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08 Apr 20	Norway: NPD reports reduced exploration activity with production maintained for now The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reports that exploration activity on the shelf has been reduced, and production will be maintained for the time being, in spite of the corona outbreak and the decline in oil price. At the same time, the companies have announced and initiated several measures that could have long-term consequences for production and overall resource extraction.
08 Apr 20	Brazil: Petrobras announces new oil discovery in the Campos Basin Petrobras reports that it has encountered oil in carbonate reservoirs in the post-salt section in an exploration well on the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block, located in the Campos Basin.
08 Apr 20	Norway: Aker BP awards Allseas a call-off for removal and disposal of installations in the Valhall area Aker BP has awarded Allseas a call-off for removal and disposal of multiple installations in the Valhall area in the North Sea in the period from 2021 to 2026.
08 Apr 20	Zenith Energy completes fully subscribed private placement Zenith Energy has received conditional approval for the private placement financing announced to the market on April 6 2020 to raise an aggregate total amount of approx. CAD921,000. The proceeds will be used to fund the Company's publicly announced acquisition campaign in Africa and to provide additional funding for Zenith's existing production portfolio.
08 Apr 20	Egypt: SDX Energy announces commercial discovery at Sobhi well in Egypt SDX Energy has announced that the SD-12X ('Sobhi') well in the South Disouq Exploration Permit onshore Nile Delta, Egypt, encountered 108 feet net of high-quality gas-bearing sands. The well was drilled on a sole risk basis and management's best estimate is that the well has encountered approx. 24 bcfe of recoverable gas and condensate resources.
08 Apr 20	Rockhopper Exploration announces full-year results for the year ended 31 December 2019 Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, has announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2019.
08 Apr 20	UK: Baron Oil JV to relinquish Inner Moray Firth licence Baron Oil and its JV partners have relinquished the Corallian Energy-operated Inner Moray Firth licence Licence P2470, awarded in the 31st Offshore Licensing Round, and which includes Blocks 11/23, 11/24c and 11/25b, following the disappointing results of the 11/24b-4 Wick well and subsequent 3D seismic reprocessing.
08 Apr 20	TGS announces preliminary Q1 2020 net revenues and business update Based on preliminary reporting from operating units, TGS management expects net segment revenues for the first quarter of 2020 to be approx. USD 152 million. Multi-client Investments for the quarter are expected to be approx. USD 138 million with a prefunding rate of 61%.
08 Apr 20	Mauritania/Senegal: BP claims force majeure relating to the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project Golar LNG has received written notification of a force majeure claim from BP Mauritania Investments under the Lease and Operate Agreement between the Company and BP relating to the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project, located offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
07 Apr 20	UK: INEOS to INEOS to postpone shutting down of Forties Pipeline System until Spring 2021 NEOS FPS has responded to further requests from customers and delayed its planned shutdown of the Forties Pipeline System (which was originally planned for June 2020). The Shutdown will now be scheduled for Spring 2021.
07 Apr 20	ExxonMobil reduces 2020 capex by 30 percent, cash opex by 15 percent; maintains long-term outlook ExxonMobil said it is reducing its 2020 capital spending by 30 percent and lowering cash operating expenses by 15 percent in response to low commodity prices resulting from oversupply and demand weakness from the COVID-19 pandemic.
07 Apr 20	Norway: Nova module ready for sail away to Neptune Energy’s Gjoa platform Neptune Energy has announced the load out of the 740-tonne topside module for the Nova brownfield project in the Norwegian North Sea. The module will process the Nova field hydrocarbons and provide water injection facilities via the Gjoa platform. It is scheduled to be installed next month on Gjoa,
07 Apr 20	Brazil: Petro-Victory Energy announces oil discovery at Vida well - 49m of net pay, oil recovered to surface Petro-Victory Energy has announced the discovery of oil at the 1-VID-1-ES (Vida) exploration well located in Block ES-T-487 Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil. The well encountered 49 meters of net oil pay, exceeding Petro-Victory’s pre-drill forecast of 855,000 barrels of mean recoverable resource. The well will be suspended prior to testing.
