Cara developed as Duva
Neptune Energy, together with partners Idemitsu, Wellesley Petroleum and Pandion Energy submitted their Plan for Development and Operation for Duva to the NPD. Duva’s recoverable resources are estimated to be…
North Sea
Poor reservoir in Brasse Appraisal
The results of the Brasse East exploration well and Brasse Appraisal side-track were announced already in January by operator Faroe Petroleum (Read “No oil in Brasse East”). In summary the…
High impact discovery renews interest in HPHT play
One of the four high impact discoveries is the Glengorm discovery in the UK North Sea by CNOOC (“Discovery in UK North Sea”), which is potentially the biggest since Culzean…
Repsol is growing in Norway
Repsol is growing steadily with 3 new exploration licenses and by buying more production in Norway. Repsol has reached an agreement with Total to acquire its 7.65% stake in the…
More OBS surveys in the North Sea
Shearwater GeoServices is awarded 4 new Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) surveys by Aker BP and Equinor for 2019. Aker BP has awarded Shearwater with a multi-year OBS contract. The first…
Oil and gas in Froskelår
Aker BP recently started a drilling campaign around the Frosk discovery in the Alvheim area (read more in “Drilling campaign around Frosk”). The first exploration well 24/9-14S on Froskelår Main…
US player to North Sea
The South-Texas focused unconventional petroleum company Talon Petroleum has entered an agreement to purchase EnCounter Oil. Talon Petroleum is building a position in the UK North Sea and this is…
Drilling campaign around Frosk
Operator Aker BP has spudded well 24/9-14S, Froskelår Main in PL 869 next to the Frosk discovery from 2018. Frosk proved 50 mmboe of oil in sand injectites in the…
The only way is up
WoodMac analysists expect that oil exploration in the North Sea will bounce back in 2019 with 60 exploration wells on the drilling schedule for the UK, Norway, Denmark and the…
30% less reserves in Oda
Operator of the Oda field, Spirit Energy expects start-up for February or March. Estimated reserves are now 32.7 million boe of which 31.5 million bbls are oil. This is a…
ONE and Dyas have merged
On the 20th of December Oranje-Nassau Energie and Dyas have announced the merge of their upstream energy businesses into a single company called ONE-Dyas. ONE-Dyas will have a 2019 gas…
Triassic Petroleum Plays in the North Sea
Although the UK North Sea is becoming increasingly mature as an exploration province, the search for hydrocarbons continues, albeit with new focuses. One of these in recent years has been…