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Aussie Giant Gas Probe Under Way

Australian independent Western Gas has spudded one of the nation’s most keenly anticipated offshore wildcats of 2022.

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Shell, BP Strike US Gulf Deal Ahead of Planned Drilling

Shell and BP have finalized an exchange of acreage in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico ahead of planned drilling in the greater Mars Basin, one of the region’s mos…

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New Gas Discovery for Energean off Israel

Hydrocarbon exploration and production company Energean has made a commercial gas discovery in Block 12 offshore Israel, bolstering its beliefs in the potential…

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Chinese Giant Brings on Stream Two Projects in Bohai Sea

Chinese oil and gas player CNOOC Limited has kicked off production from two oilfield development projects located in the Bohai Sea off China.

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Shell Gets Closer to Drilling North Sea Gas Target This Year

Oil major Shell and its London-based partner Deltic Energy are planning to drill an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK sector of the North…

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Biden Reverses Trump Move to Open up More Oil Drilling in Arctic

The Biden administration on Monday reversed a Trump administration plan that would have allowed the government to lease more than two-thirds of the country’s l…

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Chevron Cleared to Start up Gorgon and Jansz Feed Gas Pipeline and Wells

Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved Chevron’s environment plan for the commissioning, s…

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Empyrean Ticks off ‘Major Box’ at Chinese Well

AIM-listed oil and gas exploration company Empyrean Energy has backed up its pre-drill interpretation of seismic data related to the Jade prospect well located …

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All Approvals Ready for Australian Well Drilling to Kick off Next Month

With all regulatory and environmental approvals in place, SapuraOMV is preparing to drill the Kanga-1 exploration well offshore Western Australia early next mon…

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US Resumes Public Land Leasing for Oil and Gas Drilling

The US Department of the Interior said around 144,000 acres of public land will be put up for sale this week, marking the end of a moratorium on new leases.

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U.S. to Resume Oil, Gas Drilling on Public Land Despite Biden Campaign Pledge

The Biden administration on Friday said it has resumed plans for oil and gas development on federal lands, a move that could break a pledge Joe Biden made while…

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Australian Offshore Oil Exploration Well Imminent for SapuraOMV

The Malaysian-Austrian joint venture company SapuraOMV Upstream will spud early next month the Kanga-1 oil exploration well offshore Western Australia.

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Nigeria’s Rig Count up as OPEC Warns of Uncertainty from Impact of Ukraine Conflict

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has kept its key oil market projections for 2022 unchanged, but it expects to adjust the forecasts in t…

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Shale Drilling Climbs Most in Month as Biden Calls for More Oil

Shale explorers returned to growth mode this week, adding the most rigs in a month as the Biden administration calls on them to unleash more crude to offset a b…

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Ukraine-Russia Conflict Could Impact Vietnam Oil Drilling

PetroVietnam has cautioned that the disruptions to international trade caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could impact its operations.