Archive for the ‘Discoveries’ Category

Norway’s Equinor and partners Ineos E&P and Faroe Petroleum will evaluate how to further develop an oil and gas discovery made in exploration well 6507/3-13 (Snadd Outer Outer/Black Vulture), 14 km southwest of Norne field in the northern part of t…

A joint venture of Santos Ltd. and Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd. has confirmed a “major” oil and gas discovery with the Dorado well, drilled in the Bedout subbasin about 160 km offshore Port Hedland, Western Australia.

Aker BP ASA will plug exploration well 15/6-15 in PL814, 15 km northeast of Gina Krog field in the North Sea. The well was a dry hole. The exploration well—the first in the license—was drilled to a vertical depth of 3,761 m subsea with Odfjell Drilling…

W&T Offshore made an oil discovery with its Gladden Deep well on Mississippi Canyon 800 block in the US Gulf of Mexico, reported partner Kosmos Energy Ltd. of Dallas. Gladden Deep is a subsea tie back expected to be brought online through the exist…

Mol Norge will plug exploration well 3/7-11 S, which was targeting the Vinstra and Otta prospects in PL539 in the North Sea. Both targets were dry, reported partner Lundin Norway AS. The well was drilled by the Rowan Viking jack up rig 7 km southwest o…

Dana Gas PJSC, Sharjah, has spudded a deepwater wildcat on its North El Arish concession area offshore Egypt. The company says the Merak-1 well is on one of three prospects it describes as “world class” in the area, also known as Block 6.

Gazprom said it has discovered more than 500 billion cu m of natural gas in two fields offshore the Yamal Peninsula in the Russian Arctic.

Eni SPA said the fourth oil discovery in the exploration program it started with partners in mid-2018 on Block 15/06 offshore Angola has production capacity exceeding 10,000 b/d of light oil.

The Blackrock exploration well 204/5b-2 in the West of Shetlands area proved the existence of intravolcanic charged reservoirs between undeveloped Cambo and Rosebank oil fields, reports Siccar Point Energy, the operator. The Diamond Ocean GreatWhite se…

Murphy Oil Corp. and partners are considering the drilling of an appraisal well of their Cholula discovery in deep water offshore Mexico as well as two exploration wells on the same Salina basin block next year.