GeoPark makes new light oil field discovery in Columbia
Aug 31, 2015
GeoPark Limited makes a new oil field discovery following the drilling of exploration well Chachalaca 1, located on the Llanos 34 Block in Colombia. GeoPark operates and has a 45% working interest in the Llanos 34 Block.GeoPark drilled and completed the Chachalaca 1 exploratory well to a total depth of 12,270 feet. A test conducted with an electrical submersible pump in the Mirador formation, at approximately 11,606 feet, resulted in a production rate of

Independent Oil extends agreement for interest in the Skipper discovery
Aug 14, 2015
Independent Oil and Gas plc provides an update on its Skipper asset and funding plans. On 3 June 2015, IOG announced that it had signed a Sale and

Lundin makes oil discovery in the Luno II North prospect
Aug 13, 2015
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) is pleased to announce that the drilling of exploration well 16/4-9 S on

LGO confirms presence of recoverable hydrocarbons at GY-677, Goudron field
Aug 13, 2015
LGO says that its latest development well, GY-677, at its Goudron Field development in Trinidad, which was spudded on 27 July 2015 reached total depth at 3,135 feet measured

Canacol Energy makes light oil discovery in Ecuador
Aug 11, 2015
Canacol Energy Ltd. provides the following update concerning its production and drilling operations in Colombia and Ecuador.

Royale Energy completes Royale Ballinger #1 well with positive results
Aug 10, 2015
Royale Energy, Inc. announced the results of the completion of its Royale Ballinger #1 well in Runnels County, Texas. In May 2015, Royale Energy, Inc.

Pakistan's OGDCL makes discovery at Chak Naurang South-1 well
Aug 3, 2015
Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), the Pakistani national oil and gas company, reported Thursday that it has made an oil discovery at Chak Naurang South-1

Bowleven encounters hydrocarbons in Bomono, Cameroon
Jul 27, 2015
Bowleven says that Zingana, the first well in a two exploration well programme, has been drilled to its planned total depth (TD) and logged.

Contango Oil and Gas makes discovery at Elliott #1H well
Jun 16, 2015
Contango Oil & Gas Company announced the discovery and successful completion of the Elliott #1H well (80% WI) in the

Drillsearch Energy makes new discovery at Moonanga South-1
Jun 12, 2015
The Wet Gas joint venture with Santos (Drillsearch 40%, Santos 60% and Operator) in the Western Wet Gas Fairway successfully drilled the eighth

Mercator Petroleum makes first oil discovery
Jun 5, 2015
Mercator Ltd. says that its subsidiary Mercator Petroleum Ltd. has made its first oil discovery. Crude oil flowed from its well, Jyoti-1, onto the surface

Premier Oil makes Isobel Deep oil discovery
May 29, 2015
Premier is pleased to announce an oil discovery at the Isobel Deep exploration well 14/20-1 in the North Falkland Basin, approximately 30km south of the Sea Lion field. The Isobel Deep exploration well has been drilled to a depth of 8,289 feet reaching top reservoir on prognosis. The bottom 75 feet of the well consists of oil bearing F3 sands. These sands were at a higher than expected reservoir pressure and this resulted in an influx into the well.

A mid-sized discovery Liuhua 20-2 made in Eastern South China Sea
May 28, 2015
CNOOC Limited made a mid-sized discovery Liuhua 20-2 in the Eastern South China Sea. The Liuhua 20-2 structure is located in Northern Slope Belt of Baiyun Sag

Extensive Kongsberg Technology Delivery For Johan Sverdrup Field
May 26, 2015
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a call-off order for delivery of the Safety and Automation System (SAS), Life Cycle Simulator and SAS Information Management System for the four platforms on the Johan Sverdrup field centre. The order is based on the Project Specific Agreement for the Johan Sverdrup SAS awarded to Kongsberg Maritime in May 2014 and...

ExxonMobil makes significant oil discovery Offshore Guyana
May 21, 2015
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana.

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

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,

Solo Oil announces further upgrade to Horse Hill oil in place volumes
May 12, 2015
Solo Oil says that its technical alliance partner in the Horse Hill discovery in the UK Weald Basin, UK Oil and Gas Investments plc, has

Cooper Basin drilling campaign with success at Callawonga-10
May 4, 2015
Cooper Energy Limited reports that Callawonga-10, an oil development well in PPL 220 on the western flank of the Cooper Basin, South Australia, is to be cased and

NPD announces minor oil discovery for Wintershall in the Kristen field
Apr 29, 2015
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 589, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6406/2-8. The well proved oil. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres south of the Kristin field

Surge Energy expands crude oil discovery at Shaunovan, Saskatchewan
Apr 28, 2015
Surge Energy Inc. announces that its previously disclosed Upper Shaunavon crude oil discovery in SW Saskatchewan is continuing to expand

Karoon Gas confirms 213 metre oil column at Echidna-1
Apr 21, 2015
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd says that a 213 metre gross oil column has been confirmed in the Echidna-1 exploration well from wireline pressure

Petrobras makes new Amazon Basin discovery
Apr 21, 2015
Petrobras has discovered a new oil and gas accumulation in the Amazon Basin, Block AM-T-84. The discovery was made while drilling well 1-BRSA-1293-AM (ANP nomenclature), informally known as Jusante do Anebá. Well drilling reached the total depth of 2,040 meters.Preliminary well tests have confirmed the presence of light oil (API 47°) and gas in arenaceous reservoirs, extending from 1,350 meters to 1,900 meters deep.

Petrobras finds oil and gas in Amazon and Espirito Santos Basins
Apr 20, 2015
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) reported the discovery of a new oil and gas accumulation in the Amazon Basin, Block AM-T-84 in Brazil. The discovery was