Exploration

Indonesia

Italy's Eni makes major Indonesian offshore gas discovery

20 April – Eni announces a new giant gas discovery made by the Geliga‑1 exploration well, drilled in the Ganal block in the Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia, a…

Botswana

Botswana signs energy and mineral exploration deals with Oman

Botswana's president has clinched multiple ​agreements with Oman, including on mineral exploration, oil storage infrastructure and renewable ‌power, d…

Oil Exploration

Occidental Announces Gulf of America Oil Discovery at Bandit

April 09 ,Occidental announced an oil discovery at the Bandit prospect in the Gulf of America, about 125 miles south of the Louisiana coast. The exploration wel…

Norway

Norwegian Oil and Gas Company Aker BP Achieves Oil Production from New Reservoir in North Sea Nine Months Ahead of Schedule

Aker BP announced that the Symra oil field in the Norwegian North Sea has commenced production. The project started nine months earlier than originally planned,…

China

PH, China reopen oil exploration talks

THE Philippines and China have made initial exchanges on potential oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, nearly four years since previous talks were t…

Oil Exploration

Chevron shakes hands with NOC for oil study at block offshore Libya

U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron has teamed up with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) for an oil study at an offshore block in Libyan waters.N…

Brazil

Petrobras augments oil arsenal as it strikes black gold in Brazilian waters

Petrobras has announced the presence of excellent-quality oil in the pre-salt Campos Basin through an exploration well drilled in the Marlim Sul field, which wa…

Max Power Mining Charts Course from Discovery to Commercial Hydrogen Production

Max Power Mining is executing a strategic pivot, shifting its primary focus from pure mineral exploration to the commercial development of its natural hydrogen …

Natural Gas

Petrobras finds more gas on deepwater block offshore Colombia

Petrobras and Ecopetrol have discovered natural gas in the Copoazu exploration area of the deepwater block GUA-OFF-O in the Caribbean Sea, located 36 kilometers…

Crude Oil

Spain to release 11.5M barrels from strategic oil reserves

The Spanish government on Tuesday approved the release of up to 11.5 million barrels of oil from its reserves in a bid to ease supply shortages.Speaking to repo…

Oil Exploration

Hungary and Slovakia agree to build fuel pipeline

Hungary and Slovakia signed an agreement in Brussels on March 16 to construct an oil products pipeline connecting refineries owned by MOL Group in the two count…

Preparation Work for Geothermal Drilling in Radoszyce, Poland, Underway

Preparatory work for drilling the Radoszyce GT-1 geothermal exploration and evaluation well has commenced in the municipality of Radoszyce, Świętokrzyskie Voi…

Condor Paipa Geothermal Project in Boyacá, Colombia, Receives Exploration Permit

The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia will grant the official exploration permit for the Condor Paipa Geothermal Project, led by the Dewhurst Group, loca…

China's Hadatu-Uran Uranium Mine Exploration Project Successfully Concludes with High Quality

Recently, the key Hadatu-Uran uranium mine exploration project in China was officially and successfully concluded. This project not only completed the uranium r…

New Oil and Gas Resources Discovered in the Knockando Fensfjord Exploration Area in the North Sea Brage Region

Norwegian oil and gas operator OKEA and its partners recently made a new oil and gas discovery in the Knockando Fensfjord exploration area within the North Sea …