Halliburton awarded Shell offshore exploration contract
The contract is for the post-salt development and pre-salt exploration in Brazil’s Campos and Santos Basins.
Exploration
Wood Mackenzie: Santos makes significant gas discovery at Corvus-2 appraisal well
Following Santos' announcement on the confirmation of a significant gas resource at Corvus-2 appraisal well, Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Daniel Toleman provides commentary.
Energean announce significant new gas discovery at Karish North
The well reached an intermediate TD of 4880 m approximately 7 days ahead of schedule.
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CGG 2D survey offshore Gabon completed
Acquisition of CGG’s 9800 km long-offset broadband 2D multi-client seismic survey in the highly prospective Gabon South Basin has been completed.
Total strengthens its presence in natural gas in Oman
A Heads of Agreement has been signed with the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman for the award to Total of an exploration license on Block 12.
Rowallan well abandoned
Serica Energy has announced that exploration well 22/19c-7 in the central North Sea is not hydrocarbon bearing.
Pin Oak Energy acquires Utica acres from Shell subsidiary
The transaction increases Pin Oak Energy’s acreage position across the Appalachian Basin to 167 000 net deep acres.
Phoenix Global Resources awarded unconventional concession in Vaca Muerta formation
The concession covers the Puesto Rojas block in Mendoza province, Argentina.
Lundin Norway to proceed with extended well test on Rolvsnes discovery
The Rolvsnes oil discovery is located in PL338C on the southern side of the Edvard Grieg field and is a fractured and weathered granite basement reservoir.
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Westwood Insight: Frontier success sparks the exploration farm-out market into life
Exploration started with a bang in 2019 with a frontier discovery by a Total led joint venture at Brulpadda in South Africa, which follows the hugely successful play opening Liza discovery in Guyana in 2015 by an Exxon led JV.
Bourbon awarded significant integrated logistics contract by Shell in Bulgaria
The contract is for the support of Shell’s exploration campaign in Black Sea, Bulgaria, in partnership with Bulgarian operator Bon Marine.
Vedanta announce oil discovery in Krishna-Godavari Basin, India
The oil discovery was made in the second exploratory well H2, located in the block KG-OSN-2009/3.
CGG GeoSoftware renews HampsonRussell software donation to Portugal’s CERENA/IST University
GeoSoftware, part of CGG’s Geoscience Division, has renewed the donation of its HampsonRussell seismic reservoir characterisation software to CERENA/Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) University in Lisbon, Portugal.
Sapura Energy records quarterly profit
The Malaysian oil and gas services company declared net profits of US$123.01 million for the quarter ended 31 January 2019.
ADNOC awards Indian consortium exploration rights for Abu Dhabi Onshore Block 1
The consortium of Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. will hold a 100% stake in the exploration phase to explore for and appraise oil and gas opportunities.