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Aker BP makes oil and gas discovery near North Sea’s Bøyla field
The oil and gas discovery by Aker BP was made through the drilling of wildcat well 24/9-14 S and a horizontal appraisal well, called 24/9-14 A, in the Froskelår Main prospect located the Alvheim area.
read more... 21/03/2019
Saipem wins new onshore drilling contracts worth around $220m
Saipem has been new awarded new contracts, and extensions to other already existing contracts, in Onshore Drilling worth approximately 220 million USD in total.
read more... 15/03/2019
Aker Energy announces successful drilling results offshore Ghana
Aker Energy, as the operator of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) Block, announces that it encountered oil in the Pecan South-1A well, offshore Ghana. A sidetrack will now be drilled to further appraise the volume potential.
read more... 05/03/2019
Equinor spuds Verbier appraisal well
Equinor has started drilling operations on Verbier appraisal well in the UK North Sea using the semi-submersible rig West Phoenix.
read more... 04/03/2019
Turkey set to begin oil and gas drilling off Cyprus
Turkey will begin drilling for oil and gas near Cyprus in coming days, state-owned news agency Anadolu reported Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu saying on Thursday, a move that could stoke tensions with neighbouring Cyprus and Greece.
read more... 22/02/2019