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Exploration

Eni hits the sweet spot offshore Ivory Coast with Baleine-1X

Peter Elliott - NVentures
The Baleine-1X well was drilled by Eni, their first wildcat in Ivory Coast, as part of a global multi-year drilling campaign with the Saipem 10000. Baleine-1X was drilled in 1,200 m water to a…

Serinus Falters in Northeast Pannonian

Brought to you in association with NVentures.
Serinus Energy, have reported a gas discovery at Sancrai-1 on the EIV-5 Satu Mare Block in Romania, but further testing of the well did not deliver expected results. Serinus Energy,…

The elephant in the room

Henk Kombrink
“To this day I remember the moment that I was told that the oil in our prospect is indeed sourced from the Kimmeridge Clay.” It was a very important moment…

The future is near-field exploration

Njål Hagen
About 20 oil companies present their plans at the NCS Exploration Strategy Conference currently taking place in Stavanger. Among the presenters are large Norwegian players such as Equinor, Aker BP…

Money to be made on the NCS

Halfdan Carstens
During the last four years, more than 20 companies have had positive returns on Norwegian Continental Shelf exploration spend. ConocoPhillips is in its own league as return on exploration expenditure…

Upcoming exploration in the UK Brent

Henk Kombrink
Exploration in the UK Brent province has not been seen for a while. Instead, fields being taken out of production and platforms being decommissioned form the headline news from this…

Lyderhorn turns out non-commercial

Henk Kombrink
As announced two days ago by the NPD, Aker BP and partners Neptune (30%) and Lundin (15%) have not succeeded in proving commercial volumes in the Paleocene Lyderhorn prospect just…