Exploration

Ironbark-1 will test the giant Ironbark gas prospect, which has a best estimate of 15 trillion ft3 prospective recoverable gas resource.

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 0.5 and 1.6 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent.

The company's operating result for the third quarter was US$-27.9 million, compared to US$102.5 million last year.

Two wells at the Cappahayden and Cambriol prospects, drilled this summer in the Flemish Pass Basin, have proven the presence of hydrocarbons.

Impact has acquired ExxonMobil and Equinor's interests in the Transkei & Algoa Exploration Right and the Tugela South Exploration Right, offshore South Africa.

Drilling at the Luiperd well has encountered 73 m of net gas condensate pay in well-developed good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.

The estimate for the new oil discovery is between 0.5 and 3.2 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent.

CGG is preparing for Phase II of its Nebula 3D survey in the Campos and Santos Basins offshore Brazil.

A seismic consortium comprising PGS, TGS and WesternGeco has been awarded a multi-year contract by Petronas to acquire and process multi-sensor multi-client 3D data in the Sarawak Basin.

Well 7018/5-1 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.

The survey, for an unnamed NOC, will commence in 4Q20.

The two companies have agreed to work together on various projects to promote the use of marine CSEM technology.

The project covers an area of approximately 82 000 km2 offshore Nigeria and will incorporate 17 seabed heat flow measurements and 253 seabed cores.

The Walker Ridge programme covers approximately 300 OCS blocks including two priority areas of significant industry interest.

Wireline logs indicated significant natural gas pay totalling approximately 589 net ft at the Ortoire exploration block, onshore in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.