Tag: Rockhopper Exploration Plc

• Saturday, June 6th 2015 - 09:46 UTC

  Falklands oil companies planning to continue drilling into next year

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas plans to continue drilling into next year, its chief executive said, defying legal threats made by the Argentine government against oil explorers in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2015 - 05:11 UTC

  Falklands' Isobel Deep well with good prospects of finding oil, say operators

  

  Premier Oil’s high-impact Falklands Isobel Deep well has hit oil shows in a suspected high pressure formation, partners Rockhopper Exploration and Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd., said Tuesday morning. But, the area will now have to be cased, delaying the drilling program.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 01:58 UTC

  Argentina sues Falklands' oil and support companies involved in hydrocarbons drilling

  

  The Argentine government on Tuesday sued several energy and support companies that are drilling for oil near the Falkland Islands, the latest chapter of a longstanding dispute over the South Atlantic archipelago, though analysts say it will have little practical effect. The criminal case was filed in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province which according to the Argentine constitution includes the Falklands and Antarctica.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2015 - 11:49 UTC

  Falklands oil explorers replace costly drilling in the south-east basin

  

  Three oil explorers drilling in the Falkland Islands, including Houston based Noble Energy have shelved plans to drill a second well in the south and east Falklands following the steep drop in oil prices, one of the partners said on Monday. Partners, which also include London-listed Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL) and Edison International, said they would continue drilling in other parts of the region.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2015 - 22:40 UTC

  Falklands oil exploration rig moves to Isobel Deep, following Zebedee drilling success

  

  Following its success with the Zebedee drill, the rig Eirik Raude is moving a short distance to start the second well of the latest Falkland Islands exploration campaign. The next target of the current four prospects exploration campaign is Isobel Deep, later followed by Jayne East and finally Chatham.

• Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 07:08 UTC

  Falklands first well of current drilling program declared “oil and gas discovery”

  

  The Falkland Islands government welcomed on Thursday the announcement by Premier Oil and partners that the 14/15b=5 “Zebedee” well has been declared an oil and gas discovery following the completion of its evaluation program, Zebedee is the first of six wells from the current drilling campaign planned to take place in Falklands waters during 2015.

• Monday, March 30th 2015 - 06:58 UTC

  Falklands' oil industry advances despite the fall in oil prices, according to FT

  

  A recent piece from the Financial Times points to the fact that despite the remoteness of the Falkland Islands, the fall of international oil prices and the ongoing conflict with Argentina, this has not impeded small oil and gas companies from going ahead with exploration, and hopefully before 2020 production, in the Islands waters.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 22:08 UTC

  Falklands oil drilling campaign takes off with spudding on the Zebedee prospect

  

  Premier Oil spudded its first 2015 Falklands drilling campaign well, 14/15-5, using the Eirik Raude semisubmersible drilling rig on the Zebedee prospect on 6 March. The well, on license PL004b, will test a total of seven stacked fan bodies with varying geological chances of success (GCoS) of 9-52%.

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 08:53 UTC

  Falklands enters oil production stage: contract awarded for designing tension leg platform

  

  International engineering and project management company, AMEC, will be the company responsible for designing Premier Oil’s tension leg platform (TLP) for the Sea Lion Development in the North Falklands Basin, 200 kilometers to the north of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, February 7th 2014 - 06:52 UTC

  Falklands oil industry: Premier ratifies its commitment to develop Sea Lion

  

  Britain's Premier Oil said it was seeking a partner for an oil development in the Falkland Islands in order to reduce its exposure to the 5.2 billion dollar project and make higher payouts to shareholders.