Discoveries

New light oil discovery in the Barents Sea

Submitted by Mark Venables on 22nd August 2019

22nd August 2019

Nick Ashton, Equinor’s senior vice president for exploration in Norway and the UK

Equinor and partners OMV and Petoro have made an oil discovery in the Sputnik exploration well in the Barents Sea.

Equinor discovers more oil in the Oseberg area

Submitted by Mark Venables on 9th July 2019

09th July 2019

Gunnar Nakken, senior vice president for the operations west cluster of Equinor

Equinor has, on behalf of the Oseberg partners, made a profitable oil discovery related to Oseberg Vestflanken.

Gas discovery in West Newton, East Yorkshire, to boost UK’s energy sector

Submitted by Editorial staff on 17th June 2019

17th June 2019

Union Jack Oil, an on-shore oil and gas E&P company, just announced a massive gas discovery in a hydrocarbon well operated by Rathlin Energy in West Newton, East Yorkshire.

Total announces major gas find offshore UK

Submitted by Mark Venables on 24th September 2018

24th September 2018

Total announces major gas find offshore UK

Total has announced a major gas discovery on the Glendronach prospect, located offshore U.K. West of Shetland.

BCCK Holding Company signs EPC contract with Discovery DJ Services

Submitted by Editorial staff on 28th June 2018

28th June 2018

BCCK a leader in engineering, procurement, fabrication and field construction services, has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Discovery DJ Services (Discovery), for delivery of a 225 MMSCFD gas plant in Weld County, Colorado, U.S.

Chevron announces major oil discovery in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Submitted by Mark Venables on 7th February 2018

07th February 2018

Chevron announces major oil discovery in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Ballymore further consolidates Chevron’s position in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Mazarine Energy and ETAP strike oil in Tunisia

Submitted by Editorial staff on 1st May 2015

01st May 2015

Mazarine Energy and ETAP have discovered 38 metres of net oil-bearing reservoir in well Cat-1 well in the Zaafrane permit in central Tunisia

Kosmos tastes gas at Mauritania offshore wildcat

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 27th April 2015

27th April 2015

Kosmos Energy has announced that the Tortue-1 exploration well, drilled to test the Tortue West prospect, which forms part of the Greater Tortue Complex, in Block C-8 offshore Mauritania has made a significant, play-opening gas discovery

Karoon confirms Echidna-1 discovery offshore Brazil with wireline data

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 20th April 2015

20th April 2015

Karoon Gas has announced that a 213-metre gross oil column has been confirmed in the Echidna-1 exploration well from wireline pressure data across the Paleocene and Maastrichtian aged reservoir intervals