Jura Energy abandons Ismail-1 well in the Guddu block
May 20, 2015
Jura Energy Corporation says that the exploration well, Ismail-1, in the Guddu block was drilled to the total depth of 825 meters. The targeted Pirkoh Limestone

Beach Energy spuds Sensation-1 oil prospect in Cooper Basin
May 19, 2015
Cooper Energy Limited says that Sensation-1, an oil exploration well located in PRL 98 on the western flank of the Cooper Basin, South Australia

InfraStrata commence drilling operations in Islandmagee-1 salt well
May 19, 2015
InfraStrata plc commences drilling operations at the Islandmagee-1 well in Northern Ireland. The Islandmagee-1 well began drilling ('spudded') at 18:00 hours on 15 May 2015.

Bahamas Petroleum announce licence and well obligation extensions
May 19, 2015
Bahamas Petroleum Company is pleased to provide the following market update.Bahamas Petroleum has agreed upon the terms of a Licence Renewal Addendum

TGS announces Gigante 2D offshore Mexico
May 19, 2015
TGS has received a seismic permit from Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) authorizing the acquisition of a 181,500 km regional

Kosmos encounters additional hydrocarbons at Tortue-1 exploration well
May 19, 2015
Kosmos Energy says that the Tortue-1 exploration well in Block C8 offshore Mauritania has encountered additional hydrocarbons while drilling to

Petrobras makes another pre-salt oil production record
May 18, 2015
Petrobras has announced that on April 11, 2015, oil production in the fields it operates in the pre-salt province of the Santos and Campos basins

Lion Energy continues testing of Lofin-2 despite operational results
May 18, 2015
Lion Energy Ltd advises that Lofin-2 appraisal well has reached a depth of 5861m MD. Gas chromatography and oil shows in the primary

Suncor Energy drills dry well during oil discovery delineation
May 18, 2015
Suncor Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 375, has completed drilling of appraisal well 34/4-14 S in the oil discovery 34/4-11.

OMV plugs and abandons dry well near Wisting oil discovery
May 18, 2015
OMV (Norge) AS, operator of production licence 537, is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 7324/8-2. The well was drilled about 6 kilometres southeast of oil discovery 7324/8-1 'Wisting' in the Barents Sea and 310 km north of Hammerfest. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Middle Jurassic to Late Triassic Age (the Stø and Fruholmen formations).

Baron Oil signs Block XXI seismic contract
May 18, 2015
Baron Oil’s local Subsidiary, Gold Oil Peru SAC, has signed a seismic contract with GSS, a Houston based seismic contractor, to acquire, process

AWE spuds Waitsia-1 appraisal well
May 18, 2015
AWE Limited, the Operator of Permits L1/L2 in the Perth Basin, Western Australia, has advised that the Waitsia-1 appraisal well commenced drilling

EnQuest increases 20% production at the end of April 2015
May 18, 2015
Production averaged 30,768 Boepd for the four months to the end of April 2015, up 20.2% on the same period in 2014. Full year 2015 production

Saturn Minerals resumes Bannock Creek operations
May 15, 2015
Saturn Minerals Inc. says that road bans in the Bannock Creek Property area have been lifted and property ground conditions have enabled the

Abilene Oil and Gas provides CKU update
May 15, 2015
Abilene Oil and Gas Limited has been advised by the joint venture operator of the Central Kansas Uplift Project, CMX Inc, that the Bushton #1-36 well,

Aminex completes Competent Person's Report on the Kiliwani North development licence
May 15, 2015
Aminex says that Senergy (GB) Limited ('LR Senergy'), an independent oil and gas consultancy firm, has completed a technical evaluation

Providence Resources completes an assessment of satellite oil seep data
May 15, 2015
Providence Resources provides an update on its Polaris oil prospect in the Rathlin Basin, offshore Northern Ireland. Providence currently

Savannah Petroleum provides R1/R2 resource potential update
May 15, 2015
Savannah Petroleum provides an update on its technical assessment of the resource potential of the R1/R2 licence area.Detailed 3D seismic mapping over an approximate

Galilee Energy commences production testing at Hoffer B1 well
May 14, 2015
Galilee Energy Limited has commenced testing at the Hoffer B1 well in Lavaca County, Texas. A total of approximately 200 ft has been

Solo Oil gets extension to Horse Hill exploration stage
May 14, 2015
Solo Oil has been informed by Horse Hill Developments Ltd that the exploration stage of the Horse Hill PEDL137 licence, in which the Company

Cooper Energy drilling success continues at Callawonga-11
May 14, 2015
Cooper Energy Limited reports that Callawonga-11, an oil appraisal well in PPL 220 on the western flank of the Cooper Basin, South Australia,

Premier Oil provides trading and operations update
May 14, 2015
Premier Oil provides the following trading update for the period 1 January to 30 April 2015. This update is issued in advance of the Company's Annual

CGG begins new multi-client BroadSeis survey in Norway
May 14, 2015
CGG announced a western extension of the Horda BroadSeisTM-BroadSourceTM 3D multi-client program it began acquiring in the Northern North Sea

Key Petroleum updates Perth Basin testing program
May 13, 2015
Key Petroleum (Australia) Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Key Petroleum Limited and Operator, is pleased to provide an