OMV Hits Oil in Barents Sea (Norway)
Tullow Oil plc announces that the Wisting Central exploration well (7324/8-1), offshore Norway, has made the first ever oil discovery in the Hoop-Maud Basin in the Barents Sea. Results of drilling,...
View ArticleNorth Sea Discovery Encourages Statoil’s Upcoming Drilling Operations
Statoil is a partner in the OMV-operated Wisting Central oil discovery in the Hoop area. This represents a new oil play in the Norwegian Barents Sea. “Statoil is very pleased with the discovery in the...
View ArticleStatoil Makes Gas Discovery in Iskrystall
Statoil ASA has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made a gas discovery in the Iskrystall prospect in PL608 in the Barents Sea. Well 7219/8-2, drilled by the drilling rig West...
View ArticleLundin Makes New Oil Discovery in Barents Sea
Lundin Petroleum has announced the flow test rate of the previously announced Gohta discovery of approximately 4,300 barrels of oil per day (bopd). Gohta is Lundin Petroleum’s first oil discovery in...
View ArticleCNOOC Makes Oil Discovery in Bohai Bay
CNOOC Limited announced the company recently made a mid-sized new exploration discovery Luda 5-2 North and successfully appraised the mid-sized oil and gas structure Kenli 9-5/9-6. Luda 5-2 North is...
View ArticleABT to Farm Into Providence’s Helvick Discovery (Ireland)
Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc, the oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM), reports that Providence Resources P.l.c. announced today that it has agreed a...
View ArticleCobalt: Lontra Pre-Salt Discovery Beats Expectations (Angola)
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. has confirmed that it has successfully tested its previously announced Lontra #1 Pre-salt discovery well in Block 20, offshore Angola. During the recently completed...
View ArticleMubadala, Tap Make Oil Discovery Offshore Thailand
Tap Oil Limited has announced an oil discovery at Malida-1 well, in the Gulf of Thailand. Following the completion of wireline logging operations, 9.5 metres of net oil pay has been interpreted in...
View ArticleEni Makes Potentially Significant Gas Discovery Offshore Vietnam
Neon Energy Limited has informed that the Cua Lo-1 ST1 exploration well, located offshore Vietnam, is confirmed as a potentially significant gas discovery. Drilling has reached Total Depth (TD) at...
View ArticleBP, ConocoPhillips Make Significant Oil Discovery in Gulf of Mexico
BP announced today it has made a significant oil discovery at its Gila prospect, which it co-owns with ConocoPhillips, in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. This is BP’s third discovery in recent years...
View ArticlePetrobras Announces ‘Moita Bonita’ Discovery Offshore Brazil
Petrobras announces that the first extension well drilled in the Moita Bonita area, on concession BM-SEAL-10, has confirmed the extension of the gas and light oil discovery, as released to the market...
View ArticleCobalt Makes Pre-Salt Discovery Offshore Angola
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. has, in partnership with the National Concessionaire Sonangol and the Block 21 partners, announced the first discovery in the Syn-rift interval in the Bicuar #1A...
View ArticleMasirah Strikes Oil Offshore Oman
Masirah Oil Limited has discovered oil in Block 50, offshore Oman. Masirah Oil Limited today announced the successful reach of the well target depth in the second exploration well in Block 50 Oman to...
View ArticleEni makes significant oil discovery offshore Congo
Italy’s Eni has made an important new exploration discovery in the Marine XII Block located 17 km offshore Congo. The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, which led to the important result, was drilled in...
View ArticleRH Petrogas: Pre-FEED Study for Koi Discovery
RH Petrogas Limited has successfully completed testing of the Koi-2 appraisal well in Indonesia
View ArticleStone Energy hits oil pay at Cardona well (USA)
Plans are to flow the Cardona well to the Stone owned and operated Pompano platform with first production in early 2015.
View ArticleCobalt makes fifth consecutive discovery offshore Angola
Cobalt has announced that the Orca #1 deepwater pre-salt exploratory well in Block 20, offshore Angola, has reached total depth and has resulted in the company’s fifth consecutive pre-salt discovery in...
View ArticleOryx: Well tests confirm discovery at Elephant prospect
An oil and gas discovery has been confirmed at a CNOOC-operated offshore licence in Congo (Brazzaville). Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited, a partner in the field, yesterday announced that the testing...
View ArticleBG Group makes hydrocarbon discovery offshore Tanzania
Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL has provided an update regarding the Sunbird-1 exploration well in area L10A (Pancontinental 18.75%) offshore southern Kenya.
View ArticleCNOOC makes deepwater gas discovery in South China Sea
CNOOC today announced that the Company has recently made a new mid-sized gas discovery Lingshui 17-2, which indicated the first breakthrough on the independent deepwater exploration in Qiongdongnan...
View Article
