Jersey Oil & Gas plc has agreed to farm out a 30% non-operated interest in the Greater Buchan Area (GBA) licences to Serica Energy (UK) Ltd. PARTNERS The GBA contains several oil and gas accumulations, 150km northeast of Aberdeen, of which the largest is the Buchan field. Buchan prouced for 30 years before operations stopped […]
Equipment & Logistics
UKOG notes arrival of 7-inch perforating guns for Pinarova-1
UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) said that 7-inch perforating guns, capable of fully penetrating the joint venture Pinarova-1 well’s 9⅝-inch casing, arrived last week via airfreight in Istanbul. ACCUMULATION Following completion of preparations and paperwork the guns will be transported to site to resume operations on the exploration well. Pinarova-1 is testing whether […]
Helium confirmed from downhole fluid samples in Tai-3
Helium One Global Ltd said that downhole fluid samples have confirmed the presence of helium in the Tai-3 well on the Rukwa licence, Tanzania. BASEMENT TARGET Fluids were recovered from reservoir intervals in the Upper and Lower Karoo Group following the now completed wireline logging and sampling, which showed “good quality reservoir sands interbedded with […]
Power Metal finds ‘significant’ uranium anomalies
Power Metal Resources plc reported “significant” uranium prospectivity and refinement of drill targets from radon gas sampling at two of its properties at Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan. LARGE TARGET During the 2023 field season at the Tait Hill’s Mullis Lake target, the company found “very significant uranium” anomalies of up to 164ppm in soil. The deposits are […]
JOG-NEO acquire Western Isles FPSO for Buchan
Jersey Oil & Gas plc (JOG) and NEO Energy have acquired the ‘Western Isles’ floating production, storage and offloading vessel to redevelop the Buchan field. PREPARATIONS In operation since early 2017, the processing facility is owned by operator Dana Petroleum (E&P) Ltd (76.9188%) and NEO (23.0812%). The vessel is scheduled to come off station from […]
Helium One starts wirelines with full rig repair pending
Helium One Global Ltd has begun wireline and initial logging after pulling out the drill string from the hole on the Tai-3 well at Rukwa, Tanzania. GAS COMPOSITION The company retrieved the drill pipe and bottom hole assembly, comprising the heavy weight drill pipe and drill collars, from the hole by isolating and repositioning “various […]