Exploration

Uganda International Oil and Gas Summit

The Uganda International Oil and Gas Summit will examine the future of oil and gas exploration and production in Uganda, setting out the government’s vision an…

Nuclear Fuel

Malawi Uranium Mine Sale Completed

Australian-based exploration company Lotus Resources Ltd has completed the acquisition of the Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Malawi from Paladin Energy.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell and ExxonMobil Plan for Exploration of Blocks Offshore Somalia

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Somalia has agreed on an initial roadmap with the Shell/ExxonMobil joint venture focused on the next steps to…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Lebanon Launches Oil and Gas Exploration Project

​Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday inaugurated the country's first offshore oil and gas exploration, the President's office said in a statement.

Oil&Gas Drilling

UAE’s Latest Natural Gas Discovery Is A Gamechanger

The Persian Gulf is, without doubt, the most prominent oil and gas production area in the world. After decades of intensive exploration and production, the regi…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Frontera Announces Discovery in Colombia

Frontera Energy Corporation provided an exploration update in relation to prospects in Colombia in the Lower Magdalena Valley, including its exploration joint v…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Block Offshore Drilling in Rebuke to Trump Plan

Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill to block future oil and gas development off the state's coastline, reflecting opposition to the Trump administration…

Indonesia Eyeing Cost Recovery Contract Scheme for Geothermal Exploration

The government is trying to attract investors to invest in the New Renewable Energy (EBT) sector.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Exxon Signs Deals With Egypt For Oil, Gas Exploration in East Mediterranean

Exxon Mobil and Egypt have signed two oil and gas exploration deals in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said on Tuesday, weeks afte…

Oil&Gas Drilling

EU Warns Turkey Off Mediterranean Gas Exploration Plans

The European Union has urged Turkey to drop plans to drill for oil and gas around Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean, saying such exploration was “illegal”.…

Research into The Geothermal Port of Rotterdam Enters The Next Phase

Shell Geothermal BV and the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands have received an exploration permit to explore the option of utilising geothermal energy for he…

Oil&Gas Drilling

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…

Oil & Gas Trade

China Opens Oil and Gas Exploration to Foreign Firms

China will allow foreign companies to take part in oil and gas exploration and production in the country, in what officials hailed Thursday (Jan 9) as a "major …

Somalian parliament approves new petroleum law - minister

The upper house of Somalia’s parliament on Monday approved a new petroleum law, which aims to provide a regulatory framework that will help to attract investme…

Oil&Gas Drilling

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…