Spring Energy will operate PL 550 & PL 551 with 80 % interest, and the PL 551 license is targeting to drill a well in 2013.
CGX Energy Inc. announces the results of the drilling of the Eagle-1 well on the Company’s 100% owned and operated Corentyne Petroleum Prospecting License (“PPL”), offshore Guyana. The Eagle-1 well reached total depth of 4,328 metres on April 25th in the upper Cretaceous Maastrictian geologic zone on an 8 ½ ” diameter hole and with [...]
Nexen Inc. today reported that drilling operations are complete on the Kakuna sub-salt exploration well on Green Canyon block 504 located approximately 180 miles southwest of New Orleans in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well did not encounter commercial hydrocarbons, and is now in the process of being plugged and abandoned. Kakuna was drilled to [...]
The WilHunter semi-submersible drilling rig, owned by Awilco Drilling, has arrived on location to drill the Timon prospect (Valiant, 10%) located in the UK Northern North Sea in Blocks 211/11b and 211/16b, reports Valiant Petroleum. The well is expected to spud within the next few days and take approximately 40 days to complete. Timon is [...]
Kosmos Energy announced results from the Teak-4A appraisal well, located in the West Cape Three Points Block, offshore Ghana. Located 6.1 kilometers (3.8 miles) northwest of the Teak-1 discovery well, the Teak-4A well was targeting the stratigraphic extension of the Teak discovery area. The well encountered thin, non-commercial reservoirs and is being plugged and abandoned. [...]
Further significant steps have been taken this week towards stopping the Elgin gas leak, including the installation of a key piece of equipment on the G4 well to divert leaking gas away from the wellhead platform. Known as a diverter, this specially manufactured device has been connected to the G4 wellhead and is now carrying [...]
Afren plc announces that the Nunya-1x (formerly named Cuda-2) exploration well in the Keta block offshore Ghana has encountered thick and high quality water bearing reservoirs. The objective of the Nunya-1x exploration well was to explore a large four-way dip closed Upper Cretaceous prospect in the Keta block, located offshore Ghana. The well intersected 153 [...]
Valiant Petroleum plc announces that it has signed a Farm Out Agreement with Agora Oil and Gas (UK) Limited in respect of the Tybalt appraisal well, located in Blocks 211/8c & 13c in the UK Northern North Sea. Under the agreement Agora will increase its interest in Tybalt to 40% in return for a partial [...]
Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has been advised by Summit Petroleum Limited that the 12 ¼” hole section of the Orchid well bore has been re-drilled as a mechanical side-track. The partners in exploration licence P.1556 are Summit [...]
Origin Energy, an Australian integrated energy company focused on gas and oil exploration and production, on behalf of the VIC/P43 Joint Venture, advises that the Thistle 1 exploration well has spudded on 03:30 hours EDT on Thursday 19 April 2012. The well is being drilled using the semi-submersible drilling rig Stena Clyde. Origin said it [...]
