The West of Shetland Petroleum System
While aspects of the geological evolution may still be complex, the distribution of phase (oil vs gas) is not and can be accounted for by the expected physical behaviour of…
Exploration
Angola’s ANPG Promotes Onshore Exploration
In mid-April this year, Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) started a virtual and physical roadshow for its 2020/21 bid round. The acreage on offer comprises a total…
Extending the Highly Productive Gas Play in Sarawak, Offshore Malaysia
PTTEP announced in May its offshore Sirung-1 exploration well as an oil and gas discovery, intersecting a column of more than 100m in Miocene clastic reservoirs, in the shallow waters…
Establishing a Working Petroleum System in the Kavango Frontier, Onshore Namibia
With drilling, coring and logging operations now complete on ReconAfrica’s PEL 73 6-2 well, clear evidence of a working conventional petroleum system has been shown in the Kavango Basin, onshore…
Vietnam: Drilling Campaign in the Song Hong Basin
Eni appraise gas and condensate at Ken Bau in their 2021 drilling campaign in Block 114 of the offshore Song Hong Basin, Vietnam. Map showing location of Eni’s Block 114…
No luck for Equinor in the Stord Basin
As reported by the NPD today, the drilling of 31/11-1S has now been concluded with a dry well as a result. The well can be seen as a courageous attempt…
Neptune intends to drill a third Dugong panel
As announced by partner Petrolia Noco yesterday, the Dugong partnership with Neptune as the operator aims to drill a third exploration well on the Dugong discovery (Shamu prospect). This will…
Equinor spuds first UKCS exploration well of the year
Last week, Equinor spudded well 16/2a-6 in P2319, the first UK Continental Shelf exploration well being drilled this year. It follows on from a previous attempt to prove oil in…
Limited uptake in 25th NCS Licensing Round
Another sign that frontier exploration is getting less and less important even in the Norwegian sector? One would say so, when looking at the awards announced by the NPD yesterday.…
OMV targets Chalk overlying Ipswich salt dome
Back in 2008, Dong E&P Norway drilled well 1/3-11 only 1,200 m to the west of where 1/3-13 has now been spudded. However, the target of the Dong-operated well was…
The area near the oldest NCS licence keeps on giving
With the discovery of between 60 and 135 MMboe recoverable, Vår Energi and partner Mime Petroleum (10%) have clearly proven that the area where the second wildcat on the entire…
Dry Well at Jaws, UK Quad 22
Shell and Capricorn (50/50 co-venturers) have reported a dry well at 22/12d-13, called the Jaws prospect. Map showing location of the dry well at 22/12d-13 (Jaws). Image credit: NVentures.Shell and…