Petrobras, Oil Discovery in Shallow Campos Basin Waters

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces it has completed the drilling of exploratory well 4-PM-53 in shallow waters (200 meters) in the post-salt area of the Campos Basin. The ...


Dana Gas announces a new oil discovery in Egypt

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Oil flows naturally to surface for the first time in the Komombo Concession Dana Gas, the Middle East's first and largest regional private sector natural gas company, is pleased to announce ...


Vietnam: Oil discovery on offshore Block 15-1/05

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

 Total announces that its subsidiary, Total E&P Vietnam, and its partners on Block 15-1/05, have discovered oil in the Lac Da Nau prospect, located in the southern part of the ...


Light oil discovery in the Santos Basin

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Petrobras, announces it has completed the drilling of exploratory extension well 3-MA-32A, located in shallow waters in a new producing area that extends to the north of the Marimbá field ...


New oil discovery made through well Manganês-01

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

PETROBRAS, announces that the Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola, Sonangol E.P. and Petrobras announce a new oil discovery made through well Manganês-01, in Block 18/06, in deep waters, located ...


Oil discovery on deep offshore Block 17/06 Angola

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Total announces that its subsidiary, TEPA (Block 17/06) Limited, and Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol E.P.), have discovered oil on Block 17/06, in the deep waters of ...


BP Makes Nineteenth Oil Discovery in Ultra-Deepwater Block 31 Angola

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and BP Exploration (Angola) Limited today announced the 'Tebe' oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola This is the nineteenth discovery made by ...


Oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

PETROBRAS announces the discovery of oil, in Lower Tertiary reserves, in deep waters in the central region of the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States, by the consortium its ...


Oil discovery in the Kigogole-3 exploration well in Uganda

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Kigogole-3 exploration well, which is located in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2, has encountered over 20 metres of net oil pay ...


BP Makes Eighteenth Oil Discovery in Ultra-Deep Water Block 31 Angola

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and BP Exploration (Angola) Limited today announced the 'Oberon' oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola. This is the eighteenth discovery made by ...


Heritage Oil Announces a Major Oil Discovery With the Miran West-1 Well Test in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 6, 2009) - THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Heritage Oil Limited (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an independent ...


OMV with its first offshore oil discovery in Libya

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Successful exploration well in the offshore Sirte Basin A natural flow rate of up to 1,264 bbl/d was achieved during the test OMV strengthens its position in the North Africa core region OMV ...


Chevron Announces Oil Discovery in Deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Buckskin prospect in Lower Tertiary is similar to company's Jack discovery SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 5, 2009 - Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced a new deepwater oil discovery at the ...


Dana Gas announces further important gas discovery in Egypt

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

El Basant-2 well boosts company reserves and production potential for 2009 Dana Gas, the Middle East's first and largest regional private sector natural gas company, has announced a significant gas and ...


Nigeria, Oil discovery on the Etisong Field, Offshore OML 102

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

 Total announces today that its Nigerian subsidiary, Total E&P Nigeria Ltd. (TEPNG), has encountered hydrocarbons in the area within the south-eastern corner of Oil Mining License (OML) 102, offshore south-eastern ...


BP Makes Sixteenth Oil Discovery in Ultra Deepwater Block 31, Angola

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and BP Exploration (Angola) Limited today announced the Dione oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola. This is the sixteenth discovery made ...


BP Announces Gulf of Mexico Discovery

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

BP America Inc. announced today an oil discovery at its Freedom Prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 948, approximately 70 miles southeast ...


Lundin Petroleum announces resource estimates for oil discovery in the Lagansky block

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce the estimated recoverable resources for the Morskaya structure in the Lagansky block, situated in the northern Caspian Sea. The Morskaya-1 exploration ...


New oil discovery by RWE in Libya

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

On 10th  September  2008, NOC announced that the German Company RWE Dea – North Africa, a party to an EPSA 3 agreement concluded with NOC where  the share of NOC ...


3bn Barrel Oil Discovery in 4 New Oilfields in Iran

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Manager of National Iranian Oil Company for exploration affairs announced the discovery of 4 new oil and gas fields bearing about 3.7bn barrels of in-place oil and 1.5bn cm of ...


A new oil discovery by Arabian Gulf Oil Company

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

NOC announced on Monday 3/8/2008 that  Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) had made a new oil discovery in the well D1-NC129 (New Field Wildcat well) in  Slouq Depression Basin.  The  ...


Kinnoull North Sea Oil Discovery

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

BP and its co-venturers, ENI UK Ltd and Petro Summit Investment UK Ltd, today announced an oil discovery in North Sea Block 16/23s, some 230 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen, to ...


Eni makes a new oil discovery in the UK North Sea

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Exploration well, which confirmed the presence of a hydrocarbon accumulation, reached a total depth of 2787 metres below sea level San Donato Milanese (Milan), 21 May 2008 - Eni has made ...