Geology & Geophysics
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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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August 29, 2017
CGG announces the start of work on Espirito Santo IV, a large BroadSeis 3D multi-client survey in the deep and ultra-deep waters of the Espirito Santo basin offshore Brazil.
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August 28, 2017
Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 677, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/4-11. The well is dry.
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August 25, 2017
The recovery in the global land drilling market, led by North America, is being sustained, according to first half figures from Westwood Global Energy Group, energy market research consultancy firm. The drive, both in the U.S. and internationally, for drilling wells with longer laterals and on multi-well pads, is creating demand for high-horsepower, modern rigs that can minimize time between each well.
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August 25, 2017
Statoil and Argentina’s leading energy company YPF have entered into an agreement to jointly explore hydrocarbons in the Bajo del Toro block in the Neuquén basin onshore Argentina.
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August 25, 2017
The significant remaining resources in discoveries and fields make it possible to create values for the Norwegian society for many decades to come, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s new report.
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August 24, 2017
Schlumberger has announced that WesternGeco has completed a hybrid seismic acquisition survey using their newly deployed multi-purpose vessel (MPV)—a first in the industry.
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August 24, 2017
Oilex Ltd. is pleased to announce that the C-23z core analysis has been completed. The analysis, by Schlumberger and Baker Hughes has confirmed that the EP-IV tight siltstones at Cambay can be effectively stimulated, and that commercial gas flowrates are potentially achievable.
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August 23, 2017
Though the foundation of the E&P industry is to find and produce oil and natural gas, the most valuable resource in today’s oil business may now be the data that companies collect in the midst of hydrocarbon extraction, as postulated today at Halliburton’s Landmark Innovation Forum and Expo in Houston.
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August 23, 2017
FairfieldNodal has announced that it is in advanced discussions with Thalassa Holdings to acquire WGP Group Ltd., a premier provider of marine geophysical services headquartered in the UK.
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August 22, 2017
HOUSTON -- Microsoft and Halliburton today announced plans to enter into a strategic alliance to drive digital transformation across the oil and gas industry. The relationship will combine Microsoft's expertise in cloud and digital transformation with Halliburton's exploration and production (E&P) science, software and services.
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August 22, 2017
Probe Technologies Holdings, Inc., a supplier of logging and reservoir monitoring technology to the global oil and gas and geothermal industries, announced that Turnbridge Capital has completed a growth recapitalization of the company alongside its experienced management team.
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August 21, 2017
Empyrean Energy, the oil and gas development company with interests in China, Indonesia and the United States, is pleased to announce that it has been informed by Sacgasco Limited, the operator of the Dempsey 1-15 well in the Sacramento basin, onshore California, that the field appraisal drilling component of the Dempsey 1-15 well has been successfully concluded.
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August 18, 2017
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) today announced results of its 2017-2018 board of directors election.
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August 18, 2017
Highlands, the London-listed natural resources company, has announced that it has successfully drilled and set surface casing in both the Wildhorse 5-64 15-16-1BHZ and Powell 5-64-15-16-1CHZ wells.
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August 17, 2017
As of Aug. 16, Well La-107 has been successfully drilled to its planned TD of the 6-in. hole section at 3,180 m MD (3,166 m TVD) where the base of the Logbaba formation was encountered.
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August 15, 2017
Rockhopper Exploration plc, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, has provided the following update concerning the Abu Sennan drilling concession, onshore Egypt.
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August 15, 2017
Azinor Catalyst Limited, the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P Company focused on the UK Continental Shelf, is pleased to announce that the 14/11a-2 well on the Partridge Prospect, was spudded at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 15, 2017, using the Ocean Guardian semisubmersible drilling rig.
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August 14, 2017
Oil and gas software firm iLandMan is now offering nationwide well data and status information thanks to a new integration with geoscience data company TGS.
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August 14, 2017
BNK Petroleum Inc. has announced the completion of the fracture stimulation of the Hartgraves 1-6H well (100% working interest), which is located in BNK’s Tishiminogo field, in the SCOOP region of Oklahoma.
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August 14, 2017
President Edgar Changa Lungu heralded the beginning of Zambia’s new oil industry, when he commissioned the launch of a full tensiometer survey by Tullow Oil in Luapula province. The survey is the first of its kind to be undertaken in Zambia.
