Petrobras spud the second appraisal well at its Carcará pre-salt discovery in the Santos Basin south of Rio de Janeiro, partner Queiroz Galvão announced on 8 January 2015. Queiroz Galvão said Odebrecht Oil & Gas' ODN II drillship, equipped for managed pressure drilling…
Production testing on Karoon Gas Australia's Kangaroo-2 appraisal well offshore Brazil saw flow rates reach 3700 stb/d on a choke, says the firm. The Kangaroo-2 appraisal well, in exploration Block S-M-1165, in the Santos Basin, confirmed…
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…
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…
Karoon Gas Australia has now taken possession of the Olinda Star semisubmersible drilling rig from Petrobras to drill in the Santos basin, offshore Brazil. The rig is currently in the Campos basin and expected to be on location in the…
Lundin Norway's first appraisal well in the Barents Sea Gohta oil discovery offshore Norway has confirmed the presence of oil and gas, says a partner on the well Noreco. Two production tests were also undertaken, the firm said today (21 July)…
The latest Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-19 has found 6m of good quality oil filled sandstone of lower Jurassic/upper Triassic age in the Geitungen area in the north eastern part of the Johan Sverdrup discovery, according to Lundin Petroleum…
Lundin Petroleum has completed two successful appraisal wells 16/3-8 S and 16/3-8 S T2, on the Johan Sverdrup discovery. Appraisal well 16/3-8 S, on the Avaldsnes High, was drilled about 4km southeast of discovery well 16/2-6 and about 3km west of appraisal well 16/3-4…
PETRONAS and Shell have made an oil discovery offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The discovery was made via the Limbayong-2 well during the appraisal of the Limbayong gas field by Shell. The appraisal well encountered 136 metres of oil bearing sands…
Despite record levels of UKCS investment during 2013, the year proved to be disappointing both in terms of exploration and appraisal drilling activity and to a lesser extent the acquisition and divestments market. UKCS Drilling Levels 32…
Appraisal drilling on the Barents Sea Norvarg gas discovery has confirmed the “extensive” nature of the field, it has been announced. The well (7225/3-2), in license PL 535 offshore Norway, was drilled in 377m deep water by Total using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible drilling rig…
BG Group today announced it had completed another successful drill stem test in Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with initial results from the Mzia-2 well showing better than expected properties in the deeper Cretaceous reservoir. The test on Mzia-2…
BP and its co-venturers Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron announced their decision to proceed with a two-year appraisal program to look at the possibility of developing a third phase of the giant Clair field, west of the Shetland Islands…
Sverdrup appraisal to probe depth, thicknessBredford DolphinLundin Petroleum AB announced that the wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has commenced the drilling of appraisal well 16/3-5 in PL501 on the Johan Sverdrup discovery…
Transocean WinnerLundin has spud an appraisal well on the northeastern flank of the Johan Sverdrup discovery, the company announced on 13 November 2013.The 16/2-16 well will be used to gather information on the recently drilled 16/2-13A in PL501 and 16/2-10 well in PL265…