ScottishPower finds 2000 year old anchor in ‘incredibly rare’ discovery
Possible Iron Age anchor was found at the bottom of the southern North Sea during survey works for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.
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Longboat Energy and Var Energi announce discovery at Rodhette
Longboat Energy (LON: LBE) and Var Energi have announced a discovery at the Rodhette gas exploration well.
Big gas discovery bodes well for Australia’s Perth basin
Australian junior Norwest Energy (ASX:NEW) recently announced a large gas discovery in the onshore Perth basin in Australia. The news bolsters recent analysis from consultancy Rystad Energy that suggests conditions are ripe for a significant development opportunity, with the basin potentially emerging as a key source of gas supply in Western Australia.
Sinopec makes another big gas find in Sichuan basin
China’s Sinopec has discovered another 34.029 billion cubic metres (cm) of gas reserves at the Zhongjiang field in the Sichuan basin. Total gas reserves in the basin now stand at 106.1 billion cm, said the Chinese national oil company.
Eni expands its footprint around big gas find in Vietnam
Italy’s Eni has expanded its acreage position around a major gas discovery offshore Vietnam after acquiring a 100% interest in Block 115/09 from struggling Singapore company KrisEnergy.
Equinor hails Blasto as biggest discovery off Norway this year
Equinor has announced the biggest discovery so far this year on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
China’s Sinopec strikes major discovery in frontier basin
Sinopec, China’s second-largest energy company has made a significant oil and gas find in the remote Tarim basin in the country’s north-west Xinjiang region.
PTTEP strikes more gas off Malaysia
Thai national oil company PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) has hit sweet gas with its first exploration well, the shallow-water Dokong-1, in Block SK417, off the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
Forties discovery transformed north-east lives
BP’s announcement of a huge discovery in 1970 transformed life for thousands in the north-east as Neil Drysdale recalls out
ExxonMobil announces Redtail oil discovery offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil has announced another oil discovery off the coast of drilling hotspot Guyana, at its Redtail well.
Statoil makes UK North Sea discovery of up to 130 million barrels
Statoil this morning confirmed a UK North Sea discovery.
Statoil makes gas discovery in Barents Sea
Statoil this morning confirmed a new gas discovery in the Barents Sea.
Statoil’s wildcat strikes oil and gas
Statoil was today celebrating after its wildcat made an oil and gas discovery.
Total makes North Sea gas discovery
Total has made a North Sea gas discovery, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
Wintershall makes North Sea discovery
Wintershall has made North Sea oil discovery, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) today confirmed.
NPD confirms Faroe’s oil discovery
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) today confirmed Faroe Petroleum's latest oil find.
Eni completes production test on Zohr discovery
Eni said it has successfully preformed a production test on the first appraisal well of its Zohr discovery.
UK Oil & Gas hit ‘significant’ flow rates at Horse Hill
UK Oil & Gas said it has had significant flow rates from its Horse Hill discovery.
Woodside makes second gas discovery off Myanmar
Woodside Petroleum said it has discovered gas at its second well off Myanmar on the opposite side of the offshore Rakhine Basin where it gas in January.
Statoil said to be investing NOK1billion in Snohvit Nord discovery
Norwegian operator Statoil is said to be investing NOK1billion in the Snohvit Nord discovery in the Barents Sea.
Woodside makes oil find in emerging Myanmar
Woodside Petroleum confirmed a viable oil find for its exploration campaign in Myanmar.
Apache discoveries a “morale boost” for the North Sea
Apache’s further oil discoveries in the North Sea are a real “morale boost” for the sector, according to the chief executive of Oil & Gas UK. Deirdre Michie spoke to Energy Voice on the back of last month’s announcement of up to 70million barrels of recoverable oil in the North Sea. US-based Apache Corporation announced finds on two exploration wells in the Beryl area and a “large” discovery at its Seagull prospect about 50 miles south of its huge Forties Field.
AWE Limited in further tests on the Waitsia-1 well in Australia
AWE Limited has commenced flow testing of the second zone in the Waitsia-1 well in Western Australia. The company said it will help further appraise the conventional Waitsia gas discovery in the onshore Perth Basin. The testing program is designed to determine well deliverability from two conventional reservoir zones and to collect gas samples for compositional analysis.
Lundin hits gas offshore Malaysia
Lundin Petroleum has made a small gas discovery offshore Malaysia. The company said its subsidiary, Lundin Malaysia, made the find from the Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307. The well had been targeting hydrocarbons in Miocene-aged sands 75km to the northwest of the Bertam field operated by Lundin Malaysia.
Centrica Energy opts for Ula tieback for Butch discovery
Centrica Energy Norway and its partners will develop the Butch discovery in the North Sea as a subsea tie-in to the Ula field. Several options had been evaluated for the field which was discovered four years ago in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Two options – a tie-in or standalone production jack-up solution – were assessed for the site which has estimated recoverable reserves of between 27million and 51 million barrels of oil equivalent.