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Sunda Energy Starts Environmental Survey for Timor-Leste Oil and Gas Field

Jan 28, 2025

Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia, has started environmental baseline survey in preparation for the drilling of the planned Chuditch-2 appraisal well off Timor-Leste.The survey vessel Outer Limit is now on location and has started the studies, consisting of extensive sampling of the marine environment.The survey is expected to be…

Sunda Energy Closing in on Jack-Up Deal for Chuditch-2 Appraisal Well

Dec 09, 2024

Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia formerly known as Baron Oil, has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with an unnamed drilling contractor for the use of its…

India Defends Propping Up Russian Oil - Prices "would have hit the roof"

Nov 09, 2024

Global oil prices 'would have hit the roof' if big importer India had not bought oil from Russia following the Ukraine war, India's oil minister said, adding that prices would determine where the country buys oil from.India, the world's third largest oil importer and consumer…

Sunda Energy Pushes Back Chuditch-2 Appraisal Well Drilling Date

Oct 22, 2024

Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia formerly known as Baron Oil, has delayed the start of drilling operations for the Chuditch-2 appraisal well off Timor Leste to the second quarter of 2025Sunda Energy…

Esgian Week 27 Report: A Lull in Contracting

Jul 07, 2024

Esgian provides an update on the current lull in contracting in its Week 27 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsAban Offshore-owned 250-ft jackup Aban II has received a letter of award (LOA) from Oil India for an offshore work program in Andhra Pradesh…

Esgian Week 25 Report: Mixed Results in Exploration Drilling

Jun 23, 2024

Esgian provides an update on exploration drilling in its Week 25 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryDrilling Activity and DiscoveriesOslo-listed BlueNord announced on Monday the start-up of drilling operations on the Harald East Middle Jurassic well (HEMJ) in the Danish North Sea…

Esgian Week 22 Report: A Shrinking Pool of Vintage Semisubs

Jun 02, 2024

Esgian provides an update on rig sales and the shrinking pool of vintage semisubs in its Week 22 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsNoble Corporation has secured a new well intervention contract with Harbour Energy in UK waters of the North Sea for the 350-ft jackup Noble Resilient…

Esgian Week 19 Report: New Offshore Acreage Offered

May 12, 2024

Esgian reports another busy week filled with a variety of updates, including new offshore acreage offered in the UK, Norway and Nigeria, in its Week 19 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsADES Holding Company has received a direct…

Esgian Week 16 Report: Rigs on the Move

Apr 21, 2024

Esgian reports on the many rig movements that occurred last week in its Week 16 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsADES Holding Company has received a letter of award from an international oil company for a one-year firm drilling contract for a jackup offshore Qatar…

Timor-Leste: Chuditch-2 Well to be Drilled at New Location Following Site Surveys

Apr 18, 2024

SundaGas Banda Unipessoal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK oil and gas company Baron Oil, has selected a new location for the Chuditch-2 appraisal well offshore Timor-Leste.SundaGas has been conducting site survey work in the Timor Sea over…

Chuditch-2 Appraisal Well Surveys in Full Swing Offshore Timor-Leste

Mar 29, 2024

SundaGas Banda Unipessoal, a subsidiary of UK-based oil and gas company Baron Oil, has completed geophysical site surveys at the planned drilling location for the Chuditch-2 appraisal well, offshore Timor-Leste, and is planning to start a new one next month…

Baron Oil Surrenders License in Once Promising North Sea Block

Mar 29, 2024

UK oil and gas company Baron Oil has decided to surrender the UK license P2478 to North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) following delays with the acquisition of 3D seismic data for the block, located in the Inner Moray Firth area of the North Sea…

Baron Oil Schedules Site Survey at Timor-Leste Gas Field

Feb 12, 2024

Baron Oil, through its fully owned subsidiary SundaGas Banda Unipessoal, has awarded contracts for the site survey at the planned drilling location for the Chuditch-2 appraisal well, offshore Timor-Leste.Site survey operations at the gas field…

Esgian Week 6 Report: New Contracts and a New JV

Feb 11, 2024

Esgian has released its Week 6 Rig Analytics Market Roundup saying that several new contracts have been confirmed across three major types of offshore drilling rigs and an interesting new joint venture between an operator and a rig owner has been announced…

Baron Oil Inks Farm-Up Deal for Timor-Leste Development

Dec 27, 2023

UK oil and gas company Baron Oil has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Timor Gap for the farm-up of 15% working interest in the Chuditch production sharing contract offshore Timor-Leste.Baron's wholly-owned subsidiary SundaGas Banda Unipessoal entered the MoU with Timor Gap…

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