Geology & Geophysics

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September 26, 2017
Gazpromneft-Yamal, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has begun pilot oil production from the Achimov deposits at its Severo-Samburgskoye oil field (in the Purovsky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug).
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September 25, 2017
Block Energy, an exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, has announced that it has agreed to acquire the outstanding 31% working interest in, and to become operator of the country's Norio field via a cash payment of $310,000 to Georgia Oil and Gas Ltd.
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September 25, 2017
The Permian basin of Texas and New Mexico holds 60 to 70 Bbbl of yet-to-be pumped crude oil, according to a study by IHS Markit Ltd.
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September 22, 2017
Hyperdynamics Corp. has announced that it has notified the government of the Republic of Guinea that it will be seeking a two-year appraisal period under its oil and gas production sharing contract.
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September 20, 2017
Wood Mackenzie has released Positioning for the Future, the first comprehensive study ever carried out into carbon emissions in the upstream oil and gas sector.
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September 19, 2017
Northwest Energy has confirmed that Xanadu-1 has intersected hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs demonstrated by elevated gas readings, oil shows, fluorescence and cut-fluorescence whilst drilling reservoir sections.
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September 19, 2017
Gazprom Neft has begun geological investigations in Paleozoic hydrocarbon deposits in the Tomsk Oblast. Thus far, the complex structure of the pre-Jurassic complex has not been deemed an independent geological prospect, investigations into which demand the modification of traditional prospecting methodologies.
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September 18, 2017
OMV (Norge) AS, operator of production licence 537, has completed the drilling of appraisal well 7324/8-3 on oil discovery 7324/8-1 (Wisting) in the Barents Sea.
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September 15, 2017
Echo Energy, the South and Central American focused upstream gas company, is pleased to announce the award of a seismic reprocessing contract for the 3D seismic data over the Huayco and Rio Salado blocks, onshore Bolivia.
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September 15, 2017
Xodus Group has been awarded two Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) contracts for projects in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) blocks in Senegal, West Africa.
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September 2017
Feds, IOCs breathe new life into ‘Dead Cow’
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September 2017
Seismic, the foundation tool of oil and gas exploration, has some reflecting to do about its future, not will it work, or can exploration seismic become “better,” but is it becoming necessary at all?
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September 13, 2017
NuVista Energy Ltd. has provided a significant operational update, including the startup at Bilbo block--its largest pad drilled to date; powerful IP30 success from Elmworth block high intensity fractured wells (HiFi); the successful and on-time conclusion of the Keyera Simonette gas plant planned turnaround; and the achievement of a compelling well test in our emerging Pipestone block.
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September 13, 2017
Schlumberger unveiled the new DELFI cognitive E&P environment at the SIS Global Forum. This environment enables collaboration across E&P teams and leverages the full potential of all available data and science to optimize assets.
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September 12, 2017
Royal Dutch Shell and Petrobras signed last week in The Hague, Netherlands, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a long-term mutual collaboration in developing pre-salt fields in Brazil.
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September 07, 2017
Calima Energy Limited continues to advance the liquids rich Montney play and has licensed a high-quality 3D seismic database covering a significant portion of Calima’s landholding.
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September 06, 2017
Emerald Bay Energy Inc. has provided an update on the Company’s Wooden Horse play in South Texas.
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September 06, 2017
Europe’s biggest energy companies have a message for the aging UK North Sea oil industry: We may be selling assets, but that doesn’t mean we’re heading for the exit.
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September 05, 2017
BNK Petroleum Inc. has announced that the Hartgraves 1-6H well averaged about 405 boed, of which 324 bbl are oil, for the last six days, while still producing back completion fluid.
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August 31, 2017
CGG announces that it has signed a multi-client data agreement with Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) following a competitive tender process held by INP in 2016.
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August 31, 2017
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has commenced drilling of exploration well 7220/6-3 on the Børselv prospect in PL609 on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea.
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