Tag: Rockhopper Exploration

• Friday, February 12th 2016 - 06:15 UTC

  Falklands' oil industry development continues despite slump in crude prices

  

  Rockhopper Exploration flagship project, offshore the Falkland Islands the Sea Lion oil field development, continues to advance despite the recent slump in crude prices.

• Wednesday, January 6th 2016 - 12:02 UTC

  Falkland Oil & Gas closer to completing merger with Rockhopper Exploration

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas PLC late Tuesday took a step closer to completing the proposed all-share merger with fellow AIM-listed Rockhopper Exploration PLC after its shareholders voted in favour of the deal.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 22:03 UTC

  Falklands' Isobel Deep drilling operations have recommenced

  

  Energy company Rockhopper Exploration and Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd., have announced that drilling operations at Isobel Deep well have recommenced. Isobel Deep is located in the North Falklands basin and is part of the current round of drilling in Falklands' waters.

• Saturday, April 25th 2015 - 06:04 UTC

  Falklands' oil drilling at Isobel Deep suspended two weeks because of a technical problem

  

  Oil explorers drilling in the waters north of the Falkland Islands have suspended work on the second well of their 2015 current six-well drilling campaign after a technical problem, two of the companies involved said on Friday.

• 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.

• Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 07:14 UTC

  Rockhopper awarded exploration licence with ENI, in Croatian Adriatic

  

  The British company Rockhopper Exploration, with interests in the Falkland Islands, has been awarded a licence to explore, together with Italy's Eni, a field for possible oil and gas exploitation in the central part of the Croatian Adriatic.

• Friday, July 11th 2014 - 22:28 UTC

  Falklands: Premier looking for a partner to develop the 5bn Sea Lion project

  

  Premier Oil Plc newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Tony Durrant said that one of his priorities is to find a partner to share the 5bn dollar investment to develop the Sea Lion project off the Falkland Islands, because it does not want to become a 'pure Falkland Islands company in five years time'.

• Monday, January 20th 2014 - 22:04 UTC

  Rockhopper finance director steps down but will remain as a consultant

  

  Falkland Islands oil and gas exploration company, Rockhopper Exploration confirmed Monday that its finance director, Peter Dixon-Clarke, plans to step down from his position in early 2014.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:57 UTC

  Falklands oil companies agree on tension leg platform for development of Sea Lion field

  

  The Tension Leg Platform option is the most suitable technical and commercial solution for the development of the Falklands' Sea Lion field, according to the recommendation from field operator Premier Oil, said Rockhopper Exploration in an official release, which also announced further drilling is expected in the next twelve months.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2013 - 00:33 UTC

  Premier Oil, with Falklands’ interests buys into exploration project in Kenya

  

  Premier Oil, which has a farm in agreement with Falkland Islands Rockhopper Exploration, is buying into an exploration project in Kenya, by farming into onshore Block 2B.