‘Exploration News’ Articles

On 4 June 2010, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) submitted proposed new provisions regarding geo-data reporting and the duty of confidentiality for reported data. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1261').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]

The International Regulators Forum (IRF), offshore oil and gas regulators from eight countries, wrapped up a two-day extraordinary meeting hosted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) this afternoon in Herndon, Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1262').each( function(e) { [Continue]

Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) is pleased to announce that drilling of the Dalsnuten prospect (exploration well 6603/5-1S) in the license PL392 has started. The well is being drilled with the rig Aker Barents, and the operator is A/S Norske Shell. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1263').each( function(e) { [Continue]

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) on Friday announced that Director Michael R. Bromwich will hold the final in a series of eight fact-finding forums in Lafayette, La. on September 13, 2010. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1264').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]

Russian gas producer OAO Gazprom said Friday it has discovered a new gas field off the Sakhalin island in the country’s Far East. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1257').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]

PDVSA said Thursday it’s replacing a natural gas exploration rig that sank four months ago with a drillship owned by Petrosaudi Oil Services Ltd. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1256').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]

Quest Oil is in advanced negotiations for the acquisition of a highly prospective oil lease in Concho County of West Texas. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1255').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]

Iraq’s oil ministry announced Friday that it would begin drilling for oil in the southern Gharraf oil fields by the end of the year. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1258').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]

Buccaneer Energy reported that the Alexander # 1 in Lee County, Texas is currently at 5,727. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1259').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]

Tap Oil provided the following information on the Mawar-1 exploration well in Block M, onshore Brunei Darussalam. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1260').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]