Exploration

The Bask well was drilled 35 km northwest of the Alta discovery and due south of the Johan Castberg field by the West Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig.

American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers has issued a statement on the Biden administration's decision to temporarily suspend oil and gas permitting on US federal lands and waters.

Sophisticated imaging and deep-learning algorithms will allow the Dammam 7 supercomputer to run detailed 3D earth models, enhancing Aramco's decision-making on exploration and investment decisions.

30 companies, including Equinor, Wintershall Dea, Lundin Energy, and Neptune Energy, have received offers of ownership interests in a total of 61 production licences on the Norwegian Shelf.

The discovery was achieved at the SEMZ-11X well located 10 km west of Zarif field, the nearest producing field.

The acquisition has been approved by Pioneer and Parsley stockholders.

The survey, covering 2694 km2, will broaden the region's 3D coverage while adding to the extensive offshore seismic library.

The aim of the study was to increase petroleum system knowledge across a relatively data-poor area of the northern Barents Sea.

Shell has said that the marine 3D seismic survey, planned over the Resolution and Endeavour gas discoveries, is now anticipated to be acquired in February 2022 rather than 1Q21.

The Stena Carron drillship has arrived on location at the Bulletwood-1 wellsite on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana and has commenced drilling operations.

The drilling programme for well 16/4-13 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 359.

The agreement is for the North Ras Kanayis Offshore block located in the Herodotus Basin, offshore Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea.

Trident Energy is set to drill three wells in Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea in 2021, with an estimated start date in April.

The new discovery at the Meleiha Concession adds 10 000 bpd to Eni's gross production in the Western Desert of Egypt.

ADNOC has awarded the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 3 to a consortium led by Eni Abu Dhabi B.V. and PTTEP MENA Ltd.