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Orlen discovers 'big’ oilfield in western Poland
13 Sept 20241 min read

Orlen discovers 'big’ oilfield in western Poland

The oilfield was discovered in the Lubuskie region next to the existing Rzeczyca field which holds 100 000 metric t of oil, says Reuters.

CNOOC announces major exploration success in Pearl River Mouth Basin
12 Sept 20242 min read

CNOOC announces major exploration success in Pearl River Mouth Basin

Testing of the well yielded an absolute open flow natural gas production rate of 430 000 m³/d.

Multi Tcf prospectivity identified in Eastern Cabora Bassa
10 Sept 20241 min read

Multi Tcf prospectivity identified in Eastern Cabora Bassa

Invictus Energy has provided an update on activities at its 80% owned and operated Cabora Bassa Project in Zimbabwe.

Bentley Systems acquires 3D geospatial company Cesium
9 Sept 20243 min read

Bentley Systems acquires 3D geospatial company Cesium

Combination of Cesium plus iTwin offers developers the most comprehensive digital platform for the built and natural environment.

DNO Bulks Up in Norway with acquisitions, exploration success
2 Sept 20243 min read

DNO Bulks Up in Norway with acquisitions, exploration success

DNO ASA has announced the completion of the acquisition of stakes in five oil and gas fields, including an operatorship, in the Norne area in the Norwegian Sea from Vår Energi ASA.

INPEX awarded exploration block AC/P71 offshore Western Australia
21 Aug 20241 min read

INPEX awarded exploration block AC/P71 offshore Western Australia

INPEX CORPORATION has announced that its subsidiary INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd (INPEX Browse) was awarded an exploration permit over release area AC22-1, now named AC/P71 (the Block) in Australia’s 2022 offshore petroleum exploration acreage release. INPEX Browse will be Operator and hold 100% working interest in the title.

DNO racks up discoveries in its offshore Norway core area
25 Jun 20242 min read

DNO racks up discoveries in its offshore Norway core area

DNO ASA, has announced a gas condensate discovery on the Cuvette prospect in the Norwegian North Sea licenses PL248F and PL248GS in which the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary DNO Norge AS holds a 20% interest.

Viridien awarded seismic imaging project in Algeria
12 Jun 20241 min read

Viridien awarded seismic imaging project in Algeria

The company has been selected by Groupement Berkine to perform the seismic imaging of a high-density onshore data set over blocks B404a and B208 of the Berkine Basin in Eastern Algeria.

Exploration discovery at Bunga Aster-1 Well
29 Apr 20241 min read

Exploration discovery at Bunga Aster-1 Well

Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hibiscus Oil & Gas Malaysia as the operator of the PM3 commercial arrangement area production sharing contract, has successfully completed the drilling of the Bunga Aster-1 exploration well.

Equinor completes appraisal well on Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea
22 Apr 20241 min read

Equinor completes appraisal well on Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea

The objective was to acquire data on the reservoir and cap rock, for use in ongoing evaluation and development of the discovery.

88 Energy announce second light oil discovery
17 Apr 20242 min read

88 Energy announce second light oil discovery

88 Energy has announced further successful flow test results from the Company’s Hickory-1 discovery well, located in Project Phoenix on the North Slope of Alaska.

VAALCO Energy announces accretive all cash acquisition expanding its West African footprint
29 Feb 20241 min read

VAALCO Energy announces accretive all cash acquisition expanding its West African footprint

VAALCO Energy has announced that it has entered into a sales and purchase agreement to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB.

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