FAR Ltd declares evaluation plan for Senegal discoveries
Apr 14, 2015
Following the successful drilling campaign offshore Senegal in 2014, FAR Ltd and its joint venture partners ConocoPhillips, Cairn Energy and Petrosen

Faroe Petroleum makes minor discovery at Skirne East exploration well
Apr 13, 2015
Faroe Petroleum announce the results of the Skirne East exploration well (Faroe 20%) in Norway. The Total E&P Norge AS operated Skirne East exploration well 25/6-5S,

Solo Oil upgrade to Horse Hill discovery, Weald Basin
Apr 10, 2015
Solo says that its technical alliance partner in the Horse Hill discovery in the UK Weald Basin, UK Oil and Gas Investments plc,

INPEX discovers oil in Deepwater Block R Offshore East Malaysia
Apr 8, 2015
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) has made an oil discovery at the Bestari-1 exploration well in Deepwater Block R (the Block) where preliminary

Leucrotta Exploration updates its two light oil discoveries
Apr 7, 2015
Leucrotta Exploration Inc. announces an update on its two light oil discoveries and as well as other operational activities. The Mica 13-7 horizontal well was drilled with

Premier Oil makes oil and gas discovery at Zebedee, Falkland Islands
Apr 3, 2015
Premier says that the Zebedee well (14/15b-5) in PL004b (Premier 36 per cent equity) discovered 81 feet of net oil-bearing reservoir

Petrobras confirms presence of hydrocarbons at C1 well in Santos Basin
Mar 26, 2015
Petrobras says that the Libra consortium has completed the drilling of the extension well 3-BRSA-1267-RJS/3-BRSA-1267A-RJS (3-RJS-735/735A)

Caza makes further Marathon Road success at 15NC-1H well
Mar 24, 2015
Caza Oil & Gas, Inc. announces another strong Bone Spring result with the third well on the non-operated Marathon Road property.

GDF SUEZ makes Central North Sea oil discovery
Mar 13, 2015
GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd and its co-venturers has made a new discovery in the UK Central North Sea. The 22/16-6 well on the

Beach Energy announces new Birkead Formation oil discovery
Mar 11, 2015
Beach Energy Ltd advises of a new Birkhead Formation oil discovery at Stanleys-1 in PRL 171 (Beach 40% and operator, Drillsearch 60%)

Senex Energy announce oil discovery at Martlet North-1
Feb 25, 2015
Senex Energy Limited has made a Namur oil discovery at Martlet North-1 on the western flank of the South Australian Cooper Basin.

GeoPark discover new oil field in Colombia
Feb 19, 2015
GeoPark Limited announces a new oil field discovery following the drilling of exploration well Tilo 1, located on the Llanos 34 Block in Colombia.

Petrolia confirms the presence of oil at Haldimand 4 well
Feb 19, 2015
Pétrolia announces the results of its short-term evaluation test on the Haldimand 4 well. A total of 120.4 m3 (757 barrels) of drilling fluids

Statoil makes minor oil discovery in North Sea
Feb 16, 2015
Statoil has made a minor oil discovery near the Ekofisk field in the North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reported.

Lundin makes minor gas discovery in the North Sea
Feb 13, 2015
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 674 BS, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 26/10-1.

Questerre Energy reports positive well results and new discovery
Feb 11, 2015
Questerre Energy Corporation reported on two recently completed wells in the Kakwa-Resthaven area. Michael Binnion, President and Chief Executive Officer of Questerre,

Petrobras discovers oil at third extension well in Sergipe Basin
Feb 4, 2015
Petrobras has confirmed the extension of the light oil and gas discovery, as announced to the market Aug. 9, 2013, by drilling

Canacol Energy tests 21 MMSCFPD at Clarinete 1 gas discovery in Colombia
Jan 29, 2015
Canacol Energy Ltd. says that Clarinete 1, the first well drilled in its recently acquired VIM 5 Exploration and Production

Eni makes a new oil and gas discovery in the Western Desert of Egypt
Jan 26, 2015
Eni has made a new discovery of oil and gas in the West Melehia deep exploration prospect, located in the Melehia licence, in the Western Desert of Egypt, 300 square kilometers west of Alexandria.The exploration well, which allowed the discovery of Melehia West Deep 1X, was drilled to a depth of 4,175 meters,

Johan Sverdrup Jacket Contract Award
Jan 20, 2015
On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence partners, Statoil is today awarding a contract to Kværner Verdal for delivery of the riser platform jacket for the Johan Sverdrup field.

Austin strikes oil on sixth consecutive Eagle Ford well in Texas
Jan 13, 2015
Austin Exploration advised that its Seaducer #1H well at Burleson County, Texas has been drilled to a total depth of 16,022 feet,

Petroamerica makes oil discovery at Langur-1X well
Jan 13, 2015
Petroamerica Oil Corp. says that testing operations have established a stabilized test rate of 760 barrels of oil per day (bopd)

Petrobras discovers new oil accumulation in Farfan area in the Sergipe Basin
Jan 12, 2015
Petrobras announces results of drilling well 9-SES-188D (Petrobras nomenclature) / 9-BRSA-1280D-SES (ANP nomenclature), located at concession area BM-SEAL-11, in block SEAL-M-426, in Sergipe Basin ultra-deep waters. The results confirm the light oil and gas discovery in Farfan area (between 37º and 40º API), as announced to the market on

Dome Energy strikes new oil in Orange Field
Jan 8, 2015
Dome Energy AB provides an operational update on the ongoing drilling operations of the Gulf Lee Hager Fee 37 well (GLHF #37)