WilHunter Rig Arrives On Location to Drill Valiant’s Timon Prospect
With an estimated 30 million barrels of oil equivalent at stake, Valiant Petroleum now has the WilHunter semi-submersible drilling rig on location of the Timon prospect in the UK Northern North Sea. In an announcement on the company’s website, Valiant …
Cove Reports 2nd Successful Flow Test of Well in Offshore Mozambique
The second test of the Barquentine-1 well flowed gas at an equipment constrained rate of approximately 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), with minimal pressure drawdown, targeting a deeper Oligocene sand formation than previously tested Barquentine-2 in March. In …
American Petro-Hunter Reaches Completion to Commence at South Oklahoma Project
American Petro-Hunter, Inc. has announced that the SOM-1H horizontal well at the company’s South Oklahoma Project has reached total depth (TD) after successfully drilling 2,500+-foot lateral arm into the Mississippi Lime reservoir. In an announcement on the company’s website, American …
Breitling Oil and Gas Corp Announces Spud of Breitling-Warrior Exploratory Well
The first in a possible six horizontal well drilling program on Brietling Oil and Gas Corporation’s leased acreage in Oklahoma has spud, the company has announced. The Breitling-Warrior #1H is located in Pottawatomie County, OK. In an announcement on the …
Maersk Developer Extended $370 Million Contract Option By Statoil for US Gulf of Mexico Work
Statoil has declared the option included in a 4-year contract with ultra deepwater semi-submersible Maersk Developer. The 2 year option, worth $370 million, begins in November 2013 and extends the company’s work in the US Gulf of Mexico, Maersk announced …
Nostra Terra Begins Drilling of First Horizontal Well in Warrior Project
Drilling in the first of six potential horizontal wells in the Warrior prospect has begun, said Nostra Terra Oil & Gas Company representatives. The company has a 10% interest in the Warrior prospect, located in Oklahoma, said Nostra Terra in …
Permian Basin Oil Production Estimated at $2 Trillion
Based on current oil prices and historical volume, RainChief Energy Inc., forecasts $2 trillion in crude oil production in the high oil producing region, the Permian Basin. In a release on the company website, RainChief officials say the prediction is …








