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Ithaca Energy has announced a drilling update for the Isabella and K2 wells in the UK North Sea. The TotalEnergies -operated Isabella well encountered hydrocarbons in Upper Jurassic and Triassic sandstone reservoirs, with 148 feet (or 45 meters) of net thickness. Ithaca Energy and partner Dana Petroleum have made the decision to carry out exploration drilling in Block 22/14c of the Central North Sea – the K2 prospect.

RESEARCHERS working in Teruel, Spain, have discovered new fossil remains of a giant dinosaur. Excavations by the Teruel Dinopolis United Paleontological

Finder has entered into three farmout transactions with Dana Petroleum in relation to P2527, P2528 and P2530 in the Central North Sea. The deal terms include upfront cash payments to Finder and contributions to the forward work program on each licence.

As of 26 September, Westwood Global Energy reports that there are two exploration wells active, one in the Northern North Sea and one in the Norwegian

Serica Energy has encountered issues during the drilling of the North Eigg exploration well offshore UK.

Serica Energy has encountered issues during the drilling of the North Eigg exploration well offshore UK.

Palaeontologists in Utah were in for a surprise when they discovered a fossilised pile of small bones in Utahs Morrison Formation.

Utah paleontologists discovered a pile of amphibian bones that they say appear to have been puked out by some sort of predator 150 million years ago.

Oil and gas companies Equinor and ConocoPhillips have recently drilled dry wells in the North Sea, offshore Norway, targeting…

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, operator of production licence PL 782 S, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 25/7-10.
The well, which was drilled about 30 kms northwest of the Balder field in the central part of the North Sea, has been permanently plugged and abandoned as a dry hole with oil shows.