Discoveries
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.
Discoveries
MOL Norge, Lundin Petroleum Hit Oil, Gas In Norwegian North Sea
MOL said preliminary evaluation of the main discovery shows recoverable resources between 12 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) and 71 MMboe.
Discoveries
Total Makes Gas Discovery In North Sea
Total, which holds a 30% working interest and is operator of the field, said the well was drilled in water about 80 m deep.
Discoveries
CNOOC Makes Large-sized Discovery In Bohai Bay
The company said the discovery well was drilled and completed at a depth of 1,596 m and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of about 20 m.
Discoveries
Equinor, Neptune Strike Oil In North Sea
The company said the wells, which followed the Sigrun appraisal well drilled in 2018, aimed to prove extra resources and clarify commerciality.
Unconventional , Discoveries , Shale Plays
Torchlight Energy Strikes Oil, Gas At Orogrande Test Well
The oil producer said it expects the new field—The Upper Pennsylvanian Silt (WolfPenn)—to be an oil-rich reservoir with significant volumes of gas as well.
Discoveries
VAALCO Energy Makes Oil Discovery Offshore Gabon
VAALCO Energy Inc. said Feb. 18 that the South East Etame 4P appraisal wellbore drilled from the VAALCO operated South East Etame North Tchibala platform offshore Gabon in the Etame Marin permit area successfully encountered oil sands in the Gamba formation.
Discoveries
Eni Says Offshore Mexico Find Could Make Block Commercial
The new find is believed to contain between 200 million and 300 million barrels of light oil at a water depth of 340 m.
Discoveries
GeoPark Makes New Gas Field Discovery In Chile
GeoPark Ltd., a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator, said Feb. 4 it has made a discovery in the new Jauke Oeste gas field in the Fell block (GeoPark operated, 100% WI) in Chile.
Discoveries
UAE’s ADNOC Signs Deal To Develop New Gas Field With Dubai
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Feb. 3 a new gas find with 80 trillion standard cubic feet (Tscf) of shallow gas resources, a discovery that could help the country’s goal to achieve gas self-sufficiency.