ExxonMobil begins drilling Haimara-1 exploration well offshore Guyana
The Stena Carron drillship is drilling the well, which is located 19 miles (31 km) east of the Pluma-1 discovery in the southeast Stabroek Block.
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Anglo African Oil & Gas Plc:Wireline logging confirms multiple discoveries at Tilapia Field
Wireline logging validates the initial results identified in the targeted R1/R2/R3 and the Mengo reservoirs and confirms oil columns amounting to 44 m across the identified horizons.
Serica Energy: Rowallan exploration well spud
The company has announced the spud of the ENI UK Limited operated Rowallan exploration well 22/19c-G.
PGNiG’s Norwegian subsidiary closer to drilling its first exploration well as licence operator
PGNiG Upstream Norway AS has acquired a detailed 2D seismic image, which will facilitate the selection of a drilling location in the Shrek prospect within the PL838 licence area.
Lundin Petroleum: exploration well completed on Silfari prospect
The main objective of the well was to test the reservoir properties and hydrocarbon potential of the Jurassic and Permian formations in the frontier Froan Basin.
Eni announces Merakes East gas discovery in the Indonesian offshore
The prospect is located 33 km south east from the Eni-operated Jangkrik field and just 3 km east of the Merakes Field.
WoodMac: CNOOC partnering with 9 foreign O&G cos to explore Pearl River Mouth Basin
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has announced that it has signed Strategic Cooperation Agreements with 9 companies, including Chevron, ConocoPhilips, Equinor, Husky, KUFPEC, Roc Oil, Shell, SK Innovation and Total.
Equinor receives consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea
The Petroleum Safety Authority has given the company consent for exploration drilling of well 7132/2-2 in production licence 857.
Rystad Energy: Exploration winners of 2018
2018 stands already as the best year for global oil and gas exploration since 2015. Guyana, Russia and the United States top the list with major discoveries.
Sercel sells a 100 000 channel 508XT land seismic acquisition system to BGP
Sercel has been awarded a contract by BGP to supply land seismic equipment for a large onshore 3D seismic survey in the Middle East. The contract includes 100 000 Sercel 508XT channels equipped with strings of 12 SG-10 geophones.
Total strengthens its exploration position In Mauritania
Total and the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines of Mauritania have signed an agreement awarding Total two new exploration and production contracts for Blocks C15 and C31 deep offshore Mauritania.
French Guyana: Total commits to carry out its exploration campaign with transparency
The company has invited NGOs, who wish to do so, to visit its installations to understand the precautionary measures taken on its drilling rig.
Shearwater GeoServices awarded projects equivalent to 8 vessel months in the Arabian Sea
Eni Oman BV in partnership with Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production has awarded Shearwater GeoServices a seismic survey in Block 52, offshore Oman.
Point Resources and Eni Norge merge to create Vår Energi
Vår Energi is the largest independent exploration and production company on the Norwegian continental shelf, with a net production rate of more than 170 000 boe/d in 2018.
Amerisur Resources: oil discovery at Indico-1
The company has announced that drilling at Indico-1 well on the CPO-5 block has reached target depth of 10 604 ft measured depth and has encountered the targeted Lower Sands of the Une formation.