Tag: Sea Lion Main Complex

• 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.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Falklands’ oilfield development, Rockhopper Exploration next move

  

  Rockhopper Exploration announced Thursday in its interim results statement that the Falkland Islands drilling campaign has been very successful as it has established the Sea Lion discovery as a world-class asset.

• Monday, November 28th 2011 - 15:38 UTC

  New drilling in Falklands to confirm southern extension of Sea Lion oil find

  

  Rockhopper Exploration announced Monday the spudding of its last well of the current successful drilling round in Falkland Islands waters. The well 15/15-4 in the North Falkland basin is situated on Licence PL004b in which Rockhopper will earn a 60% interest following the drilling, with Desire Petroleum holding a 40% interest.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 22:02 UTC

  More oil found in Falklands’ waters: drilling of two additional wells announced

  

  Rockhopper Exploration declared a second oil and gas discovery in Falkland Islands waters and announced the drilling of an additional two wells. The announcement comes exactly two years to the day since the Falklands’ shore based yard began its work in support of oil development in the Islands.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 14:57 UTC

  Rockhopper is ready to begin drilling another two wells in Falklands’ waters

  

  Falkland Islands explorer Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) has secured the Ocean Guardian drilling rig for another well in the burgeoning oil province.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2011 - 08:27 UTC

  Falklands’ Rockhopper latest well unconvincing but drilling campaign continues

  

  Falklands’ oil explorer Rockhopper said the latest well in its controversial drilling campaign in the South Atlantic Islands has come up dry.

• 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 22nd 2011 - 20:32 UTC

  Rockhopper spuds new assessment well in Falklands’ Sea Lion Main Complex

  

  Monday morning Rockhopper Exploration announced the spudding of its latest exploration well, 14/10-7, to further test the Sea Lion oil discovery in Falkland Islands waters.