Exploration

The 437 km2 survey will be acquired in the NOAKA area, between Oseberg and Alvheim in the Norwegian North Sea.

Seismic processing tenders have been issued and, following review, a contract will be awarded shortly.

Sapakara South in Block 58 encountered 30 m of net pay of oil, in a good quality Campano-Maastrichtian reservoir.

PETRONAS Carigali, Shell and PETROS EP have been awarded Block SK437 offshore Sarawak.

The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 ft (75 m) of net pay in high-quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs.

The Egyptian Vulture prospect marks the first of an anticipated seven well exploration programme which will involve Longboat Energy over the next 18 months on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Initial interpretations indicate a total of over 40 m MD of net oil pay across three different reservoir units in the Al Jahraa-8 development well.

The survey area covers acreage included in the Malaysia Bid Round 2021 and fast-track results will be delivered in time for block evaluation.

THREE60 Energy Group has launched a new sustainability advisory service, which will be led by recently appointed specialists Guro Tveit, HSEQ and Sustainability Manager, and Anette Svendsen, Discipline Lead Sustainability.

The sale to BGP Inc. includes 18 000 nodes that will be deployed in 4Q21 on a large-scale, long-term, multi-vessel operation in the Middle East region.

Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/11-1 S, the first exploration well in production licence 785 S.

Preliminary estimates place the potential of the Eban–Akoma complex between 500 and 700 million boe in place.

The Lewis Hills 3D volume is positioned in the Orphan Basin, with recent discoveries in the Flemish Pass and connecting further south to the productive Jeanne D’Arc Basin.

The Jabillo-1 well drilled by ExxonMobil in the Canje Block, offshore Guyana, did not show evidence of commercial hydrocarbons.

Qatar Petroleum has acquired interests in the South Outeniqua, DWOB and OBD blocks, all operated by TotalEnergies.