“Remarkable success”
“The success rate over the last 18 months has been remarkable for such a mature area [as the NCS],” Torgeir Stordal, director of technology and coexistence at NPD, said during…
Exploration
Mol spuds first appraisal well on Iving
Mol Norway has had mixed drilling results recently, where the company drilled three high profile exploration wells in the Mandal High area in an attempt to extend the Johan Sverdrup…
In the forefront of exploration technology
“Finding new commercial oil and gas is becoming increasingly difficult,” Torgeir Stordal, said director of Technology and Coexistence at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in his opening keynote at the…
Another significant multi-pay and near-field discovery in the Norwegian Sea
The primary exploration target of well 6507/4-2 S, drilled by Wintershall Dea and partnered by Petoro (35%) and Sval Energi (10%), was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the…
Plugging a well? Use creeping clay!
Until 2005, only cement and steel casings were used to seal off formations when abandoning wells. But what about using the sealing capacity of some of the rocks? Better, safer…
PETRONAS Launches Malaysia Bid Round, 2021
At, a virtual event held on 26 February 2021, with over 250 potential and existing investors, PETRONAS successfully launched the annual Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2021, with a total of…
Oman: Offshore Shows More Hydrocarbon Potential
Masirah Oil Ltd, an 86.37% owned subsidiary of Rex International Holding Ltd, has had exciting results from its three well campaign on the Yumna Field, Block 50, offshore Oman. However…
Once a curiosity, now a tangible opportunity
Whilst drilling for additional Frigg satellite accumulations (Frigg GammaDelta) in 1986, well 25/2-10 hit an oil and gas bearing sandstone at around 1000 m. This was much shallower than the…
We will know in a few weeks’ time
Equinor is currently drilling 7322/6-1S (Shenzhou), a prospect some 40 km west of Wisting, in an area of the Bjarmeland Platform that has not been explored extensively before. It is…
No luck for Chrysaor and partners in PL973
In a press release issued yesterday, partner OKEA announced that the 15/12-26 well drilled by operator Chrysaor Norge in PL973 targeting the Ilder prospect came in dry. This is particularly…
Will Equinor hit pay for the fifth time in a row in the Fram area?
Following a string of four discoveries that altogether may add up to about 250 MMboe, Equinor and partners Vår Energi (25%), Idemitsu Petroleum (15%) and Neptune Energy (15%) have now…
A better image of Ilder
About three weeks ago, we already reported on the 15/12-26 (Ilder) well, shortly after it had spudded in the Norwegian North Sea. Based on the information available at the time,…