INPEX to carry out exploratory drilling offshore Japan
The drilling offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures is planned to take place from March to July 2022.
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The drilling offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures is planned to take place from March to July 2022.
Lundin Energy has drilled a dry well about 72 km east of the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea.
A net gas pay totalling more than 100 m has been calculated at the Anchois-2 appraisal and exploration well offshore Morocco, compared to 55 m in the original Anchois-1 discovery well.
The licenses cover a total acreage of about 8410 km2.
The Hadrah-1 well was successfully drilled to a total depth of 1850 m in November 2021 and encountered gas within an approximately 200-m thick sequence of high-quality sandstone and carbonate reservoirs.
Preliminary calculations of the expected size indicate between 3.3 and 5.2 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil equivalent, or around 21–33 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.
The Fangtooth and Lau Lau discoveries in the Stabroek block will add to previous recoverable resource estimate of 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels.
The 168 OCS block survey began in August 2021 and is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2022.
The company has selected the Exalo #202 rig for the upcoming drilling programme at the Cabora Bassa project.
A Ramform Titan-class vessel is scheduled to commence exploration in early February 2022.
QatarEnergy will hold a 17% working interest in Red Sea Blocks 3 and 4, operated by Shell.
The survey will take place over the Roncador and Albacora Leste fields in 2Q22.