Cairn Energy strikes again in Senegal as its second find hit high quality oil at the SNE-1 well off West Africa. Map of Senegal. From Cairn. SNE-1 is located approximately 100km offshore鈥
Cairn Energy's second planned exploration well offshore Senegal is underway, the firm said today (30 October). The SNE-1 probe on the Sangomar Deep Block follows Cairn's successful FAN-1 well, on the same block, which struck oil early鈥
UK-based Cairn Energy and its Senegalese partners have made an oil discovery, which has the potential to be a 鈥渟ignificant standalone development鈥, on the deepwater FAN-1 well. The well, drilled using the semisubmersible Cajun Express鈥
Australian explorer Far Ltd. reported on 10 June that the Cairn-operated FAN-1 exploration well offshore Senegal is delayed for maintenance work and the drilling program was being modified. 'Having set 13-3/8in. casing in the FAN-1 well ahead of drilling into the two main objectives鈥
Cairn Energy's JM-1 well, offshore Morocco, is to be plugged and abandoned without testing, after funding heavy oil. The JM-1 well (operated by Cairn with 37.5% WI) was drilled to evaluate Upper Jurassic and Middle Jurassic objectives鈥
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US operator ConocoPhillips has agreed to acquire a 35% stake in three contiguous blocks offshore Senegal, West Africa, through two deals announced today. ConocoPhillips is to acquire a 25% interest in the three blocks from Scotland-based鈥
Cairn Energy PLC announce it will farm-in as operator of three blocks offshore Senegal in West Africa. This transaction will add a number of drillable prospects to the frontier exploration inventory and drilling program in the next 18 months鈥
