Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Oct. 9, 2020)
88 Energy wildcat encounters pay on the Alaska North Slope plus recent Marcellus Shale completions in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna County by Chesapeake Energy and Cabot Oil & Gas top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Lundin Energy Doubles Down on Arctic Oil with Idemitsu Deal
Sweden’s Lundin Energy will buy stakes in several oil discoveries in the Barents Sea from Japan’s Idemitsu in a $125 million deal, Lundin said Oct. 5.
E&P Plus: September 2020 US Drilling Activity Highlights
Check out the latest oil and gas drilling activity highlights across the U.S. featured in the September issue of E&P Plus including Occidental Petroleum Bone Spring discoveries plus Marcellus Shale wells completed by Chevron.
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Sept. 18, 2020)
XTO Energy’s results from a Wolfcamp Shale completion in Loving, Texas, plus an oil and gas discovery announced by BP in the Gulf of Mexico top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Sept. 3, 2020)
A Wolfcamp Shale discovery by EOG Resources plus Ovintiv announces results from horizontal Woodford wells from two pads in Oklahoma’s McClain County top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Aug. 28, 2020)
ConocoPhillips Alaska wildcat hits hydrocarbons plus high-volume Marcellus Shale completions by Chesapeake Energy in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna County top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Environmental, Tribal Groups Sue to Block Oil Drilling in Alaska Refuge
The lawsuits came a week after the Interior Department finalized a plan to issue decades-long leases to oil and gas interests in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Rosneft Drilling Again in Arctic Kara Sea after Sanctions Hiatus
Speaking during a televised meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 18, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said that Rosneft’s drilling platform was currently operating in the Kara Sea.
Trump Administration Approves Oil Leasing in Alaska Wildlife Refuge
"We will take a look at that," Trump told Fox News in a telephone interview when asked about a Wall Street Journal article reporting on plans to approve an oil leasing program for ANWR in Alaska.
Deutsche Bank Tightens Fossil Fuel Lending Policies
Effective immediately, Deutsche Bank said it would cease financing new projects in the Arctic or oil sand projects.