Exploration news

Joint efforts by FAR and operator Petronor to farm down their interests in the Esperanca Blocks 4A & 5A and Sinapa Block 2 offshore Guinea-Bissau have been unsuccessful.

With the acquisition of Azinam, Eco Atlantic nows owns and operates a number of licences in Guyana, Namibia and South Africa.

Wildcat well 34/4-18 S, drilled about 7 km north-west of the Snorre field in the North Sea, was found to be dry with no trace of hydrocarbons.

The drilling of the Muzarabani-1 exploration well will involve the Exalo #202 rig, expected to commence mobilisation to the Cabora Bassa project in May.

The transaction includes a 10% share of the Nova field and a total of 11 exploration licences.

NCS SubSea provides ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic data to the oil and gas and new energy markets via their P-Cable system.

Kveikje, which lies in an area north of the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea, is estimated to contain gross mean prospective resources of 36 million boe with further potential upside estimated at 79 million boe on a gross basis.

The Rissana licence (approximate area 8489 km2) surrounds the offshore area of Chariot's existing Lixus offshore licence, where the company announced in January 2022 the conclusion of successful drilling operations at the Anchois field.

The Hamlet prospect is located 7 km north of the Gjøa field within the Neptune-operated PL153 Licence.

The Venus 1-X well encountered approximately 84 m of net oil pay in a good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoir.