Exploration news
Wellesley Petroleum drills dry well north of Gjøa field
The well was drilled about 65 km northwest of Florø and about 60 km north of Gjøafeltet in the northern part of the North Sea.
Shearwater to carry out Western Australia surveys for Santos
The two-month programme covers the Keraudren North Extension with an area of approximately 680 km2 in the Bedout Basin, and the Petrel Sub-Basin 3D survey of approximately 1100 km2.
Vår Energi and Lundin Energy join project to minimise environmental footprint of seismic data acquisition
Vår Energi and Lundin Energy Norway have joined Shearwater and Equinor to accelerate the development and commercialisation of a sustainable marine vibratory source technology.
Buffalo-10 well offshore East Timor uncommercial
Wireline logging operations have been completed on the well, with the oil column deemed to be residual and uncommercial.
28 companies offered ownership interests in Norway licensing round
Of the 53 production licences, 28 are in the North Sea, 20 are in the Norwegian Sea and 5 are in the Barents Sea.
First appraisal well drilled successfully at Winterfell discovery
The results of the appraisal well in the Green Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico further define the resource potential in the central Winterfell area, with the current estimate around 100 million barrels gross.
CGG to continue operating 4D PRM imaging centre for Equinor
The extended PRM imaging contract will run from 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2024.
INPEX to carry out exploratory drilling offshore Japan
The drilling offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures is planned to take place from March to July 2022.
Lundin Energy drills dry well in Norwegian Sea
Lundin Energy has drilled a dry well about 72 km east of the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea.
Chariot makes gas discovery at Anchois well
A net gas pay totalling more than 100 m has been calculated at the Anchois-2 appraisal and exploration well offshore Morocco, compared to 55 m in the original Anchois-1 discovery well.