Drilling & Seismic

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• ONGC shale gas drilling debut in India
  ONGC is gearing up to drill India’s first shale gas exploration well early next month (September) at its Raniganj North CBM block in West Bengal.
  26 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Petrogas prepares to drill offshore Mumbai
  Oman-based Petrogas is gearing up to begin a three-well drilling programme at its 741-sq km offshore Mumbai block MB-OSN-2004/2.
  26 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Essar ready to explore in Nigeria and Vietnam
  Essar Oil is gearing up to begin exploration at its sole Nigerian and Vietnamese offshore blocks.
  26 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Discoverer 534 released
  Transocean deepwater drillship Discoverer 534 has completed her assignment with Reliance and is being released.
  26 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Deepest well in Gujarat
  ONGC plans to spud its deepest onshore well in Gujarat on September 1 at its Ahmedabad ‘asset’.
  26 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Polarcus line up 3D shoot over OPL-279
  Source: Vanguard (18 August 2010)
  
• Dry deepwater Mahanadi well for ONGC
  ONGC has confirmed disappointing results from its first exploration well at the 9980-sq km NELP-IV deepwater block MN-DWN-2002/1 in the Mahanadi basin.
  12 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• ONGC planning 3D at two Kutch blocks
  ONGC is wasting no time at two NELP-VIII blocks offshore Gujarat, even though the ink has barely dried on the PSCs it signed on June 30 in Delhi.
  12 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• NEC-25 appraisal wells
  Reliance is planning at least five additional appraisal wells at its eastern offshore block NEC-25 in the Mahanadi basin.
  12 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Transocean rig woes
  Transocean-owned and operated new build drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG-2 (DD-KG2) came to India this March with great expectations, only to end up in July as some poor fisherman’s catch of the day.
  12 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Andaman data at ONGC
  An ONGC in-house team is carrying out the processing and interpretation of 4800-lkm of 2D shot across its offshore Andaman Islands block AN-DWN-2005/1 this April and May.
  12 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• Aban rig sitting idle
  Aban Offshore’s jack-up Deep Driller-1 has been anchored off Kakinada port since July and could remain there until October or November.
  12 Aug 2010 (1 credit)
• ONGC re-enters KG ultra-deepwater block
  Source: Business Line (9 August 2010)
  
• Eni to delay exploration at Andaman block
  Source: Bloomberg (9 August 2010)
  
• CAG slams ONGC for tardy exploration
  Source: PTI (6 August 2010)