Upstream drilling news

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 7221/12-1, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

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

To develop ‘Satellite cluster’ deep-water gas fields in India, second of three projects

Following the acquisition of additional acreage earlier this month, the company continues to earn into a 75% working interest in a total of approximately 80 000 acres in the Paradox Basin.

 Eland Oil & Gas PLC, an oil & gas production and development company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, announces the following operations update on the Opuama-9 infill well in licence OML 40.

ConocoPhillips has announced it has concluded its 2018 winter exploration and appraisal programme in Alaska.

The e-cd™ Plus system is designed to automate and enhance continuous circulation connections during drilling and tripping operations.

Anglo African Oil & Gas plc, an independent oil and gas developer, has announced an operational update at its 56% owned Tilapia field in the Republic of the Congo.

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has provided the following update on the commencement of drilling at the Phoenix South-3 well as advised by the operator, Quadrant Energy.

Union Jack Oil plc, a UK-focused onshore hydrocarbon production, development and exploration company has announced positive initial production results from the recent well workover programme.