Chevron has finalized plans to start drilling a relief well to control the Funiwa Deep 1A well. The fire is still burning at the well, but continues to diminish. Based on the condition of the well, the safest way to control the well is to drill a relief well to kill the well at reservoir [...]
UK-based Borders & Southern Petroleum plc announced that their offshore exploration well 61/17-1 was spudded on yesterday (31st January 2012). The well is situated approximately 140 km south of the Falkland Islands. B&S is the operator of the well, holding a 100% interest in licence PL018. It is the first of a two well exploration [...]
Chevron Nigeria Ltd. is finalizing plans to commence drilling two relief wells to control the burning Funiwa Deep 1A well, offshore Nigeria. The fire is still burning at the well, but at a diminished rate. Based on the condition of the well, the safest way to control the well is to drill a relief well [...]
Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (CNL) is finalizing plans to commence drilling a relief well to control the Funiwa Deep 1A well, a natural gas exploration well in shallow water offshore Nigeria. The fire is still burning at the well site. No rig structure can be seen above the water. Based on the condition of the well, [...]
TNK-BP announced today that the Group has commenced its first offshore drilling operations on the Lan Do field development project offshore Vietnam. The Lan Do 2P well was spud on Saturday 14th January 2012. Lan Do field contains 2 vertical sub-sea wells at a water depth of about 185 meters and is located 28 kilometers [...]
A Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company, Lundin Petroleum announced the successful results of Bertam-2 appraisal well in the PM307 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Bertam-2 was drilled to a total depth of 1,884 metres by the jack-up rig “Offshore Courageous”, owned by Seadrill. The objectives of the well [...]
Antrim Energy Inc. today announced that it has been notified by operator Premier Oil UK Limited (“Premier”) that drilling operations have commenced on the East Fyne appraisal well in the UK Central North Sea block 21/28a (Antrim working interest 35.1%). Well 21/28a-11 (the “East Fyne well”) is located in the eastern portion of the Fyne [...]
First crude oil production began from the Van Ghent well located in block P11b within the Medway development area, in Dutch North Sea, reported Dana Petroleum (operator), The well, located on the Dutch continental shelf approximately 60kms north west of The Hague, will produce oil via the Dana operated De Ruyter platform and it is [...]
Xtract Energy has recently been advised by Chevron that the Noble Byron Welliver is now on site at the P2-10 drilling location and the well has spudded. P2-10 drilling was expected to begin in early December 2011 but the rig move was delayed due to the weather conditions that prevailed throughout December 2011. The well [...]
ExxonMobil’s Romanian subsidiary together with Petrom has started exploration drilling on Domino-1, the first deepwater exploration well in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. The Domino-1 well is located in the Neptun Block, 170 kilometers offshore in water about 1,000 meters deep and will be drilled using state-of-the-art industry technology. The well is being [...]
