Drilling success at Johan Castberg
It’s been silent in the Barents Sea for a while, but Equinor and partners have now announced another oil discovery. It is a near field find, so far from frontier…
Exploration
ConocoPhillips keeps exploring the Cretaceous play in the Norwegian Sea
According to NPD Factpages, the Jurassic Victoria discovery in the Norwegian Sea is unlikely to be taken in production. But what if a gas accumulation in the Cretaceous overburden of…
Venus-1X: Introducing a New Distal Basin Floor Fan Play for Margins
TotalEnergies has made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in Block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia. Map showing location…
Karau-1:Onshore Success Revives Hydrocarbon Activity in Timor-Leste
Good news from onshore Timor-Leste: Karau-1, which spudded late October 2021 in Block TL-OT-17-08, was reported in mid-December 2021 as discovering oil and gas. Good news from onshore Timor-Leste, where…
Bokje and Anteater prospects targeted by Dana in Dutch sector
In 1971, NAM drilled a dry exploration well (F03-02) just 500 m away from where Dana is currently drilling F03-09 in licence F03C. It seems unlikely that the target of…
A dry Cook in Laushornet
In a little more than a month, Aker BP managed to drill towards a depth of 4,674 m below sea level to test the Laushornet prospect in PL 685 in…
Neptune Energy and partners consider tie-back of Hamlet to Gjøa
With a three-fold increase in estimated recoverable reserves (see below), the Hamlet discovery may now progress to development through a tie-back to the Neptune-operated Gjøa facilities. Hamlet is reservoired in…
ONE-Dyas returns to classic Rotliegend play in Dutch sector
The creaming curve for the Dutch sector is fairly creamed, but maybe even more so when looking at the Rotliegend play in particular. Having been the exploration target for many…
Birgitta appraisal well exceeds expectations
According to Nick Dancer, General Manager at Petrogas Netherlands, the results of well 22/19a-8 targeting the Birgitta East fault block adjacent to the previously discovered Birgitta gas discovery have come…
Dry well for Neptune Energy in Dutch sector
After five weeks of drilling and two side tracks, operator Neptune Energy has not succeeded in proving commercial gas in the F05-06 well in the northern Dutch sector. The well…
Where is Hamlet?
Don’t scroll down! Look at the below seismic section, kindly provided by CGG, first. Do you know where on this line Neptune and partners drilled the Hamlet discovery well recently?…
Exploration success for Neptune at Hamlet
Neptune Energy and its partners Petoro (30%), Wintershall Dea (28%) and OKEA (12%) today announced the discovery of oil and gas at the Hamlet exploration wells (35/9-16S and 35/9-16A in…