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Exploration News

Browse the latest exploration news and articles.

Luiperd well to be spudded this month
14 Aug 20202 min read

Luiperd well to be spudded this month

A joint venture led by Total is on course to spud the Luiperd-1 well offshore South Africa imminently.

PGS rejects TGS offer for multi-client library
14 Aug 20201 min read

PGS rejects TGS offer for multi-client library

The US$600 million offer was made earlier this month.

Shell delivers seismic data for Pensacola prospect
13 Aug 20202 min read

Shell delivers seismic data for Pensacola prospect

The Deltic Energy-Shell partnership is now working on updating the interpretation of the Pensacola structure in the North Sea.

TGS announces onshore 3D seismic survey in the Powder River Basin
12 Aug 20202 min read

TGS announces onshore 3D seismic survey in the Powder River Basin

Voyager 3D, located in Johnson County, Wyoming, US, will encompass approximately 555 km2.

Wellesley Petroleum given drilling permit by NPD
11 Aug 20201 min read

Wellesley Petroleum given drilling permit by NPD

Well 6204/11-3 will be the first exploration well to be drilled in production licence 829.

TGS begins multi-year seismic survey in Egypt
11 Aug 20202 min read

TGS begins multi-year seismic survey in Egypt

The company is conducting an airborne Enhanced Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry multi-client survey - together with magnetic and Lidar data - over the Upper Egypt region of the country.

TGS submits offer for PGS data library
7 Aug 20202 min read

TGS submits offer for PGS data library

TGS has made a US$600 million offer for part of PGS's multi-client data library.

Spirit Energy drills dry well near Ivar Aasen field
5 Aug 20202 min read

Spirit Energy drills dry well near Ivar Aasen field

The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Middle Jurassic (Sleipner Formation) and the Upper Triassic (Skagerrak Formation).

Halliburton digital services to support Petronas exploration activities
4 Aug 20201 min read

Halliburton digital services to support Petronas exploration activities

Halliburton Landmark will deliver DecisionSpace® 365, its E&P cloud software, to support Petronas' upstream digitalisation initiatives and reduce exploration time.

Neptune Energy confirms commercial oil discovery at Dugong well
4 Aug 20202 min read

Neptune Energy confirms commercial oil discovery at Dugong well

The volumes are estimated to be in the range of 40 – 120 million boe – the largest discovery in Norway so far this year.

Equinor drills dry well near Johan Castberg field
31 Jul 20202 min read

Equinor drills dry well near Johan Castberg field

Wildcat well 7219/9-3 was drilled about 25 km south of the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea and 220 km northwest of Hammerfest.

Oil discovery made at Kwaskwasi-1 well offshore Suriname
30 Jul 20202 min read

Oil discovery made at Kwaskwasi-1 well offshore Suriname

Preliminary fluid samples and test results indicate at least 278 m (912 ft) of net oil and volatile oil/gas condensate pay in two intervals.

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