Exploration

Geo-data results from the engineering surveys will provide ONGC with the seabed and sub-seabed insights they need to develop key offshore infrastructure.

The OGA has concluded that seismic data acquired under an exploration licence and which are more than 10 or 15 years old, depending on the type of data, can be made available through application to the OGA.

The Noble Sam Croft has commenced operations at the Keskesi East-1 exploration well approximately 14 km (9 miles) southeast of Sapakara West-1.

Well 6406/12-G-1 H will be drilled about 36 km southwest of the Njord field.

Under the terms of the agreement, Shell will acquire Kosmos’ participating interest in blocks offshore São Tomé & Príncipe, Suriname, Namibia, and South Africa.

Redtail-1 encountered approximately 232 ft (70 m) of high quality oil bearing sandstone and was drilled in 6164 ft (1878 m) of water.

The joint initiative will provide global access to Schlumberger’s exploration and production (E&P) cloud-based environment and cognitive applications by leveraging IBM’s hybrid cloud technology, built on the Red Hat OpenShift container platform.

The well is located in the Fenja field in the Norwegian North Sea.

The two new seismic interpretation products are both powered by artificial intelligence.

The company has resigned from its role of operator for five exploration blocks in the basin.

The 113 licences have been offered over 259 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies.

Turkey has discovered its biggest ever natural gas field, holding 320 billion m3 (11.3 trillion ft3) in the Black Sea.

The company is participating in the 2020 Bid Round in the capacity of technical and financial partner to a Nigerian registered oil and gas company.

The US Department of Interior has approved drilling in 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

A joint venture led by Total is on course to spud the Luiperd-1 well offshore South Africa imminently.