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Morocco Subsea Project Gets on Fast Track
The deal will facilitate front-end design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and operations of the Anchois project.
7:00 PM EST | February 23, 2021
Wildcatters Still a Gamble for Investors Despite Oil's Rise
Even with talk that prices of $100 a barrel could again be in sight, investors are wary before taking the gamble.
8:00 PM EST | October 10, 2018
Drillship to Spud Offshore Namibia Well
The Ocean Rig Poseidon has been mobilized to drill the Prospect S Well in Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 71 offshore Namibia.
8:00 PM EST | September 27, 2018
Offshore Namibia Dud Dims Outlook for New Play
Tullow Oil Plc said an exploration well off Namibia was a dud, damping enthusiasm over a frontier area that's attracted renewed interest amid oil's recovery.
8:00 PM EST | September 23, 2018
Chariot Oil & Gas Exits Mauritania License
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited elects not to enter into the First Renewal Phase of the C-19 license in Mauritania.
8:00 PM EST | June 15, 2016
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited Reduces Personnel, Payroll
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited will reduce its personnel and payroll as part of its ongoing focus on capital discipline in light of the "continuously challenging business environment".
8:00 PM EST | May 09, 2016
Eni Enters Offshore Morocco Exploration Permits
Eni signs a farm-in agreement with Chariot Oil & Gas to enter into Rabat Deep Offshore exploration permits I-VI, located in the Northern Atlantic Margin of Morocco.
8:00 PM EST | March 29, 2016
Chariot Oil & Gas Commences Seismic Survey Offshore Brazil
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited commences a 3D seismic acquisition survey offshore Brazil, covering several of its 100% operated licenses.
7:00 PM EST | March 09, 2016
Chariot Commences 3D Seismic Program Offshore Namibia
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited commences a 3D seismic acquisition survey of approximately 1,000 square miles in Blocks 2312 and 2412A offshore Namibia.
7:00 PM EST | January 17, 2016
Chariot, Woodside Farm-Out Approved by Moroccan Government
A farm-out deal that will see Woodside take a stake in the Rabat Deep Offshore permits held by Chariot Oil & Gas is approved by the Moroccan authorities.
7:00 PM EST | December 23, 2014
Chariot Completes Moroccan Seismic Survey
Chariot Oil & Gas completes a 654-square miles 3D seismic data survey across its areas of interest offshore Morocco.
8:00 PM EST | April 28, 2014
Chariot Begins 2D Seismic Survey Offshore Namibia
Chariot Oil & Gas begins a 2D seismic survey over Southern Block 2714B offshore Namibia.
7:00 PM EST | December 18, 2013
Chariot Farms Out Mauritanian Block to Cairn
Cairn Energy to acquire a 35-percent interest in Block C19, offshore Mauritania, from Chariot Oil & Gas.
8:00 PM EST | August 07, 2013
West Africa: Firms Persevere with Pre-Salt Drilling
A couple of disappointments in the pre-salt layer offshore Namibia causes a rethink at Chariot Oil & Gas, but plenty of other firms still see opportunities in West African pre-salt.
8:00 PM EST | June 09, 2013
Petrobras, Partners Awarded License Extension over Namibian Block
Petrobras and its partners in Block 2714A, offshore Nambia, are awarded a one-year license extension.
8:00 PM EST | June 06, 2013
Chariot Completes 3D Seismic Program Off Mauritania
3D seismic data collected in Block C19, offshore Mauritania, fulfills Chariot's initial three-year work commitment within the block.
7:00 PM EST | January 13, 2013
Chariot Commences Seismic Gig Offshore Mauritania
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited has commenced its 3D seismic survey in Block C19 offshore Mauritania, which was acquired in April 2012 (90% working interest and operatorship).
7:00 PM EST | November 18, 2012
Chariot Adds Acreage Offshore Morocco
Chariot has entered a petroleum agreement with the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for a 75% interest and operatorship of offshore license Rabat Deep.
8:00 PM EST | October 24, 2012
Chariot Signs Seismic Gig Offshore Mauritania
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited announced that it has signed a contract for acquisition of 3D seismic survey in Block C19 offshore Mauritania.
8:00 PM EST | October 18, 2012
Chariot Becomes Latest Firm to Bet on Offshore Morocco
West Africa-focused junior Chariot Oil & Gas acquires 75% interest in two exploration blocks offshore Morocco.
8:00 PM EST | October 10, 2012
Chariot Spuds Nimrod Prospect
Chariot Oil & Gas begins second drill in four-to-five well drilling program.
8:00 PM EST | July 26, 2012
E&P Companies Explore Offshore Namibia's Hydrocarbon Potential
Recent giant discoveries offshore West Africa, including the Jubilee discovery offshore Ghana and additional discoveries offshore Angola, have sparked new interest in the West Africa's Atlantic Margin.
8:00 PM EST | June 28, 2012
Chariot Secures UDW Drillship for Nimrod Prospect
Chariot has reached an agreement with Ocean Rig UDW to use the Ocean Rig Poseidon to drill the Kabeljou (2714/6-1) well on the Nimrod prospect.
8:00 PM EST | May 20, 2012
Chariot Plugs and Abandons First Well in Namibe Basin Campaign
Africa-focused Chariot Oil & Gas will plug and abandon the Tapir South pre-salt prospect since the well contained no commercial hydrocarbons.
