Australia & New Zealand Drilling and Completion News

Chevron Corp. has announced a natural gas discovery in the Exmouth Plateau of the Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia.

Chevron is reporting two more successful gas wells offshore Western Australia in the Carnarvon basin.

Buccaneer Energy Ltd. has selected Archer Drilling LLC to operate the Adriatic XI jackup.

PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd. (PTTEP) has found more natural gas in AC/RL7 block in Australia.

Hess Australia has awarded Expro a $6 million-plus contract for an offshore appraisal drilling campaign on Australia’s North West Shelf.

Atwood Oceanics Inc. says it has received a six-month contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd.

New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZE:NZO) is looking to rename and drill the Kaupokonui prospect in the offshore Taranaki basin.

Rialto Energy has an agreement with Transocean to use the jackup GSF Monitor for a first-phase drilling campaign in the CI 202 concession, offshore Cote d’Ivoire.

Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. says operator ConocoPhillips has approval from the Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities to begin drilling offshore in the Browse basin.

Buccaneer Energy Ltd. says the Alaskan Industrial Development and Export Authority have voted to invest $30 million as a joint owner in the acquisition of a jackup drilling rig.

Entek Energy Ltd. has announced an update on the VR 342 well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Santos reports an oil discovery at Finucane South, Carnarvon basin, offshore Western Australia.

Woodside has discovered more gas in the Pluto area of the Carnarvon basin off Western Australia.

Buccaneer Energy Ltd. is closing in on permission to drill offshore southern Alaska.

Woodside Petroleum believes the Greater Laverda area off Western Australia could hold over 100 MMbbl of recoverable oil.

Cooper Energy plans to resume drilling the Hammamet West prospect offshore Tunisia this fall.

LLC Gazflot has commissioned Plexus Holdings to supply its TRT-S mudline suspension equipment for a drilling program in the Okhotsk Sea off eastern Russia.

The Alaskan Industrial Development and Export Authority will join Buccaneer Energy Ltd. to acquire a jackup drilling rig.

BHP Billiton has joined the Marine Well Containment Co.

Woodside says its Martin-1 well in WA-404-P has found 100 m. (328 ft.) of gross gas in a Triassic target.

Early indications are the Zola 1 exploration well in permit WA-290-P offshore Western Australia is a gas discovery, says Tap Oil Ltd.

Buccaneer Energy Ltd. says the Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority has approved spending to further develop agreements to allow investing $30 million to acquire, modify, and mobilize a jackup rig to Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Chevron Corp. reports its Orthrus-2 well offshore Western Australia has found more gas in the Carnarvon basin.