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Natural Gas

ExxonMobil to Drill Offshore in Egypt’s Western Mediterranean

ExxonMobil will begin drilling a new offshore gas exploration well in the North Marakia Offshore Concession, Western Mediterranean this month.During a meeting i…

Crude Oil

Gran Tierra Makes Oil Discovery in Ecuador

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. has reported a seventh oil discovery in Ecuador, which it said confirmed the significant potential of the Arawana/Zabaleta field area.Th…

Oil Field

New Play Opens With Gas Condensate Discovery Onshore Pakistan

OGDC’s discovery is the first in the Sinjhoro block’s Sembar formation.Photo: AFP/SCANPIXThe Oil & Gas Development Company-operated (OGDC) Sinjhoro …

Oil&Gas Drilling

China's Sinopec Strikes Large Oil, Gas Flow at South China Sea Well

China's Sinopec Corp has struck a high flow of oil and gas in an offshore exploration well in the Beibu Gulf of the South China Sea, it said on Wednesday.Th…

Oil&Gas Drilling

KNOC to Drill Deepwater Wildcat Offshore South Korea in Area Touted to Have Multi-Billion Boe Potential

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.Photo: AP/SCANPIXThe South Korean government has tasked state-run Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) with drilling a rar…

Oil Field

Canacol Makes Second Gas Discovery in Weeks in Colombian Basin

Canacol Energy Ltd. announced Thursday a natural gas discovery in the Chontaduro 1 well, its second gas discovery in weeks in the same license area in Colombia&…

Geothermal Power Project

China's First Geothermal Scientific Exploration Well to Reach 5,200 Meters Deep

China's first ultra-deep geothermal scientific exploration well, Fushenre-1, is anticipated to reach a subterranean depth of 5,200 meters on April 8, 2023. …

Natural Gas

Canacol Makes New Gas Discovery in Colombia's Magdalena Basin

Canacol Energy Ltd. has declared the Pomelo 1 well a natural gas discovery, in the latest of successful drilling campaigns in Colombia’s Magdalena Basin.D…

Oil&Gas Drilling

ADX Ramps up European Gas Pursuit at Welchau Well

ADX Energy’s hunt for 807 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of European gas is continuing to gather steam, with the drilling of its Welchau-1 exploration well in A…

Oil Field

Beach Energy Makes Another Gas Discovery in Perth Basin

Beach Energy Ltd has made a gas discovery at Tarantula Deep 1 in Australia’s Perth Basin, the second one made from the company’s three operated expl…

Geothermal Drilling

Sinopec Starts Drilling of 5000-M Geothermal Well in China

Haikou Century Bridge in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China (source: Michelle Hubbard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)The China Petrochemical Corporation…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell's Namibia Exploration Well Fails to Discover Oil and Gas

Shell's (SHEL.L) Cullinan-1X exploration well offshore Namibia did not make a commercial oil and gas discovery, the company said on Thursday.Namibia, which …

Oil&Gas Drilling

OMV Spuds Gas-Condensate Prospect With Transocean Rig

OMV Norge, a subsidiary of Austria’s oil and gas company OMV, has started drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean&rsquo…

Oil & Gas Trade

Egypt Green Lights Oil and Gas Deals Worth $319 Million: Report

Egypt has reportedly green lighted a trio of binding oil and gas agreements in the country, aimed at the drilling of multiple exploration wells, the country&rsq…

Crude Oil

CGX, Frontera Announce Major Oil Discovery off Guyana

The discovery adds to the growing bonanza in this promising frontier regionPUBLISHED JUN 28, 2023 10:50 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVECanadian oil company CGX and…