{"id":14401,"date":"2024-07-09T18:45:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14401"},"modified":"2024-07-09T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:45:08","slug":"equatorial-guinea-panoro-energy-to-recommence-drilling-program-with-the-arrival-of-noble-venturer-drill-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/equatorial-guinea-panoro-energy-to-recommence-drilling-program-with-the-arrival-of-noble-venturer-drill-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Panoro Energy to Recommence Drilling Program With the Arrival of Noble Venturer Drill Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panoro Energy says it has taken note the announcement by Trident Energy, the operator of Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea, confirming the arrival of the Noble Venturer drill ship at Luba port, Bioko Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drilling campaign,&nbsp;which is expected to recommence shortly, will comprise of two infill wells located in water depths of 250 metres and 740 metres, before moving to the adjacent Block S to drill the Kosmos Energy operated Akeng Deep infrastructure led exploration well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract was awarded to Noble Corporation for its Noble Venturer drill ship in April 2024 by Trident Energy on behalf of the joint venture partners including Panoro, Kosmos Energy and GEPetrol. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panoro has a 14.25 per cent participating interest in Block G which holds the producing Cebia Field and Okume Complex and a 12 per cent participating interest in Block S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Hamilton, CEO of Panoro, commented:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe are pleased to receive the high specification Noble Venturer drill ship in country and look forward to recommencing the infill drilling campaign at Block G which will be followed by the high impact Akeng Deep infrastructure led exploration well which, if successful, can open a new play fairway with a potentially very positive read across to the adjacent Block EG-01 which Panoro operates.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panoro Energy says it has taken note the announcement by Trident Energy, the operator of Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea, confirming the arrival of the Noble Venturer drill ship at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/equatorial-guinea-panoro-energy-to-recommence-drilling-program-with-the-arrival-of-noble-venturer-drill-ship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7447,7442,11],"tags":[11604,9081,11197,789,2778,11605,8316,8051],"class_list":["post-14401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-africa","category-countries","category-top-news","tag-bioko-island","tag-block-g","tag-block-s","tag-equatorial-guinea","tag-kosmos-energy","tag-noble-venturer-drill-ship","tag-panoro-energy","tag-trident-energy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Equatorial-Guinea-Block-G.gif?fit=899%2C831&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3Kh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14280,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/equatorial-guinea-panoro-energy-secures-rig-to-recommence-drilling-offshore-block-g\/","url_meta":{"origin":14401,"position":0},"title":"EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Panoro Energy Secures Rig to Recommence Drilling Offshore Block G","author":"","date":"April 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Panoro Energy has announced that following an evaluation of available options the operator of Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea, Trident Energy, has on behalf of the joint venture awarded a contract for the Noble Venturer drill ship to recommence infill drilling at the Ceiba Field and Okume Complex. 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Alongside our Joint Venture partners, Kosmos Energy, Panoro Energy, GE Petrol and the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, we have agreed a material time extension of the PSC covering both the Ceiba field and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Central Africa&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Central Africa","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/central-africa\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kosmos-energy.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kosmos-energy.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kosmos-energy.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kosmos-energy.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kosmos-energy.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14587,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/equatorial-guinea-panoro-energy-signs-psc-for-block-eg-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":14401,"position":4},"title":"EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Panoro Energy Signs PSC for Block EG-23","author":"","date":"November 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Panoro Energy announces that it has finalised terms and signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Government of Equatorial Guinea for offshore Block EG-23. 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