Upstream drilling news

The development programme establishes a 160 gross bpd end of 2019 target for Zink Ranch.

KBR Inc. has been awarded a contract by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for the development of the Majnoon Oil Field in Basra, Iraq.

Total has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Oman to develop natural gas resources in Oman. This MoU covers both upstream and downstream businesses.

LUKOIL and the Basra Oil Company signed a Development Plan of West Qurna-2 field that provides for an oil production plateau of 800 000 bpd.

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has provided the following update on the drilling of the Phoenix South-3.

Hemisphere Energy Corporation has provided an update on its operations and current production.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a conventional natural gas discovery has been made at its LMS-1 exploration well on the Lalla Mimouna permit in Morocco (SDX 75 %).

The company has also announced the retirement of Mr Andrew Szescila from the company's Board of Directors, following more than twenty years of dedicated service to the company.

International Frontier Resources Corporation has announced that its joint venture Tonalli Energia has successfully and safely reached total depth at its first evaluation well, TEC-10, on its onshore Tecolutla block.

SDX Energy Inc. has announced that it has spud its Kelvin-1X exploration well at South Disouq, Egypt.