Burtocal North-1 exploration well

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

BP has plugged and abandoned the Burtocal North-1 exploration well in the Gulf of Suez North Shadwan concession in Egypt. The well was drilled to 3,659m, but failed to encounter significant ...


New gas find in the Norwegian Sea

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Gas has been proven by StatoilHydro in exploration well 6507/3-7 Idun North in the Norwegian Sea. Currently being completed, the well is located two kilometres northwest of the Idun find ...


LUNDIN PETROLEUM HAS SPUDDED TUONG VI-1X EXPLORATION WELL, OFFSHORE VIETNAM

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Lundin Petroleum AB ("Lundin Petroleum") is pleased to announce that the drilling of the 06/94-TV-1X (Toung Vi-1X) exploration well offshore Vietnam, has commenced. The plan is to drill the well ...


Oil discovery close to the Vigdis field

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

StatoilHydro has struck oil during the drilling of an exploration well and a sidetrack north of the Vigdis East field in the North Sea.   The proven recoverable resources are estimated at ...


GNPC announces another “significant” new oil and gas discovery

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on Monday, announced that a significant new oil and gas discovery has been made in the offshore Tano Basin. GNPC and its partners, Tullow Oil, ...


Major discovery in the Giraffe-1 exploration well in Uganda

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Giraffe-1 exploration well, which is located in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 1, has encountered over 38 metres of net oil pay ...


HERITAGE OIL ANNOUNCES A SIGNIFICANT NEW OIL DISCOVERY WITH THE BUFFALO-1 EXPLORATION WELL IN BLOCK 1, UGANDA

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Heritage Oil Limited (LSE: HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces a significant new oil discovery with the Buffalo-1 exploration well in Block 1, Uganda. The Buffalo discovery ...


Nucula discovery in the Barents Sea delineated

Friday, December 5th, 2008

StatoilHydro has completed the drilling of an exploration well on the Nucula discovery, which is located around 110 kilometres east-northeast of the Goliat discovery in the Barents Sea. The purpose of ...