Exploration

Sacgasco Limited has advised Empyrean that installation of the surface conductor for the Dempsey 1-15 appraisal and exploration project is now complete.

African Petroleum has provided an update regarding its licence interests in The Gambia and Senegal, West Africa.

CGG announced today the award by Petrobras of a contract to process the seismic data from a 3D Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey covering a full-fold area of 2180 km2 in Brazil’s deepwater Santos Basin.

Centrica plc and Stadtwerke München GmbH have reached an agreement to combine Centrica’s European oil and gas exploration and production business with Bayerngas Norge AS.

HIMA has recently announced Servelec Controls as its approved oil and gas-focused systems integration partner in the UK.

Xodus Group has won a contract with Cairn Oil and Gas of Vedanta Ltd to conduct exploration and appraisal work on its Rajasthan block in north-west India over the next two years.

Statoil has signed agreements to enter two additional offshore exploration licenses in Suriname. The agreements cover two blocks in the Guyana basin

The Barryroe Partners have been granted a two year extension to the term of the first phase of SEL 1/11 to July 2019 and overall term to July 2021.

The new Norsel High 3D acquisition comprises a minimum of 1600 km2, covering 4 blocks that are included in the round.

Premier Oil has made a key oil discovery in the Zama-1 exploration well in Block 7, offshore Mexico.

Erin Energy Corporation has provided an update on its drilling operations and production levels.

Statoil has finalised an exploration drilling programme, which has not resulted in the discovery of hydrocarbons.

On June 2, 2017, BPTT announced two new gas discoveries offshore Trinidad - Savannah and Macadamia - together amounting to around 1.3 trillion cubic feet of recoverable resources, based on Rystad Energy analyses.

Repsol and Gazprom Neft are set to extend their collaboration in west Siberia after signing a Memorandum of Understanding.

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Statoil its consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea.