Eni encountered gas at the Guendalina sidetrack well offshore Italy, according to partner Rockhopper Exploration. The well, located at the Guendalina gas field in the Adriatic Sea, reached its target depth of 3276m measured depth on schedule and budget…
Premier Oil is aiming to award front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for the North Falklands Sea Lion project in 4Q this year, partner Rockhopper Exploration says. Sea Lion is about 220km north of the Falkland Islands in 450m water depth…
Falklands and Mediterranean-focused explorer Rockhopper Exploration has taken a step forward in its plans to develop an offshore Italy oil field. The firm's Ombrina Mare field environmental impact assessment has been approved by Italy's…
Three majors are vying for the same block offshore Mozambique in Mozambique's fifth licensing round, according to the round application details released by the country's National Petroleum Institute (INP) today. It reveals that ExxonMobil…
Premier Oil’s “high-impact, play-opening” Isobel Deep North Falkland Basin well has made an oil discovery, the operator confirmed this morning, in higher than expected reservoir pressure. Operations have been suspended and the rig will be released to drill in the South Falkland Basin…
Premier Oil’s high-impact Falklands Isobel Deep well has hit oil shows in a suspected high pressure formation, partner Rockhopper Exploration said this morning (19 May). But, the area will now have to be cased, delaying the drilling program…
UK-based operator Premier Oil resumed drilling on the Isobel Deep 14/20-1 well in the North Falkland Basin following repairs to the blowout preventer (BOP) stack. Drilling operations on the Eirik Raude semisubmersible drilling rig were…
Premier Oil's Isobel Deep 14/20-1 well in the North Falkland Basin has been suspended and the blowout preventer (BOP) stack recovered after an equipment malfunction. Partner Rockhopper Exploration said Friday that, while repairs are carried out…
Young Okunna, GlobalData's upstream analyst covering Sub-Saharan Africa reported that the current downturn in oil prices has not slowed down in the region. Although several firms have cut back on their global exploration budgets, the region continues to attract activity…
UK-based Falklands explorer Premier Oil has spudded its second 2015 exploration campaign well in the north Falklands basin. The Eirik Raude. From Ocean Rig. If successful, the 14/20…
Premier Oil’s first exploration well in its 2.1 billion bbl 2015 Falkland’s drilling campaign has confirmed the extension of the giant Sea Lion discovery. The 14/15b-5 Zebedee exploration well, using the Eirik Raude semisubmersible drilling rig…
Premier Oil spudded its first 2015 Falklands drilling campaign well, 14/15-5, using the Eirik Raude semisubmersible drilling rig on the Zebedee prospect on 6 March. The well, on license PL004b, will test a total of seven stacked fan bodies…
Ocean Rig’s Eirik Raude arrived in the North Falkland basin off the Falkland Islands and will be moved to begin drilling the first well, according to Rockhopper Exploration. The six-well drilling campaign on the Zebedee prospect will…
Norway's Ministry of Petroleum has welcomed interest in its latest Awards in Pre-defined Areas licensing round, despite the expection that future discoveries in the area will be smaller than in the past. Stakes in some 54 new production…
International independent Premier Oil has said its Falklands Sea Lion development is to be scaled back, initially, to make it a phased development due to rising costs and low oil prices. Initial costs on an initial, smaller floating…
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