8:00 PM EST | May 13, 2012
Chariot Expands Portfolio with Mauritanian PSC
Africa-focused Chariot Oil & Gas has entered into a production sharing contract with Mauritania for a 90-percent interest in the 5,450-square mile offshore Block C19
8:00 PM EST | April 09, 2012
Max Petroleum's Tools Get Stuck in Hunt for Pre-Salt Hydrocarbons
Kazakhstan-focused Max Petroleum now expects to hit total depth at the Emba B prospect in June.
8:00 PM EST | April 04, 2012
Chariot Spuds Tapir South Prospect Offshore Namibia
Chariot has commenced drilling the first well, 1811/5-1, of its 4 to 5 well drilling program offshore Namibia.
8:00 PM EST | April 04, 2012
Chariot Raises Funds as it Prepares for Tapir South Drill
Maersk Deliverer rig en route to drilling site offshore Namibia.
8:00 PM EST | March 19, 2012
BP Acquires Further 20% of Namibian Offshore Block
As BP acquires additional equity interest in an offshore Namibian bloc, a change in equity ownership does not affect current program for Licence 20.
8:00 PM EST | March 15, 2012
Imminent Exploration to Determine Pre-Salt Opportunity
Investment bank Westhouse Securities has highlighted drilling by London-listed junior explorers as being important dates in the pre-salt calendar.
7:00 PM EST | March 08, 2012
Chariot Signs Up Maersk Deliverer for Namibian Well
Chariot Oil & Gas is using the Maersk Deliverer rig to drill a prospect offshore Namibia that could prove "transformational" for the company.
7:00 PM EST | March 05, 2012
Chariot Wraps Up Seismic Gig Offshore Namibia
Chariot O&G has completed the 3D seismic acquisition program across its Central Blocks (2312 A & B and Northern halves of 2412 A & B) offshore Namibia.
7:00 PM EST | February 07, 2012
Chariot Seeks Available Rigs for Tapir South Exploration
Chariot is in active negotiations regarding a number of other available rigs and now expects to spud the Tapir South exploration well in 2Q 2012.
7:00 PM EST | November 29, 2011
Seismic Work Underway at Chariot's Central Blocks
Chariot O&G announced that the 3D seismic acquisition program in its Central Blocks has commenced in conjunction with Petroleum Geo-Services.
7:00 PM EST | November 13, 2011
Chariot Receives Drilling Permit Offshore Namibia
Chariot announced that the drilling permit for its Tapir South prospect offshore Namibia has been received from the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
7:00 PM EST | November 06, 2011
Chariot Sells Stake in Namibia Block to BP
Chariot has entered into a farm-out agreement with BP, whereby BP will acquire a 50% share of Chariot's equity interest in Southern Block 2714A (License 20).
8:00 PM EST | August 07, 2011
Chariot O&G In Talks to Farm-Out Blocks Offshore Namibia
Chariot O&G provided an update on the farm-out process and progress with regard to drilling plans and further exploration work achieved across its license acreage offshore Namibia.
8:00 PM EST | March 30, 2011
Chariot O&G Boosts Prospective Resources by 36% Offshore Namibia
Chariot O&G announced an increase of a further 700 million barrels from 1.940 to 2.631 billion barrels, up 36%, in its estimate of gross unrisked mean prospective resources in its Northern license offshore Namibia.
7:00 PM EST | February 24, 2011
Chariot O&G Touts 13.2B Barrels Offshore Namibia
Chariot O&G reported an increase of a further 3.1 billion barrels in its estimate of gross unrisked mean prospective resources in its Southern license 2714A offshore Namibia.
7:00 PM EST | January 12, 2011
Chariot O&G Ramps Reserves Offshore Namibia
Chariot O&G updated its Namibian resource potential. A further 1.5 billion barrels of unrisked prospective resources have been identified, the total gross resource volume now standing at over 10 billion barrels.
8:00 PM EST | September 05, 2010
Chariot O&G to Begin First Renewal Phase for Blocks Offshore Namibia
Further to the approval received from the Ministry, Chariot will enter the First Renewal Phase for the Northern blocks and 2714B in the South offshore Namibia.
8:00 PM EST | August 30, 2010
Chariot O&G Gets Go-Ahead to Enter Offshore Namibia Blocks
Enigma has received formal approval from the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Namibia to enter the First Renewal Phase for its Northern Blocks, offshore Namibia.
8:00 PM EST | August 15, 2010
Chariot O&G to Commence Seismic Interpretation Offshore Namibia
Chariot O&G will commence mapping and interpretation of the data across each block of interest in order to further define targets for drilling offshore Namibia.
8:00 PM EST | July 05, 2010
Chariot Oil & Gas Makes Headway on Namibian Blocks
"The past six months have been important for Chariot with a great deal of work being done in-house on our Namibian blocks as well as carrying out substantial due diligence on a variety of new opportunities," said Paul Welch.
7:00 PM EST | February 25, 2010
Chariot Completes Offshore Namibia Seismic
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that the recent 3D seismic program acquired in the Northern blocks, 1811 A & B, offshore Namibia, has been completed.
7:00 PM EST | January 04, 2010