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Exploration News

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TGS to carry out OBN seismic survey offshore Norway
2 Aug 20212 min read

TGS to carry out OBN seismic survey offshore Norway

The 437 km2 survey will be acquired in the NOAKA area, between Oseberg and Alvheim in the Norwegian North Sea.

Pharos Energy completes seismic programme offshore Vietnam
30 Jul 20213 min read

Pharos Energy completes seismic programme offshore Vietnam

Seismic processing tenders have been issued and, following review, a contract will be awarded shortly.

TotalEnergies and Apache make further discovery offshore Suriname
29 Jul 20212 min read

TotalEnergies and Apache make further discovery offshore Suriname

Sapakara South in Block 58 encountered 30 m of net pay of oil, in a good quality Campano-Maastrichtian reservoir.

PETRONAS Carigali, Shell and PETROS EP awarded exploration acreage offshore Malaysia
28 Jul 20212 min read

PETRONAS Carigali, Shell and PETROS EP awarded exploration acreage offshore Malaysia

PETRONAS Carigali, Shell and PETROS EP have been awarded Block SK437 offshore Sarawak.

ExxonMobil makes discovery offshore Guyana
28 Jul 20213 min read

ExxonMobil makes discovery offshore Guyana

The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 ft (75 m) of net pay in high-quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs.

Egyptian Vulture prospect set to spud in late August
26 Jul 20213 min read

Egyptian Vulture prospect set to spud in late August

The Egyptian Vulture prospect marks the first of an anticipated seven well exploration programme which will involve Longboat Energy over the next 18 months on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

United Oil & Gas achieves further success at Abu Sennan licence
23 Jul 20212 min read

United Oil & Gas achieves further success at Abu Sennan licence

Initial interpretations indicate a total of over 40 m MD of net oil pay across three different reservoir units in the Al Jahraa-8 development well.

Seismic consortium secures pre-funding for Sarawak Basin survey
22 Jul 20212 min read

Seismic consortium secures pre-funding for Sarawak Basin survey

The survey area covers acreage included in the Malaysia Bid Round 2021 and fast-track results will be delivered in time for block evaluation.

THREE60 Energy Group launches sustainability advisory service and appoints industry leaders to drive growth
16 Jul 20213 min read

THREE60 Energy Group launches sustainability advisory service and appoints industry leaders to drive growth

THREE60 Energy Group has launched a new sustainability advisory service, which will be led by recently appointed specialists Guro Tveit, HSEQ and Sustainability Manager, and Anette Svendsen, Discipline Lead Sustainability.

Sercel makes first sale of new seabed nodal system
14 Jul 20212 min read

Sercel makes first sale of new seabed nodal system

The sale to BGP Inc. includes 18 000 nodes that will be deployed in 4Q21 on a large-scale, long-term, multi-vessel operation in the Middle East region.

Equinor drills dry well near Troll field
7 Jul 20213 min read

Equinor drills dry well near Troll field

Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/11-1 S, the first exploration well in production licence 785 S.

Eni makes oil discovery offshore Ghana
7 Jul 20212 min read

Eni makes oil discovery offshore Ghana

Preliminary estimates place the potential of the Eban–Akoma complex between 500 and 700 million boe in place.

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