Eni: new gas discovery offshore Sicily

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

San Donato Milanese (Milan), 24 September 2008 – Eni has made a new gas discovery in the Sicilian Strait, about 20km off the coast of Agrigento, through the Argo 2 ...


Hess Announces Nimblefoot-1 Natural Gas Discovery in Australia

Monday, September 8th, 2008

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2008--Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced today that the Nimblefoot-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf discovered natural gas. The well encountered 93 feet (28 meters) of ...


StatoilHydro makes two new discoveries

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Oil discovery near Sleipner StatoilHydro has made two new discoveries on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The presence of a considerable oil column has been confirmed under the Dagny structure in the ...


StatoilHydro announce gas discovery in the Barents

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, as operator of exploration licence 394, has completed drilling of exploration well 7224/6-1 in the Barents Sea. The well was tested in a prospect called Arenaria in block ...


First gas discovery in North El Amriya concession

Monday, June 9th, 2008

RWE Dea has made a new gas discovery in the Egyptian Nile Delta. In the onshore part of the concession North El Amriya the Amriya-1x well encountered two reservoir intervals ...


Dana Petroleum makes significant gas discovery in Egypt

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Dana Petroleum is pleased to announce that it has made a significant gas discovery with its first exploration well in Egypt. The WEB-1X well is the first drilled by the ...


Norwegian Sea Gas discovery

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

StatoilHydro has struck gas during exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea north-west of Kristiansund and will drill a sidetrack well to further identify the area. StatoilHydro, the operator of production licence ...


Noreco makes gas discovery

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Gas has been discovered in the first exploration well on the Galtvort prospect in Norway, where Noreco holds a 17.5% share.  Drilling on the license is still ongoing, and size ...


EnCore Announces Results of Testing on Cobra Gas Discovery

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

EnCore Oil plc (LSE: EO.) announces that the EnCore operated ‘Cobra’ gas appraisal well 48/2c-5 (“the well”) on Southern North Sea block 48/2c has now completed testing. The well tested ...


Otto Energy makes its 5th gas discovery in Turkey

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Otto Energy (ASX: OEL) and Incremental Petroleum (ASX: IPM) are pleased to announce the confirmation of several gas bearing intervals in Kuzey Arpaci-1, the second of a 5 well drilling ...