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Vaalco Energy has announced that it will begin its drilling campaign in the country’s offshore this September.
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Vaalco Energy has announced that it will begin its drilling campaign in the country’s offshore this September.

The acquisition of approximately 200 000 datasets quadruples Enverus’ interpreted well log catalogue.

Evaluation of the West Newton A-2 openhole data has identified an estimated gross hydrocarbon column of approximately 65 m in the Kirkham Abbey formation.

The XWI algorithm, which enables data-driven earth model building, helped Tullow Oil to strike oil at the Jethro-1 well earlier this month.

CGG Geoscience’s Subsurface Imaging Center in Rio will deliver imaging of pre-salt structures in the Campos and Santos Basins.

The company has also opened a new office in Rio de Janerio.

The preliminary gross resources from well 16/5-8s, approximately 14 km south of the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea, are estimated to be between 1 and 10 million boe.

Presentations will take place in Luanda, Angola, Houston, US, London, UK, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during September.

The Mariner field is the first Equinor-operated oilfield on the UK Continental Shelf.

Completion of the acquisition and the merger plan has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises.

The well encountered 55 m of net oil pay which supports a recoverable oil resource estimate which exceeds Tullow’s pre-drill forecast.

The Barryroe oil accumulation lies in approximately 100 m water depth in the North Celtic Sea Basin and is located approximately 50 km off the south coast of Ireland.