Faroe Petroleum has been given Norwegian Petroleum Directorate approval to drill appraisal well 31/7-2 S on the Brasse discovery. Well 31/7-2 S will be drilled using the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible drilling rig in production license 740…
Private equity backed Azinor Catalyst has awarded a rig contract to Diamond Offshore Drilling for use of the Ocean Guardian semisubmersible rig to drill two wells in Q3 2017. The first exploration well will target the Partridge prospect…
Statoil says it is about to start its exploration program in the Barents Sea testing five to seven new opportunities over the next six months. The program will test new targets, both in the relatively well known geology around in the Johan Castberg and Hoop/Wisting area…
Anadarko has made its third discovery in deepwater offshore Colombia, with the Gorgon well. The Gorgon-1 well encountered 260-360ft net of natural gas pay, according to Anadarko. Partner Ecopetrol said the well showed gas presence in two different exploration targets…
Lundin Petroleum's latest appraisal well on the Gohta field, in the Barents Sea, has had disappointing results, resulting in a downgrade in the field's resource estimate. Appraisal well 7120/1-5, in PL492, was 4km north of the original…
Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced the Awards in Predefined Areas 2017, comprising predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The application deadline for APA 2017 is mignight on Friday 1 September 2017…
French major Total has signed two agreements with Senegal, allowing the firm to explore in Senegal’s deep and ultra-deep offshore. “These agreements are part of the company's strategy to carry out exploration activities in new deepwater…
Ophir Energy has started drilling operations on the Ayamé-1X deepwater exploration well, offshore Ivory Coast, according to African Petroleum. Ophir is using Seadrill's West Saturn drillship for the well, on the CI-513 license. The well…
Audrey Leon chats with Statoil’s Helge Hove Haldorsen about the positive results emerging from Mexico’s energy reform, how it compares to Statoil’s own experience as a state-owned operation, and its overall strategy in the Mexican Gulf. Helge…
Audrey Leon profiles the Thunder Horse field, speaking with project manager Steve Raymer about the BP-operated field’s most recent expansion project, which came in 11 months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget. Loading…
Elaine Maslin looks at efforts to breathe new life into old oil and gas platforms, such as refitting for renewable energy, while also cutting CO2 emissions and cost. An illustration of the Win Win (wind-powered water injection) project…
US President Donald Trump signed executive orders today (28 April) to increase domestic energy production in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning area including the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic…
Europa Oil & Gas has identified four significant prospects at its frontier exploration license 2/13 (FEL 2/13) offshore Ireland that has upped its prospective resources in the area to some 1.12 billion boe, and 3.7 Tcf of gas. Map of FEL 2/13…
FAR Ltd. and the Senegal joint venture are drilling the FAN South-1 exploration well into the Southern FAN prospect in the first pure exploration well to be drilled offshore Senegal since the discovery wells of FAN-1 and SNE-1 in 2014. Map…
BHP Billiton spudded the Wildling-2 ultra deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month, and plans to spud the nearby Scimitar wildcat in September. Image from BHP. The…
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