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Oil Companies Wonder If Looking for Oil Is Still Worth It
As the coronavirus ravages economies and cripples demand, European oil majors have made some uncomfortable admissions in recent months.
8:00 PM EST | August 16, 2020
ERCE: Sea Lion Complex Could Hold 1.7B Barrels of Oil
The Sea Lion Complex in License PL032 in the Northern Falkland Basin has been independently estimated by ERC Equipoise Limited to hold 1.7 billion barrels of oil in place.
8:00 PM EST | May 16, 2016
Beach Energy Updates on Sale of its Egyptian Subsidiary to Rockhopper
Australia's Beach Energy updates on the sale of its subsidiary Beach Egypt, owner of a 22 percent stake in Egypt's Abu Sennan Concession, to Rockhopper Exploration.
8:00 PM EST | April 17, 2016
Subsea 7, National Oilwell Varco Secure Sea Lion FEED Contracts
Subsea 7 and National Oilwell Varco secure services contracts in connection to the Sea Lion development, which is located offshore the Falkland Islands.
7:00 PM EST | February 10, 2016
Ombrina Mare Project Development Stymied by New Drilling Ban
Rockhopper Exploration is considering suing the Italian government after it reintroduces a ban on offshore that will halt development of the firm's Ombrina Mare field.
7:00 PM EST | February 02, 2016
Falkland Explorers Confirm Oil Discovery with Isobel Re-Drill
A re-drill of the Isobel Deep well in the North Falkland Basin confirms 'commercial quantities' of recoverable oil.
7:00 PM EST | January 10, 2016
Rockhopper Confirms Ombrina Mare Development under Threat from New Laws
Italy's 2016 budget plan sees the country reintroduce a ban on new oil and gas projects within 12 miles of its coast.
7:00 PM EST | January 05, 2016
Premier Spuds Isobel-2 Well in North Falkland Basin
Premier Oil spuds the Isobel-2 well in the North Falkland Basin in the South Atlantic.
7:00 PM EST | November 22, 2015
Rockhopper Achieves First Gas from Civita Field in Italy
Rockhopper Exploration achieves its first gas production into the Italian network from its Civita field, onshore Italy.
7:00 PM EST | November 15, 2015
Eni Successfully Completes Guendalina Side Track Well
Rockhopper Exploration says partner Eni has successfully completed a side-track well on its Guendalina gas field, offshore Italy.
7:00 PM EST | November 09, 2015
JV Partner Exercises Rights to Beach's Stake in Egypt Abu Sennan Concession
Australia's Beach Energy says a joint venture partner has exercised its pre-emptive rights for a stake in Egypt's Abu Sennan concession following the former's sale of its 22 percent interest to Rockhopper Exploration.
8:00 PM EST | September 27, 2015
Rockhopper 'Well Placed' to Take Advantage of Low Oil Price
Rockhopper Exploration says that increased production from its Italian assets, recent acquisitions in Egypt and a strong balance sheet mean it is well placed in the low-oil price environment.
8:00 PM EST | September 14, 2015
What Now for the Falklands?
Rigzone takes a look at the recent oil discoveries in the North Falkland Basin and asks the "what now" question amid lower oil prices.
8:00 PM EST | August 11, 2015
Rockhopper Continues Diversifying its Portfolio with Egyptian Acquisition
Rockhopper Exploration continues the diversification of its portfolio of assets with the acquisition of interests in two licenses in Egypt.
8:00 PM EST | August 09, 2015
Minister: Argentina Will Pursue Judge Order on Falklands Drillers
Argentina will pursue in Britain and the US a local judge's order to seize assets of oil drillers operating in the disputed Falklands Islands, the foreign minister says in an interview with local media.
8:00 PM EST | June 27, 2015
Falkland Oil Driller to Press on Despite Argentina Legal Threat
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.
8:00 PM EST | June 04, 2015
Isobel Deep Hits Oil North of the Falklands
Premier Oil announces that oil has been discovered at the 14/20-1 Isobel Deep well in the North Falkland Basin.
8:00 PM EST | May 27, 2015
Rockhopper Reports Production Boost at Guendalina Operation
Rockhopper Exploration announces a significant boost to gas production at the Guendalina operation in the Mediterranean.
8:00 PM EST | May 18, 2015
Premier Oil Resumes Drilling Operations in North Falklands
Premier Oil resumes drilling at the North Falklands basin's Isobel Deep well.
8:00 PM EST | May 11, 2015
Zebedee Springs Oil, Gas near the Falkland Islands
Premier and Rockhopper announce the success of the Zebedee well offshore the Falkland Islands, with a hydrocarbon discovery of 136 feet of net pay.
8:00 PM EST | April 01, 2015
Offshore Croatia: Developing the Eastern Adriatic
The Croatian government wants to catch up with Italy when it comes to developing oil and gas resources in its part of the Adriatic Sea.
8:00 PM EST | March 12, 2015
Eirik Raude Rig Arrives Ahead of Falklands Drill
Rockhopper Exploration says the Eirik Raude rig will shortly move onto location to drill the first well on the Zebedee prospect, north of the Falkland Islands.
7:00 PM EST | March 02, 2015
Eni, Rockhopper Give Further Details of Croatia License Award
Eni and Rockhopper Exploration provide further details of their award of Block 9 in the Adriatic Sea off Croatia.
7:00 PM EST | January 04, 2015
Sea Lion Partners Agree to Lower-Cost Development
Premier Oil and Rockhopper Exploration agree to a lower-cost development solution for the Sea Lion field, offshore the Falkland Islands.
