Following recent reports that Shell has made an oil discovery offshore Namibia, the confirmation came Friday from its partners QatarEnergy and NAMCOR.QatarEnergy, which used to be called Qatar Petroleum, has confirmed that oil was found in a deepwater exploration well drilled in the Orange Basin…
Norwegian oil company OKEA, the operator of the Vette license offshore Norway said Tuesday it had decided to propose to the license partners not to develop the Vette discovery further, 'due to the project’s insufficient financial robustness…
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi met Friday to discuss the progress of Eni's activities in the country, following the giant offshore oil discovery of Baleine 1-X. As previously reported, Eni in September announced the major oil discovery in block CI-101…
Oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea has completed the drilling of an appraisal well on the Bergknapp oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea.Wintershall Dea made the Bergknam discovery in April 2020, using Saipem's Scarabeo 8 offshore drilling rig.The…
Italian oil and gas company Eni has made a new light oil discovery in Block 15/06, in Angola’s deep offshore. Eni said Tuesday that the well was drilled on the Cuica exploration prospect located inside the Cabaça Development Area and close to the Armada Olombendo FPSO (East Hub)…
Oil and gas exploration and production company Neptune Energy on Monday revised down the estimated size of its Dugong offshore oil discovery made last year in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.The company, which had previously estimated recoverable…
ConocoPhillips on Tuesday announced a 'significant' new oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea.The discovery was made in production license 891 on the Slagugle prospect located 14 miles north-northeast of the Heidrun Field in the Norwegian Sea.…
UK oil and gas exploration and production firm Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), has agreed to buy Cieco V&C, a company which owns an interest in JOG-controlled Licence P2170, in the UK North Sea.The company has entered into a conditional sale and purchase…
Norwegian oil and company Aker BP has made a minor oil and gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea.According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Aker BP ASA, as the operator of the production licence 127 C, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6607/12-4 and appraisal well 6607/12-4 A…
After a string of offshore oil discoveries in Suriname's Block 58 in the past year, U.S. oil firm Apache is lining up another exploration well and is set to award two rig deals for the 2021 drilling program.To remind, the company, with its partner Total…
Swedish oil company Lundin Energy is expanding its oil and gas acreage in Norway through the acquisition of Idemitsu Petroleum's Barents Sea assets, including a stake in the Wisting oil discovery, for $125 million.Under the agreement announced Monday…
U.S. oil company ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery at the Redtail-1 well, offshore Guyana. The news of the discovery was shared Tuesday by both Exxon, and Hess, Exxon's partner in the prolific Stabroek Block, This is the U.S. oil major's…
Apache Corp and its joint venture partner Total on Wednesday said they had made their third oil discovery offshore Suriname.The 'major oil discovery' was made at the Kwaskwasi-1 well drilled by the Noble Sam Croft in Block 58, where Apache is…
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has completed the farm-down of a 50% stake in an offshore Suriname block to a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.The offshore block, known as Block 52, is located north of the coast of Paramaribo, Suriname’s capital city…
Brazilian oil firm Petrobras has said it has made oil discoveries in the pre-salt areas of the Santos and Campos Basins offshore Brazil.Petrobras said Monday it had discovered oil of excellent quality in the southeast area of the Búzios field in the Santos Basin pre-salt…