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South Sudan Makes Small Oil Discovery, First Since Independence
The new field in the Adar area of the state contains 5.3 million barrels of recoverable oil and will be linked to the nearby Paloch oil fields, which are operated by Dar Petroleum Operating Co., the minister Awow Daniel Chuang said.
Discoveries
Equinor, Partners Find Oil At Sputnik In Barents Sea
The well, drilled to a vertical depth of 1,569 m below the seabed by the West Hercules semisubmersible rig, encountered a 15-m oil column in a Triassic sandstone reservoir, Equinor said in a news release.
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Lundin Strikes Oil At Goddo Prospect In North Sea
Drilled by the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig, the well encountered weathered and fractured basement in an estimated 20-m oil column, Lundin Petroleum said in a news release.
Discoveries
Tullow Shares Soar On Guyana Oil Discovery
Tullow CEO Paul McDade said Jethro-1 is expected to hold more than 100 million recoverable barrels of oil.
Discoveries , Deepwater
Talos Hits More Pay In US GOM’s Green Canyon Area
Oil was encountered at the Bulleit and Orlov prospects, the company said.
Discoveries
Aker BP Makes Gas Discovery In North Sea
NPD described the discovery as small, putting its estimated size between 0.6 and 1.7 million standard cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalent.
Reservoir Evaluation , Highlights , Field Development , Discoveries
Best Of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Aug. 2, 2019)
ConocoPhillips Niobrara producers plus the completion of a South Texas field’s first horizontal well top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Exploration & Production , Highlights , Field Development , Discoveries
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Unconventional , Highlights , Discoveries , Shale Plays
Best Of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (July 26, 2019)
Marathon Three Forks discovery, Marcellus completions from Chesapeake and Cabot plus an offshore discovery by Exxon Mobil top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
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Eni Finds Gas, Condensate Offshore Vietnam
Drilled to a depth of 3,606 m, exploration well Ken Bau 1X encountered several intervals of gas and condensate sandstone interbedded with Miocene age shale, with an estimated net reservoir thickness in excess of 100 m, Eni said in a news release.