Exploration news

subset of the data over the offered license blocks will be available in advance of Gabon’s 12th offshore licensing round planned for June 2019.

Equinor has been awarded 29 new licences by Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy as part of the Award in Predefined Areas (APA) for 2018 – 13 licences as operator and 16 as partner.

The signing took place by H.E. Sh. Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil of Bahrain and Chairman of the board of directors in NOGA, and Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer of Eni.

The companies have entered into an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) for Block 47 with the Government of the Sultanate of Oman.

The company has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has completed exploration well 2/6-6S, targeting the Oppdal and Driva prospects in PL860 in the North Sea.

The Stena Carron drillship is drilling the well, which is located 19 miles (31 km) east of the Pluma-1 discovery in the southeast Stabroek Block.

The company has announced the results of the Brasse East exploration well 31/7-3 S and the Brasse appraisal sidetrack 31/7-3 A in the northern North Sea.

Sercel has been awarded a contract by BGP to supply land seismic equipment for a large onshore 3D seismic survey in the Middle East. The contract includes 100 000 Sercel 508XT channels equipped with strings of 12 SG-10 geophones.

Total and the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines of Mauritania have signed an agreement awarding Total two new exploration and production contracts for Blocks C15 and C31 deep offshore Mauritania.

The company has invited NGOs, who wish to do so, to visit its installations to understand the precautionary measures taken on its drilling rig.