Rig costs alone can top half a million dollars per day, with companies standing to lose a fortune should their expensive investments come up empty-handed. Fortunately, seismic surveys can save ...

The wider seismic acquisition programme, over areas of licences PL024, PL032 and PL033 and adjacent areas, is ongoing. “The additional rig slots will see Rockhopper continuing an exciting and ...

which on seismic is approximately 5X the areal extent of our successful 1-30 light oil pool discovery. Securing a rig that has been active in the region and drilling the 7-30 and 7-15 locations ...

“Once the discovery was made, there is no more need for an exploration rig. You now have to have a production platform” said Trotman. He added that ExxonMobil is continuing to conduct seismic ...