Bass Strait Oil Company Ltd has been granted a new five year term for the Vic/P41 exploration permit, starting 29 November 2011. The Vic/P41 exploration permit is situated in the offshore Gippsland Basin, 40 km from the coast and southeast of the Victorian town of Orbost, Australia, with water depths ranging from 80 to 250 [...]
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Northern announces that earlier today, Tullow Oil Plc (“Tullow”) in their Interim Management Statement provided the following update on well GM-ES-1, in the Guyane Maritime Permit, in which Northern has a 1.25% interest: “In French Guiana, the Zaedyus exploration well discovered 72 metres of net oil pay in two turbidite fans. This is the first [...]
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Read More » ![NPD Grants Permit to Statoil for Drilling in Norwegian North Sea]()
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil AS a drilling permit for wellbore 2/4-21. Wellbore 2/4-21 will be drilled from the drilling facility Mærsk Gallant at position 56°42’00.81’’N and 3°8’34.31”E. The drilling program for wellbore 2/4-21 applies to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 146. Statoil Petroleum ASA is the operator with a [...]
![Norway: NPD Grants Barents Drilling Permit to Dong Energy]()
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Dong E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 7121/9-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7121/9-1 will be drilled from the Aker Barents drilling facility in position 71°15’13.97” north and 21°42’41.86” east. The drilling programme for well 7121/9-1 relates to drilling of a wildcat [...]
![Statoil Receives Drilling Permit for Well 16/2-10 S in Norwegian North Sea]()
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-10 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-10 S will be drilled from the Transocean Leader drilling facility at position 58°51’16.10’’N 2°32’37.45’’E following completion of drilling of wildcat well 16/2-9 for Statoil in production licence 265. The [...]
![USA: First MWCC’s Non-Member Receives Drilling Permit]()
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced today that Petrobras America Inc. (PAI) is the first non-member to have cited MWCC’s system to receive an approved drilling permit. PAI contracts with MWCC for the right to cite the MWCC system in its permit application to the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement for a deepwater well in the [...]
![Norway: Premier Oil Receives Drilling Permit for Well 9/1-1 S]()
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Premier Oil Norge AS a drilling permit for well 9/1-1 S. Well 9/1-1 S will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility in position 57°35’37.02’’N and 4°00’56.05”E. The drilling program for well 9/1-1 S concerns the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 406. Premier Oil Norge [...]
![Norway: GDF Suez Receives Drilling Permit for Well in PL 530]()
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted GDF SUEZ Norge AS a drilling permit for well 7124/4-1 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7124/4-1 S will be drilled from the Aker Barents drilling facility at position 71°35’16.16” north and 24°5’56.84” east after completing the drilling of wildcat well 6508/1-2 for Det Norske [...]
![USA: BOEMRE Continues with Improvements in Permit and Plan Review Process]()
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich announced that the bureau has developed and implemented several new tools to help offshore oil and gas operators improve their exploration and development plan and permit applications. These tools will allow offshore operators to better track their submissions and improve the quality [...]
![Karoon Gas Australia Increases its Interest in Browse Basin Permit WA-314-P]()
Further to the Company’s announcement of 29 November 2010, Karoon Gas Australia Limited and its related entities have executed final and binding documentation with its joint venture partner, ConocoPhillips (Browse Basin) Pty Ltd (“ConocoPhillips”) and its related entities, to acquire an additional 50% participating interest in Browse Basin permit, WA-314-P. The permit is located to [...]
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