Adding barrels to Johan Castberg
It’s been a few months since the previous Barents Sea exploration well was drilled; this was in Oktober 2021 when Vår Energi completed 7122/6-3S on the Rødhette prospect near the…
Exploration
Will Cambozola be a new North Sea play opener?
The Norwegian Sea is known for its potential in the Cretaceous, with the Egyptian Vulture discovery being the most recent positive drilling result. Further south, the Cretaceous is now getting…
Aker BP aims deep with well 35/4-3
Potentially reaching a depth of around 5,000 metres, well 35/4-3 that was spudded by Aker BP and partners Wellesley (40%) and Petoro (20%) early April is testing the Laushornet prospect…
Drilling wells pays off
On the first of April, the NPD finally announced the results of the last exploration well that was spudded in 2021; 25/2-23S targeting the Grefsenkollen prospect beneath the Øst Frigg…
South America – Licensing Slows
South America and the Caribbean is currently seeing less licensing activity, at least partially because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on frontier exploration, which has prompted international oil…
Kveikje a rolling success
Today, Longboat Energy issued a press release stating that the Kveikje well (35/10-8S) has resulted in the discovery of between 28 and 48 MMboe of oil resources in an Eocene…
A promising prospect in UK waters: Isolde
In a report published by Offshore Energies UK yesterday, the organisation representing the integrated offshore energy industry states that for the first time gas imports from Norway have exceeded domestic…
Confidence to explore in mature basins requires a long-term vision
Observing events unfold in the upstream UK sector over the past year has been quite interesting. As the COP26 climate conference in November last year approached, the public call to…
ConocoPhillips appraises Slagugle discovery
Slagugle, with an upside of around 200 MMBoe, was certainly the biggest discovery of 2020 and for that reason the operator was awarded “Explorer of the Year”. And in contrast…
Neptune Energy encounters oil at the Hamlet exploration well
Having entered the reservoir, located within the Gjøa licence (PL153), logs encountered hydrocarbons and a decision was made to initiate coring. The operations in the reservoir section are still at…
Edinburgh – a critical cross-border prospect
The greater J area continues to be a drilling hotspot. But now it is Shell’s turn to prove commercial volumes, following several a three-well campaign by Harbour slightly further north…
Global Wildcatting – Going with the Flow
The extended impact of uncertain oil prices, combined with the Covid-19 pandemic and dwindling investor sentiment for hydrocarbons, have resulted in further delays, and in some cases cancellations, of already…