Oil & gas news

Borders & Southern, the London based independent oil and gas exploration company with assets offshore the Falkland Islands, announces the results of an independent evaluation of the Darwin East discovery and the adjacent Darwin West untested fault block.

Saffron Energy, the pan Euro Asian gas explorer, has confirmed significant progress on a number of acquisitions in South East Asia and its withdrawal, by mutual consent, from the acquisition of PVO from Po Valley Energy Limited (Po Valley Energy).

Statoil and its partners have contracted the West Phoenix rig for exploration drilling on the UK and Norwegian continental shelves from the summer of 2018.

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The project, which is due to be carried out in April/May this year using the Stena Clyde MODU, has been in the planning stages since last year.

Tullow Oil Plc, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Kosmos Energy Ltd, and CEF (SOC) Ltd represent the companies with the largest licensing presence in Ghana, each participating in four blocks.

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has spud its SAH-2 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco.

TAG Oil Ltd. has provided the following update with respect to TAG Oil’s operated Pukatea-1 exploration well located in the Puka permit (PEP 51135, 70% TAG Oil) in the Taranaki Basin of New Zealand.

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, is has announced that the Saipem 12000, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drillship, has commenced its mobilisation to drill the RD-1 well on the Rabat Deep Permits in Morocco.

Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a sizeable contract by Wintershall for the Nova (formerly known as Skarfjell) oil and gas field development.