Discoveries
Company Profiles , Unconventional , Emerging Plays , Discoveries , Shale Plays
Born in the Bakken
U.S. tight rock oil production exceeded 9 million barrels per day in March, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The story began 20 years ago in Richland County, Mont., with a prospector, two wildcatters, Halliburton and a bold venture: land a lateral in the middle Bakken—and frac it.
Discoveries
Petrobras Finds New ‘Optimum Quality’ Oil Within Presalt Region
The oil was found in the Buzios oil field offshore Brazil.
Discoveries
Repsol-led Group Makes Deepwater Oil Find in Gulf of Mexico
The consortium said in a statement that the find was in the Polok-1 and Chinwol-1 wells, located in Block 29 of the Salina Basin, off the southeastern states Veracruz and Tabasco.
Discoveries
SDX Energy Makes Commercial Gas Discovery in Egypt
The company estimates the well, which was drilled to a measured depth of 7,245 feet, encountered about 24 billion cubic feet equivalent of recoverable gas and condensate resources.
Discoveries
Wintershall Dea Makes Oil Find in Norwegian Sea
The well hit an oil column of at least 60 meters in the Garn Formation and an oil column of at least 120 meters in the Tilje Formation.
Discoveries
Equinor, Partners Make Oil Discovery in US GoM
Drilled by the Pacific Khamsin rig to a depth of 33,348 feet, the well found about 200 ft of net oil pay with good reservoir characteristics in Paleogene sandstone.
Discoveries
Apache, Total Score Another Win with Discovery Offshore Suriname
The Sapakara West-1 well hit gas condensate and oil, boosting confidence in the play located offshore Suriname.
Reservoir Evaluation , Discoveries
Oil Search Finds Oil, Deems Alaska Drilling Campaign a ‘Success’
The company reported the discovery of oil from a well west of the Horseshoe discovery and hydrocarbon pay from a sidetrack.
Emerging Plays , Discoveries
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Shelf , Discoveries
Byron Energy Strikes Pay in US Gulf of Mexico Well
Byron Energy’s latest well located on South Marsh Island Block 71 in shallow water Gulf of Mexico was flowing at a rate of 8.3 million cubic feet per day of gas.