Kosmos Energy's Hippocampe-1 deepwater exploration well in Block C-8 offshore Mauritania was dry. The well, drilled in 2600m water depth, in partnership with BP, was designed to test Lower Cenomanian and Albian reservoirs charged from the deeper Valanginian – Neocomian source…
Talos Energy has completed its Tornado II exploration well and side track in the Phoenix field of the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico in about 2700ft water depth. The Tornado II drilling program, using the Ensco 8503 drilling rig…
Houston Energy has been awarded the South Timbalier 235 (ST 235) lease in the US Gulf of Mexico Central Lease Sale 249, says partner Otto Energy. Houston Energy bid US$210,999 in relation to the ST 235 lease, which ajoins with and…
W&T Offshore has started drilling on the ST 224 #1 exploration well in the South Timbalier 224 lease in the US Gulf Of Mexico, according to Otto Energy. Drilling is targeting a large, amplitude supported, high condensate gas ratio exploration prospect located in the prolific Bul…
Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Ophir Energy and national oil firm GEPetrol have signed a new production sharing contract (PSC) for Block EG-24 offshore Rio Muni. Block EG-24 (formerly Block EG-20 and Block M)…
Independent oil firm African Petroleum has applied to enter a second renewal period at the Senegal Offshore Sud Profond (SOSP) production sharing contract (PSC). The firm is also hoping to swap a commitment to drill a well for a 3D seismic…
Anadarko Petroleum has signed an exploration agreement with the government of Peru to explore 4.7 million acres across three deepwater blocks in the Trujillo Basin offshore Peru. The exploration phase of the agreement is a typical multi-year…
Ocean Rig has signed a contract with Statoil, for a one-well drilling program offshore Tanzania. The contract is expected to start in Q1 2018, and will use the Ocean Rig Poseidon, a 6th generation deepwater drillship based on the enhanced SAIPEM 10000 design…
US oil major Chevron has decided to discontinue its exploration program in the Great Australian Bight, according to the country's industry body. BP dropped its plans for drilling two deepwater wells in the area after a tussle with…
Total E&P Malaysia has signed a 60-day contract for the Maersk Deliverer semisubmersible to drill offshore Southeast Asia, bringing the vessel out of warm stacking. The contract covers the drilling of one exploration well in the Block DW-N Sabah offshore Malaysia…
Study area, in red. Map from Total. Total and the National Office of Petroleum of Guinea (ONAP) signed a technical evaluation agreement to study deep and ultra deep offshore areas located off the coast of Guinea Conakry…
Lundin has started drilling on the Hufsa exploration well in PL533 in the southern Norwegian Barents Sea. The well (7219/12-2) is south of the Filicudi oil discovery and the large Statoil-operated Johan Castberg oil discovery. The…
Statoil's 2017 three-well UK North Sea drilling campaign has resulted in a discovery in the Verbier well, but leaves behind two disappointments, the firm reports today. On Verbier, after initial disappointing results in the target formation…
W&T Offshore is set to spud its latest well in the South Timbalier 224 (ST 224) lease in the Gulf of Mexico later this month, according to partner Otto Energy. “The Enterprise 264 jackup drilling rig is expected to be on location within…
Japan Vietnam Petroleum Co. (JVPC), a subsidiary of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration, has extended its contract with a MODEC Dutch subsidiary Rang Dong MV17 BV (MV17BV), for the time charter of the FSO Rang Dong MV17. FSO Rang Dong MV17…
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