(World Oil)– bp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate opportunities for a five-well program at water depth ranging from 300 to 1,500 m in the Mediterranean Sea. The program is designed to accelerate the development and production of national gas reserves, with the intent of extending the use of existing production facilities in the West Nile Delta.
World Oil (WO) – Talos Energy Inc. has successfully started oil and natural gas production at its Lime Rock and Venice discoveries, located near its 100% owned and operated Ram Powell platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Talos owns a 60% working interest in both wells. The Lime Rock and Venice wells were brought safely online in late December
Oil Price Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco has discovered two unconventional natural gas fields in the eastern part of the country, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday. The Awtad unconventional gas field has been discovered southwest of the giant Ghawar field, and the AlDahna unconventional gas field has been discovered 230 kilometers (143 miles) southwest of Dhahran, the
COP holds 100% working interest After adding more to its Alaskan portfolio, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has stated that its total of gross discovered resource has been estimated at 0.5-1.1 BBOE, with 100% working interest and 75% of the play yet to be drilled. Looking at the Greater Willow Area the company now estimates its 2016-2018 exploration and appraisal campaign has discovered
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is located on the northern coast of Alaska, due east of both Prudhoe Bay and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The coastal plain (the 1002 Area) covers 1.5 million acres and is about 8% of the total area of ANWR. USGS 1002 Area Map In its latest (1998) resource assessment, the United States Geological
Results of Mexico’s Shallow Water Auction – Round 3.1 18 bidders participated in the event 16 contracts were tendered to 12 bidders On Tuesday, the opening of bids and awarding of exploration and hydrocarbons production contracts for the First Tender of Round Three Shallow Water GOM were held in a public session that included a live webcast by Mexico’s CNH.
Exxon Mobil Corporation (ticker: XOM) has discovered its sixth oil reservoir in offshore Guyana since 2015, resulting from the Ranger-1 exploration well. The Ranger-1 well discovery adds to previous world-class discoveries at Liza, Payara, Snoek, Liza Deep and Turbot, which are estimated to total more than 3.2 billion recoverable oil-equivalent barrels, according to Exxon. Exxon said that additional exploration drilling is
Shell’s Fort Sumter discover in the Gulf of Mexico will help the company reach 900 MBOEPD of offshore production by the end of the decade Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDSA) announced the discovery in the Mississippi Canyon Block 566, 73 miles offshore, southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. The discovery, called Fort Sumter, has initial estimated recoverable
Statoil continues to delineate resources near King Lear discovery offshore in Norway Norway’s Statoil (ticker: STO) announced its 2/4-23S well (Julius) discovered gas and condensate in the Ula formation, offshore Norway in the North Sea, southeast of Stavanger. STO estimates that there is 15 to75 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE) in the Julius discovery. Statoil also drilled the Julius
