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Two new wells approved for Wressle JV

The Wressle oil joint venture will continue developing the onshore well site after receiving planning permission from North Lincolnshire County Council. PRODUCTION Approval covers extension of the existing site to drill two new wells and construction of gas processing facilities and an underground gas pipeline to connect Wressle to the local gas distribution network. The […]

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Europa decides against renewing Serenity

Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc has ruled out renewing licence P2358, containing the Serenity oil discovery, in the Outer Moray Firth. COSTS The company holds a 25% farm-in with operator i3 Energy owning 75%. After an appraisal well in 2022 showed “disappointing” results the companies began talks on the field’s potential. Europa said its […]

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Corcel completes KON-16 survey data acquisition

Corcel plc has competed acquisition of survey data on block KON-16 in the Kwanza Basin, onshore Angola. PROSPECTIVITY Metatek Group began operations for the enhanced full tensor gradiometry survey (eFTG) in June. Following processing and interpretation of the data during Q4, the company will ascertain how to develop the prospectivity of the 1,000km2 block. The data […]

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Hartshead wins new North Sea licences

Hartshead Resources NL, which in April reduced its workforce, has won six new oil and gas licences covering 10 blocks in the southern North Sea. ACREAGE The Australian company has accepted three licences and is awaiting grant of a further three from the North Sea Transition Authority’s 33rd licensing round. Five licences consisting of nine […]

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Harbour completes Wintershall acquisition

Harbour Energy plc today completed its acquisition of the Wintershall Dea asset portfolio, comprising Wintershall Dea AG’s upstream assets. GLOBAL Harbour now produces 475,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with “significant” production in Norway, the UK, Argentina, North Africa and Germany. The company said it now had a 2P reserve base of c.1.5 billion […]