Northern Petroleum completes successful well test at Ottoland
Northern Petroleum (LON:NPM) has completed an extended well test of the Ottoland oil discovery in theNetherlands, which was originally drilled in 2007 and hydraulically fractured in 2009. Permission...
View ArticleNorthern Petroleum awarded UK offshore licence
Northern Petroleum (LON:NOP) has been awarded part blocks 98/13 and 98/14 in the UK 26th Licensing Round. The new licence is located offshore adjacent to Northern’s Isle of Wight onshore licence, PEDL...
View ArticleNorthern Petroleum and Wessex eye next stage drilling in Guyane
The two AIM quoted oil and gas players that hold minority interests in the potentially significant Zaedyus oil discovery in Guyane, said today that further drilling on the licence had been slated for...
View ArticleEgdon Resources increases stake in Dorset licences
Egdon Resources (LON:EDR) has increased its stake in two UK licences by acquiring Dorset Exploration Ltd for £100,000. Dorset Exploration is a private company which holds 10% interests in Production...
View ArticleNorthern Petroleum sets sights on second well on Guyane Maritime permit
Northern Petroleum (LON:NOP) has confirmed that the Stena Drillmax ICE drillship has begun work on the second well on the Guyane Maritime permit. The new well, GM-ES-2, follows the Zaedyus oil...
View ArticleNorthern Petroleum gets no joy from La Tosca-1 exploration well
Northern Petroleum (LON:NOP) has plugged and abandoned its La Tosca-1 exploration well in Italy’s Eastern Po Valley basin. The well reached total depth of 2335m on the 27th August 2012 and a decision...
View ArticleNorthern Petroleum sets sights on French Guiana drilling
Northern Petroleum (LON:NOP) has issued an update on its fully funded four well drilling programme that is under way in French Guiana. The first well in the exploration programme – the Zaedyus oil...
View ArticleOil and Gas Round-Up 2012 – Part 2
The second instalment of the overview of the performance in 2012 of the companies in SmallCapNews universe. Hardy Oil & Gas (LON:HDY) undertook a strategic review under new CEO Ian MacKenzie and...
View ArticleNorthern Petroleum and Wessex Exploration eye second Guyane Maritime well
Shell has begun drilling the second of four wells planned in the Guyane Maritime Permit in French Guiana. The GM-ES-3 well is being operated by Shell (45%) on behalf of Total (25%), Tullow Oil (27.5%),...
View ArticleOil and Gas Round-Up – 4 January
Not very much news to report in the SmallCapNews universe in the first week of the New Year. Northern Petroleum (LON:NOP) and Wessex Exploration (LON:WSX) announced that GM-ES-3 the second well of the...
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