Afren plc announces successful completion of the Ebok-6 appraisal well

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Afren plc announces successful completion of the Ebok-6 appraisal well offshore Nigeria and a further upgrade to Ebok volumetrics ISSUERS OF NEWS RELEASES AND NOT OILANDGASPRESS.COM ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ...


UK well service contract to Aker Solutions

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Qserv Ltd has signed a contract with BP to provide well services for the energy giant's operations in UK sector of the North Sea.   The contract is ...


Oil discovery in the Ngassa-2 exploration well in Uganda

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Ngassa-2 exploration well, which is located in the Kaiso-Tonya region of Block 2, has encountered 7 metres of oil pay in a 14 ...


Oil discovery in the Venus-B1 exploration well offshore Sierra Leone

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, the operator of the deepwater Venus-B1 exploration well in Sierra Leone, in which Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is a 10% partner, today issued the following press release. HOUSTON, ...


LUNDIN PETROLEUM COMPLETES EXPLORATION WELL IN CONGO

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces the completion of the exploration well Liyeke Marine-1. The well is located offshore in Block Marine Xl, offshore Congo (Brazzaville). The well has been plugged ...


ExxonMobil Commences Drilling Libya’s First Deepwater Well

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

ExxonMobil Exploration Company announced today that its affiliate, ExxonMobil Libya Limited, has started drilling the first deepwater exploration well in Libya. The A1-20/3 well is being drilled in Contract Area ...


BJ Services Presents at the Raymond James 30th Annual Institutional Investors Conference

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- BJ Services Company (NYSE: BJS; CBOE; PCX) announced today that J. W. Stewart, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer will appear at the ...


Anadarko Announces Successful Appraisal Well Offshore Ghana

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2008--Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) today announced another successful appraisal well in the Jubilee field offshore Ghana. The Hyedua-2 well encountered a gross reservoir interval of more than ...


Heritage Oil Spuds Buffalo-1 Exploration Well in Uganda

Monday, December 1st, 2008

This press release is not for distribution to United States Newswire Services or for dissemination in the United States   CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 1, 2008) - Heritage Oil Limited (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an ...


Successful Ebony-1 exploration well offshore Ghana

Friday, November 21st, 2008

20 November 2008 – Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) announces that the Ebony-1 exploration well, located in the Shallow Water Tano licence offshore Ghana, has intersected two hydrocarbon bearing intervals in ...


PetroNeft Resources; Successful well test

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

PetroNeft Resources is pleased to provide an update on the re-entry and recompletion of the Lineynoye No. 1 well. 271 barrels of oil per day production rate Rate can be considerably improved ...


Schlumberger Introduces New Well Test Separator

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

ABU DHABI, November 3, 2008 - Schlumberger today announced the release of its new CleanPhase* well test separator. The innovative three-phase separator system enables optimum retention of fluids, allowing for ...


LUNDIN PETROLEUM ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE LAGANSKAYA-1 EXPLORATION WELL IN RUSSIA

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Lundin Petroleum AB ("Lundin Petroleum") announces that its Laganskaya-1 exploration well in the Lagansky block, situated in the northern Caspian Sea has encountered oil shows in the Neocomian sandstone reservoir. ...


BJ Services reports net income of $168.1 million

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

BJ Services Reports Fourth Fiscal Quarter Earnings of $0.57 per Diluted Share BJ Services Company (NYSE: BJS; CBOE; PCX) today reported net income of $168.1 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, ...


Heritage Oil announces successful Warthog-1 exploration well in Block 1 Uganda

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

 /THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE      SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ CALGARY, Oct. 21 /CNW/ - Heritage Oil Limited (LSE: HOIL), an independent ...


Kigogole-1 exploration well in Block 2 Uganda Successful

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) is pleased to announce an oil discovery with the Kigogole-1 exploration well in the Butiaba region of Block 2, Uganda. Drilling operations on Kigogole-1, which is located ...


TGS to Make Tajikistan, Somaliland Well Log Data Available Online

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Geological Products and Services division of TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) has signed an agreement with the Head Geological Department under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to ...


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  ...


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 ...