Neptune UK did not accept 32nd Round awards
Neptune Energy UK has decided not to accept its UKCS 32nd Round licence offers, awarded this summer. The awarded blocks were situated in the Central North Sea close to Neptune’s…
Exploration
Drilling at the crossroads of continents
When extrapolating the Tornquist lineament from Denmark and the Highland Boundary fault from Scotland, one would arrive in the area of the Sele High in Quadrant 17 of the Norwegian…
Rødhette could help Goliat – discovery announced
The 71226-3S well has come in positively for operator Vår Energi and partners Longboat Energy (20%), Concedo (20%) & Equinor (10%), as the operator just announced in a press release.…
From an oil and gas to a zero-emission energy province
“The reason why we look mostly around existing infrastructure is that this type of exploration often has a high return and a good balance price. They are robust against fluctuations…
Dry well for Lundin, but watch the next!
In an attempt to add volumes to the Solveig development, Lundin and partner Aker BP have not been successful in proving hydrocarbons in the Merckx prospect in PL981. Estimated to…
Egyptian Vulture – another interesting Cretaceous play test
Last month, operator Equinor (55%) and partners PGNiG (30%) and Longboat (15%) spudded well 6407/1-9 in PL939 in the Norwegian Sea, targeting the Egyptian Vulture prospect in Lower Cretaceous turbiditic…
Play-opening exploration at Fat Canyon
About 15 kilometres south of the Neptune-operated Fenja development in the Norwegian Sea, PGNiG and partner Lime Petroleum (15%) have now spudded the eagerly awaited well 6306/3-1S in PL937 well…
Lundin continues exploring the Utsira High
In an ongoing campaign to further proof prospectivity and deliverability of the Utsira High petroleum province, Lundin and partner Aker BP (40%) have now spudded well 16/4-12 in PL981 close…
Mixed results for DNO in Southern North Sea drilling campaign
The well (2/5-15), drilled just north of the Tor Southeast Chalk oil discovery, targeted the Gomez prospect and proved a 23 m oil column in Paleocene Intra-Lista and Våle Formation…
Dry appraisal well on Black Vulture discovery
As announced yesterday, operator of Norwegian Sea licence 159B Equinor has completed well 6507/3-14 on the Black Vulture discovery and did not succeed in proving hydrocarbons in what was thought…
Will Rødhette help Goliat?
With a gross mean volume of 41 MMboe, the Rødhette (Little Red Riding Hood) prospect currently being targeted through drilling well 7122/6-3S must certainly be interpreted as an infrastructure-led exploration…
A 5 MMb find is already worth looking into
Even in areas where decades of exploration may have resulted in a view that nothing more can be found, it is through “good old exploration work” that new incremental volumes…