ConocoPhillips has cancelled plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea because of federal regulatory uncertainty, the company said Apr. 10.

Salamander Energy PLC has suspended its North Kendang-1 exploratory well as a potential wet gas discovery on the South East Sangatta PSC in the North Kutei basin offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Genel Energy PLC has gauged a high-flowing oil and gas discovery from which it plans to begin production within little more than a year in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

A Wintershall Norge AS group will drill a second appraisal well on the southern end of Skarfjell oil field in the northeastern North Sea offshore Norway after an appraisal well in the field’s northern reaches confirmed earlier estimated resource range of 60-160 million bbl of oil.

WesternGeco has begun acquiring a multiclient broadband 3D seismic survey in the western Barents Sea offshore Norway.

A Niobrara shale discovery well on production for 100 days in western Colorado’s Piceance basin has recovered more than 1 bcf of gas, the same volume as a typical well recovers from the Williams Fork formation in a 25-30-year life, said WPX Energy Inc., Tulsa.

Turkey’s General Directorate of Petroleum Affairs has awarded a 100% working interest in the Banarli License 5104 in the Thrace basin to Valeura Energy Inc., Calgary.

Statoil ASA and Azerbaijan’s state SOCAR have signed agreements to jointly explore and develop the Zafar-Mashal structures in the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan.

Americas Petrogas Inc., Calgary, has reported an operated, vertical gas-condensate discovery in the Vaca Muerta shale on the Los Toldos I block in Argentina’s Neuquen basin.

A group led by Lundin Petroleum AB has made an oil discovery on the western flank of the Utsira high 15 km south of Edvard Grieg field in the Central North Sea offshore Norway.