Exploration

Oil Field

Equinor Gets Go-Ahead to Drill North Sea Well Duo

Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), has given Equinor consent to drill two exploration wells offshore Norway, using t…

Geothermal Power Plant

Permit Revoked for Geothermal Project Near Freiburg, Germany

The regional council of Freiburg has revoked the permit of Geysir Europe GmbH to explore for geothermal energy and brine in Neuried near the city of Freiburg in…

Oil Exploration

Adnoc and Petronas Agree to Explore Oil and Gas Opportunities in Abu Dhabi

The two state oil companies will look at exploration and production possibilities in the emirate

Oil Exploration

Seven Oil Players Apply for Production Licences off Norway

Seven oil and gas companies have applied for production licences in the 25th licensing round on the Norwegian shelf, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy …

Oil&Gas Drilling

Petronas Hits Oil Offshore Indonesia

Malaysian energy giant Petronas has made an oil discovery at the Hidayah-1 exploration well, located within the North Madura II Production Sharing Contract, off…

Oil Exploration

Shell Delays US Offshore Production Start ups

Shell has delayed the startup of the PowerNap and Vito deepwater projects in the US Gulf of Mexico because of Covid-19-related issues.

Oil Exploration

Woodside to go Ahead with Myanmar Exploration Plans Regardless of Coup

Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum believes that the military coup in Myanmar is just “a transitionary issue” and will not affect its offshore drillin…

Energy Storage Battery

Japanese Space Rocket Launch Pad to be Fitted with Megawatt-Scale Sodium Sulfur Battery Storage

A rocket and space vehicle launch station of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be equipped with NGK Insulators’ sodium sulfur battery storage to help…

Oil Field

Equinor Makes Oil Discovery Near Norway's Troll Field

Equinor said in a separate statement that the reservoir is expected to contain between 44 million and 69 million barrels of oil equivalent

Oil&Gas Drilling

Neptune Picks up Permit for North Sea Appraisal Well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for an appraisal well offshore Norway.

Oil Exploration

Exxon and Chevron CEOs Discussed Potential Merger

Talks were "preliminary" and are not ongoing, but could be rekindled later.

Oil Exploration

Colombia Aims to Sign 15 Oil Exploration Contracts in 2021

Colombia aims to sign 15 oil exploration contracts in 2021, Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa said on Wednesday, while setting the country's crude production…

Crude Oil

Make in India Boost, Oil Cess may be Halved

The government may give a 'Make in India' push to oil and gas explorers, as it is considering a proposal to almost halve cess on domestic crude oil to encourage…

Oil Exploration

Russia’s Gazprom and LUKOIL Mull JV for Developing Fields in Nenets Area

The Vaneyvisskoye and Layavozhskoye fields have the aggregate recoverable reserves of 27.4 million tons of liquid hydrocarbons and 225.3 bcm of natural gas

Oil Exploration

Eni Gets New Licence in UK North Sea

Italian oil and gas company Eni has been awarded a new production licence in the UK North Sea, resulting from an application made in the 32nd UK Offshore Licens…