Solo Oil gets final flow test consent for Horse Hill-1 well
Jan 4, 2016
Solo Oil has been notified by Horse Hill Developments Limited that the Oil and Gas Authority has granted consent for an extended flow test over three separate intervals in the

NuStar and ConocoPhillips loading their first export cargo of U.S. crude oil
Jan 1, 2016
On the heels of the U.S. government's recent lifting of the federal ban on the export of crude oil produced in the United States, NuStar Energy and ConocoPhillips are loading

Buru Energy encounters oil shows at Ungani Far West 1 well
Jan 1, 2016
Buru Energy Ltd. says that since the last progress report, the well has been drilled ahead in 6.125 inch (156 millimeter) hole to current depth at 06:00 hrs of 7,234 feet (2,205

Genel Energy to plug and abandon Aigle-1X exploration well
Jan 1, 2016
Genel Energy says that the Aigle-1X exploration well on the CI-508 licence offshore Côte d'Ivoire (Genel 24% working interest) is in the process of being plugged and abandoned

Lundin Petroleum completes the Ørnen exploration well
Dec 31, 2015
Lundin Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has completed the drilling and evaluation of exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen prospect.

Lukoil exceeds one hundred million tonnes of oil in 2015
Dec 30, 2015
For the first time in the company's history, PJSC LUKOIL has as of stepped over the boundary of 100 million tonnes of produced oil annually.

Delphi Energy focuses on its Bigstone assets
Dec 30, 2015
Delphi Energy Corp. is now singularly focused on its Bigstone assets where it holds 139.5 gross sections (118.1 net) of Montney rights and 81.5 gross sections (60.0 net) of

88 Energy records oil shows at Icewine #1 well
Dec 30, 2015
88 Energy Limited says that Icewine#1 reached its planned Total Depth of 11,600' on 24th December at 0008 (AK time), having successfully achieved all of the primary

TAQA taps first oil from Cladhan field in North Sea
Dec 30, 2015
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has got first oil from the new Cladhan field development in the UK North Sea. The field is developed as a subsea tie-back to the TAQA-operated Tern Alpha platform. Peter Jones, TAQA’s UK managing director, said: “Cladhan is the third field developed by TAQA and the largest to date. First oil therefore represents a significant milestone. Developing Cladhan as a tie-back to Tern underlines our commitment to invest in infrastructure and to maximise economic recovery in the North Sea.”

EMGS reports sales from its Norwegian multi-client library
Dec 29, 2015
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an oil company for the provision of 3D EM data from the multi-client data library

Petrobras completes two formation tests in Carcará area
Dec 29, 2015
Petrobras concluded two formation tests in the 3-SPS-105 well, confirming the high productivity of the pre-salt carbonate reservoirs. The 3-SPS-105 well, informally known as Carcará Norte, is located in the area of the Carcará Discovery Evaluation Plan (PAD), 4.6 km north of the discovery well (4-SPS-86B), in water depth of 2,070 meters and reached final depth of 6,338 meters, inside basaltic rocks.

Buru Energy continues drilling operations at Ungani Far West 1 well
Dec 28, 2015
Buru Energy Ltd. reported the following weekly update on drilling operations at the Ungani Far West 1 well in Western Australia as at 06:00 hrs, Dec. 24.

Mart Resources releases November 2015 production update
Dec 25, 2015
Mart Resources, Inc. and its co-venturers, Midwestern Oil and Gas Company Limited and SunTrust Oil Company Limited has declared that Umusadege field production during

Pemex extends Fugro offshore geophysical and geotechnical campaign
Dec 25, 2015
The contract extension is valued at approximately USD 20 million and the workscope includes geophysical and geotechnical field operations, laboratory testing and

InterOil Corporation commences drilling at Antelope-6
Dec 25, 2015
InterOil Corporation has been advised by Total E&P PNG Limited, operator of Petroleum Retention License 15 in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea, that it has begun drilling the Antelope-6 appraisal well. The well is designed to provide structural control and reservoir definition on the field's eastern flank. It has a proposed total depth of around 2,464 meters (8,084 feet) true vertical depth sub-sea and is located about 2km east-south-east of Antelope-3.

Empyrean Energy reports third quarter 2015 production from Sugarloaf AMI
Dec 24, 2015
Empyrean Energy declares the production figure from its flagship Sugarloaf AMI Project in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale, Texas, for the three month period

Lundin completes drilling and reclassifies 16/1-25 S well
Dec 24, 2015
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 338 C, has completed the drilling of exploration well 16/1-25 S.

Fugro awarded survey services for deepwater development at Guyana oil discovery
Dec 24, 2015
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, an ExxonMobil affiliate, for survey services at a deepwater field development offshore Guyana. The contract provides for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical survey and an environmental baseline survey, along with shallow geohazard and geotechnical coring. The discovery of more than 295 feet of high quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs in the Stabroek Block of the Liza Field represents a significant deepwater production find in the Guyana-Suriname basin.

Bowleven commences flowing hydrocarbons at Zingana well
Dec 23, 2015
Bowleven says that following the installation of testing equipment, the Zingana well has now commenced flowing hydrocarbons.

Oryx Petroleum resumes drilling at Demir Dagh
Dec 23, 2015
Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited has resumed drilling activities at the Demir Dagh field in the Hawler licence area in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and has agreed with the

NPD grants drilling permit for well 7324/7-3 S in production licence 537
Dec 23, 2015
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to OMV Norge AS for well 7324/7-3 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Schlumberger executes contract with Statoil for multiclient wide-azimuth deepwater seismic survey
Dec 23, 2015
Schlumberger and Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC have signed an agreement to license a large part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic

Lundin hits oil discovery in Rolvsnes prospect, offshore Norway
Dec 23, 2015
Lundin Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has completed the Rolvsnes exploration well 16/1-25 S as an oil discovery. The well is located in PL338C south of the Edvard Grieg field in the central North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Drilling permit for well 1/5-5 in production licence 618
Dec 22, 2015
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a drilling permit to Total E&P Norge AS for well 1/5-5. Well 1/5-5 will be drilled from the Mærsk Gallant drilling