Archive for the ‘Discoveries’ Category
Perth-based Norwest Energy Ltd., Triangle Energy Ltd., and 3C Group IC Ltd. have received regulatory approvals to proceed with the planned Xanadu 3D seismic survey in the offshore North Perth basin of Western Australia.
Valeura spuds Thrace basin appraisal well
February 20th, 2019 by Latest News
Valeura Energy has spudded a second well to appraise its 2017 Yamalik-1 discovery in the Thrace basin of northwestern Turkey. The Devepinar-1 well is 20 km west of the first appraisal well, Inanli-1, which awaits testing. The Inanli-1 is 6 km northeast…
Indonesian oil and gas regulator SKK Migas confirmed a natural gas discovery at the Repsol-operated Sakakemang PSC onshore central Sumatra. Repsol started drilling the Kali Berau Dalam-2 well in August 2018, targeting a fractured Pre-Tertiary basement …
Equinor Energy has plugged exploration well 7132/2-1, which was targeting the Gjokasenin prospect in production license 857 in the southern part of the Barents Sea. The well, which was dry, was drilled to a vertical depth of 852 m subsea with Seadrill’…
Total SA reported a natural gas-condensate discovery on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua basin, 175 km offshore southern South Africa. The Brulpadda well encountered 57 m of net gas-condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.
UK appraisal spudded south of Wytch Farm
February 6th, 2019 by Latest News
Privately owned Corallian Energy Ltd. has spudded an offshore appraisal well south of Wytch Farm oil field in southern England. The Ensco 72 jack up is drilling the 98/11a-5 well on License P1918, appraising a 1986 discovery designated Colter. The Colt…
ExxonMobil Corp. reported additional discoveries offshore Guyana with the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells in southeastern Stabroek block, bringing the total discoveries on that block to 12. The latest discoveries contributed to an estimated resource of m…
Sharjah in 2018 became the latest United Arab Emirates monarchy to offer licensing rounds, seeking international partners for exploration and development. The offer follows licensing rounds by Abu Dhabi and Ras al Khaimah (RAK).
Oil Search Ltd., Sydney and Port Moresby, has again expanded its acreage position on the Alaskan North Slope (ANS) by exercising an option to acquire 50% interest in 120 leases immediately east of its Hue shale blocks, which lie southeast of Prudhoe Ba…
WoodMac: Exploration is ‘back in the black’
February 4th, 2019 by Latest News
After a difficult few years, the exploration business is back in the black—and keen to stay there. New analysis from Wood Mackenzie shows that exploration companies’ successes in 2018 reflect a disciplined approach that’s set to continue this year.