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Statoil exits Alaska from Big Bend are oil.

After the Obama administra- Big Bend is part of the tion rejected Statoil’s lease Rio Grande complex, which suspension requests, the includes the Troubador and

Norwegian operator has exited Dantzler discoveries. its Alaskan leases in the

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Shell approved

Chukchi Sea, ? nding them no for Shelburne longer competitive.

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Statoil held 16 operated The Canada-Nova Scotia leases in the Chukchi Sea, Offshore Petroleum Board northwest of Prudhoe Bay, (CNSOPB) approved for Shell

BC 37mi north of Shell’s aban- to begin its Shelburne Basin

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In addition to the 16 oper- 250km off Nova Scotia. While ated leases, Statoil will also approval has been granted, exit stake in 50 leases that are Shell is still required to seek operated by Houston-based approval from CNSOPB before

ConocoPhillips, also in the drilling both planned wells,

Chukchi Sea, with expiration Cheshire and Monterey Jack.

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Chevron the program, is carrying out hits at Anchor preparatory work prior to the

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Chevron’s Anchor discovery start of drilling operations.

proved successful oil pay in Statoil Canada (35%), and BG basin pre-salt area, offshore pre-salt Marine XII block is to

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Canadian the Lower Tertiary Wilcox International (30%), with a Rio de Janeiro, commercial be about 5.8 billion boe.

bid round a success

Trend, in the US Gulf of winning bid of $32.5 million with an estimated 130 MMboe

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Cairn spuds SNE-2

Mexico. Chevron began drill- The Canada-Newfoundland ($43.2 million CAD). recoverable resources.

The oil accumulation is ing at the appraisal well in and Labrador Offshore Cairn Energy has spud the

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Humpback northwest of the Júpiter discov-

June 2015 and encountered Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) ? rst appraisal well on the SNE fails to impress ery evaluation plan (PAD) in 694ft (211m) of net oil pay. received more than US$907 oil ? eld 100km off Senegal.

Block BM-S-24, about 250km

According to the com- million ($1.2 million CAD) in Noble Energy came up empty The SNE-2 well will be off Rio de Janeiro’s coastline at pany, a hydrocarbon column bids to explore about 2.6 mil- on its Humpback exploration drilled in approximately 2165m water depth.

of at least 1800ft (549m) in lion hectares of offshore area. well offshore the Falkland 1100m of water and drilled the Lower Tertiary Wilcox C-NLOPB received Islands. The well is now being to 2770m TDVSS before an

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Eni makes reservoirs at Anchor was con- seven successful bids out plugged and abandoned after evaluation program including

Congo discovery ? rmed. Complete appraisal of of 11 parcel in the eastern encountering non-commercial logging, coring and ? ow test- the ? eld will require further Newfoundland region, north quantities of crude oil and Italy’s Eni encountered a new ing is undertaken.

delineation wells and techni- of the Jeanne d’Arc basin in natural gas. oil and condensate discov- Three evaluation wells, cal studies. the Grand Banks. Overall, 13 Humpback was drilled in ery in the Marine XII block, SNE-2, SNE-3 and BEL-1, will bids were submitted, and nine the Fitzroy sub-basin of the offshore Congo. The Nkala be drilled back-to-back in a

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Noble brings companies participated. Southern Area License. The Marine prospect is in Marine program that is expected to

Big Bend online

At 139,477 hectares, NL15- company said that it will XII block, about 20km from complete in mid-2016. Both

Production has begun from 01-09 was the most expen- undertake a full well assess- the coast and 3km from the SNE-2 and SNE-3 appraisal

Noble’s Big Bend oil develop- sive parcel at $318.6 million ment and integrate drilling Nene Marine ? eld, and is wells will be logged, cored ment in Mississippi Canyon ($423.2 million CAD), which results into its geologic mod- already in production. and ? ow tested. The BEL-1 698 of the deepwater Gulf of went to Statoil Canada, which els to determine remaining Eni expects the Nkala well will appraise the

Mexico. also won six parcels as either exploration potential in the Marine 1 pre-salt exploration northern portion of the SNE

Noble and partners expect and individual company, or as Southern Area License. well to have a potential of oil ? eld and evaluate the the single-well ? eld to reach part of a joint venture. 250-350 MMboe in place. untested Buried Hills play.

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Petrobras declares a maximum gross production

The largest parcel, NL15-01- Altogether, the Italian The aim of the appraisal

Sépia Leste viable rate of approximately 20,000 02, at 274,732 hectares went explorer is estimating that the program is to progress boe/d. Approximately 90% of to the joint venture consist- Brazil’s Petrobras has declared resources in place of oil and towards proving a minimum the volumes being produced ing of Chevron Canada (35%) Sépia Leste in the Santos gas discoveries made in the economic ? eld size for the

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