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Rigzone
JUNE 20, 2025
France’s TotalEnergies will serve as operator with a 24.5 percent stake during the exploration and appraisal phases. Algeria contributed 154 million cubic feet a day of gas and 21,000 barrels per day of liquids to TotalEnergies’ 2024 production, according to the company’s annual report.
Oilfield Technology
JUNE 20, 2025
The appraisal well was drilled approximately 22 km north-east of the Heidrun field and 270 km north of Kristiansund. It is the third exploration well drilled in production licence 891, which was awarded during the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) in 2016. million bbl of oil equivalent in Triassic reservoir rocks. nozzle opening.
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Rigzone
JUNE 19, 2025
Image by Ole Arnesen via iStock The Norwegian Offshore Directorate said ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production license 891, had confirmed the Slagugle oil discovery. The second appraisal well, 6507/5-12 S, was drilled about 22 kilometers (13.7 Of this, 75 meters (246 feet) exhibited excellent reservoir properties.
Oil & Gas 360º
JUNE 5, 2025
The OTCQB, operated by OTC Markets Group in New York, is a U.S. investors seeking investment opportunities in early-stage European appraisal and development projects, and access more broadly to the European natural gas market. is a Canadian-based exploration and production company specializing in tight gas development.
Rigzone
JULY 7, 2025
Steve Greenlee, then-president of ExxonMobil Exploration Co., said, “These are encouraging results in a frontier exploration area” An earlier well, Delphyne-1, did not yield commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. ExxonMobil operates Block 10 with a 60 percent stake. QatarEnergy holds 40 percent.
Rigzone
JULY 22, 2025
The Rafael gas and condensate field is in Exploration Permit 428, about 150 kilometers (93.21 Buru eyes a 20-year production life. Earlier this month Buru said it had received government approval for a two-year extension of time for Rafael to apply for a production license. Image by DanielIngelhart via iStock Buru Energy Ltd.
Oil & Gas 360º
APRIL 28, 2025
Apache holds a 50% working interest, operator Lagniappe and partner Santos each hold 25% working interests in the 325,411-acre exploratory block. The well performed in line with expectations during the 12-day production test, averaging 2,700 barrels of oil per day during the final flow period, without artificial lift.
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