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Nido spuds Galoc-7

Mar 31, 2017

Nido Petroleum started drilling at the Galoc-7 appraisal well, off The Philippines. The Deepsea Metro I. Image from Odfjell Drilling. The Deepsea Metro I recently set sail from Malaysia for the project…

Snadd to increase Goliat reserves

Mar 30, 2017

Eni's Goliat reserves are set to increase by 1.2 MMcm or 7.5 MMbbl, following the approval to tie in the Snadd discovery in the Barents Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).  Two wells will be drilled from Goliat…

Aker BP, Faroe approve Tambar redevelopment

Mar 30, 2017

Aker BP has approved the redevelopment of Tambar in the southern North Sea that is expected to extend the production period by some 10 years. Image of Ula, from Aker BP. The plan consists of two additional wells and gas lift…

Updated: Exxon in fresh Guyana discovery

Mar 30, 2017

ExxonMobil has confirmed a new discovery offshore Guyana at the Snoek well, as the supermajor continues its efforts in the area by drilling the Liza-4 well.   Image from Exxon. Exxon encountered more than 82ft (25m) of high-quality…

Lundin to drill Alta appraisal with Leiv Eiriksson 

Mar 29, 2017

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit the Alta appraisal well 7220/11-4 in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/11-4 in production license 609 will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility. The…

Deepsea Metro I sets sail to the Philippines

Mar 29, 2017

The Deepsea Metro I drillship has set sail to the Galoc field, offshore the Philippines, with drilling operations expected to start on 31 March. The Deepsea Metro I. Image from Odfjell Drilling…

Carnarvon ups Phoenix South estimates by 32%

Mar 28, 2017

Carnarvon Petroleum has increased its resource estimates by 32% at Quadrant Energy’s Phoenix South discovery offshore Western Australia, with hopes of reaching 1Tcf of gas and more than 100 MMbbl oil and condensate within an area. Phoenix…

Cairn hits oil at VR-1 off Senegal

Mar 27, 2017

Cairn Energy has encountered oil at the Vega-Regulus (VR-1) well offshore Senegal, marking the company’s eighth successful well in the area since 2014. The Stena DrillMAX, from Stena. The…

Nexen to drill at Glengorm with Mærsk Gallant

Mar 27, 2017

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the harsh environment jackup rig Mærsk Gallant, following a competitive tendering exercise by Nexen Petroleum UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Ltd. The contract covers the drilling of the high-pressure…

Wintershall to use Deepsea Stavanger at Maria

Mar 27, 2017

Wintershall has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Deepsea Stavanger semisubmersible to drill six production wells on the Maria field. Wintershall Norge is the operator of the Maria field oil and gas field at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea…

Video: GE, Noble Corp. in DigitalRig partnership

Mar 27, 2017

GE and Noble Corp. have entered a partnership to collaborate on the Digital Rig(SM) solution, enabling data-driven operational efficiency by using data analytics, with the target of a 20% reduction in operational expenditure across the rigs…

Lancaster could be UK's largest undeveloped discovery

Mar 27, 2017

Fractured basement explorer Hurricane Energy is closer to proving its Halifax discovery is linked to its Lancaster field, forming a single field, which would be the UK's largest undeveloped discovery on the UK Continental Shelf. Hurricane…

Verbier resources increased

Mar 27, 2017

North Sea independent explorer Jersey Oil & Gas says the Verbier prospect, due to be drilled by Statoil this summer, contains 162 MMboe mean prospective resources.  The estimate - and increase on a previous 118 MMboe estimate - was made…

Kosmos spuds Yakaar off Senegal

Mar 24, 2017

Kosmos Energy started the second phase of its multi-well exploration drilling program offshore Mauritania and Senegal. The Atwood Achiever drillship is now on location offshore Senegal in the Cayar Offshore Profond block and has started…

Statoil adds to Gullfaks area resources

Mar 24, 2017

Statoil has found oil and gas in a wildcat well, close to the Gullfaks field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The well was drilled from the Gullfaks C platform to a structure east of the Gimle field, about 7km northeast of the…

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