Exploration Development 2007 P

05/21/2007 -- Murphy Oil lets Thunder Hawk contracts
Murphy Oil Corp. has let several contracts to Intec Engineering for detailed design of flowlines and export pipelines for the Thunder Hawk project on Mississippi Canyon Block 734 in the Gulf of Mexico.
05/21/2007 -- Total makes two oil finds on Angola's Block 32
Total E&P Angola (Block 32) Ltd. and its partners have made two more oil discoveries on deepwater Block 32 off Angola.
05/18/2007 -- Petrobras, Portuguese firms sign E&P agreement
Brazil's Petrobras signed an agreement with Portuguese firms Galp and Partex to explore for oil in the deepwater off Portugal, Petrobras said.
05/17/2007 -- Ouachita wildcat set in Central Texas
The Ouachita thrust belt in Central Texas is the site for a wildcat to be drilled starting in late May or early June.
05/16/2007 -- Hydro, Anadarko to develop Brazil's Peregrino oil field
Hydro ASA and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. have received permission from the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo for plans to develop Peregrino oil field, which lies in 100 m of water about 85 km off Brazil.
05/16/2007 -- India's KG D6 block has 18th discovery
Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, reported the 18th hydrocarbon discovery on the D6 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin off India.
05/16/2007 -- Norway approves Statoil's Gjøa field development
Norway has approved Statoil ASA's development and operation plan for Gjøa oil and gas field in the North Sea, bringing it a step closer to fruition.
05/16/2007 -- Roc Oil drills Australia's Perseverance well to 1,190 m
Roc Oil (WA) Pty. Ltd. has drilled its Perseverance-1 exploration well to 1,190 m on permit WA-325-P, in the Perth basin off Western Australia.
05/15/2007 -- Esso Australia farms into Bonaparte Gulf permit
Esso Australia has farmed into Bonaparte Gulf permit WA-318-P off northern Australia. The permit is wholly owned by Drillsearch Energy Ltd. of Sydney.
05/15/2007 -- Putumayo well logs oil pay in four zones
Gran Tierra Energy Inc., Calgary, set casing to test a field wildcat that logged potential oil pay in four Cretaceous zones on the Chaza Block in the Putumayo basin in southern Colombia.
05/15/2007 -- Multizone southeast Texas exploration set
Two independents plan to explore mainly for gas in several formations in San Jacinto County, Tex., in an area on trend with Double A Wells field in Polk County.
05/15/2007 -- Utica shale gas sought in Quebec Lowlands
A large US independent will exercise an option to join Junex Inc., Quebec City, Que., in an $8 million pilot project to evaluate gas potential in Ordovician Utica shale in the St. Lawrence Lowlands of Quebec.
05/15/2007 -- Four rigs to work on at-risk block off India
The KG-OSN-2001/3 block off India could soon have four rigs drilling even though the first exploration phase has expired without the required 14 wells having been drilled.
05/15/2007 -- Ascent Resources suspends Hungarian well
Ascent Resources PLC has suspended its PEN-102 exploration well in northeast Hungary as it investigates drilling a sidetrack well to target the Miocene gas reservoir.
05/14/2007 -- Norway gives nod to reactivate Yme oil field
Talisman Energy, Revus Energy, and Pertra have received approval from the Norwegian government to reactivate the previously abandoned Yme oil field in the Norwegian North Sea.
05/14/2007 -- Nigeria licensing round fails to attract majors
Nigeria failed to attract any major oil companies to bid for blocks offered in its latest licensing round because the companies fear political uncertainty ahead of a governmental change at the end of the month.
05/14/2007 -- Talisman unit hits pay with three wells in Alaska
Talisman Energy Inc. subsidiary FEX LP has completed a three-well drilling program in the northwest planning area of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
05/14/2007 -- Eni finds oil, gas in Tulip well off Indonesia
Eni SPA found significant oil and gas deposits in its Tulip-1 exploration well drilled in 800 m of water northeast of Kalimantan Island, Indonesia.
05/11/2007 -- Eni to invest $12 billion in Egypt gas program
Eni SPA plans to invest $12 billion over the next 5 years in Egypt's gas industry starting in 2007-08, according to the Egyptian petroleum ministry. The company also will focus on increasing reserves from the onshore Belayim field in the Gulf of Suez area by about 180 million bbl during the next 12 years, using new production techniques.
05/11/2007 -- Petrobras finds gas with Espirito Santo basin well
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has reached 130-m thick gas-saturated sandstone reservoirs at 3,378 m with its 6-ESS-168 well in Camarupim offshore field in the Espirito Santo basin.

Home

General Interest

Exploration & Development

Drilling & Production

Processing

Transportation

Home

2007

Exploration Development 2007 P