Ntomme-2A appraisal well, located in the Deepwater Tano Block offshore the Republic of Ghana, encountered approximately 128 net feet (39 meters) of light oil pay in excellent-quality sandstone reservoirs, reports Anadarko. Fluid samples recovered from the Ntomme-2A well indicate oil of approximately 35 degrees API gravity. “Finding a significant light oil accumulation is an excellent [...]
Wärtsilä, a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets.,esterday reported that, at both the Court Meeting and General Meeting of Hamworthy plc held earlier yesterday morning in relation to Wärtsilä’s recommended acquisition of Hamworthy by way of Scheme of Arrangement, all the resolutions proposed received [...]
Norway’s oil titan Statoil has completed drilling of the Skinfaks South well in the North Sea and the estimated volume is between 1.9 and 6.9 million barrels of oil equivalents. This is the fourth infrastructure-near discovery in the Gullfaks area in a 10 month period. Light oil has been confirmed in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks [...]
Repsol Chairman, Antonio Brufau, Eni Chairman, Paolo Scaroni, and the Venezuelan Minister of Popular Power for Oil and Mining Rafael Ramírez on Friday in Caracas signed the natural gas supply agreement that will allow the development of the vast hydrocarbons reserves of the Perla field. The Perla super-giant field, which contains over 16.3 trillion cubic [...]
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for well 25/6-4 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 25/6-4 S will be drilled from the Songa Delta drilling rig at position 59°41’10.27’’N 02°53’01.23’’E after the facility has completed its five-year classification at the Coast Center Base [...]
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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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INPEX’s subsidiary INPEX Banda, INPEX and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has been granted the approval of the Indonesian Government to acquire the 100% participating interest in the Babar Selaru Block (the “Block”) on the Indonesian First Bidding Round 2011. INPEX will, as the operat0r, carry out the exploration activity. INPEX and [...]
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The oil and gas group PA Resources has now completed its sidetrack of the Lille John well to a Chalk target but did not encounter effective reservoir. The sidetrack provided a second penetration of the Miocene sandstone level encountered in the original well, again oil-bearing and with improved reservoir quality compared to the initial penetration. [...]
Hurricane Exploration plc (“Hurricane”), an oil exploration company focused on hydrocarbon resources in fractured basement reservoirs, announces that it has completed testing operations on the Whirlwind exploration well (205/21a-5) offshore UK, West of Shetland. The well is being suspended for future operations. Hurricane first drilled the Whirlwind discovery well in 2010 encountering a potentially extensive [...]
BMT Cordah, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has launched the NEMS Accounter® Light reporting software to the UK market. The software developed by environmental specialists add novatech, in conjunction with BMT Cordah builds on the success of NEMS Accounter® which has been developed in [...]
