Falcon Oil & Gas Commences Spudding Shenandoah South Horizontal Well

• Wednesday, 2nd August 2023
• by Fatma Ahmed

Falcon Oil & Gas announced the spudding of the Shenandoah South 1H (“SS1H”) horizontal well in exploration permit 117 with its joint venture partner, Tamboran (B2) Pty Limited (“Tamboran B2”). According to the com...

Neptune Energy Starts Drilling Calypso Exploration Well

• Sunday, 6th November 2022
• by Israa Ibrahim

The Norwegian Sea’s Calypso exploratory well has begun drilling, according to a Neptune Energy announcement. The semi-submersible Deepsea Yantai, which is owned by CIMC and is being used by Odfjell Drilling to d...

ADNOC Announces Second Gas Discovery on Eni-operated Concession

• Sunday, 31st July 2022
• by Israa Ibrahim

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced a second discovery of natural gas resources in the first exploration well in Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 2 Exploration Concession, operated by Eni. The new significant f...

Gazprom Neft to Start Development at Salym License Blocks 

• Monday, 8th June 2020
• by Editorial Team

The Bazhenov Technology Centre, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, will start development of Bazhenov Formation deposits at Salym-group license blocks in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, according to Neftegaz. Data...

Wintershall Dea Makes Significant Oil Discoveries in Mexico

• Thursday, 7th May 2020
• by Editorial Team

Wintershall Dea and its license partners have made two significant oil discoveries on the Polok and the Chinwol prospects in Block 29 offshore Mexico, according to a press release. The Polok-1 exploration well was dri...

Masirah Oil Successfully Drills the Yumna Oil Field

• Sunday, 5th January 2020
• by Editorial Team

Masirah Oil Limited (MOL) announced the successful drilling of an appraisal well in the Yumna oil field off Masirah Island in Block 50 offshore Oman’s eastern seaboard, according to Oman Observer. The Yumna oil ...

Norway’s DNO Abandoned Onshore Well in Oman

• Sunday, 21st August 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO said its Hayah-1 exploration well in Oman’s onshore Block 36 failed to encounter hydrocarbons, other than minor gas shows, and will be plugged and abandoned, Muscat Daily repor...

Premier Oil to Plug and Abandon Successful Well Off Falklands

• Thursday, 2nd April 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Premier Oil has announced that the Zebedee well (14/15b-5) in PL004b (Premier 36% equity) discovered 81 feet of net oil-bearing reservoir and 55 feet of net gas-bearing reservoir. The well penetrated multiple targets ...

Gulf of Thailand Site of Gibraltar Rig Exploration Well

• Thursday, 19th March 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

KrisEnergy has commenced drilling of the Rossukon-2 exploration well using the Key Gibraltar jack-up rig in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, where the Rossukon oil accumulation was discovered in 2009. Rossukon-2 lies 1 ...

Gulf Keystone provides Kurdistan Operational Update

• Tuesday, 13th March 2012
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Gulf Keystone today provides an update on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which includes the Shaikan block, a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-pl...