Field Development
2008.07.29 -
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StatoilHydro has received consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea with the mobile facility Polar Pioneer. The consent applies to drilling of exploration well 7222/11-1, Caurus, which belongs to production licence 228. Full text
2008.07.25 -
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Exxon Mobil announced today the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, which includes its subsidiary, Esso Australia, will invest $1.1 billion to develop more than 270 million oil-equivalent barrels from the Turrum field in the Bass Strait, offshore southeast Australia. The development follows the recent announcement to develop natural gas from the Kipper field, also in the Bass Strait. Full text
2008.07.24 -
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Dana today announced a deal which delivers three additional exploration wells offshore Norway in partnership with Det norske oljeselskap ASA (‘Det norske’), the second-largest operating company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Dana is also pleased to report on progress with additional drilling plans for the UK and Egypt. Full text
2008.07.22 -
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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
2008.07.21 -
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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
2008.07.21 -
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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
2008.07.16 -
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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
2008.07.09 -
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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
2008.07.07 -
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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
2008.07.04 -
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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