Australian energy giant Woodside will acquire half of BHP Billiton鈥檚 Scarborough gas assets in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. Woodside will pay US$250 million on completion of the transaction and a contingent payment鈥
FAR Ltd. has upgraded its contingent resources estimates for Cairn Energy鈥檚 SNE oilfield offshore Senegal in West Africa, and led the firm to suggest a standalone floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) development for the field鈥
FAR Ltd. is exercising its pre-emption rights over the proposed sale of ConocoPhillips interests in Senegal to Woodside Petroleum, a deal that was struck in July. Map from FAR. In mid-July鈥
Australia's Woodside Energy has agreed to acquire all US oil firm ConocoPhillips' assets offshore Senegal, West Africa, for US$430 million. The move sees Woodside, which has been increasing its Atlantic Margin position, take a stake in鈥
Unlocking Senegal and Mauritania鈥檚 major finds will be a huge hurdle, with a lack of infrastructure in both countries. But, it鈥檚 also an opportunity for supply chain companies, says the EIC鈥檚 Chad Barnes. A worker onboard the Ocean Rig Athena鈥
UK-based independent Cairn Energy says its latest appraisal well on the deepwater SNE discovery offshore Senegal has 'confirmed the scale and potential of this world class asset.' The latest well, which is the final in a four-well campaign drilled this year鈥
UK-based explorer Cairn Energy has increased its resource estimate on the major SNE discovery offshore Senegal by 20%, with potential for it to increase further, following successful appraisal work. The deepwater field, sitting in about 1100m water depth鈥
UK-based explorer Cairn Energy's latest appraisal well on its SNE discovery offshore Senegal has been hailed a success. Far Ltd, a partner on SNE, has previously estimated the SNE 2C contingent resource at 468 MMbbl. An updated resource鈥
UK based independent Cairn Energy has successfully tested its SNE-2 appraisal well offshore Senegal. The firm performed drilling, coring, logging and drill-stem testing (DST), as part of its latest, minimum three-well exploration campaign offshore Senegal鈥
Africa-focused explorer FAR has agreed a farm-in option deal with Trace Atlantic Oil on the shallow water Djiffere block offshore Senegal, containing at least one lead potentially containing 100 MMbbl, says FAR. Djiffere sits adjacent to the prospective Rufisque鈥
Cairn Energy has started a new 3D seismic survey over the Sangomar Deep, Sangomar and Rufisque permits, offshore Senegal. The Polarcus Adira 3D seismic vessel is acquiring data in the north and east parts of the permits along trend from鈥
Senegal鈥檚 government has approved UK explorer Cairn Energy鈥檚 latest plans to carry out a 3D seismic survey and a multi-well exploration program off its shores, starting this year. The minimum three-well campaign is targeting more than鈥
UK-based explorer Cairn Energy is ramping up its exploration and appraisal work offshore Senegal following the firm鈥檚 two major discoveries in the country made last year. Cairn is planning a 鈥渧ery ambitious鈥 three-year evaluation plan鈥
Cairn Energy is planning an up to six-well exploration campaign offshore Senegal, starting this year, after making potentially the largest global oil discovery in the country's waters last year. Image from Cairn鈥
Cairn Energy has confirmed an oil find on the SNE-1 well offshore Senegal, but says a deeper target was dry. The SNE-1 well discovered oil in the upper clastic target, but no hydrocarbons were subsequently encountered in the deeper target鈥
