Geology & Geophysics
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August 24, 2016
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nalcor Energy and Beicip-Franlab announced Wednesday that the in place oil and gas resource potential is 25.5 Bbbl of oil and 20.6 Tcfg in the West Orphan basin located within the area of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) 2016 Eastern Newfoundland Call for Bids.
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August 24, 2016
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Wednesday that Lease Sale 248 garnered $18,067,020 in high bids for 24 tracts covering 138,240 acres in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
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August 23, 2016
Statoil has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement with Jersey Oil and Gas and CIECO Exploration and Production (UK) Limited to acquire 70% ownership and operatorship of the P.2170 license on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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August 15, 2016
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded more than £200,000 ($258,000) in the final stage of its exploration license competition, which was launched earlier this year to stimulate further interest in offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf.
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August 09, 2016
WellDog announced today the launch of its Shale SweetSpotter service, the first commercial reservoir-evaluation analysis technology specific to unconventional oil and gas, following successful field trials with its industry partner in the Marcellus shale.
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August 08, 2016
Sound Energy has confirmed a significant gas discovery and a potential single gas column at the company's Tendrara license, onshore Morocco.
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August 05, 2016
Det norske oljeselskap, operator of production license 626, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-15 S. The well is dry.
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August 05, 2016
Premier Oil’s 13/25-1 well, which was targeting the Bagpuss prospect, on the Halibut Horst in the Outer Moray Firth, has reached a total depth of 1,532 ft (TVDSS) in a granite basement.
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August 04, 2016
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) today announced results of its 2016–2017 board of directors election.
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August 04, 2016
STAVANGER, Norway -- Eni Norge, operator of production license 226, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 7222/1-1. The well is dry.
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August 04, 2016
TGS and Schlumberger have announced commencement of the Dual Coil Shooting multi-vessel full-azimuth acquisition Revolution XII and XIII surveys in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The surveys will cover approximately 7,150 km2 (306 blocks) in the Green Canyon, Atwater Valley and Ewing Bank protraction areas of the Central Gulf of Mexico.
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August 01, 2016
MicroSeismic, Inc., has announced plans to install the first permanent BuriedArray for a major operator in Argentina.
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July 28, 2016
Shell has made a new discovery in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The initial estimated recoverable resources for the Fort Sumter well are more than 125 MMboe.
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July 25, 2016
The USGS has assisted the government of India in the discovery of large, highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate in the Bay of Bengal. This is the first discovery of its kind in the Indian Ocean that has the potential to be producible.
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July 25, 2016
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. has announced the successful re-entry and casing of Amungee NW-1H horizontal well, and the spudding of the Beetaloo W-1 vertical well in the Beetaloo basin, Australia.
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July 25, 2016
Highlands Natural Resources has entered into a farm-in agreement in Arapahoe County, Colo., with Renegade Oil & Gas Company, which will allow it to drill up to six horizontal wells in acreage prospective for the Niobrara shale formation.
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July 22, 2016
BOEM Director Abigail Ross Hopper announced Friday that the bureau will offer 23.8 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a milestone lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
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July 21, 2016
Lundin Norway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, has commenced its 2016 exploration and appraisal campaign in the Loppa High area in the southern Barents Sea. The campaign will be carried out by the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible.
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July 19, 2016
On June 27, Visuray performed the first downhole X-ray diagnostic operation offshore Norway for Statoil.
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July 19, 2016
The CGG Amadeus has commenced an 884 sq km 3D seismic acquisition program in the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand, KrisEnergy said Tuesday. The program, which was awarded to CGG Services, is expected to last 41 days.
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July 18, 2016
Devon Energy Corp. has brought online another successful spacing pilot and a record-setting oil well in the over-pressured oil window of the STACK play.
