Exploration news
API welcomes approval of Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in Alaska
The US Department of Interior has approved drilling in 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
Luiperd well to be spudded this month
A joint venture led by Total is on course to spud the Luiperd-1 well offshore South Africa imminently.
PGS rejects TGS offer for multi-client library
The US$600 million offer was made earlier this month.
Shell delivers seismic data for Pensacola prospect
The Deltic Energy-Shell partnership is now working on updating the interpretation of the Pensacola structure in the North Sea.
TGS announces onshore 3D seismic survey in the Powder River Basin
Voyager 3D, located in Johnson County, Wyoming, US, will encompass approximately 555 km2.
Wellesley Petroleum given drilling permit by NPD
Well 6204/11-3 will be the first exploration well to be drilled in production licence 829.
TGS begins multi-year seismic survey in Egypt
The company is conducting an airborne Enhanced Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry multi-client survey - together with magnetic and Lidar data - over the Upper Egypt region of the country.
TGS submits offer for PGS data library
TGS has made a US$600 million offer for part of PGS's multi-client data library.
Spirit Energy drills dry well near Ivar Aasen field
The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Middle Jurassic (Sleipner Formation) and the Upper Triassic (Skagerrak Formation).
Halliburton digital services to support Petronas exploration activities
Halliburton Landmark will deliver DecisionSpace® 365, its E&P cloud software, to support Petronas' upstream digitalisation initiatives and reduce exploration time.