Woodside Petroleum has scored a second gas discovery in quick succession off Western Australia, this time in permit WA-404-P in the Carnarvon basin.

Woodside has discovered gas in the Alaric structure in permit WA-434-P off Western Australia.

The Acme-1 wildcat offshore Western Australia found 896 ft (273 m) of net gas pay according to Chevron.

AWE and its partners have opted to plug and abandon the Tuatara-1 exploration well offshore New Zealand.

The Tuatara-1 well in the Tasman Bay part of the Taranaki basin offshore New Zealand is drilling ahead at 1,796 m (5,892 ft).

Roc Oil (Tasman) says intermittent gas shows have come to light during drilling of the Tuatara-1 exploration well offshore New Zealand.

AWE has spudded the Tuatara-1 exploration well in PEP38524, offshore Taranaki, New Zealand.

MEO Australia has secured the semisub Songa Venus to drill its giant Artemis prospect in permit WA-360-P off northwest Australia.

Apache Oil’s Laurel-1 well in Australia’s offshore Carnarvon basin has reached total depth without significant commercial discovery.

The Clio-3 well offshore Western Australia in the Carnarvon basin is a gas discovery according to Chevron Corp.

The Tui SW-2 exploration well in the Taranki basin offshore New Zealand has been suspended for use as a future gas injector, according to partner New Zealand Oil & Gas.

Analysis to date suggests that AWE’s Tui SW-2 oil discovery offshore New Zealand is not commercially significant, according to partner New Zealand Oil & Gas.