Geology & Geophysics
News
July 12, 2017
Talos Energy announced that the Zama-1 exploration well, offshore Mexico, has discovered oil.
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July 11, 2017
Devon Energy Corp. has announced that it has brought online a record-setting Meramec well and commenced production on several high-rate wells in the core of the over-pressured oil window of the STACK play during the second quarter of 2017.
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July 11, 2017
Cairn Energy has announced the results of the FAN South-1 well in the South Fan prospect offshore Senegal.
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July 2017
While much of West Africa suffers from economic hardship, political turmoil and corruption, other regions are thriving. Despite the risk to E&P activity in these precarious areas of operation, producers cannot ignore its abundant resources and its affluent potential to be an international hydrocarbon hotbed.
News
July 10, 2017
Statoil, along with its partner, Husky Energy, has finalized a two-well exploration drilling program in the Flemish Pass basin offshore Newfoundland.
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July 10, 2017
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has announced resumption of appraisal drilling at the Peshkabir discovery on the Tawke license in the Kurdistan region of Iraq following extended testing of the Cretaceous and Jurassic reservoirs in the Peshkabir-2 well.
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July 07, 2017
Zennor Petroleum Limited has announced that on June 30, 2017, its subsidiary, Zennor North Sea Limited, completed the acquisition of interests in and under United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P359.
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July 07, 2017
Sound Energy, the Moroccan and European focused upstream gas company, is delighted to report the success of operations to date at the Koba-1 well at Sidi Moktar, onshore Morocco.
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July 03, 2017
Gazprom Neft PJSC has acquired a 25.02% stake (with the right to increase this to 50%) in Evrotek-Yugra. Evrotek-Yugra, owned by Spain’s Repsol, holds exploration and production rights to seven license blocks in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.
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July 03, 2017
Faroe Petroleum has announced the results of the Drill Stem Test (DST) on the 31/7-2 S Brasse appraisal well in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 50% and operator, Point Resources 50%).
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July 03, 2017
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 532, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7219/9-2. The well proved oil.
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June 29, 2017
Hurricane Energy plans to raise $520 million for test drilling at its Lancaster oilfield in the North Sea, a major milestone for the project that could breathe new life into the ageing offshore basin.
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June 29, 2017
BP will book a $750-million charge for unsuccessful exploration campaigns in Angola, the company said on Thursday, a write-off that will weigh on its second-quarter results.
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June 29, 2017
Cyprus will push ahead with its oil and gas development plans despite potential setbacks, including the decades-long Cyprus conflict, its energy minister said on Thursday.
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June 28, 2017
Well-SENSE Technology Ltd. has achieved success with its pioneering FibreLine Intervention (FLI) technology for an oil major operating in the Eagle Ford.
News
June 28, 2017
First gas has been delivered on schedule from Cayley field, the third and final new discovery to be brought on stream during the major redevelopment of the Montrose Area in the Central North Sea operated by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK.
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June 26, 2017
Gazpromneft Sakhalin (a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft) has begun drilling the first exploratory well at the Ayashsky licence block, located on the continental shelf of the Sea of Okhotsk.
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June 26, 2017
EnQuest Plc climbed the most in three months in London trading on speculation borrowings will fall following the start of production at its Kraken oil field in the UK North Sea.
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June 23, 2017
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has announced the 24th licensing round. In this round, 102 blocks/parts of blocks will be announced, divided among nine in the Norwegian Sea and 93 in the Barents Sea.
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June 22, 2017
ION Geophysical Corporation has announced a new 2D multi-client program offshore Gabon, EquatorSPAN II, in cooperation with the Gabon Ministry of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons, Direction Général des Hydrocarbures of Gabon (DGH).
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June 19, 2017
LAGCOE is proud to announce LAGCOE Looey 2017, Mr. Don Briggs, Founding Member and President of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. LAGCOE Looey is an honorary position given to someone who has accomplished something great in the oil and gas industry.
