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Lundin spuds Rolvsnes in North Sea

Oct 16, 2015

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 16/1-25 S on the Rolvsnes prospect in PL338C about 6km south of the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Well 16/1-25 S will explore the Rolvsnes area, between the Edvard Grieg field and the Luno II discovery…

Bringing Perla online

Oct 01, 2015

Shreeram Lom, Aaron Rampersad, and Juan Martínez, of Repsol, discuss the Perla field development, which came online offshore Venezuela in July. Fig. 1: Topside. Images from Repsol. The Perla field…

Making it simple

Sep 01, 2015

Hurricane Energy has proven commercial oil can flow from its fractured basement oil reservoirs West of Shetland – it’s next job is finding an economical solution to get it to market. Elaine Maslin reports. Artist's…

NUTECH integrates reservoir intelligence technology

Jul 23, 2015

NUTECH, a petrophysical analysis and reservoir intelligence company, offers an integrated set of proprietary technologies that takes reservoir intelligence to the next level by providing a comprehensive and evolving picture of a reservoir…

OTC15: Day two roundup

May 05, 2015

OE staff reports from the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston on Tuesday, 5 May 2015. Vietnamese delegates addressed challenges and opportunities in fractured basement reservoirs on Tuesday morning’s “Understanding the Challenges of Vietnam Fractured Basement Exploration…

Structural modeling in unconventional reservoirs

May 01, 2015

Efficiency, cost-effectiveness and optimized analyses are crucial in upstream asset development. OE spoke with Paradigm’s Indy Chakrabarti to chart the pathway to success. Jeannie Stell reports. Indy Chakrabarti…

CNOOC makes new discovery in Bohai

Oct 24, 2014

CNOOC Ltd. made a new, “mid-to-large” discovery at Jinzhou 23-2 in Bohai, offshore China. The Jinzhou 23-2 structure is located in the north part of Liaodong Uplift of Bohai with an average water depth of about 10m. The well Jinzhou…

CNOOC hits Miocene oil in second Beibu Gulf well

Oct 15, 2014

CNOOC discovered oil in its second Beibu Gulf well, WZ12-10-2, in Block 22/12, off the southern Chinese coast. The shallow-water (36m WD) location is about 1.6km (1mi.) east-northeast of the WZ12-8W platform and about 3.2km west-southwest of the previously drilled discovery well…

Hurricane seeking Lancaster partner

Sep 24, 2014

Fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy says future development of its Lancaster oil discovery west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf is expected to be through a phased approach.  The firm, which announced successful results of a well test on Lancaster earlier this year…

Lundin to spud Indonesian well

Sep 23, 2014

Lundin Gurita BV is expected to spud the Gobi-1 well offshore Indonesia by mid-October, announced joint venture partner, Nido Petroleum Ltd. The rig the company expects to use for the well, located in West Natuna basin, will be available by early October…

Lancaster test proves better than expected

Sep 15, 2014

Fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy says post-well data analysis of its 1km horizontal appraisal well 205/21a-6 well test in Q2 this year has shown better than expected results. The firm said the well, which tested…

Exploring the underexplored

Aug 01, 2014

The Cygnus Alpha wellhead platform during installation offshore. Photo from GDF Suez E&P. A new impetus to explore the UK North Sea could help to unlock some of the basins’ underexplored plays…

Success on fractured basement well

Jun 26, 2014

Fractured basement explorer Hurricane Energy has successfully completed the testing phase of its horizontal appraisal well in the Lancaster fractured basement oil discovery West of Shetland. The well will be suspended as a future producer…

Well test to start on Lancaster

Jun 09, 2014

UK-based exploration firm Hurricane Energy has completed the drilling phase of the ongoing operation to drill and test a horizontal appraisal well on its Lancaster discovery, West of Shetland. The well has been drilled to plan and a 1km…

Schlumberger launches new drilling and mapping technology

May 21, 2014

Schlumberger has launched a new technology, the GeoSphere reservoir mapping-while-drilling service, which has been tested in more than 140 wells worldwide. The new technology gives operators an opportunity to optimize well landing operations…

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