Salamander News

Salamander announces first oil at Bualuang

Aug 19, 2014

Salamander Energy received the first oil in the tanks of the Suksan Salamander floating storage and offtake vessel (FSO) at the Bualuang field in the Gulf of Thailand. Greater Bualuang work. Image: Salamander…

Salamander inks Bualuang part-sale

Jun 05, 2014

Salamander Energy has signed a non-binding heads of agreement with SONA to sell an effective 40% working interest in both the B8/38 concession (containing the Bualuang field) in the Gulf of Thailand and the surrounding G4/50 concession…

Global Briefs OE April 2014

Apr 04, 2014

US rakes in $850million for lease sale The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received 380 bids for 326blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than US $850 million. Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 231 attracted operators to bison almost 40 million acres…

Bualuang production restarts

Feb 13, 2014

Salamander Energy has said damaged risers on the Rubicon Vantage floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel have been repaired and production from the Bualuang field has restarted. Bad weather had slowed work to replace riser sections…

Bualuang repairs delayed

Jan 27, 2014

Bad weather has slowed work to replace riser sections damaged when an FPSO came off station.  The Rubicon Vantage FPSO drifted into an exclusion zone designed to protect the Bualuang oil field production infrastructure in the Gulf of Thailand in bad weather…

FPSO damages riser

Jan 08, 2014

A floating production (FPSO) vessel moored over the Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand damaged a production riser after drifting off station in bad weather. The Rubicon Vantage FPSO drifted into the exclusion zone designed to protect the production infrastructure…

Salamander plugs Thai prospect

Sep 30, 2013

Salamander Energy plugged and abandoned its offshore Ayutthaya exploration well prospect in Block G4/50 in the Gulf of Thailand as a dry hole.  Ayutthaya is located less than 1 mi. northeast of the recent Surin oil discovery. The well was spud earlier this month…

Salamander spuds exploration well offshore Thailand

Sep 18, 2013

Salamander Energy plc announced the spud of an exploration well in Block G4/50, Gulf of Thailand targeting the Ayutthaya prospect. Ayutthaya is located in the Western Central sub-basin, less than one mi northeast of the recent Surin oil discovery…

Global Briefs: October 2013

Oct 10, 2013

Ghohta discovery Lundin Petroleum made an oil discovery on the Ghohta prospect in exploration licence PL492 in the Barents Sea. The well, 7120/1-3, 35km northwest of Snøhvit field, found a 75m oil column in Permian carbonates. Statoil…

Salamander hits Surin oil

Aug 06, 2013

Salamander Energy plc encountered oil at its G4/50-5 exploration well in the Surin prospect in the central portion of the Western sub-basin, Block G4/50, in the Gulf of Thailand, the company announced on 6 August 2013. Oil was discovered…

Salamander multi-well program

Jul 25, 2013

Salamander Energy plc began its six-well exploration program in block G4/50, Gulf of Thailand. The first well, G4/50-4, was spudded at the end of June. It is being drilled on the Rayong prospect in the northeast section of the block in the central Kra sub-basin…

Thai prospect disappoints

Jul 15, 2013

Salamander Energy plc announced that its G4/50-4 exploration well on the Rayong prospect in the Gulf of Thailand has been plugged and abandoned following disappointing results. The well, which was drilled to a total vertical depth of 1889m by the Atwood Mako jackup…

Salamander spuds Gulf of Thailand prospect

Jun 27, 2013

Salamander Energy plc began its multi-well exploration program in Block G4/50, Gulf of Thailand. The first well in the program, G4/50-4, spudded on June 27 and is being drilled on the Rayong prospect. Rayong is located in the north east of the block in the Central Kra sub-basin…

Salamander finds gas

May 15, 2013

Salamander Energy made a gas discovery at its North Kendang-1 exploration well inside the South East Sangatta PSC off Indonesia. The company’s initial test results point to wet gas. Pressure data indicates a potentially significant column height…

KrisEnergy spuds Indonesia prospect

Jun 03, 2013

KrisEnergy has spudded the Tayum-1 exploration well in the Kutai PSC, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia, its partner Salamander Energy (23.4%) announced on 3 June 2013. The Tayum well is being drilled using the Randolph Yost jackup…

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