Shell engages drillship for French Guiana wellsTullow Oil says a drillship has been contracted for two wells offshore French Guiana. |
Stebbing well under way off the FalklandsBorders & Southern has spudded its second well south of the Falkland Islands.
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CGX well offshore Guyana non-commercialCGX Energy’s Eagle-1 well off Guyana failed to find commercial hydrocarbons. |
Borders & Southern strikes with first southern Falkland offshore exploration drillingBorders & Southern has found gas condensate with its first exploration well offshore the Falkland Islands. |
Sete orders five deepwater drilling rigs from Keppel for BrazilSete Brasil Participações S.A. has signed a letter of intent with Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. to design and build five semisubmersible drilling rigs for $4.12 billion. |
Petrobras, OGX report oil discoveries offshore BrazilBoth Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) and OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (Bovespa: OGXP3; OTC: OGXPY.PK) have reported new oil finds offshore Brazil in the Santos basin. |
Petrobras confirms Iara presalt deepwater extension well successPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. ( Petrobras) has completed drilling the successful extension well 3-BRSA-1032-RJS (3-RJS-697) in the Iara area of the presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil. |
Shell lines up more wells, 3D data acquisition off French GuianaExploration drilling should resume in mid-year on the Guyane Maritime permit off French Guiana, according to Wessex Exploration. |
Third successful oil well drilled offshore Brazil in deepwater block BM-S-8Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. has a third presalt oil find in block BM-S-8 of deepwater Santos basin. |
Falklands offshore drilling resumes after interruptionBorders & Southern says drilling continues on its Darwin prospect off the Falkland Islands. |
Petrobras confirms another Lula offshore oil discoveryThe second post ANP agreement well drilled by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) offshore Brazil in the Santos basin presalt Tupi Northeast has discovered oil. |
Ultra-deepwater oil drilling pays for PetrobrasPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has another presalt discovery in the Campos basin. |
Further large oil find for Repsol Sinopec off BrazilRepsol Sinopec Brasil has discovered oil and gas in the Campos basin offshore Brazil. |
Managed pressure drilling aids Brazil wellsAGR has completed its first operation offshore Brazil using its EC-Drill technology. |
Offshore Guyana exploration well targets Turonian playThe jackup Atwood Beacon has spudded Repsol’s Jaguar-1 on the Georgetown Petroleum Prospecting License offshore Guyana. |
Petrobras approves 26 offshore drilling rig contractsPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has approved contracting of 21 offline rigs with Sete Brasil and five dual-activity rigs with Ocean Rig. |
Positive results for Petrobras from Santos basin offshore appraisal wellPetrobras (PBR:NYSE) has completed drilling of the Franco NW well in the Santos basin presalt area. |
Borders and Southern starts Falkland drilling campaignThe semisubmersible Leiv Eiriksson has spudded the first-ever exploration well south of the Falkland Islands for UK independent Borders & Southern (B&S) Petroleum. |
First production flows from Waimea offshore Brazil for OGXOGX Petróleo e Gás has announced first oil with the beginning of the extended well test (EWT) in the Waimea accumulation. |
Petrobras reports spill during well test offshore Santos basinPetrobras has detected a production string rupture at the FPWSO Dynamic Producer. |
Deepwater rig for Petrobras gets construction finance supportCordiant Capital Inc. is supporting the construction of a deepwater drillship by the Schahin Group. |
OGX finds gas in shallow water Santos basin offshore BrazilOGX 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. |
Ocean Guardian finishes Falkland well campaignDiamond Offshore’s semisub Ocean Guardian has completed its long tour of duty in the offshore North Falkland basin. |
Petrobras finds hydrocarbons close to GolfinhoPetrobras has discovered light oil and gas accumulation in the Tambuata prospect in Brazil’s offshore Espirito Santo basin. |
Coring completed on latest Falklands wellThe semisub Ocean Guardian has completed coring and logging operations at Rockhopper Exploration’s latest exploration/appraisal well in the offshore North Falkland basin. |