Equinor Awards Hywind Tampen Contracts
and operation (PDO) by Norwegian authorities. The wind farm is scheduled to start production at the end of 2022.The Gullfaks licence partners are Equinor Energy AS: 51%, Petoro AS: 30% and OMV (Norge) AS: 19The Snorre licence partners are Equinor Energy AS: 33.3%, Petoro AS: 30%, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS: 17.5%, Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS: 9.6%, DEA Norge AS: 8.6%, Vår Energi AS: 1.1
ExxonMobil, Hess Announce Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
5 miles west of the Turbot-1 well and follows previous discoveries on the Stabroek Block at Liza, Payara, Liza Deep, Snoek, Turbot, Ranger and Pacora.“The Longtail discovery is in close proximity to the Turbot discovery southeast of the Liza field,” said Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company. “Longtail drilling results are under evaluation. However, the combined estimated recoverable resources of Turbot and Longtail will exceed 500 million barrels of oil equivalent, and will contribute to the evaluation of development options in this eastern portion of the block
ExxonMobil Announces Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
reservoir. The well was safely drilled to 6,450 meters depth in 2,735 meters of water. “This latest success operating in Guyana’s significant water depths illustrates our ultra deepwater and carbonate exploration capabilities,” said Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company. “This discovery proves a new play concept for the 6.6 million acre Stabroek Block, and adds further value to our growing Guyana portfolio.” Following completion of the Ranger-1 well, the Stena Carron drillship will move to the Pacora prospect, 4 miles from the
ExxonMobil Announces Oil Discovery Offshore Nigeria
the resource discovered by the Owowo-2 well, which encountered about 157 meters of oil-bearing sandstone reservoir. “We are encouraged by the results and will work with our partners and the government on future development plans,” said Stephen M. Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company. Owowo-3 was drilled to 3,173 meters in 576 meters of water. The Owowo field spans portions of the contract areas of Oil Prospecting License 223 (OPL 223) and Oil Mining License 139 (OML 139). The well was drilled by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria
Statoil to Explore Offshore Uruguay
the coast of Uruguay. It covers an area of 6,690 square kilometres in water depths of 1,850 to 3,500 metres. Statoil has acquired 15% working interest from operator Total. This transaction is pending governmental approval. Total retains a 50 % working interest. The partnership also includes ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Uruguay B.V. with 35% working interest. “With this transaction, we are positioning ourselves in yet another underexplored basin with upside potential. This is in line with our exploration strategy of early access at scale, and strengthens Statoil’s long-term
Statoil to Explore Offshore S. Africa
Statoil has completed a farm-in transaction with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Limited (ExxonMobil), acquiring a 35 percent interest in the ER 12/3/154 Tugela South Exploration Right. The remaining interests are held by the operator ExxonMobil (40%) and co-venturer Impact Africa Limited (Impact Africa) (25%). “This opportunity is in line with Statoil’s exploration strategy of access at scale. It represents access into a frontier basin where we believe we see indications of an active petroleum system and which has impact potential,” says Nick Maden
Statoil: New Oil in the Grane Area
that will be evaluated for the discovery”, according to Gro Aksnes, Statoil vice president for area development in Operations West. Exploration well 25/8-18 S is located in PL169 in the North Sea. Statoil is operator with an interest of 57%. The partners are Petoro AS (30%) and ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (13%)
Statoil, Repsol, ExxonMobil Win Colombian Offshore License
today that it has been awarded interest in the COL4 license offshore Colombia in the Caribbean Sea in the 2014 Colombia Licensing Round, along with Respol and ExxonMobil. Statoil said it will hold 33.33% in the license, while Repsol will be the operator of the license and will hold 33.34% and ExxonMobil Exploration Colombia will hold 33.33%. The award is subject to the final approval of the National Hydrocarbons Agency of Colombia (ANH). “Deepwater offshore Colombia is virtually untested. The award of new acreage in this frontier area is in line with our exploration strategy of early access
Another Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania
wells and hope that the results from these wells will continue to add gas volumes for a future large-scale gas infrastructure development,” Maden said. Statoil operates the license on Block 2 on behalf of Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and has a 65% working interest. ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited holds the remaining 35%. Statoil has been in Tanzania since 2007, when it was awarded the operatorship for Block 2
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