Exploration/discoveries
New agreements for exploration and production in Africa include activity in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia, offshore Angola, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire. In the Gulf of Mexico, a memorandum of understanding for deepwater evaluation was signed between Woodside Energy and PEMEX and Viridien initiated its Walker Ridge Reimaging Extension. TotalEnergies provided a targe…
This work introduces a novel predictive methodology combining historical metocean data with real-time riser analysis for shallow water dynamically positioned rig operations.
Since the start of the Ukraine war, Norway has replaced Russia as the top gas supplier to the EU and Britain by maximizing its pipeline capacity and LNG volumes through its interests in export facilities in Norway and the US, as well as regasification in Europe.
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Preliminary evaluation indicates gross recoverable resources of 120 million–230 million BOE. -
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commits to future oil and gas licensing rounds as new analysis shows domestic gas production has around one-quarter the carbon footprint of imported liquefied natural gas.
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OMV’s discovery of a domestic gas resource coincides with its agreement to import LNG from BP to be regasified in Rotterdam, as Austria knits together a strategy to ensure its energy security.
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The Pickerel-1 well encountered 90 ft of high-quality oil-bearing Miocene reservoir and will be tied back to the Tubular Bells production facilities.
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The Irpa gas field, Verdande oil field, and Andvare production-well tiebacks will extend the lives of the mature Aasta Hansteen and Norne fields into the late 2030s.
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The Carmen gas discovery offshore Norway was far bigger than expected and a short tieback away from production.
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Benriach well finds subeconomic natural gas accumulation.
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Well and sidetrack encountered pay in the targeted Santonian interval.
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Challenges including increases in UK taxation have prompted operator Parkmead Group to drop plans to develop its Greater Perth project in the North Sea.
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Follow-up sidetrack tested up to 5,000 B/D of oil.
