Lundin Petroleum has announced that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-21 located in PL501 is successfully completed. Well 16/2-21 appraised the Johan Sverdrup discovery 3.8 km north of well 16/5-2S and 2.5 km west of well 16/2-7 and found a net oil column of 12 metres in a gross Jurassic reservoir sequence of 30 metres. [...]
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 418, is about to complete drilling of appraisal well 35/9-8 on the 35/9-7 oil discovery (Skarfjell). Appraisal well 35/9-8 was drilled 1.8 kilometres north of the 35/9-7 discovery well. The 35/9-7 oil discovery was proven in 2012 in Upper Jurassic reservoir rocks («intra Heather sandstones») about 16 kilometres [...]
Lundin Petroleum, a Swdwn-based oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-16AT2 in PL501, located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), is successfully completed. Well 16/2-16AT2 was drilled in PL501 as a side-track to well 16/2-16 on the north eastern flank of [...]
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 475 BS, is in the process of completing the drilling of appraisal well 6407/1-5 S. The appraisal well was drilled around 20 kilometres east of the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea and about 8 kilometres northeast of discovery well 6406/3-8. The discovery was proven in 2010 in [...]
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-11 located in PL501 has encountered a 54 meter gross oil column in Upper and Middle Jurassic sandstone reservoir in an oil-down-to situation. The reservoir was encountered at depth prognosis. The well is located 2,2 km south-east of well 16/2-8 in PL265 and 3,3 km [...]
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Statoil and its partners are in the process of concluding drilling operations in the exploration well 30/6-28S located in the production license PL053 in the Oseberg Area Unit. The well drilled by the rig COSL Pioneer proved an oil column of 12 metres in the Statfjord Formation. The estimated volume of the discovery is in [...]
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OGX, a largest privately owned oil & gas company in Brazil, today announced that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian and Aptian sections of well 1-OGX-63-SPS in the BM-S-57 block, in the shallow waters of the Santos Basin. OGX holds a 100% working interest in this block. “This discovery is [...]
EnQuest announced today that its Crathes exploration well, 21/13a-5 encountered a 52ft light oil column in excellent quality Palaeocene sands. Following wireline logging, the well will be drilled ahead to the deeper Moon prospect. EnQuest will then evaluate the potential commerciality of the Scolty, Crathes/Moon and Torphins area. EnQuest acquired its 40% interest in Crathes [...]
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![OGX Discovers Hydrocarbon Column in Shallow Waters of Santos Basin, Brazil]()
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (“OGX”) , the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced today that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian section of 1-OGX-30-RJS well, in the BM-S-58 block, in the shallow waters of the Santos Basin. OGX [...]
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The hull column construction of Octabuoy, being built for American ATP OIL & GAS, is nearly complete in the COSCO Qidong Offshore Base. Octabuoy, the octagonal semi-submersible drilling unit, is an FDPSO semi-submersible drilling production storage platform. Its structural weight is about 23,114 tonnes, including the octagonal pontoons, 4 columns, and a riser platform, [...]
