Jersey Oil & Gas plc (JOG) has been granted a three-year extension for the P2170 Verbier licence as it finalises plans for the Great Buchan area (GBA) development. FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLAN The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) granted the second-term extension until 29 August 2026, allowing the company and farm-out partner NEO Energy time for […]
Equipment & Logistics
Predator begins drilling MOU-4 well at Guercif
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc has started drilling the MOU-4 well to appraise the Moulouya Fan on the Guercif licence, onshore Morocco. RIGLESS TESTING The Star Valley Rig 101 began operations on 29 June and will also test the potential for Jurassic carbonate reservoir development within a 126km² structure. After drilling MOU-4, Predator will […]
Alba cleared to dewater lower Llechfraith
Alba Mineral Resources plc has after received permission to dewater and explore its primary target of the lower Llechfraith workings in the Clogau-St David’s gold mine, north Wales. PREPARATIONS The company previously had to resubmit its applications and provide additional information to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) including a “lengthy” habitat regulations assessment (HRA). “Detailed planning […]
Angus continues B7T well clean-up at Saltfleetby
Angus Energy plc said that the new B7T well continued to clean up through the temporary flowline connecting it to the facilities at Saltfleetby gas field in east Lincolnshire. TARGET DATE The company completed the initial clean-up in April and connected a temporary flowline to the production facilities on the site to deliver processed gas […]
110m rotary kiln arrives at Araguaia nickel project
Horizonte Minerals plc has received the 802-tonne rotary kiln after a four-month journey from factory to the Araguaia nickel project in northeast Brazil. LOGISTICS FLSmidth supplied the 110m long kiln after a 10-month design and build process. Following delivery to the Port of Outeiro in northern Brazil, the kiln was transhipped onto barges and transported down the […]
Predator finds zones of interests from MOU-3 results
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc encountered multiple zones of interest after completing drilling and logging for the MOU-3 well at Guercif, onshore Morocco. JURASSIC Operations to appraise the Moulouya Fan primary reservoir target and several secondary reservoir targets encountered five potential sands with gas shows within the interval from 815 to 895m TVD MD. […]