Upstream drilling news

The facility supports managed pressure drilling operations in the North Sea.

ExxonMobil has awarded to Pason Systems, Inc. the first global license of its Drilling Advisory System™, a key component of the company’s Fast Drill™ technology suite.

The company has won a bankruptcy auction to acquire the acres, including drilling rights on 44 100 net acres in the Utica and current natural gas production of approximately 80 million ft3 per day, from Stone Energy Corp.

Rockhopper Exploration plc, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, has provided the following operational and corporate update.

Europa Oil & Gas has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary has signed a farm-out Agreement in relation to a 12.5% interest in the PEDL143 licence in the Weald Basin with a wholly owned subsidiary of Angus Energy PLC.

The Ntorya-2 well has been drilled with results ahead of expectations with 25 - 30 m net gas column.

GeoPark Limited has announced new drilling successes in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark operated with a 45% working interest), in Colombia.

Chrysaor Holdings Limited, the UK oil and gas independent, is to acquire a package of assets in the UK North Sea from Shell UK Limited and its affiliates for a price of US$3.0 billion.

Egdon Resources plc has announced that it has now completed the acquisition of an additional interest in PEDL201 in the Company’s East Midlands core area.

Lundin has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/1-27 on the Edvard Grieg field.