07 Apr 20	UK: Government admits BP drilling permit process was unlawful - Greenpeace wins legal challenge The government admits it acted unlawfully in granting BP’s permit to drill for at the Vorlich field in the North Sea, a Greenpeace legal challenge reveals, after officials rubber-stamped BP’s drilling application with no public scrutiny.
07 Apr 20	Norway: Wintershall Dea makes oil discovery at the Bergknapp prospect in the Norwegian Sea Wintershall Dea has made an oil discovery at the operated Bergknapp prospect in the Norwegian Sea, close to the Maria field. The well, drilled by the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig, encountered an oil column of at least 60 meters in the Garn Formation and an oil column of at least 120 meters in the Tilje Formation.
07 Apr 20	Ithaca Energy announces operations & trading update Ithaca Energy has provided an operations update together with the results of its year-end 2019 independent reserves evaluation. 2020 capital expenditure has been cut by 50% to approx. US$120 million.
07 Apr 20	Georgia: Block Energy announces operations update Block Energy, the exploration and production company focused on Georgia, has announced an operations update including actions taken following the Covid-19 outbreak.
07 Apr 20	US: 88 Energy's Charlie-1 appraisal well confirms large condensate discovery in Torok Formation 88 Energy has provided an update related to operations for the Charlie-1 appraisal well, on the North Slope of Alaska. The well penetrated sandstones in seven stacked targets and shale in one target. No flow tests were undertaken but gas condensate samples were retrieved to surface from the Torok formation.
07 Apr 20	SDX Energy announces Y/E 2019 financial and operating results SDX Energy, the MENA-focused oil and gas company, has announced its audited financial and operating results for the year ended 31 December 2019.
07 Apr 20	Brunei: Total announces asset sales in Brunei, Sierra Leone and Liberia In line with its strategy of actively managing its asset portfolio and its objective to divest USD5 billion in years 2019-2020, Total is pursuing the divestments of several non-core assets in both Exploration-Production (Brunei) and Marketing & Services (Sierra Leone and Liberia). These divestments represent a global value of more than USD400 million.
07 Apr 20	Namibia: Global Petroleum announces agreement with NAMCOR to licence 3D seismic data Global Petroleum has come to an agreement with NAMCOR to licence pre-existing 3D seismic data in its offshore Namibia Block, 2011A (PEL0094). This key data, acquired by previous licensees in 2010, covers the Company's Welwitschia Deep prospect and Marula lead, and will enable precise mapping of these features.
07 Apr 20	Norway: Wintershall Dea Norge makes oil discovery near the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea – 6406/3-10 Wintershall Dea Norge is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 6406/3-10 in PL 836 S. The well, which was drilled about 8 kms west of the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea, encountered an oil column in both the primary and secondary targets. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery at between 4 and 15 million Sm3 of recoverable oil equivalents.
07 Apr 20	Australia: Origin Energy increases interest in Beetaloo Basin JV with Falcon Oil and Gas Origin Energy has agreed with joint venture partner Falcon Oil and Gas to increase its interest in the Beetaloo Basin joint venture by 7.5 per cent in exchange for increasing its carry of Falcon’s share of costs by $25 million over the coming years.
06 Apr 20	Senegal: TDI-Brooks completes MSGBC field data acquisition for TGS and commences another offshore Nigeria TDI-Brooks International (under contract to TGS), has completed the offshore 'seep-hunting' surface geochemical analysis and geotechnical campaign of the MSGBC Basin, from Northern Senegal through The Gambia and AGC zone, into Guinea-Bissau down to the Guinea transform fault.
06 Apr 20	SeaBird's two OBN surveys off West Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 Further to the notice of 27 January 2020, SeaBird Exploration has been notified that the end-client has cancelled the two OBN surveys off West Africa due to the COVID-19 situation.