to mobilise rig for Tendrara licence areaFeb 29, 2016Sound Energy has commenced the mobilisation of the National 110 UE (1500 HP) traditional rig for the upcoming first well at the Company's Tendrara licence area, onshore Morocco
Nostra Terra Oil & Gas to drill Paw Paw prospectFeb 29, 2016Nostra Terra says that in December the company declared the approval of an Exploratory Unit by the Bureau of Land Management, which creates numerous benefits such as a single commercial
SOCO to plug and abandon Baobab Marine-1 wellFeb 29, 2016SOCO International says that the Baobab Marine-1 ('BABM-1') commitment well drilled in the Mer Profonde Sud Block, located in the Lower Congo Basin, offshore the
Lonestar declares 30% increase in proved reservesFeb 29, 2016Lonestar Resources Ltd. Says that its proved reserves as of December 31, 2015 were 40.2 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE), an increase of 30% over year end 2014 proved reserves of 31.0 MMBOE.
Eni’s successful exploration in EgyptFeb 29, 2016Eni has successfully drilled the 'Nidoco North 1X' well, in the exploration prospect of 'Nooros East', located in the Abu Madi West license, in the Nile Delta, Egypt.
Lukoil starts exploration at Vostochno-Taimyrsky blockFeb 29, 2016LUKOIL has started the first stage of exploration activities at the Vostochno-Taimyrsky license block in the Krasnoyarsk region ahead of time. This stage of
NPD reports slight increase in the resource base on the Norwegian shelfFeb 26, 2016The NPD's estimate of total discovered and undiscovered petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf has increased with 0.1 billion standard cubic metres of oil
Canadian oil production expected to increase despite lower pricesFeb 26, 2016Despite lower crude oil prices, EIA expects Canadian oil production to continue increasing through 2017. Canadian oil sands projects that were already under construction when prices
Faroe Petroleum declares results of Kvalross exploration wellFeb 25, 2016Faroe Petroleum says that drilling has reached target depth on the Wintershall operated Kvalross exploration well in the Barents Sea.
Tourmaline Oil reserves reach 1.1 billion boeFeb 25, 2016Tourmaline Oil Corp has enjoyed another record year of material, profitable reserve additions with ever-improving efficiencies. Company’s proved plus probable reserves increased to
Magellan Petroleum declares preliminary flow test results of Horse Hill wellFeb 25, 2016Magellan Petroleum Corporation has declared preliminary results of a flow test of the Horse Hill-1 well located in the Weald Basin, onshore UK, which is operated by Horse Hill
Eni gets nod for the development of Coral DiscoveryFeb 25, 2016Eni has received the approval of the Plan of Development for the Coral discovery, offshore Mozambique. The approval has been granted by the Government of Mozambique’s Council of Ministers. The approval relates to the first phase of development of 5 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Coral discovery, located in the Area 4 permit. The discovery
