Tullow CEO Paul McDade said Jethro-1 is expected to hold more than 100 million recoverable barrels of oil.
Oil was encountered at the Bulleit and Orlov prospects, the company said.
NPD described the discovery as small, putting its estimated size between 0.6 and 1.7 million standard cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalent.
ConocoPhillips Niobrara producers plus the completion of a South Texas field’s first horizontal well top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
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Marathon Three Forks discovery, Marcellus completions from Chesapeake and Cabot plus an offshore discovery by Exxon Mobil top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Drilled to a depth of 3,606 m, exploration well Ken Bau 1X encountered several intervals of gas and condensate sandstone interbedded with Miocene age shale, with an estimated net reservoir thickness in excess of 100 m, Eni said in a news release.
The company also announced two discoveries—a gas discovery onshore in the El Qar’a exploration lease and an oil discovery offshore in the Abu Rudeis Sidri development lease in the Gulf of Suez.
Norway’s Petroleum Directorate confirmed on July 23 an oil discovery by Aker BP in the northeast of the Alvheim Field in the North Sea, in an area nicknamed NOAKA that contains several other hydrocarbon finds.
EOG Permian Wolfcamp wells, Chesapeake Powder River Basin completions plus a new prospect offshore Ireland top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.