Tag: Zebedee prospect

• 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, February 27th 2015 - 05:29 UTC

  Falklands oil rig arrives and readies to begin six-well drilling campaign

  

  The semi-submersible oil rig oil rig Eirik Raude entered Falkland Islands waters to the north this week and has already been served by supply vessels and undergone a crew change operation. The Eirik Raude will shortly begin a six-well drilling campaign operated by Premier Oil and Noble Energy.

• Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 00:10 UTC

  Falklands' oil drilling program confirmed; rig from Western Africa on its way

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd has confirmed that the Eirik Raude rig has commenced mobilization from West Africa to the Falkland Islands for the 2015 drilling program, which will be operated by Premier Oil and Noble Energy.

• Friday, November 14th 2014 - 07:27 UTC

  Falklands accepts Premier's 'realistic solution' to current world oil price environment

  

  The Falkland Islands Government said on Thursday it took notice of the announcement by Premier Oil of their revised proposal for commercial oil production in the Falkland Islands, which “it is considered represents a realistic solution to progress development in the current international oil price environment”.

• Sunday, January 26th 2014 - 02:27 UTC

  Four Wells planned by Rockhopper for 2014

  

  ROCKHOPPER Exploration has identified four wells it plans to drill in the upcoming 2014-2015 drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 00:44 UTC

  Falklands’ first oil delayed as cost alternatives are considered

  

  Premier Oil exploring for oil in the Falkland Islands said the company is studying cost alternatives to its drilling operations and crude extracting sub-sea architecture for the development of the Sea Lion project, which could delay the original chronogram for first oil.