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Eni has made a new, significant gas discovery in the Sicilian StraitEni has made a new, significant gas discovery in the Sicilian Strait, with the Cassiopea 1 well at a water depth of some 560 metres, about 22 km off the coast of Agrigento.s The Cassiopea field extends across G.R14.AG and G.R13.AG exploration licences, which Eni operates with a 60% stake. Full text |
Revus Energy reports Torphins well 21/8-4z results
Hess strikes natural gas at Briseis well offshore Australia
Venture to develop subsea tie-back from new Barbarossa discovery
Revus Energy reports oil and gas discovery in Torphins well
BMG to upgrade Bass Strait Basker Manta Gummy production facilities
StatoilHydro discover gas in the Barents Sea Ververis prospect
Lundin find oil in its Morskaya well in the Caspian Sea
Talisman and Det Norske find oil in the Lilleulv prospect in the Varg Field
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Eni has made a new, significant gas discovery in the Sicilian Strait, with the Cassiopea 1 well at a water depth of some 560 metres, about 22 km off the coast of Agrigento.s The Cassiopea field extends across G.R14.AG and G.R13.AG exploration licences, which Eni operates with a 60% stake. Full text
Revus Energy ASA today confirmed well 21/8-4z as a further oil & gas discovery in block 21/8, production licence P.1107 which is located in the central North Sea Sector of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). Full text
Hess Corporation said today that the Briseis-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf discovered natural gas in Jurassic and Triassic sandstones. The well encountered 151 feet (46 meters) of net gas pay, in line with pre-drill estimates. Full text
Venture Production today announces that it has successfully sidetracked and tested well 47/9c-11x to appraise the Barbarossa gas field. Barbarossa is located in Block 47/9c in the southern North Sea on acreage operated and 90% owned by Venture. Full text
Revus Energy ASA today confirmed well oil & gas discovery in the eastern part of the Torphins prospect in the central UK North Sea. The well, which spudded on 20th June 2008, was drilled directionally to test sector and penetrated a Paleocene reservoir sandstone section with a gross logged oil & gas column in the region of 9 meters. Full text
High oil prices have influenced the decision by the Basker/Manta/Gummy (BMG) oil and gas joint venture in Bass Strait to bring forward a $1.23 billion investment in upgrading its production facilities. The BMG project now involves the use of a mini-FPSO and a separate shuttle tanker. Full text
StatoilHydro has confirmed the existence of gas in the Ververis prospect in the Barents Sea, whereas an exploration well in the Stetind prospect in the Norwegian Sea turned out to be dry. This is the 13th discovery on the Norwegian continental shelf that StatoilHydro is involved in this year. Full text
Lundin Petroleum today announced that its Morskaya-1 exploration well in the Lagansky block, situated in the northern Caspian Sea has encountered a major oil accumulation in the Aptian and Neocomian sandstone reservoirs. Minor amounts of gas were encountered in the overlying Albian reservoir. Morskaya-1 has been drilled to a depth of 2082 metres in a water depth of less than two metres. Full text
Talisman Energy Norge has found between 0.6 million and 1.6 million barrels of recoverable oil in the Lilleulv prospect in Production License 038. Det norske has a five percent interest in this license.
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Endeavour today announced the 6407/8-4A sidetrack well to appraise the Galtvort natural gas discovery encountered a gas column in Middle to Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks. Interpretation of comprehensive well data suggests the gas water contact is at the same level as seen in the adjacent discovery well. Full text