The exploration well OMOC-N-1, drilled in the Onal AEE, has identified a 111-metre column of oil in the Grès du Kissenda. Pump tests have established a flow of 1,700 bpd of oil (flow limited by the pump’s maximum capacity) with an API of 33.4.
Saudi Arabia announced that it would double its supply of crude oil to India to reach 40 million tones a year in a move to help India meet its growing demands.
Algeria's Sonatrach announced a new natural gas discovery at El Kheit Tessekha extension-1 well in the Menzel Ledjmat contract area of the Berkine basin, flowing with a rate of 44.18 million cubic feet per day.
Saudi Aramco has awarded Baker Hughes a two-year contract for two fit-for-purpose underbalanced coiled tubing drilling packages designed to re-enter existing wells in the gas fields of southern Saudi Arabia.
A senior official at Azeri state energy company Socar announced that Devon Energy is thinking of selling its stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunsheli oilfields.
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (3) (RL 3), part of RasGas companies, announced the successful completion and start-up of its seventh liquefied natural gas (LNG) train.
French oil major Total SA is investing $20 billion with partners in four energy projects in Nigeria over the next four to five years, a company spokesman announced.
Tethys Petroleum Limited today gave further details on the testing of the recent AKD01 (Doris) exploration oil discovery on the Akkulka Block in Kazakhstan and briefed on the Company's future plans to appraise the discovery.