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Providence oil prospect may hold 12bn barrels

An assessment of one of the Irish exploration prospects in which French oil ‘super-major’ Total has invested has returned an initial resource estimate of around 12bn barrels of oil equivalent.

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Kenmare Resources cuts losses as market improves

business

Tullow Oil on schedule with Tweneboa Enyenra Ntomme project in Africa

business

Tullow confirms production guidance

business

Tullow Oil revenues to fall 40%

business

Petroceltic pulls out of Kurdistan

Tullow hopeful despite annual loss

Tullow Oil’s management is hopeful the company will return to profit this year, after posting its first net loss for 15 years in 2014.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2015

Barryroe oil field could start production ‘within 2-3 years’

Oil production at the one-billion-barrel Barryroe oil field off the Cork coast could commence within the next “two to three years” according to Tony O’Reilly, chief executive of the field’s owners Providence Resources.

Sat, 29 Sep, 2012

Progress for Petroceltic as it secures licences for drilling off Italian coast

Irish exploration company Petroceltic has been awarded two licences off the coast of Italy.

Fri, 06 Jul, 2012

Dragon Oil successful in bid for exploration block in Iraq

Irish-registered oil company Dragon Oil has successfully bid on an exploration block in Iraq.

Fri, 01 Jun, 2012

Barryroe oil output could hit as much as 20,000 barrels a day

Oil production at Ireland’s first commercial discovery could reach as high as 20,000 barrels a day when production commences at the Barryroe field in the next three years.

Fri, 16 Mar, 2012

O’Reilly: Three years before oil flows

It will be at least three years before any oil is produced from Ireland’s first commercial oil well — 50km off the Cork coast.

Fri, 16 Mar, 2012

‘Notable gas shows’ in Celtic Sea

PROVIDENCE Resources said that it has encountered “notable gas shows” from appraisal work at one of its licences off the coast of Cork.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2011

Petroceltic losses increase to €4m

IRISH oil and gas exploration company Petroceltic has seen its first-half pre-tax losses widen to just under $5 million (€3.9m), from just over $2m for the same period last year.

Wed, 15 Sep, 2010

DCC expects profits to rise by 5%

DCC has said that first quarter trading levels across all of its divisions were up on a year-on-year basis and that full-year operating profits should still increase by around 5%.

Sat, 17 Jul, 2010

Galveston field begins production

THE US-based Galveston Island gas field – in which Irish exploration company Providence Resources owns a 10.8% stake – has begun producing gas, it was announced yesterday.

Fri, 04 Sep, 2009

Irish oil firm says drilling will go ahead at key well

IRISH oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources has confirmed that drilling will take place at the highly rated Dunquin prospect, which is situated off the south-west coast of the country. The date has yet to be specified.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2009

€2.56m Ormonde loss, but bullish on prospects

ORMONDE Mining has reported a net loss before taxation of €2.56m in 2008, from €650,000 a year earlier, principally due to a write-down of early exploration work.

Wed, 27 May, 2009

Providence producing gas in Louisiana

PROVIDENCE Resources, the Irish oil and natural-gas explorer, said it began to produce natural gas at its Vermillion 60 field off the US state of Louisiana.

Wed, 27 May, 2009