News highlights & features

30/08/10 | Cladhan appraisal well exceeds expectations 
For EnCore Oil, the Cladhan appraisal success is great news on top of its recent operated Catcher oil discovery in Block 28/9, also in the North Sea.

18/08/10 | Rockhopper Exploration looks to Sea Lion flow test after Ernest duster
Rockhopper Exploration has confirmed that an exploration well at its Ernest prospect in the North Falkland Basin did not encounter hydrocarbons and is to be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. 

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29/07/10 | PetroNeft Resources sees production starting in August 
With the sixth of nine production wells drilled, and construction of  production facilities almost complete, PetroNeft Resources expects to achieve first oil production from its Linenoye field in Russia, before the end of August.

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28/07/10 | Nineteen wells to watch in the second half
What confirmed or almost confirmed wells are coming up in the near future to provide a catalyst, or in some cases a further catalyst, to move the share prices of our intrepid band of small-cap explorers?

27/07/10 | Argos Resources joins Falklands Exploration party
Argos Resources, which has held an exploration licence in the North Falkland Basin since 1997, expects its shares to be admitted to trading on AIM on Thursday 29 July.

26/07/10 | Petroceltic drilling in Algeria and Tunisia in 2010
Petroceltic International said today that it had signed up a land rig to undertake a seven month, four well appraisal drilling programme on the Isarene Permit in Algeria.
 

23/07/10 | Smaller explorers doing well with drillbit
Recent announcements suggest the smaller UK listed oil and gas exploration companies are doing rather well with the drill bit this year.

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