Technology Aims To Improve Offshore Navigation For Oil, Gas Sector

A marine management system creates a common operational picture for offshore operations.

Cairn Hits More Pay Offshore Senegal

Drilled to a total depth of 2,837 m (9,308 ft), the well hit a 24-m (79-ft) gross hydrocarbon column across three intervals, about 11 m (36 ft) net of condensate and gas in the primary objective and about 4 m (13 ft) net of oil in the deeper secondary objective, the company said.

Closing The Loop

A new workflow takes some of the guesswork out of reservoir modeling.

Offshore Mexico: Talos Makes ‘Historic’ Oil Find, Eni Boosts Reserves

Operators are finding oil in Mexico’s shallow waters as they look to grow reserves.

Cairn Strikes Oil At South Fan Prospect Offshore Senegal

Located in a water depth of about 2,175 m (7,136 ft) in the Sangomar Deep Offshore Block, the well was drilled by the Stena DrillMAX drillship about 30 km (19 miles) southwest of the FAN-1 exploration well.

AWE Gas Discovery Confirms Australia's Waitsia Field Extension

AWE Ltd. has confirmed the extension of the Waitsia Field in Australia with the Waitsia-3 well encountering natural gas shows in the Kingia and High Cliff sandstone reservoirs, the company said in a July 4 news release.

Cairn Deems SNE-6 Appraisal Well Results ‘Successful’

Results from Cairn’s SNE-6 appraisal well offshore Senegal have confirmed connectivity with its SNE-5 well, proving oil of similar quality, the company said in a news release.

Another Discovery: Kosmos Keeps Successes Flowing Offshore Senegal

The gas find, located west of the Teranga discovery and south of Tortue, is estimated to hold 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Hurricane Increases Recoverable Oil Estimate At North Sea Field

The company said the latest independent analysis of reserves at the field showed 523 million barrels (MMbbl) of oil could be recoverable, more than double the amount assessed in 2013.

Anadarko, Ecopetrol Confirm New Gas Province Offshore Colombia

Anadarko, the operator, said the well hit 79 m to 110 m (260 ft to 360 ft) net of natural gas pay.