Offshore Drilling News
| Nigeria >> 10/18/2006 - AMNI International Petroleum Development Company Limited and Afren plc announce that drilling of the Okoro-3 appraisal well on OML 112, offshore Nigeria, has commenced. An appraisal well was spudded o... |
| Mauritania >> 10/17/2006 - Hardman Resources Limited announced that since the last report on the Aigrette-1 exploration well in Block 7 offshore Mauritania, West Africa, the well has been drilled to a depth of 2,014 metres, 20 ... |
| Angola >> 10/17/2006 - An appraisal well on the Orquidea field in block 17 on the Angolan continental shelf has strengthened hopes for a combined stand-alone development of the Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta fields in t... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 10/16/2006 - Sky Petroleum, Inc. announced that as of September 30, 2006, the Mubarek H2 well has produced 24,998 barrels of oil since it went into production on May 16, 2006. The proceeds represent the sale of 15... |
| Nigeria >> 10/6/2006 - Challenger Minerals Inc., Providence Resources PLC, Energy Equity Resources Ltd, Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Co. Ltd. ("YFP") and Syntroleum, have agreed to pursue the drilling of an additional appraisal... |
| Nigeria >> 10/2/2006 - Peak Petroleum Industries Nigeria Limited and Equator Exploration Limited update shareholders on the Bilabri Development D2 well. The Bilabri D2 well was drilled to a deviated depth of 2,912 metres (2... |
| Kenya >> 8/24/2006 - Global Petroleum reports that Repsol Exploracion (a wholly owned subsidiary of Spanish based company Repsol YPF) has joined the Joint Venture which will drill two wells offshore Kenya in the last quar... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 8/6/2006 - The Government of Dubai and Dubai Petroleum Company (DPC) today announced a joint agreement that will change the operating arrangements for Dubai offshore oilfields. Effective April 2007, DPC will end... |
| Mauritania >> 8/1/2006 - Dana petroleum will use the Atwood Hunter rig for two wells offshore Mauritania beginning in August. The first is targeting the Flamant prospect in Block 8, which is a very large carbonate structure i... |
| Tunisia >> 6/12/2006 - Plectrum Petroleum has agreed, subject to the approval of the Tunisian authorities, to purchase 90 per cent of REAP Tunisia GmbH (“REAP Tunisia”) and thereby acquire a 50% interest and operatorship of... |
| Mauritania >> 6/7/2006 - Woodside Mauritania Pty. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd., and its joint venture participants in Mauritania have signed revised production sharing contracts (PSCs) for offsho... |
| Indonesia >> 6/2/2006 - Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) today announced that its subsidiary, Marathon International Petroleum Indonesia Limited, has been awarded a 70 percent interest and operatorship in the Pasangkayu ... |
| Tunisia >> 4/7/2006 - Grove Energy Limited has closed the previously announced acquisition of two exploration permits in Tunisia – the 6,720 square kilometre Kerkouane offshore exploration licence and the 2,428 square kilo... |
| Tunisia >> 2/20/2006 - Candax Energy Inc. continues to experience a delay in the mobilization of the jack-up drilling barge and rig for the re-development of the El Bibane oil field offshore Tunisia. Michael Wood, President... |
| Equatorial Guinea >> 2/17/2006 - CNOOC Limited announced that its subsidiary, CNOOC Africa Limited has singed a production sharing contract (PSC) for block S with the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy, and The National Oil Compa... |
| Egypt >> 2/15/2006 - The President of Gupco has announaced a new oil discovery in the Gulf of Suez. This discovery is 7 kilometer Northwest Tor city and 9 kilometers Southeast Morgan offshore field at 133 feet depth. The ... |
| Angola >> 2/14/2006 - Marathon Oil Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Marathon International Petroleum Angola Block 32 Limited, has participated in the fourth deepwater discovery on Block 32 offshore Angola. The Mo... |
| Angola >> 2/14/2006 - Sociedade Nacional de Combust?veis de Angola (Sonangol) and Total’s wholly owned subsidiary Total E&P Angola announce a new oil discovery with the fifth exploration well drilled on Block 32 in the off... |
| Nigeria >> 2/13/2006 - Walter Brandhuber, President and CEO, of ERHC Energy Inc. has announced the formal approval of Addax Petroleum as the operator and interest holder in Block 4 of the JDZ. The entry of Addax Petroleum w... |
| Nigeria >> 2/8/2006 - ERHC Energy Inc. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding relating to Block 2 of the JDZ. A Consortium with Sinopec International Petroleum and Addax Petroleum has been formed under the terms of... |
