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Lundin spuds Rolvsnes in North Sea

Oct 16, 2015

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 16/1-25 S on the Rolvsnes prospect in PL338C about 6km south of the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Well 16/1-25 S will explore the Rolvsnes area, between the Edvard Grieg field and the Luno II discovery…

Oil shows at delayed Falklands Humpack

Oct 16, 2015

Noble Energy has recorded oil and gas shows in the 53/02-01 Humpback exploration well, according to partner Falklands Oil and Gas (FOGL). The 53/02-01 well was drilled to 4718m with the oil and gas shows in the main target horizon and…

Petrobras hits further Libra pay

Oct 15, 2015

Petrobras announced a further hydrocarbon discovery at the giant pre-salt Libra field in the Santos basin, offshore Brazil. The Brazilian national said that well 3-BRSA-1310-RJS, in the central portion of the block, identified the presence of hydrocarbons in a low-porosity reservoir…

Technavio: modest growth for drill bit market

Oct 15, 2015

Technavio has published a new report on the global drill bits in oil and gas industry, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 4% from 2015-2019. The company says that the persistent decline in prices during the forecast period…

Archer inks Talisman work

Oct 14, 2015

Archer (UK) announced the award of a three-year contract with two,  two-year  extension  options,  for  the  provision  of  platform drilling services  for  Talisman  Sinopec  Energy  UK. The contract, which is scheduled to commence on 1 November 2015…

Payday for Lukoil’s Lira

Oct 14, 2015

Russia’s Lukoil discovered natural gas pay at its deepwater Lira field in the Black Sea, offshore Romania. The Transocean Development Driller II. Image from Lukoil. The Lira-1X…

Ocean Rig Athena heading for Senegal

Oct 14, 2015

Cairn Energy is due to start its 1 billion bbl-seeking drilling program on its prospective offshore Senegal blocks in coming weeks. The Ocean Rig Athena is expected to start mobilization to Senegal from its current location in Angola in the next few days…

Primeline gets contract extension

Oct 13, 2015

Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. has announced that China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has agreed to extend the exploration period under the petroleum contract for Block 33/07 to facilitate Primeline’s exploration drilling program in the East China Sea…

Cairn to begin Senegal drilling

Oct 13, 2015

In this video FAR Ltd’s managing director Catherine Norman, explains the company’s upcoming appraisal/exploration drilling program, as part of the Cairn Energy operated offshore Senegal permits.

 Cairn, with FAR and other joint venture partners in Senegal…

Repsol comes up dry in Barents

Oct 13, 2015

Repsol Norge is plugging its wildcat well 6306/5-2 (Hagar) on production license 642 after the well was found to be dry. The Hagar well was drilled about 65km southwest of the Njord field and 35km southeast of the 6406/12-3 S and A discoveries (Pil and Bue) in the Norwegian Sea…

VAALCO to re-sequence Gabon program

Oct 12, 2015

VAALCO Energy has announced a re-sequencing update to its drilling and workover program offshore Gabon in the Etame Marin block. Previously announced on 16 September 2015, VAALCO planned to mobilize the Transocean Constellation II jackup…

PTTEPI inks EDrill-2 for Zawtika

Oct 09, 2015

PTT Exploration & Production International (PTTEPI) has contracted high specification tender barge rig, EDrill-2, for a firm term of 18 months with an option period of 30 months. Zawtika Development Drilling Campaign (Phase 1B + Infield…

Lundin approved for Barents well

Oct 09, 2015

Lundin Norway, operator for production license 708, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill exploration well 7130/4-1 in the Barents Sea. Drilling is scheduled to begin in November 2015 and estimated to last 56 days…

Senators introduce act to ban west coast drilling

Oct 08, 2015

Senators Maria Cantwell, Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Patty Murray, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced the West Coast Ocean Protection Act, legislation to permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the outer continental shelf of California…

Ocean Rig weighs scrapping two semis

Oct 08, 2015

Due to continued challenging market conditions, Athens, Greece-based rig provider Ocean Rig announced that if no future work is found for two of its fifth generation ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rigs – the Eirik Raude and Leiv Eiriksson – they could be scrapped…

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