Drilling & production

Tethys Oil's share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3&4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman amounted in April 2018 to 349 441 bbls of oil, corresponding to 11 648 bopd.

Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company has announced the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the TE-9 and TE-10 wells at the Company's Tendrara-Lakbir permit, onshore Morocco.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that it has spud its SD-4X appraisal well at South Disouq, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).

The company has also appointed a new COO, Gavin Lindsay, who joins from READ Cased Hole.

The technology enables the mapping of reservoir and fluid boundaries over 200 ft (61 m) away from the wellbore.

The well is currently at 1888 m and total depth is expected to be approximately 2775 m.

After initial preparations, the actual installation job took only three hours and was achieved in one single lift.

Mayan Energy believes that a sustainable rate of approximately 1.3 million ft3/d gas and 10-11 bpd of condensate at the Morris #1 well is achievable with potential for further upside.

Deep Casing Tools has gained new investment from EV Private Equity, and appointed a new management team.

Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill appraisal well 6608/10-18 in production licence 128 D in the Norwegian Sea.

Shell is the operator for production licence 373 S in the North Sea.

KOGL is a wholly owned subsidiary of UKOG.

Statoil Azerbaijan (part of the Equinor group) and Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR have signed a RSA related to the appraisal and development of the Karabagh oilfield and a PSA for the Ashrafi, Dan Ulduzu, Aypara area.

The top ten planned and announced presalt areas in Brazil will spend over US$220 billion throughout their lifetime in capital and operating expenditure.

The primary objective for the Phoenix South-3 well, off the north coast of Western Australia, is to evaluate the gas and condensate potential of the Caley Member within a large, faulted anti-clinal closure that was partially penetrated with the Phoenix South-2 well.