Dutch exploration well proved non-commercial gas
The TAQA-operated P15-20 exploration well on the Dutch Continental Shelf (NLCS) last autumn was completed just before Christmas, TAQA confirmed in an e-mail to expronews. The wildcat was drilled from…
Exploration
Aker BP’s exploration plans for 2020
In 2019, Aker BP participated in 16 exploration wells, increasing the Aker BP resource portfolio by 170 MMboe, with a cost of 0,6 $ per boe discovered. In 2020, Aker…
Hasselbaink wildcat dry
The wildcat 25/7-9 S targeting the Hasselbaink prospect turned out dry, according to a press release from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The objective of the well was to prove petroleum…
What ever happened to the 8th licensing round?
On 21st June 2018, the Energy, Utilities and Climate Committee of the Danish Parliament announced the 8th Licensing Round for oil and gas exploration and production on the Danish Continental…
High-Value Barrels
Out of 17 discoveries made on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) last year, a minimum of ten of them will be presented at the conference NCS Exploration – Recent Discoveries…
A recent wildcat confirmed an active petroleum system south of Lofoten
The recent wildcat 6611/11-1 (Toutatis) prospect proved non-commercial amounts of oil next to the Nordland V and VI area. It seems to have passed people’s minds that this was a…
Success with fractured basement rocks
Following the Lancaster discovery of 500 MMboe put into production in May 2019, Hurricane yesterday announced in an Operational update (pdf) that operations are going well from the Aoka Mizu…
Will analyze Shrek
– “The results of our analyses will provide the operator and license partners with data that will further de-risk the Shrek discovery and, hopefully, enable them to find more oil,”…
Faroese shelf open for Out-of-round bids
The Geological Survey of the Faroe Islands, Jardfeingi, quietly opened up for Out-of-round bids, after a lack of interest from the oil and gas exploration companies following the 5th licensing…
Ithaca to drill injectite prospect Fotla in Q3 2020
Ithaca Energy confirmed in their operations update for 2020 that they will drill the Fotla prospect in P2373 just south of the Alba and Britannia fields on the UK Continental…
Hands-on exploration
MOL Norge has changed its exploration strategy to become an active driller in order to increase its shrinking reserves.
Disappointing exploration
Only 12 Bboe of conventional oil and gas were discovered globally last year, according to Rystad Energy. This is about the same as in 2018 and 2017, but far less…