Go west: Deepwater prospectivity in the Côte d’Ivoire Basin
The Tano Basin has been the location of several high-profile discoveries made in recent years with the drilling of the Afina-1X well in Ghana and the discovery and subsequent expansion…
Exploration
Dana finds oil and gas in northern Dutch offshore
In 1971, NAM drilled a dry exploration well (F03-02) just 500 m away from where Dana recently proved hydrocarbons (oil and gas) in well F03-09. The primary target for well…
How Stryde enabled new African opportunities to be explored
Last year, Australian gas and oil company, Invictus Energy began a multi-million-pound E&P project to tap the last untested large frontier rift basis in onshore Africa – the Cabora Bassa…
Significant discovery close to infrastructure for OMV and partners in Norway
OMV has announced the discovery of a potentially significant gas and condensate column in HPHT well 30/5-4S in Production Licence 1100 just west of the Oseberg field. The main objective of…
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Drum Roll to Success at Kveikje
Equinor has reported a significant oil discovery at the Kveikje prospect in the Norwegian North Sea. Map showing location of Licence PL293B, where the oil discovery at the Kveikje prospect…
GEO ExPro Vol. 17, No. 4 Out Now!
Geoscience magazine GEO ExPro Vol. 17, No. 4 is available for download. This edition of GEO ExPro focuses on Europe and Latin America; Developments in Geophysics; and Using the Cloud.…
The new gas giants of northwest Africa
Whilst traditional oil and gas producers across North Africa have stepped up production and exports via pipelines from Algeria and LNG from Egypt, a new global energy landscape is expected…
Hermes 1 – gas prospectivity rising in the Levant
Energean have started drilling the Hermes-01 well offshore Israel. The well is targeting the Tamar D sands in the Miocene, in what is recognised as a prolific gas basin in…
Renewed interest in Faroese sector
Representatives of the Faroese Geological Survey – Jarðfeingi – are always attending industry conferences, such as the recent BEOS Conference in London last week, showcasing the potential of the area…
The Eratosthene platform continues to deliver
Operated by ENI and partnered by TotalEnergies (50%), the Cronos-1 well is reported to have found up to 2.5 Tcf of gas in Block 6, which amounts to around 71…
International Joint Venture Reports Successful Oil Well Onshore Cuba
Melbana Energy of Australia and Sonangol, the state oil company of Angola, have made an oil discovery in their joint venture in Block 9 northern onshore Cuba. Map showing location…