Exploration well

Geothermal Drilling

Geothermal Exploration Drilling Planned by Mta in Sivas Province, Türkiye

The MTA General Directorate is planning for the drilling of a geothermal exploration well in the Yildizeli district of Sivas province, Türkiye.

Geothermal Drilling

Geothermal Exploration Drilling Planned in Adana, Türkiye by the MTA

The General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration Türkiye is planning to drill a geothermal exploration well in the Adana province Karaisali district…

Natural Gas

Sasol Discovers Natural Gas in Mozambique’s Bonito-1 Exploration Well

Mozambique’s National Petroleum Institute (INP) announced that Sasol Mozambique (SMPT5-C) has made a discovery of natural gas, in sandstone rocks of Lower…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Aker BP Gearing Up to Spin the Drill Bit off Norway

Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. The drilli…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell, Qatar energy make light oil discovery offshore Namibia

(WO) – QatarEnergy made a light oil discovery in the Jonker-1X deep-water exploration well drilled in the PEL-39 Exploration License, offshore Namibia.The…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Exploration Drilling Planned in Ankara, Turkiye

Exterior of Ankara YIKOB (source: Ankara YIKOB 2021 Annual Report)State authority Ankara Investment Monitoring and Coordination Presidency (YIKOB) is planning t…

Oil&Gas Drilling

No Luck for Equinor and ConocoPhillips With Exploration Wells Offshore Norway

Separate wells drilled near Balder and Oseberg Ost fields

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell Gets Closer to Drilling North Sea Gas Target This Year

Oil major Shell and its London-based partner Deltic Energy are planning to drill an exploration well on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK sector of the North…

Oil&Gas Drilling

All Approvals Ready for Australian Well Drilling to Kick off Next Month

With all regulatory and environmental approvals in place, SapuraOMV is preparing to drill the Kanga-1 exploration well offshore Western Australia early next mon…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Australian Offshore Oil Exploration Well Imminent for SapuraOMV

The Malaysian-Austrian joint venture company SapuraOMV Upstream will spud early next month the Kanga-1 oil exploration well offshore Western Australia.

Crude Oil

Shell Makes 'Encouraging' Oil Discovery Offshore Namibia

Shell and its partners have made what the oil major described as an "encouraging" discovery in a closely-watched exploration well off the coast of Namibia.

Oil&Gas Drilling

TotalEnergies Spuds Namibian Ultra-Deepwater Well

French energy major TotalEnergies has started drilling the ultra-deepwater Venus-1X exploration well located offshore Namibia, using a Maersk Drilling-owned dri…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Bambo-1 Well Drilling Commences Offshore The Gambia

FAR Gambia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FAR Ltd has commenced drilling on the Bambo-1 exploration well in Block A2, offshore The Gambia.

Oil Exploration

Empyrean Gearing up to Drill ‘First Exciting Exploration Well in China’

Oil and gas company Empyrean Energy has made significant operational progress towards spudding the LH 17-2-1 exploration well at the Jade prospect on Block 29/1…

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 …