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First Shafag-Asiman Exploration Well Spudded Offshore Azerbaijan

SOCAR and BP announced today that the first exploration well was spudded on the Shafag-Asiman offshore block in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea on 13 J…

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Bill to Rollback Natural Gas Drilling Regulations Clears Pennsylvania House Committee

Despite the looming promise of Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto, a Pennsylvania House panel has advanced a bill loosening regulations for conventional gas drillers.

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3 Arctic Wilderness Areas to Watch as Trump Tries to Expand Oil & Gas Drilling

When President Donald Trump entered the White House in 2017, his intention was clear: His would be an administration defined in part by a no-holds-barred effort…

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Woodside Gets Green Light for $6 Billion Senegal Oil Project

Australian oil and gas producer Woodside has won approval from the Senegalese government to develop the nation's first oil project, clearing the way for final i…

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Talos Targeting 2023 for First Oil from Zama Offshore Mexico

Talos Energy has detailed results of Netherland Sewell’s (NSAI) contingent resource evaluation of the Zama oil discovery in block 7 offshore Mexico.

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New Zealand Oil Exploration Hinges on Great South Basin

OMV's drilling programme off the Otago coast this summer will probably determine whether there is any further exploration in New Zealand waters, a leading energ…

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China's Top Coal Province to Seek Investors Extracting Gas from Abandoned Mines

Shanxi holds about 2,052 sq km of depleted coal mine zones that could contain an estimated 72.6 billion cubic metres of coal-seam gas.

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U.S. offshore rig count drops to 23

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. slipped to 23 units over the last week, according to weekly rig count reports released by Baker Hughes on Friday, Decemb…

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Novatek secures Bukharinskiy license through Arctic LNG 1 unit

Russian oil and gas company Novatek has secured the rights to explore the Bukharinskiy license through its Arctic LNG 1 unit.

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Russian Oil Company Enters Two Blocks Offshore Egypt

Russian state-controlled oil company Zarubezhneft has entered into a production sharing agreement for two offshore blocks blocks in Egypt.

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NPD Grants Equinor A Drilling Permit,Mist Well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

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Canada approves CNOOC’s offshore drilling project

The Chinese oil company (CNOOC) has received permission to drill in Canada’s Flemish Pass, 400 kilometers east of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Drillers in Oil Field are Burning Off More Natural Gas than Ever Before

Methane-emissions intensity in the Permian Basin plunged 64% in the past seven years, even as crude production surged, according to a report by Texans for Natur…

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Saudis to Push for Extension of Oil-Production Cuts at OPEC Meeting

Saudi Arabia will push for an extension of oil production cuts through mid-2020 at a producers’ summit this week in an effort to prop up Saudi Aramco’s initia…

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Russia’s Oil Companies Propose Postponing Extension of OPEC+ Deal Until March

At a meeting at the Ministry of Energy on Thursday, representatives of the Russian oil industry proposed that the current quotas for reducing production within …