Upstream drilling news

Statoil is set to commence an exploration drilling campaign on the UK Continental Shelf, for which three wells will be drilled.

Caspian Sunrise PLC has shared an update on its operations in its BNG exploration contract area.

Statoil’s plans for the development and operation of Njord and Bauge have now been approved by authorities.

Apache North Sea has awarded Expro a US$10million well services contract extension.

Cooper Energy has announced that Callawonga-17, an appraisal and development well drilled by the PEL 92 Joint Venture in PPL 220, is to be cased and suspended as a future oil producer.

Weatherford International has announced the commercial release of the Raptor™ 2.0 cased-hole evaluation system today at the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium.

Rosneft is performing the drilling of the northernmost exploratory well on the Eastern Arctic shelf following a comprehensive geological study.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has announced that it has now drilled and cased-off the 12 ¼ in. hole section of its 100% interest Broadford Bridge-1 exploration well.

Condor Petroleum Inc., a Canadian based oil and gas company focused on exploration and production activities in Turkey and Kazakhstan, has provided an operations update.

Condor Petroleum Inc., a Canadian based oil and gas company focused on exploration and production activities in Turkey and Kazakhstan, provides an operations update.