Tag: North Falkland Basin

• Wednesday, May 9th 2012 - 17:59 UTC

  Goldman Sachs raises price target for Falklands’ Rockhopper Exploration

  

  Goldman Sachs raised its price target on several exploration and production companies, including Falklands’ Rockhopper Exploration, and said there were opportunities for deals in some assets in the sector.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 20:46 UTC

  Falklands’ Desire Petroleum participating at North American Prospect Expo in Houston

  

  Falklands’ oil explorer Desire Petroleum Plc (AIM:DES) will be making presentations this week at the North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) in Houston.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:10 UTC

  Rockhopper completes sidetracking of its latest well in Falklands’ waters

  

  Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas group working in the Falkland Islands announced on Friday it has completed coring and logging operations on a sidetrack of its latest well in the North Falkland Basin

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 16:08 UTC

  Rockhopper announces “fantastic result” with third oil discovery in Falklands

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC reported a “fantastic result” as its third discovery in the North Falkland basin encountered oil and-or wet gas in four hydrocarbon-bearing target zones, said the company on a Tuesday release in London.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 08:46 UTC

  Falklands oil exploration update

  

  Desire Petroleum plc (AIM:DES) the exploration company wholly focused on the North Falkland Basin notes the announcement made today by Rockhopper Exploration plc (“the Operator”) regarding the 14/15-4 well. Desire has a 40% carried interest in this well.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 14:31 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas begins drilling in the second quarter of 2012

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL) confirmed on Monday it was holding talks with potential partners to look for oil and gas in the Falkland Islands and announced that the exploration rig slated to drill four wells in Falklands’ waters is expected in the Islands in late January 2012.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 08:03 UTC

  Argos raises prospective resource by 182% to 2.1 billion barrels of oil

  

  Argos Resources Limited (AIM: ARG.L), the Falkland Islands based exploration company focused on the North Falkland Basin, is pleased to issue a new Competent Persons Report (“CPR”) prepared by Senergy (GB) Ltd (“Senergy”).

• Monday, August 22nd 2011 - 20:48 UTC

  Argentina’s Falklands claim will not significantly impact oil commerciality, says UK leading bank

  

  The commerciality of the Falkland Islands Rockhopper Exploration’s Sea Lion oilfield development shouldn’t be significantly impacted by logistical problems arising from Argentina’s claim over the sovereignty of the Islands, according to analysts at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 22:04 UTC

  Rockhopper raises its estimate of oil in North Falkland basin to 608 million barrels

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC upgraded its estimates of how much oil it could find off the Falkland Islands, boosting hopes that the remote territory in the South Atlantic could become a new oil province.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 05:38 UTC

  Falklands’ third appraisal oil well results should be known by end of August

  

  Falklands’ Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas explorer, pressed ahead with its hunt for oil in the North Falklands with the drilling of its third appraisal well on the Sea Lion Discovery feature last week.