7:00 PM EST | November 12, 2014
Falkland Oil and Gas Makes Progress Ahead of 2015 Drilling Campaign
Falkland Oil and Gas Limited continues to interpret seismic data and contracts a rig ahead of its 2015 drilling campaign off the Falkland Islands.
8:00 PM EST | September 15, 2014
Hagar Qim Rig Completes Drilling
Mediterranean Oil & Gas reports that the rig used to drill an exploration well offshore Malta has completed its operations and is now moving off location.
8:00 PM EST | July 08, 2014
Premier, Rockhopper Secure Falklands Rig
Premier Oil and Rockhopper Exploration secure a rig to drill four wells in the North Falkland Basin.
8:00 PM EST | June 03, 2014
Rockhopper to Buy Mediterranean Oil & Gas
Falklands explorer Rockhopper agrees to buy Italy-focused Mediterranean Oil & Gas.
8:00 PM EST | May 22, 2014
Rockhopper Confirms Board Changes
Falklands explorer Rockhopper Exploration confirms non-executive director changes.
8:00 PM EST | March 19, 2014
Rockhopper Appoints New CFO
Rockhopper Exploration appoints Stewart MacDonald as its new CFO.
7:00 PM EST | February 26, 2014
Rockhopper CFO to Step Down Soon
Falkland Islands-focused Rockhopper Exploration confirms that its finance director is to step down in early 2014.
7:00 PM EST | January 19, 2014
Falklands License Farm-ins Completed
Three companies involved with exploration around the Falkland Islands complete a farm-in deal concerning two licenses.
7:00 PM EST | December 08, 2013
Falkland Explorers Join Forces Ahead of New Drilling Round
Falkland Oil and Gas, Desire Petroleum, Rockhopper and Premier Oil join forces ahead of a five-well drilling campaign around the Falkland Islands.
8:00 PM EST | October 02, 2013
Rockhopper's Exploration Director Retires
Falklands explorer Rockhopper Exploration says its exploration director is to leave the company at the end of January.
7:00 PM EST | January 22, 2013
Premier Oil Farms Into Rockhopper's Falklands Licenses
Premier pays an initial $231 million to Rockhopper for a 60-percent interest in its Falkland licenses.
8:00 PM EST | July 11, 2012
Argentina Warns Stock Exchanges Over Falkland Oil Drilling
Argentina's Foreign Ministry has formally notified stock exchanges in London and NY that it will pursue charges against cos exploring for oil in waters surrounding the disputed Falkland Islands.
8:00 PM EST | March 21, 2012
Argentina to Take Measures Against Falklands Oil Exploration
Argentina's Foreign Ministry said it will take measures against what it describes as the "illegal" exploration for O&G in the waters surrounding the disputed Falkland Islands.
8:00 PM EST | March 14, 2012
Borders & Southern Petroleum Spuds Falklands Well
The news of the spud comes amid rising tensions between Argentina and the UK about Falkland Islands sovereignty.
7:00 PM EST | January 31, 2012
Rockhopper Ends Drilling Campaign
Rockhopper Exploration announces that the Ocean Guardian drilling unit has been towed successfully from the 14/15-4 well location and is now off hire to Rockhopper.
7:00 PM EST | January 08, 2012
Rockhopper Finishes North Falklands Basin Sidetrack
Rockhopper Exploration is pleased to announce that coring and logging operations at well 14/15-4z have been successfully completed.
7:00 PM EST | December 29, 2011
Rockhopper Spuds Well at Beverley Prospect
Rockhopper announced that the 14/15-4 well was spudded, by Rockhopper as operator, at 08.15hrs GMT on November 28, 2011.
7:00 PM EST | November 27, 2011
Rockhopper Completes Sea Lion Side Track
Rockhopper announced that coring operations at well 14/10-9z have been successfully completed.
7:00 PM EST | November 20, 2011
Rockhopper Makes 2nd Falklands Find
"We are delighted to be able to confirm our second oil discovery in the Basin along with another successful appraisal well on Sea Lion," said Samuel Moody.
7:00 PM EST | November 08, 2011
Desire: Rig Contract for Ocean Guardian Amended
Desire announced that the rig contract with Diamond Offshore for use of the Ocean Guardian for operations in the North Falkland Basin has been amended.
8:00 PM EST | November 02, 2011
Rockhopper Drills 8th Sea Lion Well
Rockhopper announced that the 14/10-9 well was spudded on October 25, 2011.
8:00 PM EST | October 25, 2011
Rockhopper: Power Loss on Ocean Guardian Rig
Rockhopper confirmed that a loss of power occurred on the Ocean Guardian drilling rig on October 16, 2011 while the rig was preparing to move to its next well location.
8:00 PM EST | October 18, 2011
Rockhopper Clinches Additional Drilling Slot on Ocean Guardian
Rockhopper has entered into a further assignment agreement to secure an additional well slot using the Ocean Guardian drilling rig.
8:00 PM EST | October 16, 2011
Rockhopper Extends Falklands Stake with Desire Farm-In
Rockhopper has agreed the terms of a farm-in agreement, subject to the govt approval, with Desire Petroleum to farm-in to that part of the north-western acreage of license PL004 known as Area 1 and into the north-eastern part of license PL004.
8:00 PM EST | October 11, 2011
Rockhopper Optimistic About Resource Upgrade at Falklands
"14/10-8 has provided us with further valuable information regarding Sea Lion although its main targets proved to be water wet," Sam Moody.
8:00 PM EST | October 10, 2011
Rockhopper Spuds Well Offshore Falklands
Rockhopper spuds next well in Sea Lion Main Complex using the Ocean Guardian.
8:00 PM EST | September 25, 2011