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Cardona on track Noble resumes

Falklands drilling

Louisiana-based Stone Energy is ahead of schedule on the Noble Energy will resume deepwater Cardona develop- exploratory drilling in the ment project in the US Gulf Falkland Islands next year of Mexico. The Cardona after acquiring and review-

South well (MC 29 #4), in ing extensive 3D seismic of

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Mississippi Canyon 29, is its 10 million acre-position. expected to begin initial pro- Noble Energy said Humpback, duction by December. Stone within the Fitzroy sub-basin says production will reach of the southern area license,

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M #4 wells. Stone Energy oper- 260-day contract for its Eirik

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Centrica ates both Cardona wells with Raude drilling rig scheduled spuds Ivory well 65% interest. to begin off the Falkland

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Islands 1Q 2015. Centrica Energy began drill-

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TGS surveys GOM ing on the Ivory prospect

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TGS will continue its Explorer in production license 528

Prospector to survey off Guyana series seismic acquisition pro- in the Norwegian Sea. The gram with Pan? lo 3D, which Prospector PTE will conduct West Navigator drillship will add 11,500sq km to TGS’ a 3116.74sq km 3D seismic will drill exploration well multi-client library in the survey on the Demerara 6707/10-3 S, 20km northeast

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Lund and Henderson Central Block, offshore Guyana, for of the Statoil-operated Aasta

Gulf of Mexico protraction CGX Energy. The Demerara Hansteen development, which

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Leviathan develop- areas. Acquisition will com- Block spans 3953sq km is due on stream in 2017. picked up new exploration ment plan submitted mence in 4Q 2014 with the in the Guyana-Suriname Partner Rocksource estimates licenses in Egypt’s 2013 inter-

M/V Polarcus Adira towing basin. Prospector will use its the Ivory prospect to have The partnership behind the national licensing bid rounds. 10km streamers to image 12-streamer 3D seismic vessel, 280-1280 billion standard cu Leviathan ? eld off Israel Eni was awarded three, two regional stratigraphy and deep R/V BGP Prospector. The total ft (50-230MMboe) unrisked, submitted a US$6.5 billion of which (8 and 9) are in the basin structures. Data will be value of the seismic survey, gross prospective resources in initial development plan to deepwater Mediterranean available in late 2015. which will complete in 60 the primary target. Centrica Israel’s Ministry of National Sea near the Cypriot bound- days following mobilization, operates Ivory with 40%. Infrastructures, Energy and ary. Operatorship of Block 8

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Peruvian seismic is US$17.9 million. Water Resources. About will be split with BP. Block

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RWE delays Zidane

Peru’s Perupetro contracted 130km offshore Israel, in 9 covers 5105sq km and is

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Faroe ventures

Spectrum for 2D seismic Germany’s RWE Dea is will around 1600m water depth, in 2100-2800m water depth. off Ireland work prior to the country’s not submit a plan for develop- the Leviathan ? eld is one of Block 8 covers 4565sq km in international bid round on Faroe Petroleum made its ? rst ment and operation (PDO) for the largest offshore discoveries 2000-2500m water depths. 12 December. Spectrum will move into the Irish offshore the Norwegian Sea Zidane in the past decade, and Noble Petroceltic’s joint ven- reprocess approximately by picking up three new, two- development as planned, Energy’s largest discovery ture was awarded the North 13,000km of 2D multi-client year licensing options (14/1, the ? rm said, citing the need to date. In July, Netherland Port Fouad Block (Block 7) regional seismic data covering 14/2 and 14/3) on the south- to improve the project’s Sewall & Associates put the offshore the Nile Delta to the the lease sale blocks. ern margin of the North Celtic economics. high reserves’ estimate up to north of, and immediately The data will be avail- Sea basin. A work program, Zidane, discovered in 2010, just under 22Tcf of natural gas. adjacent to, the North Thekah able in October. In April, agreed with Irish authori- is in production license 435, The ? rst stage of development Block, which was awarded

Peru’s government said that ties, involves reprocessing about 15km northwest of the will include an FPSO unit to a Petroceltic/Edison joint six coastal blocks in three of and interpreting 2D seismic Heidrun ? eld. The plan was with 16Bcm/y gas production venture in 2013.

Peru’s 18 sedimentary basins data for each license and the to develop the ? eld with a capacity. Meanwhile, Egypt paid off would be available through preparing supporting geologi- subsea template and a tie-in US$1.5 billion of its debt to

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JV picks up the round. Spectrum said that cal studies. The licenses are in to the Heidrun tension leg foreign oil and gas companies,

Egyptian licenses the round might include more 80-110m water and together platform platform, where the the country’s petroleum min- offshore blocks, noting that cover 3458sq km, all within gas would be processed and Eni and Petroceltic ister announced. BG Group between six and nine would 75km off the southern coast of exported further through the International’s joint venture con? rmed it had been paid be offered. Ireland. Polarled pipeline. with Edison International US$350 million.

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