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Exploration News

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Wellesley drills dry well in North Sea
18 Sept 20201 min read

Wellesley drills dry well in North Sea

The well was drilled about 75 km north of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and 60 km northwest of Florø.

NPD issues drilling permit to Equinor
17 Sept 20201 min read

NPD issues drilling permit to Equinor

The drilling programme for well 34/7-37 S concerns the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 089.

Eni and BP make gas discovery offshore Egypt
16 Sept 20202 min read

Eni and BP make gas discovery offshore Egypt

The preliminary evaluation of the well results indicates that the Great Nooros Area gas in place can be estimated in excess of 4 trillion ft3.

Fugro to provide survey services for ONGC
16 Sept 20201 min read

Fugro to provide survey services for ONGC

Geo-data results from the engineering surveys will provide ONGC with the seabed and sub-seabed insights they need to develop key offshore infrastructure.

OGA to make historic seismic data available
15 Sept 20202 min read

OGA to make historic seismic data available

The OGA has concluded that seismic data acquired under an exploration licence and which are more than 10 or 15 years old, depending on the type of data, can be made available through application to the OGA.

Exploration operations begin at Keskesi East-1 well offshore Suriname
14 Sept 20202 min read

Exploration operations begin at Keskesi East-1 well offshore Suriname

The Noble Sam Croft has commenced operations at the Keskesi East-1 exploration well approximately 14 km (9 miles) southeast of Sapakara West-1.

Neptune Energy receives drilling permit from NPD
14 Sept 20201 min read

Neptune Energy receives drilling permit from NPD

Well 6406/12-G-1 H will be drilled about 36 km southwest of the Njord field.

Kosmos Energy sells exploration assets to Shell
10 Sept 20202 min read

Kosmos Energy sells exploration assets to Shell

Under the terms of the agreement, Shell will acquire Kosmos’ participating interest in blocks offshore São Tomé & Príncipe, Suriname, Namibia, and South Africa.

Hess makes discovery offshore Guyana
10 Sept 20202 min read

Hess makes discovery offshore Guyana

Redtail-1 encountered approximately 232 ft (70 m) of high quality oil bearing sandstone and was drilled in 6164 ft (1878 m) of water.

Schlumberger, IBM and Red Hat announce hybrid cloud collaboration
9 Sept 20204 min read

Schlumberger, IBM and Red Hat announce hybrid cloud collaboration

The joint initiative will provide global access to Schlumberger’s exploration and production (E&P) cloud-based environment and cognitive applications by leveraging IBM’s hybrid cloud technology, built on the Red Hat OpenShift container platform.

Neptune Energy commences drilling of Bue well
8 Sept 20202 min read

Neptune Energy commences drilling of Bue well

The well is located in the Fenja field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Geoteric launches seismic interpretation products
7 Sept 20202 min read

Geoteric launches seismic interpretation products

The two new seismic interpretation products are both powered by artificial intelligence.

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