Exploration, Drilling and New Finds - Page 1

OGX starts oil production at Waimea field in Brazil
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Brazilian oil and gas company OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes has started the first production at the Waimea field in the Campos Basin, off the coast of...

Nido Petroleum to start 2D seismic survey offshore Philippines
Thursday, January 26, 2012 Nido Petroleum is to acquire a new 2D seismic survey in service contract 58 (SC 58), offshore Philippines, on behalf of block operator Philippine National Oil Corporation-Exploration...

E.ON Ruhrgas encounters dry wells at Skarv field
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 E.ON Ruhrgas Norge has encountered dry wells at the Skarv field in production licence 350, in the Norwegian...

OMV to develop offshore New Zealand oilfields
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Austrian oil and gas company OMV has unveiled plans for the development of the Maari and Manaia oilfields in New Zealand's offshore Taranaki...

Lundin Petroleum finds oil in Bertam-2 well
Monday, January 23, 2012 Swedish oil and gas explorer and producer Lundin Petroleum has discovered oil in the Bertam-2 appraisal well in the PM307 production sharing contract (PSC) area, offshore Peninsular...

Anadarko strikes light oil offshore Ghana
Friday, January 20, 2012 US oil and gas explorer Anadarko Petroleum has discovered light oil at the Ntomme-2A exploration well on the Deepwater Tano block, offshore...

TGS to start 3D multi-client survey offshore Angola
Thursday, January 19, 2012 TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company has entered a final agreement with Angolan oil company Sonangol to start the acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering 12,500km2, offshore...

Anadarko finds natural gas offshore Mozambique
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 US oil and gas explorer Anadarko Petroleum has made its seventh natural gas discovery in the Rovuma Basin, offshore...

Spectrum begins 2D seismic survey offshore Namibia
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Spectra Energy has started a new 2D multi-client seismic survey offshore Namibia in partnership with CGGVeritas and the National Petroleum Corporation of...

Lundin Petroleum completes drilling Avaldsnes appraisal well
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Sweden-based Lundin Petroleum has completed drilling the 16/5-2S appraisal well on the Avaldsnes discovery, offshore...

Rialto Energy secures funding for Gazelle field
Monday, January 16, 2012 Australia-based independent oil and gas company Rialto Energy has entered a principle agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a proposed investment of $20m in an...

Santos completes Wortel wells drilling
Friday, January 13, 2012 Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Santos has completed the drilling of two development wells on the Wortel gas discovery, within the Sempang production sharing...

Woodside uses AGR drilling technique to set world record
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Oil and gas company Woodside has set a new world record for drilling the deepest well on the Tidepole East-1 exploration well, offshore Western...

Statoil discovers oil at Havis prospect in Barents Sea
Monday, January 09, 2012 Statoil ASA, in collaboration with its project partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro, has made a new oil discovery in the Havis prospect in the Barents...

Statoil completes Skinfaks South well drilling
Friday, January 06, 2012 Norway-based oil company Statoil has finished drilling the Skinfaks South well in the Gullfaks field, North...

Maersk Oil confirms discovery offshore Angola
Thursday, January 05, 2012 Denmark-based Maersk Oil, in partnership with Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola Empresa Pública (Sonangol), has confirmed an oil discovery at the Azul-1 deepwater exploration...

Serica Energy wins offshore UK licences
Thursday, January 05, 2012 Serica Energy has won production licences for two projects located offshore...

Iran’s South Pars gas field development nears completion
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 The five phases of the South Pars gas field development located in the Persian Gulf are nearing...

Ophir Energy starts drilling programme offshore Tanzania
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Ophir Energy has begun its 2012 drilling programme in Tanzania with the drillship Odfjell...

Oil output increases at Afren Nigerian block
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 UK-based oil and gas firm Afren has confirmed that production has reached 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) at its Ebok field, offshore...