• Opinion

3D Oil sells majority stake of West Seahorse

Oil and gas explorer 3D Oil has sold a 50.1 per cent interest in its West Seahorse field to Malaysia’s Hibiscus Petroleum.

• Aug 15, 2012
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

Afternoon resources round-up

Robust Resources, 3D Oil, Sierra Mining, Intrepid Mines, Eromanga Hydrocarbons, MetroCoal, Greenearth Energy, Millennium Minerals, Westgold Resources

• Nov 3, 2011

• Opinion

Oil flirts with $US100

The oil price looks set to break through the $US100 mark any day but any push through the barrier could be short-lived.

• Updated Jan 18, 2011
• Sarah Thompson and Paul Garvey

3D Oil (TDO)

Shares in oil explorer 3D Oil have spiked to their highest level in over a year prompting he Australian Securities Exchange to issue a speed ticket to the small cap

• Sep 22, 2009
• David Ciampa

3D Oil has other irons in the fire

The falling oil price and the need to conserve cash among the junior players in Australia's energy sector has spurred further moves to consolidate, but the hostile bid by Drillsearch Energy for cashed-up 3D Oil is unlikely to be one of the deals that makes it across the line

• Mar 9, 2009
• Tracy Lee

• Opinion

Rear Window

Piano lessons for jailed Black It's always great to see the once-great kicking on after a setback

• Mar 5, 2009
• Edited by Andrew White (rearwindow@afr.com.au)

• Market Wrap

Taking Stock

United Group

• May 7, 2008
• Stephen Wisenthal; Ben Wilmot; Nina Wan; Yvonne Ball; Michael Smith;

3D Oil (TDO)

It's been a lively week for investors in 3D Oil, which listed a year ago at 40¢ with a plan to develop some promising acreage in the Gippsland Basin and Bass Strait. Everything looked good on Monday, with drilling results showing the West Seahorse-3 well had confirmed oil discoveries made in the late 1970s and early 1980s by Esso and Hudbay Oil. Then came a release on Tuesday with the dreaded words "intersected deeper than predicted" about potential reservoirs deeper than the main target. Still, West Seahorse-3 is being completed as a future producer, just 10 kilometres offshore. And there's another hope for investors. Drilling is set to start by the end of the week on the neighbouring Wardie-1 well to test a prospect that is just a few hundred metres away from Seahorse.

• May 6, 2008
• Stephen Wisenthal