Exploration
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May 18, 2017
Cairn has announced the results of another successful appraisal well offshore Senegal. Rig performance continues to be excellent and operations have been safely and successfully completed ahead of schedule and under budget following drilling, logging and drill stem testing (DST).
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May 18, 2017
NXT Energy Solutions Inc. has advised that it has commenced work on the first ever SFD multi-client survey in the Gulf of Mexico.
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May 15, 2017
Gazprom Neft has acquired a subsoil usage licence for Novosarmaskoye field in the Orenburg Oblast. The licence — for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons — was issued by the Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency, and runs until May 5, 2037.
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May 12, 2017
Total and Mauritania have signed an exploration and production contract to perform exploration works on Block C7, which covers an area of 7,300 km2.
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May 10, 2017
TDI-Brooks International, Inc. has been selected to perform three site surveys and an Environmental Baseline project in the Caribbean.
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May 10, 2017
Fugro has commenced a hydrographic survey encompassing an area of Norwegian waters of approximately 15,000 km2. Awarded by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service, the contract value is 34.5 million NOK (approximately €3.8 million).
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May 09, 2017
Brazil's Decree 9.041/2017 entered in force last week, regulating Law 12.351/2010 relating to Petrobras’ preferential rights to act as operator in consortiums for exploration and production in blocks subject to the production sharing regime.
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May 09, 2017
Delek Group Ltd., the Israeli energy company that bought UK oil explorer Ithaca Energy Inc. this year, is seeking a London listing to help further overseas expansion.
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May 08, 2017
BP, along with JV partner Kosmos Energy, announced a major gas discovery offshore Senegal.
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May 03, 2017
With the oil industry barely recovering from its most brutal slump in decades, you might expect the Arctic Ocean to be the last place explorers would hunt for new discoveries.
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May 02, 2017
Total and the Republic of Senegal have signed two agreements enabling Total to contribute to the exploration activities in Senegal’s deep and ultra-deep offshore.
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May 02, 2017
BP’s proprietary digital rocks technology program is getting a key upgrade from a new multi-year commercial agreement with Exa Corporation, which will enhance BP’s ability to predict the flow of oil and water in digital images of reservoir rock.
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April 28, 2017
Schlumberger announced today that Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has signed an agreement to license data from the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) multiclient seismic survey in the Salina del Istmo province of the southern Gulf of Mexico.
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April 28, 2017
BP announced a major breakthrough in seismic imaging that has identified more than 200 million barrels of additional resources at BP’s Atlantis field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
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April 27, 2017
Aker BP has entered into a framework contract with Schlumberger for acquisition of 4D seismic data.
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April 27, 2017
Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016 as companies continued to cut spending and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years, according to the International Energy Agency, which warned that both trends could continue this year.
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April 26, 2017
President Donald Trump will open the door to new oil and natural gas drilling in Pacific waters off the coast of California with a directive Friday that sets up a certain clash with environmentalists.
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April 25, 2017
Samaraneftegaz, a Rosneft subsidiary, started 3D seismic exploration works in six blocks acquired in 2016. Drilling sites for prospecting and exploratory wells will be defined based on the results of these works.
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April 24, 2017
SeismicZone.com online data marketplace launched its first microsite for seismic data owners to market their proprietary data from their own corporate website.
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April 24, 2017
TGS announces new multi-client acquisition project, Crean 3D on the Irish Atlantic Margin.
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April 21, 2017
Oilex Ltd. has announced the award of two key contracts to Schlumberger and Baker Hughes as part of its 2017 work program at the Cambay PSC in India. Schlumberger and Baker Hughes will advise on the optimal well and stimulation design required to achieve potential commercial flowrates.
