Upstream drilling news

Santos welcomes the Northern Territory Government’s decision to implement the prerequisite conditions for recommencement of onshore gas exploration by the end of 2018.

Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 790, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 34/2-5 S. The well is dry.

The well was drilled to the depth of 710 m RT (below Rotary Table) and surface casing was run and cemented to 708 m RT.

The contract is for the provision of drilling operations, maintenance services and engineering support for the Oseberg and Kvitebjørn fields.

Condor Petroleum Inc, a Canadian based oil and gas company focused on production and exploration activities in Turkey and Kazakhstan provides an update on the extension of the Zharkamys exploration contract.

Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced gas to surface on the first well of our three well workover campaign at the Company's Fracción D asset, onshore Argentina.

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Wellesley Petroleum (Wellesley) consent for exploration drilling of well 35/12-6 S in production licence 925 in the North Sea.

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has commenced drilling well 7220/11-5 on the Alta discovery in PL609 in the southern Barents Sea. Following drilling, the well will be used for extended well testing.

Total has acquired several assets located in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the Cobalt International Energy company’s bankruptcy auction sale.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a gas discovery has been made at its Ibn Yunus-1X exploration well at South Disouq, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).