Drilling News in Libya
| 3/28/2019 - National Oil Corporation (NOC) and its subsidiary Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) announce promising test results from appraisal well Y3-51 in the Sirte Basin, with a potential production capacity of... |
| 12/28/2017 - The General Assembly Meeting of the National Oil Wells Drilling and Workover Company was held at NOC HQs chaired by Eng. Mustafa Sanalla Chairman of the General Assembly of the Company and in the pres... |
| 4/14/2014 - Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) is a fully owned by NOC has drilled the FF2-47 well to a total depth of 7270 feet and tested oil from the Lidam Formation. The well is located in Sirte Bas... |
| 1/14/2014 - After 780 miles long tow, CROSCO's semi-submersible drilling rig Zagreb-1 was positioned and anchored on December 14th, 2013 at the offshore location A1-16/3, 128 km northwest from Tripoli. Spud in wa... |
| 11/11/2010 - Over 100 people attended a new technology seminar hosted by Schlumberger on 9th November at the RIXOS Hotel in Tripoli. The focus of the seminar was on directional drilling, formation evaluation and d... |
| 6/14/2010 - Libya wants assurances from BP PLC (BP.LN) after its handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill but will allow it to start deep-water drilling in the Mediterranean, the country's top oil official said. ... |
| 4/6/2010 - CROSCO Integrated Drilling & Well Services Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the ongoing and successful provision of drilling services for TOTAL E&P Libye in Libya. Drilling services are being provided... |
| 11/19/2009 - Oil Search reports that the A1-18/01 (Caliph) well in Area 18, offshore Libya has been plugged and abandoned after further fishing attempts were unsuccessful. Total depth for the well is 4,663 metres.... |
| 7/30/2009 - Oil Search reports that on 29 July, the A1-18/01 well in Area 18, offshore Libya was at a depth of 2,550 metres and sidetracking into Sidetrack #2, due to hole problems in Sidetrack #1. ... |
| 6/1/2009 - Oil Search reports that the A1-18/01 well in Area 18, offshore Libya spudded on 25 May 2009. As at 06:00 on 31 May, Libyan time, (-9 hrs AEST), the well was at a depth of 1,267 metres and running casi... |
| 1/15/2009 - NOC announced on 15/01/2009 that Woodside Energy being the Second Party with the NOC of Libya in an EPSA agreement, reports that it has drilled F1-NC210 New Field Wildcat well in the Ghadames Basin to... |
| 12/23/2008 - NOC announced that the American Company, Amereada Hess, has made a new discovery in the well (A1-54/1) a new wildcat well in offshore Sirt Basin. The well is located approximately 95 km North of Ras L... |
| 11/11/2008 - Verenex Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that it has submitted a Final Appraisal Report for the A1-47/02 Field to the Area 47 Management Committee (MC) which includes representatives of Verenex, Med... |
| 10/13/2008 - Verenex Energy confirmed an oil and gas discovery at G1-47/02 in Area 47 in the Ghadames Basin in Libya. This discovery is the Company's seventh in Block 2 in the southern part of Area 47 and is the n... |
| 10/7/2008 - On 07/10/2008, NOC announced that Sirt Oil company , a wholly owned by NOC , has made a new oil discovery in the well A1-NC216A a new Field wildcat well in Ghadames Basin, the well is located appro... |
| 9/29/2008 - On 29/09/2008, NOC announced that the Canadian Company, Verenex Energy, has made a new oil discovery in the well C1-47/04 a new wildcat well in Ghadames Basin, the well is located 150 km south west o... |
| 9/29/2008 - NOC announced that the German Company RWE Dea – North Africa, a party to an EPSA 3 agreement concluded with NOC where the share of NOC is 68% while the share of RWE is 32% , has made a new oil discov... |
| 9/22/2008 - Punj Lloyd Upstream announced that it has received a Letter of Intent for a contract worth US$ 42 million in Libya for deploying two onshore rigs. The contract requires drilling exploratory wells in t... |
| 9/12/2008 - RWE Dea continues its exploration success with a sixth and seventh discovery in the Libyan Sirte Basin. Two exploration wells in the concession NC193 encountered oil bearing reservoirs. The first expl... |
| 8/11/2008 - Awilco Offshore through Premium Drilling has received a Letter of Intent from an international operating company for a drilling program of two firm wells plus one optional well for the jack-up drillin... |
