Husky Makes Oil Discoveries In South China Sea, Offshore Canada
Husky Energy is having success with the drillbit, recently making two discoveries—one in the Atlantic region offshore Newfoundland, Canada, and another in the South China Sea.
Eni Strikes Oil In Egypt’s Western Desert
The company said May 3 that exploratory well SWM A-2X, located in the South West Meleiha license, encountered 18 m (59 ft) of light oil in the Paleozoic sandstones of Dessouky Formation of Carboniferous age.
Exploration Success Continues
Major discoveries have been announced in the past few months. Can this success persist?
OMV Makes ‘Significant’ Discovery Offshore Norway
OMV has discovered gas and condensate in its HP/HT well located in the Norwegian Sea, the company reported on April 4.
Total Says Production Starts Up At Timimoun Gas Field In Algeria
The Timimoun production complex has a capacity at plateau of around 5 MMcf/d of natural gas, or around 30,000 boe/d, the French oil major says.
Lundin Petroleum Finds More Oil At Luno II Offshore Norway
The company said it has increased the gross resource range for the discovery to between 40 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) and 100 MMboe from the previous 30 MMboe to 80 MMboe, following the positive well results.
Apache Strikes Oil At Garten Prospect In UK North Sea
Recoverable resource from the discovery is expected to exceed 10 million barrels of light oil, which is at the high end of predrill estimates, Apache said in a news release March 23.
SDX Energy Makes Gas Discovery In Morocco
Drilled to a total depth of 1,304 m (4,278 ft), the well encountered 5.2 m (17 ft) of net conventional natural gas pay across two zones in the Guebbas and Hoot formations with an average porosity in the pay section of 33%.
ExxonMobil Makes Seventh Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil encountered about 20 m (65 ft) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir. The well was safely drilled to 5,597 m (18,363 ft) depth in 2,067 m (6,781 ft) of water. Drilling commenced Jan. 29.
Zion Finds Oil, Gas In Israel
Oil and gas were encountered in the deeper part of the Megiddo-Jezreel #1 well, Zion CEO Victor G. Carrillo said.