Exploration Development 2005 P

12/30/2005 -- Endeavour reports 2006 development plans
Endeavour International Corp., Houston, is budgeting $50 million for oil and gas exploration and development in the North Sea and the Netherlands in 2006, including a 10-well drilling program begun in 2005.
12/30/2005 -- Endeavour's fourth North Sea well unsuccessful
Endeavour International Corp. has completed the drilling of the fourth well in its 10-well exploration campaign in the North Sea, and it found no hydrocarbons.
12/30/2005 -- Hardman's Maputa-1 well in Uganda delayed
Hardman Resources Ltd. said drilling on its Maputa-1 well in Uganda has been suspended since Dec. 27 ahead of the arrival of parts to replace a broken driveshaft. The required parts currently are being air-freighted to Uganda.
12/29/2005 -- Dragon tests Lam field well in Caspian
Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Ltd, a unit of Dragon Oil PLC, Dublin, said its Lam field well, LAM 10/112, drilled from the refurbished LAM 10 platform in the Cheleken Contract Area in the Turkmenistan section of the Caspian Sea, has tested oil from Zones 4, 5, and 6 at a combined rate of 2,950 b/d.
12/29/2005 -- Repsol YPF, RWE to obtain blocks off Portugal
Portugal is expected to award oil exploration rights in two blocks off Algarve province to a consortium owned 75% by Repsol YPF SA and 25% by RWE AG.
12/29/2005 -- DNO well in northern Iraq encounters oil
DNO ASA, Oslo, said its well in the Kurdish area of northern Iraq, Tawke-1, encountered mobile oil at the top of the first of three prospective reservoir intervals (OGJ, Dec. 12, 2005, Newsletter).
12/29/2005 -- Shell, EMGS sign research and development agreement
Shell International Exploration & Production BV and ElectroMagnetic GeoServices AS (EMGS) signed a 1-year agreement to collaborate on expanding the applications EMGS's proprietary seabed logging technique.
12/21/2005 -- Deep gulf well is an oil strike, Nexen says
The deepest well drilled so far in the Gulf of Mexico is an oil discovery, says Nexen Inc., the block operator.
12/20/2005 -- Foxtrot wildcat tests gas off Ivory Coast
Foxtrot International LDC, Abidjan, has tested natural gas from a 20-m perforated interval on the 930 sq km CI-27 Block in 400 m of water off Ivory Coast.
12/20/2005 -- ENI strikes oil in eastern South China Sea
CNOOC Ltd. reported a discovery in the ENI China BV Huizhou (HZ) 25-4-1 well in the eastern South China Sea.
12/20/2005 -- CNPC, TG World plan three Niger wildcats
CNPC International (Tenere) Ltd. and TG World Energy Corp., Calgary, revealed the locations for the first two of three exploration wells planned on the Tenere Permit in eastern Niger.
12/19/2005 -- Woodside to start Angel field development
Woodside Energy Ltd. reported that development of Angel gas and condensate field off Western Australia will begin immediately following final investment decisions by North West Shelf Venture participants (OGJ Online, Nov. 1, 2005).
12/16/2005 -- MMS okays suspensions for ultradeep wells
The US Minerals Management Service has issued a final rule that will allow suspensions of operation (SOOs) to oil and gas operators contemplating ultradeep wells (deeper than 25,000 ft TVD) in the Gulf of Mexico.
12/14/2005 -- Newfield to explore South China Sea block
Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, will explore a block in the South China Sea under a production-sharing contract signed with China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC).
12/14/2005 -- Independents adding to Palo Duro land base
More Canadian independents are establishing land holdings aimed at a Lower Pennsylvanian Bend shale gas play in the Palo Duro basin of West Texas.
12/14/2005 -- Fayetteville shale drilling hike set in 2006
The $830 million 2006 capital program of Southwestern Energy Co., Houston, will include $338 million for the Mississippian Fayetteville shale gas play in the Arkoma basin in Arkansas (OGJ, Sept. 19, 2005, Newsletter).
12/14/2005 -- Drilling planned on Block 5B in Sudan
Lundin Petroleum AB reported plans for as many as three exploration wells on the 20,119-sq-km Block 5B in the Muglad basin in Sudan.
12/13/2005 -- Exploration due in Kazakh-China region
A subsidiary of Big Sky Energy Corp., Calgary, acquired a 50% operating interest in the Alakol Block in the basin of the same name on the Kazakh-China border in eastern Kazakhstan.
12/13/2005 -- Pertamina signs contracts for Libyan blocks
Indonesia's state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina has signed contracts with Libya to explore and develop two blocks, one onshore and the other offshore.
12/13/2005 -- Major oil discovery reported in western Iran
Norsk Hydro AS and Lukoil Overseas Holding Ltd. reported a "major oil discovery" on the Anaran exploration block in Ilam Province near Dehloran in western Iran (OGJ Online, Aug. 30, 2000).

Home

General Interest

Exploration & Development

Drilling & Production

Processing

Transportation

Home

2005

Exploration Development 2005 P