Drilling & production

Cairn Energy PLC has announced the results of the FAN South-1 well in the South Fan prospect, offshore Senegal.

Erin Energy Corporation has provided an update on its drilling operations and production levels.

Statoil has finalised an exploration drilling programme, which has not resulted in the discovery of hydrocarbons.

Conventional exploration performance has improved considerably in 2017, with commercial success rates above 50% and much lower finding costs than for the same period in 2016.

On June 2, 2017, BPTT announced two new gas discoveries offshore Trinidad - Savannah and Macadamia - together amounting to around 1.3 trillion cubic feet of recoverable resources, based on Rystad Energy analyses.

AWE Limited has announced that that the Waitsia-4 appraisal well has commenced drilling operations.

DNO has resumed field appraisal drilling following extended testing of the Cretaceous and Jurassic reservoirs.

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Statoil its consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea.

Ion Science will be showing a wide range of high performance gas detection instrumentation at SPE Offshore Europe 2017.

Wood Group has been awarded a contract for the Culzean gas condensate field in the UK central North Sea.

Streamlining permitting processes and decisions will improve confidence to invest in federal energy projects that will create jobs and benefit consumers.

Apache Corporation has announced that it will complete an exit from Canada upon the closing of three recent transactions.

Statoil has chosen to develop the Snefrid Nord gas discovery, which will be tied back to Aasta Hansteen.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has announced that the Environment Agency has formally granted the necessary permit to flow test the Broadford Bridge-1 oil exploration well.

New Zealand Oil & Gas has inked a sale and purchase agreement for its Kupe gas and light oilfield interest with Mitsui E&P Australia.