Transocean GSF Rig 127 Drills Deepest Extended-Reach Well

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

HOUSTON, May 21, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that the Transocean jackup GSF Rig 127 set a world record for the longest extended-reach well ever drilled ...


Royal Energy Resources, Inc. Spuds First Well in Two-Well Project

Monday, May 5th, 2008

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Royal Energy Resources, Inc. (OTCBB:ROYE) announced today that it has begun drilling on the first of a two-well project in Northern Oklahoma. The drilling is being done as ...


HERITAGE OIL SPUDS KINGFISHER-2 EXPLORATION WELL IN UGANDA

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Heritage Oil Limited, an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that it has commenced drilling the Kingfisher-2 appraisal and exploration well in Block 3A, Uganda. This deviated well is ...


Baraka Petroleum Limited Colombia Drilling Update

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Colombia Drilling Update: Monza-1 Exploration Well Baraka Colombia Operations, a fully owned subsidiary of Baraka Petroleum Limited (ASX: BKP, the “Company” or “Baraka”) in conjunction with the Operator Omega Energy Colombia ...


LUNDIN PETROLEUM COMPLETES EXPLORATION WELL NYAL-1, BLOCK 5B, SUDAN

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that well Nyal-1, drilled on the Nyal prospect, reached Total Depth at 2,363 metres and will be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. ...


MAXIM GETS APPROVAL ON 47 WELL DRILL PROGRAM IN TRINIDAD

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Vancouver - Maxim Resources Inc. (“Maxim”) is pleased to announce that it has received notice that the project in Trinidad has been granted a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) on ...


NIGERIA: MART RESOURCES UPDATE ON FIRST OIL PRODUCTION

Monday, February 25th, 2008

February 25, 2008 Mart Resources, Inc. (TSX-V: MMT) and its partners Midwestern Oil and Gas Company PLC (“Midwestern”, Operator) and Suntrust Oil Company Nigeria Limited are pleased to announce the following update ...


Successful Nemo appraisal well

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Stavanger, 15 February, 2008: Norwegian Energy Company ASA (OSE:NOR), Appraisal drilling on the Nemo discovery in Norway has been completed. The results are positive, and confirm the extension of the ...


Royale Energy Hits Natural Gas in First Well Drilled in 2008

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Royale Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROYL) has found multiple natural gas filled sands in its Gobel well in the company’s Sacramento basin Lonestar field. The well was drilled to a ...


Eni successfully completes the Gamma exploration well in the Norwegian Sea

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

The well was drilled at a total depth of 2,508 meters and found gas deposits estimated at between 12 and 16 million boe San Donato Milanese (Milan), 4 February 2008 - ...


Eni successfully completes the Gamma exploration well in the Norwegian Sea

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The well was drilled at a total depth of 2,508 meters and found gas deposits estimated at between 12 and 16 million boe San Donato Milanese (Milan), 4 February 2008 - ...


Chevron Completes Successful Big Foot Appraisal WellEvaluation of Production Development Under Way

Friday, February 1st, 2008

SAN RAMON, Calif., Jan 31, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced today the successful completion of an appraisal well at its Big Foot prospect in the deepwater Gulf ...