Exploration

The volumes are estimated to be in the range of 40 – 120 million boe – the largest discovery in Norway so far this year.

Wildcat well 7219/9-3 was drilled about 25 km south of the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea and 220 km northwest of Hammerfest.

Preliminary fluid samples and test results indicate at least 278 m (912 ft) of net oil and volatile oil/gas condensate pay in two intervals.

The drilling programme for well 6407/1-8 S & A relates to the drilling of wildcat wells in production licence 263 D.

The study offers subsurface interpretation for the entire offshore East Coast Canada.

Eni, BP and Total have successfully tested the well drilled on the Bashrush prospect in the North El Hammad concession.

Drilling at Ken Bau-2X, located in Block 114, Song Hong Basin, offshore Vietnam, has confirmed a significant hydrocarbon accumulation on the Ken Bau discovery.

ION will integrate and reimage approximately 24 000 km2 of MPME-held 3D data and can expand the scope to include 15 000 km of 2D data pending industry support.

Yannis Bassias, former President & CEO at Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management (HHRM), talks about exploration in the Mediterranean, changes in the gas market, ultra-deepwater drilling, and explains why Greece “is not a declared gas province yet”.

Providence Resources is working with SpotOn Energy and members of a consortium to finalise the farm out work programme for Exploration Licence SEL1/11, which includes the Barryroe oil and gas field offshore Ireland.

The cordless 'green seismic' technology is connected via wireless systems, in lieu of cables, so the technology does not require special heavy machinery to install them.

The preliminary calculation of the size of the discovery is between 0.9 and 1.5 million m3 of recoverable oil.

Hydrocarbons were discovered at the Dugong well (PL 882), located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, last week.

The project will take place in the Asia Pacific region.

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 3 and 10 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalents. The licensees will consider following up the discovery in an overall assessment of the area.