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The initial deployment is expected in 2021 on a 20 000-psi well in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The initial deployment is expected in 2021 on a 20 000-psi well in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Dorado-2 appraisal well is in Commonwealth waters approximately 160 km north of Port Hedland, Australia, and 2 km away from the Dorado-1 discovery, made in July last year.

The combined flow from both wells during a 72-hour production test earlier this week reached and maintained the planned production rate of 20 000 bpd.

The Marine XII license covering 571 km2 is located on the continental shelf of the Republic of Congo 20 km from the shore with the sea depth of 20 - 90 m.

The 578-square-mile wide-azimuth survey, known as Bayou Boeuf, is designed to image the Austin Chalk play and provide a better understanding of the formations in this area which have recently regained industry interest.

Rystad Energy is raising its forecast for US crude output to 13.4 million bpd by December 2019.

DNV GL, the global quality assurance and risk management company and technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has appointed Corin Taylor as a principal consultant in its new ‘Future of Gas’ team in the United Kingdom.

As part of the agreement, Sonangol, Angola’s state oil company, will receive a 10% equity interest.

IHS Markit expects average y/y supply additions to be below 100 000 bpd in the coming decade.

CGG GeoSoftware has developed a machine learning ecosystem providing open access to data within its geophysical and petrophysical applications.

The discovery was made at Gladden Deep in Mississippi Canyon block 800.

"Angola is open for business", said Paulino Jerónimo, CEO of the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels.