Exploration

Crude Oil

Aussie Onshore Explorer Starts Significant Onshore Oil Hunt

JV between Buru and Origin start the first of two large oil prospects in Canning basin

Oil&Gas Drilling

AqualisBraemar LOC Completes Decom Project Offshore Canada

Energy and marine consultants AqualisBraemar LOC has completed its assignment in connection with the decommissioning and removal campaign of the Sable Project o…

Oil Exploration

CNOOC Starts up New Phase of Oilfield off China

Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has started production from the Weizhou 11-2 oilfield phase II project located in Chinese waters.

Oil Field

China's First Solo-Operated Deepwater Gas Field Starts Production

Shenhai-1, meaning deepsea, is expected to produce up to 3.39 billion cubic meters of gas every year, or roughly 2% of China's total gas output, the energy majo…

Energy Transition

Keppel and Sembcorp Open Merger Talks

Combined entity will seek to ‘accelerate pivot’ to the energy transition and offshore renewables

Geothermal Power Plant

Petrolern LLC Announces a Partnership for Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development With Tesseral Technologies Inc.

Technology Integration for Higher Resolution Characterization and Monitoring of Geothermal Systems

Oil Exploration

Vår Energi Makes ‘Significant’ Discovery in Balder Area

Oil and gas company Vår Energi has made a ‘significant’ discovery of oil and gas in the King and Prince exploration wells in the Balder area in the Southern …

Oil Field

China Discovers 900m-Tonne Oil and Gas Field in Xinjiang

China has discovered a new 900-million-tonne oil and gas field in the Tarim Basin in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region after six years' intensiv…

Crude Oil

Pharos Energy Finds Oil in Two Reservoirs at Egyptian Well

The Batran-1X commitment exploration well was drilled 4 kilometers west of the Main Tersa-1X well

Oil Exploration

Equinor Makes Minor Oil Discovery in North Sea

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Visund field in the North Sea offshore Norway, which will be a tie-in to the plann…

Oil Exploration

Exxon and Its Partners Log New Discovery at Longtail-3 Offshore Guyana

ExxonMobil announced a discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.

Oil Exploration

Uganda Picks Four Firms For New Oil Exploration Round

Uganda has shortlisted four companies for an exploration round following its second oil exploration tender ever.

Natural Gas

Turkey Expected to Announce New Black Sea Natural Gas Discoveries

Turkey has discovered further deposits of natural gas in the Black Sea, according to people familiar with the matter, and is likely to make an announcement soon…

Oil Exploration

Exxon Quits Deepwater Oil Project In Ghana

Exxon is leaving a deepwater prospect in Ghana after seismic work failed to produce good enough results.

Oil Field

Adnoc Awards $744m Offshore Field Contract to NPCC

The Belbazem block is being developed to reach a production capacity of 45,000 bpd, with the first barrel of oil expected in 2023