Upstream drilling news

Savannah Petroleum PLC has provided an update on its operations in Niger, ahead of the commencement of its three well drilling campaign on the R3 portion of the R3/R4 PSC Area in the Agadem Basin, south east Niger.

Woodside and BHP have entered into an agreement in relation to the proposed development of the Scarborough gas field (Scarborough Development).

International Frontier Resources Corporation has provided a drilling update on its onshore oil and gas block Tecolutla, and its Mexican joint venture, Tonalli Energia, a 50-50 joint venture with Mexican petrochemical leader Grupo IDESA.

The acquisition of Maersk Oil allows the Group to reinforce its existing leading positions in the U.K. and in Norway, as well as to enter Denmark, making Total the second-largest operator in the North Sea.

Comet Ridge Limited has announced a material reserves upgrade for their share of the Mahalo Gas Project (Mahalo Project) located in ATP1191 (formerly ATP337P).

The underwater operations will be undertaken by Aker BP's contractor, Subsea 7.

In order to drill the well the Joint Venture was required to apply to the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Namibia for permission to enter the next phase of the licence, the Second Renewal Exploration Period.

Triangle Energy (Global) Ltd has provided an Operations Update on its Cliff Head Oil Field (Cliff Head; 78.75%) assets.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has been informed by its 100% owned subsidiary Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited (KOGL) that Oil and Gas Authority consent for flow testing its Broadford Bridge-1/1z (BB-1/1z) oil discovery has been extended to the end of March 2018. 

With an East Coast gas crisis looming, a significant new gas field has just been proved up in Central Queensland and could prove invaluable in helping to alleviate a forecast domestic market shortfall of about 50 Petajoules (PJ) a year.