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CHC inks Druid, Drombeg support contract

Apr 24, 2017

Helicopter operator CHC Group has signed a contract to provide Providence Resources helicopter services in support of its exploration well program on the Druid/Drombeg prospect in frontier exploration license 2/14 of the southern Porcupine Basin…

Apache fails at Kolibrie off Suriname

Apr 21, 2017

Apache Corp. failed to hit commercial hydrocarbons at its Kolibrie-1 well, offshore Suriname.  Kolibrie is in Block 53, about 80mi off Suriname. Block 53 covers an area of some 3509sq km, and it in 500-1800m water depth.  Apache told…

Statoil to drill at Kayak in Barents

Apr 20, 2017

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Statoil, the operator for production license 532, consent to drill exploration well 7219/9-2 in block 7219 at the Kayak prospect in the Barents Sea. The drilling site is 198km northwest of Sørøya in Finnmark and around 140km northwest of Goliat…

Interventek develops 20K in-riser valve

Apr 20, 2017

Aberdeen-based well intervention technology specialists, Interventek Subsea Engineering, has developed an ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) version of their Revolution safety valve for in-riser landing string systems, the 20K in-riser Revolution valve…

ConocoPhillips in Barossa appraisal

Apr 20, 2017

ConocoPhillips has completed its latest appraisal well on the Barossa field in the Bonaparte basin, offshore Australia's Northern Territory. The firm is now plugging and abandoning the well and will move to drill a second planned appraisal well…

African Petroleum to get Senegal, Gambia partner

Apr 18, 2017

African Petroleum signed nonbinding heads of terms and a binding exclusivity agreement with a “well-funded, listed oil and gas company with a strong track record in offshore deepwater drilling,” for a drilling campaign offshore Senegal and The Gambia…

Galoc JV to drill sidetrack off Philippines

Apr 18, 2017

The Galoc joint venture is moving to drill a sidetrack well, following inconclusive results at the Galoc-7 well in the Palawan basin, offshore Philippines. Nido Petroleum says that the Deepsea Metro I drillship reached total depth of 2373m at the Galoc-7 well…

Husky to drill off China

Apr 14, 2017

Canadian explorer Husky Energy has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for a new exploration block offshore China. Block 16/25 is in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, about 150km southeast of Hong Kong. Husky expects to drill two exploration wells on the shallow water block during 2018…

Providence to spud Druid, Drombeg in June

Apr 12, 2017

Providence Resources is set to drill a wildcat targeting the multi-billion bbl potential of both the Druid and Drombeg offshore Ireland this summer. The Stena IceMAX, from Stena Drillng. Providence…

Aker BP to drill Frigg Gamma Delta wildcat

Apr 11, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Aker BP consent to drill an exploration well in the Frigg Gamma Delta prospect. Aker BP is the operator of production license 442 in the North Sea. Aker BP has made a discovery in a prospect named Frigg Gamma Delta…

BSOG to drill two wells off Romania

Apr 11, 2017

Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) has awarded GSP Offshore a contract to drill two exploration wells in the XV Midia Shallow Block, on the Romanian Black Sea Continental Shelf. The GSP Uranus, from GSP…

Lundin hits oil at Edvard Grieg appraisal

Apr 11, 2017

Lundin Petroleum discovered a 15m oil column at the Edvard Grieg Southwest appraisal well in the North Sea, confirming an upside for the field. The Island Innovator, from Island Drilling.  Lundin…

Statoil gets Barents Blåmann permit

Apr 10, 2017

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 7121/8-1, named Blåmann in the Barents Sea. Well 7121/8-1 will be drilled from the Songa Enabler drilling facility, after completing the…

NPD grants Aker BP Volund permit

Apr 10, 2017

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for well 24/9-11 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 24/9-11 S will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling facility, at position 59°29’6…

API reports 35% jump in well drill, completed

Apr 07, 2017

The American Petroleum Institute (API) revealed that estimated total wells drilled and completed in the Q1 2017 saw an increase of 35% compared to the Q1 2016.  This is a drastic improvement from 2016 levels, which saw a 59&  decrease…

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