Oil exploration

Oil Exploration

Eni Wins Five New Exploration Licences in Egypt

Italian oil and gas company Eni has been awarded five new exploration licences – located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Western Desert, and Gulf of Suez – …

Oil Exploration

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd Announces Significant U.S. Discovery

In addition, COPL provides an operational update on its Barron Flats Shannon Field production.

Oil Field

Equinor Makes Oil Discovery Near Existing Infrastructure in North Sea

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a new oil discovery, located near the Fram field in the North Sea offshore Norway, and will consider tying it to …

Oil Field

ExxonMobil Announces Two New Oil Discoveries In Guyana

ExxonMobil has made two more discoveries in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, which add to the previously announced 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels recovera…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Indian State Oil Giant To Significantly Expand Oil Exploration

Indian state firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation plans to raise fourfold its exploration and production acreage by 2025

Oil Exploration

QatarEnergy Enters Egypt Through Agreement with Shell

QatarEnergy has entered into agreements with Shell to acquire working interests in two offshore exploration blocks in the Egyptian side of the Red Sea.

Crude Oil

Production Starts at Angola’s Clov 2 Oil Project

Crude production has started at the Clov 2 project in block 17 offshore Angola, the second new deepwater development to come on stream in the west African count…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Lukoil Strikes Oil in Waters off Mexico

Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has made an oil discovery within the Yoti West structure at Block 12 located offshore Mexico.

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

Equinor Makes Iits 6th Norwegian Oil Discovery of 2021

Equinor EQNR.OL has made an oil discovery estimated to hold up to 62 million barrels of crude off the coast of Norway.

Oil Field

Serica Announces Delay of Columbus Production Start-up

UK oil and gas company Serica Energy has confirmed the start-up of production at its Columbus field located in the Central North Sea will be delayed.

Oil Exploration

QatarEnergy Joins Forces with ExxonMobil for Exploration Offshore Canada

Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has signed a farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil Canada for an exploration license offshore Canada.

Oil Exploration

QatarEnergy Signs Deal with ExxonMobil Canada on Farm-in Exploration License

QatarEnergy has signed a deal for a 40% stake in one of ExxonMobil’s major offshore explorations in Canada.

Oil Exploration

4 Offshore Contracts Signed for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production; Investments will Total US$1.4 billion

The National Hydrocarbons Agency and Anadarko Colombia Company signed 4 contracts for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Colombian Caribbean,…

Oil Exploration

DNO Makes Small North Sea Oil Find. Another Well Comes Up Dry

Oil and gas operator DNO has made a small oil discovery on the Gomez prospect in one of its operated licenses in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.