Latin America Drilling & Completion News

OGX Petróleo e Gás has announced first oil with the beginning of the extended well test (EWT) in the Waimea accumulation.

Petrobras has detected a production string rupture at the FPWSO Dynamic Producer.

Cordiant Capital Inc. is supporting the construction of a deepwater drillship by the Schahin Group.

OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. has found hydrocarbons in well 1-OGX-63-SPS in block BM-S-57 in shallow water offshore Brazil’s Santos basin.

Diamond Offshore’s semisub Ocean Guardian has completed its long tour of duty in the offshore North Falkland basin.

Petrobras has discovered light oil and gas accumulation in the Tambuata prospect in Brazil’s offshore Espirito Santo basin.

The semisub Ocean Guardian has completed coring and logging operations at Rockhopper Exploration’s latest exploration/appraisal well in the offshore North Falkland basin.

Urca Drilling BV has contracted Fernvale Pte Ltd to design and construct a semisubmersible drilling rig for $809 million.

Rockhopper Exploration reports two new discoveries in the offshore North Falkland basin.

The semisub Leiv Eiriksson is on its way to the Falkland Islands after completing this year’s drilling campaign off Greenland for Cairn Energy.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A says well 4-BRSA-946C-SPS, informally referred to as Biguá, has found a new accumulation of good-quality oil in the Santos basin presalt play.

Petrobras has discovered more oil in well 4-VD-18-RJS the Marlin Complex in the Campos basin, offshore Brazil.

Petrobras reports discovery of light oil in the Tiro and Sidon area of the south Santos basin.

Deep Sea Metro has taken delivery of the drillship Deepsea Metro II from Hyundai Heavy Industries.

The semisubmersible Ocean Guardian has spudded the 14/15-4 farm-in well for Rockhopper Exploration on license PL004b in the offshore North Falkland basin.

Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda is suspending voluntarily its drilling license, including its permitted presalt wells in Frade field, but excluding current P&A activities.

Coring operations have been completed at Rockhopper Exploration’s latest well in the offshore North Falkland basin.

Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd (FOGL) expects the semisub Leiv Eiriksson to arrive in the Falkland Islands in late January.

Niko Resources reports it has spudded its first offshore well in Trinidad.

An extended well test by BG Group at the Carioca well offshore Brazil has increased the potential production from the Santos basin discovery.

Petrobras has announced that the first well drilled after the execution of the Transfer of Rights agreement confirmed the extension of the oil reserves located northwest of the Franco area discovery well, in the Santos basin pre-salt cluster.

Rockhopper Exploration has found oil and gas while drilling the Casper prospect in the North Falkland basin.

The Zaedyus discovery well offshore French Guiana has intersected 72 m (236 ft) of net oil pay in two turbidite fans.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. says its Itaipu-2 presalt appraisal well offshore Brazil encountered a 58 ft (8 m) gross hydrocarbon column in a carbonate reservoir.