Senegal

TGS partnership acquiring more seismic offshore Senegal

February 19, 2020 | Offshore, Rigs & Vessels, Seismic, Senegal

TGS has completed its latest 3D survey offshore Senegal Asker, Norway | – TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA, referred to as TGS and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, has completed its latest 3D survey offshore Senegal. SN-UDO-19, off the country’s northern shore, follows the earlier SS-UDO-19 in the southern offshore. TGS will make available fasttrack data this spring with the full data-set released later in the year. The acquisition vessel BGP Prospector has sailed 200 km (124 mi) north to acquire a further 2,024 sq km (781 sq …

Senegal and Far joint venture partners to begin drilling offshore Senegal

December 01, 2016 | Drilling / Completions, Senegal

London, UK | – FAR Limited an independent, Australian oil and gas explorer and its Senegal joint venture partners have agreed to perform a drilling programme in SNE oilfield in offshore Senegal. Scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2017, the drilling programme will comprise two appraisal wells. The wells will be drilled to optimise the SNE field development plan before it is submitted to the Government of Senegal for approval. The joint venture has completed a thorough rig tender evaluation procedure and executed …

Scottish Cairn Energy buoyed by reserves offshore Senegal

March 15, 2016 | Company Operations, Reserves, Senegal

Edinburgh, Scotland | – Scotland-based international oil explorer Cairn Energy said Tuesday its reserve estimate was up modestly because of developments off the coast of Senegal. Cairn said its estimate of contingent reserves at the SNE field offshore Senegal increased about 20 percent  to 385 million barrels of oil, an estimate that doesn’t include data still being assessed from regional appraisal wells. “We are delighted with the results to date of our multi-well evaluation program offshore Senegal, which has confirmed the scale and extent of …

Senegal approves Cairn Energy’s offshore exploration drilling plans

August 18, 2015 | Drilling / Completions, Senegal

London, UK | – The government of Senegal has given Cairn Energy permission to proceed with a multi-well exploration and appraisal program for two discoveries, according to a news release. Cairn plans to begin a 3-D seismic acquisition program in third-quarter 2015, and core and test three appraisal and exploration wells starting in fourth-quarter 2015. The company estimates the two discoveries made in 2014 have a gross mean risked resource base of more than 1 billion barrels, the release said. The FAN-1 well, located in 1,427 m water …

Scottish Cairn Energy JV moves on exploration, appraisal offshore Senegal

April 14, 2015 | Exploration / Discoveries, Senegal

London, UK | – A joint venture led by independent Scottish oil and gas exploration and production company Cairn Energy Plc has proposed a $150 million exploration and appraisal program offshore Senegal to begin later this year. The JV, which includes Perth-based Far Ltd., ConocoPhillips, and Petrosen, will concentrate first on appraisal of last year’s SNE-1 oil discovery as well as testing other prospects in the shallow waters of the continental shelf. There also will be further technical evaluation of the more difficult FAN-1 oil discovery in deeper waters. A …