Thursday, April 3, 2025

Nick Maden News

Joint Venture to Explore Offshore Mozambique

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An Eni led partnership including Statoil, Sasol and ENH has submitted a winning bid on the A5-A block offshore Mozambique in the fifth competitive bidding round. The partnership…

Statoil to Explore Offshore S. Africa

Statoil has completed a farm-in transaction with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Limited (ExxonMobil), acquiring a 35 percent interest in the ER 12/3/154 Tugela South Exploration Right.

Statoil Awarded Licenses Offshore Nicaragua

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Statoil informs it was today awarded four licenses offshore the Nicaraguan Pacific, covering an area of about 16,000 km2 in the largely unexplored Sandino Basin. Statoil will…

Statoil's 8th Discovery in Offshore Tanzania

Statoil today announced that the Mdalasini-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional 1.0-1.8 trillion…

New Acreage in Algeria

Statoil and Shell were today awarded the Timissit Permit Licence in the Illizi-Ghadames Basin onshore Algeria. The licence is located in southeastern Algeria and covers an area of 2730 square kilometres.

Statoil Farms into Acreage Offshore Colombia

Statoil has signed farm-in agreements with Repsol, acquiring a 10% equity share in the Tayrona licence and a 20% equity share in the Guajira Offshore 1 licence. “With the recent…

Statoil Awarded Licence Offshore Colombia

Statoil has been awarded interest in the COL4 licence offshore Colombia in the Caribbean Sea in the 2014 Colombia Licensing Round. Statoil will hold 33,33% in the licence. Repsol…

Statoil, Repsol, ExxonMobil Win Colombian Offshore License

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Statoil announced today that it has been awarded interest in the COL4 license offshore Colombia in the Caribbean Sea in the 2014 Colombia Licensing Round, along with Respol and ExxonMobil.

Another Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania

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The discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of…

Statoil Expands Brazil Offshore Exploration

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Statoil expands  its exploration portfolio with the acquisition of 25% participating interest from Vale SA in BM-ES-22A in the Espirito Santo Basin offshore Brazil. BM-ES-22A…

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