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F I Probing French Probing French Balai bonanza Balai bonanza stacked reservoirs of east Malaysia. Drilled the Dentale formation. BC Petroleum (a ROC, to 2266m TD, Balai-2

Guiana

Shell spudded its French Dussafu Marin is operated Dialog Group and Petronas targeted a shallow

Guiana prospect, GM-ES-3, by Harvest Dussafu, an venture) discovered carbonate reservoir and a the second of a four-well af? liate of Harvest Natural 87m of hydrocarbon deeper series of stacked program. The well will Resources. Panoro Energy pay in multiple zones sandstone reservoirs. target the Priodontes holds a 33.33% stake. of the Balai-2 well off The sandstone contains

Global briefs prospect, providing an estimated 47m of net

H critical geological data. hydrocarbon pay with Skarv start-up Skarv start-up

BP is celebrating production from the Skarv ? eld in Shell operates the ? eld seven hydrocarbon- the Norwegian Sea. CEO Bob Dudley called the with 45%; its partners bearing reservoirs in a start-up a “key operational milestone” for the include Total (25%), total interval thickness supermajor. The Skarv development includes an Tullow (27.5%), Wessex of 310m. The secondary

FPSO (pictured), ? ve subsea drilling templates, and a Exploration (1.25%), limestone target contains 26in diameter, 80km-long gas export line connecting and Northern Petroleum 40m of gas pay with one to the Gassled transport system. BP expects Skarv to (1.25%). hydrocarbon-bearing hit peak production of 165,000boe/d by year-end. reservoir in a total interval

G thickness of 830m. Balai-2 Wildcat roars Wildcat roars

Panoro has struck oil at has been cased and its wildcat well, Dussafu completed for extended

Torue Marin-1, off Gabon. well testing.

The well, drilled by

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Saipem’s semisubmersible Line 60 work Line 60 work

Scarabeo 3, found 13m of Pemex awarded Subsea 7 pay in a 22m oil column a US$140 million contract in the Gamba formation for its Line 60 project in and 38m of pay within the Bay of Campeche.

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