Lundin Petroleum AB said on Jan. 10 that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has completed the drilling of the Hurri exploration well.
AWE said on Dec. 19 Waitsia holds 820 petajoules (PJ) of proved and probable reserves, up from the previous estimate of 811 PJ as some contingent reserves have been reclassified. The estimate has been raised 80% since June after the company drilled new wells.
The well hit about 40 m (131 ft) of net oil pay in the Orca Formation and another 27 m (89 ft) of net oil pay in the Cinco Presidentes formation exploratory target, Eni said.
GeoPark Ltd. (NYSE: GPRK) has confirmed the successful drilling and testing of the Tigana Norte 4 appraisal well in the Tigana oil field in Llanos 34 Block in Colombia.
Genel said the well, which was drilled to a measured depth of 3,100 m (10,171 ft), encountered good quality oil bearing Cretaceous Shiranish and Kometan reservoirs.
Students, speakers presented geophysical research results from the Colorado School of Mine’s 2017 reservoir characterization project.
GeoPark Ltd.’s Tigana Norte 3 appraisal well has confirmed the Tigana/Jacana oil field’s extension toward the northeastern limits of Colombia’s Llanos 34 Block.
The E&P has increased the number of drilling locations in the mostly wet gas play as it continues oil tests and optimizing designs.
The Ruby well, the first drilled in the area about 20 km (12 miles) off the northern Dutch coast since the early 1990s, produced gas at a higher rate than expected thanks to “excellent” geological quality, said John Martin, CEO of Hansa Hydrocarbons, the operator of the field.
Norwest Energy NL, the permit operator of TP/15, confirmed hydrocarbons at Xanadu-1 stemming from a successful drilling program.