Exploration News


CalEnergy spuds Australian well

Nov 10, 2014

CalEnergy spudded the Pryderi-1 well in WA-424-P, off Australia. Stena Clyde. From Stena Drilling.   Pryderi lies in 75m of water and is located approximately 10km away from the joint venture’s existing Gwydion oil discovery…

Cairn makes second Senegal discovery

Nov 10, 2014

Cairn Energy strikes again in Senegal as its second find hit high quality oil at the SNE-1 well off West Africa. Map of Senegal. From Cairn.   SNE-1 is located approximately 100km offshore…

Karoon spuds Kangaroo-2

Nov 07, 2014

Karoon Gas Australia spudded the Kangaroo-2 appraisal well in Block S-M-1165, the first well in the current Santos basin exploration and appraisal drilling campaign, offshore Brazil. Map from Karoon.   The…

Statoil comes up dry at final well

Nov 07, 2014

Statoil’s final well in its 2013-2014 drilling campaign, wildcat well 7227/10-1, has come up dry and is permanently being plugged and abandoned, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Map from Statoil…

RWE Dea moves on Atlas

Nov 05, 2014

RWE Dea Norge has started drilling the Atlas exploration well in production license 420 after approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).   Atlas, also known as well 35/9-12 S, is located in the North Sea approximately 45km off Norway…

Cobalt plows ahead on drilling and FPSO projects

Nov 05, 2014

Cobalt International's Cameia #3 appraisal well drill stem test offshore Angola has proved more successful than expected, the firm announced (4 November). The results confirm the existence of a large reservoir and support Cobalt’s plan…

Mubadala continues at Manora

Nov 04, 2014

Mubadala Petroleum completed drilling at the MNA-05 development well and began drilling at the MNA-07 and MNA-08 wells on the Manora Field, offshore Thailand. The Atwood Orca. From Atwood Oceanics…

ConocoPhillips comes up dry in Angola

Nov 04, 2014

ConocoPhillips is plugging and abandoning the Kamoxi-1 exploration well as a dry hole after drilling to a total depth of 22,660ft, offshore Angola. Kwanza basin activity. From Deloitte Petroview Kamoxi…

SOCO tests Congo find

Nov 04, 2014

SOCO EPC, operator of the Marine XI Block offshore the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), has successfully completed testing the exploration well Lidongo X Marine 101 ST1 well (LXM-101).   The well 'significantly exceeded' pre-test expectations…

Frosty Relations

Nov 03, 2014

How much does Russia’s oil and gas industry stand to lose in light of increasing Western sanctions? Sarah Parker Musarra reports. In April 2014, the first oil produced from the Russian Arctic Shelf…

Extending the life of steel catenary risers

Nov 03, 2014

John MacDonald and Lee Tran of 2H Offshore discuss a methodology to help operators extend the life of steel catenary risers in order to keep pace with new subsea tiebacks projects. Intelligent PIGS  can be used to assess internal corrosion…

BOEM increases prediction on Chukchi Sea oil & gas lease sale

Nov 03, 2014

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) that predicts a higher exploration and production scenario than before for the Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193…

Ophir confirms offer for Salamander

Nov 03, 2014

Ophir Energy has confirmed that it has made an offer to the board of Salamander Energy setting out the terms of a possible takeover.  Ophir says there is a “compelling strategic logic for a combination of the two businesses,” with assets in both Africa and South East Asia…

Total adds to Garantiana resources

Nov 03, 2014

Total E&P Norge encountered oil after drilling an appraisal well on the Garantiana prospect in production license 554 in the Norwegian North Sea. Appraisal well 34/6-3 S was drilled on Garantiana and exploration well 34/6-3 A, a sidetrack well…

Lundin spuds Lindaormen probe

Oct 30, 2014

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 6405/12-1 in production license 584 on the Lindarormen prospect. Lindarormen is about 150km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast and about 80km northeast of the Ormen Lange field…

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