Timor Sea News


Carnarvon Energy Timor Sea Well Result 'Disappointing and Hugely Surprising'

Jan 24, 2022

Australian oil and gas company Carnarvon Energy said Monday its closely watched Buffalo-10 well in Timor Sea had failed to unearth commercial volumes of oil.The company said that the wireline logging operations have been completed with the oil column deemed to be residual and uncommercial…

Carnarvon to Spud Buffalo-10 Well in Timor Sea in December

Nov 30, 2021

Australian oil and gas company Carnarvon Energy, which earlier this month changed its name from Carnarvon Petroleum, is set to receive the Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig 'within the next two weeks' and start drilling at the Buffalo-10 well-site…

Carnarvon to Spud Buffalo-10 Well in Early November

Sep 22, 2021

Australian oil and gas company expects to spud the Buffalo-10 well in the Timor Sea in early November, using the Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig.'The previous field proved the existence of very high deliverability reservoir containing high…

Carnarvon Hires Valaris Jack-Up Rig for Buffalo Well in Timor Sea

Sep 02, 2021

Australian oil and gas company Carnarvon Petroleum has hired Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig to drill the Buffalo-10 well in the Timor Sea.'The drilling operations are expected to commence once the rig has completed its current operations…

Santos: First Well of Bayu Undan Infill Drilling Program Beats Output Forecast

Jul 28, 2021

Just a few days after it said a new well at its Van Gogh offshore oil field in Australia had achieved a production record, Australian oil and gas firm Santos is back with more positive news when it comes to its output.Santos, as the operator of the Bayu-Undan field in the Timor Sea…

Santos Taps McDermott for Bayu Undan EPCI

Jul 07, 2021

Oilfield services company McDermott has won a contract to deliver subsea systems for Santos' Bayu Undan field in the Timor Sea.The contract is for a Subsea, Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of equipment at the Bayu-Undan Infill Well Phase 3C Project…

Carnarvon Picks Jack-up Rig for Buffalo Well in Timor Sea

Jun 30, 2021

Australian oil company Carnarvon Petroleum has selected a jack-up drilling rig for the Buffalo-10 well offshore Timor-Leste, planned to be drilled in October of this year.The company has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed offshore drilling contractor…

Eni, Santos Eyeing Upstream, CCUS Collab

May 03, 2021

Italian oil company Eni and Australia-based Santos on Monday agreed to jointly seek cooperation opportunities in Australia and East Timor.Under the non-binding memorandum of understanding, the companies will look at potential optimizations, synergies…

Carnarvon Wraps Buffalo Farm-Out. Drilling to Start in Late 2021

Apr 20, 2021

Australian oil and gas companies Carnarvon Petroleum and Advance Energy have completed the Buffalo oil field farm-out agreement as all the necessary conditions have been met.Carnarvon in December 2020 announced that Advance Energy would acquire 50% of the Buffalo project in the Timor Sea…

TGS Kicks Off Timor-Leste Seismic Project

Jun 17, 2020

Norway-based marine seismic data company TGS has started commenced a 2Dcubed seismic data project covering offshore Timor-Leste, in support of the country’s ongoing oil and gas license round, announced in October 2019, following the ratification of a maritime border treaty with Australia…

Santos Offers First Bayu Undan Condensate Cargo

Jun 16, 2020

Australian oil and gas producer Santos has offered its first-ever Bayu Undan condensate cargo via a tender for loading in August, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.The 650,000-barrel cargo is scheduled to load on Aug. 8-12. The tender will close on June 17 with bids valid until June 18…

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