Ireland’s Lansdowne Oil & Gas has failed to farm out of two licenses off the south coast of Ireland, due to industry conditions that will prevent drilling at the prospects. “Due to adverse industry conditions, attempts to farm-out SEL 5/07…
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has invited seismic companies to tender for its 2016-2017 UK Government funded seismic acquisition and processing program. The contract will cover survey work over South West Britain, including the Celtic Sea…
Irish independent Providence Resources is eying a potential risk sharing alliance with a drilling firm and contractors to help it move forward on its Barryroe oil field offshore Ireland. Providence, 80% owner and operator of the Barryroe field…
Providence Resources has agreed an option with Petronas subsidiary PSE Kinsale Energy to take a stake in the southern portion of Offshore Petroleum Lease 1 (OPL 1) adjacent to the Barryroe oil field in the North Celtic Sea Basin. Under the terms of the option…
GeoPartners, in partnership with MAGE, Seabird Exploration and DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG), has announced the completion of the acquisition of a new Ireland/UK multi-client 2D seismic survey. This is the first broadband long offset cross border survey of its kind…
Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads' Midleton well offshore Ireland has failed to discover commercial quantities of gas, according to partner Landsdowne Oil & Gas. PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy reached target depth in the well…
GeoPartners, in partnership with MAGE, Seabird Exploration and DownUnder GeoSolutions, have acquired a new regional multiclient 2D (MC2D) seismic survey entitled North Celtic Sea 2015. This Ireland/UK cross-border project is located mostly in the Irish North Celtic Sea and St…
Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads has started drilling on the Midleton prospect offshore Ireland, according to partner Landsdowne Oil & Gas. PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy is using Diamond Offshore Drilling's…
Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads has agreed a contract to drill on the Midleton prospect offshore Ireland starting in August, according to partner Lansdowne Oil & Gas. PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy will…
Petronas' bid to farm in to a Celtic Sea block offshore south east Ireland has been approaved by the Irish Government - the firm is now firming-up drilling plans. Through its 100%-owned subsidiary Kinsale Energy, the Malaysian firm will…
Providence Resources has reached agreement with a proposed farm-in on its Barryroe asset, in the Celtic Sea offshore Ireland. But, further details are not being released due to the deal relying on the farm-in partner needing to secure finance…
North Celtic Sea focused explorer Lansdowne Oil & Gas has entered into a farm-in agreement with PSE Kinsale Energy - a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas. Under the terms of the agreement, Kinsale Energy will acquire an 80%…
Faroe Petroleum has made its first move into the Irish offshore by picking up three new, two-year Licensing Options (14/1, 14/2 and 14/3) on the southern margin of the North Celtic Sea basin. A work program, agreed with Irish authorities…
UK-based Africa and Celtic Sea-focused explorer Fastnet Oil & Gas has farmed out a 9.375% interest in the Foum Assaka license, offshore Morocco, to SK Innovation, the energy and chemicals affiliate of SK Group, South Korea's third largest conglomerate…
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) says it has completed the first full-scale simultaneous acquisition of towed streamer EM and 2D GeoStreamer seismic. The program consisted about 3000 line km of seismic and towed streamer EM data, acquired over a four week period this summer…