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Exploration News

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Lundin Energy given drilling permit near Solveig field
5 Jan 20211 min read

Lundin Energy given drilling permit near Solveig field

The drilling programme for well 16/4-13 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 359.

Total consortium signs E&P agreement in Egypt
4 Jan 20211 min read

Total consortium signs E&P agreement in Egypt

The agreement is for the North Ras Kanayis Offshore block located in the Herodotus Basin, offshore Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea.

Equatorial Guinea set to intensify E&P activity in 2021
29 Dec 20202 min read

Equatorial Guinea set to intensify E&P activity in 2021

Trident Energy is set to drill three wells in Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea in 2021, with an estimated start date in April.

Eni makes oil discovery in Egypt
23 Dec 20202 min read

Eni makes oil discovery in Egypt

The new discovery at the Meleiha Concession adds 10 000 bpd to Eni's gross production in the Western Desert of Egypt.

ADNOC awards Eni and PTTEP consortium exploration block
22 Dec 20205 min read

ADNOC awards Eni and PTTEP consortium exploration block

ADNOC has awarded the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 3 to a consortium led by Eni Abu Dhabi B.V. and PTTEP MENA Ltd.

ConocoPhillips makes oil discovery north of Heidrun field
22 Dec 20202 min read

ConocoPhillips makes oil discovery north of Heidrun field

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 75 million and 200 million bbl of recoverable oil equivalent.

Shearwater GeoServices awarded India 3D contract by ONGC
21 Dec 20201 min read

Shearwater GeoServices awarded India 3D contract by ONGC

The four-month campaign will cover two areas totalling 2800 km2 in the Arabian Sea off the west coast of India.

Petronas awards Fugro contract for positioning services in Guyana-Suriname Basin
16 Dec 20201 min read

Petronas awards Fugro contract for positioning services in Guyana-Suriname Basin

Fugro will provide positioning services for an exploration programme in Block 52 in the Guyana-Suriname Basin.

TGS, CGG, PGS partnership to offer shared multi-client data
15 Dec 20202 min read

TGS, CGG, PGS partnership to offer shared multi-client data

An independent, cloud-based ecosystem will offer a single search point to access all three companies’ subsurface multi-client data.

MOL Norge given drilling permit
7 Dec 20201 min read

MOL Norge given drilling permit

The drilling programme for well 2/9-6 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 617, about 31 km east of the Valhall field.

Denmark to end exploration and production by 2050
4 Dec 20202 min read

Denmark to end exploration and production by 2050

Denmark has cancelled its latest licensing round and put an end date of 2050 on all oil and gas exploration and extraction in the North Sea.

Equinor drills dry well in Barents Sea
4 Dec 20202 min read

Equinor drills dry well in Barents Sea

The well was drilled about 100 km southwest of the Snøhvit field.

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