Exploration

There has been a significant oil discovery at an exploration well in the Yggdrasil area of the Norwegian North Sea.

Garrison Energy has announced that it is pursuing new oil and gas exploration and development opportunities in West Texas, US.

STRYDE has been awarded a contract for the supply of 10 000 seismic receiver nodes in Nigeria.

PGS has been awarded a 3D exploration acquisition contract by a major international energy company.

The well was drilled about 6.5 km west of the Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea and 208 km west of Sandnes.

The company has signed an agreement to acquire equity interest in discoveries in the Troll, Fram and Kvitebjørn area in the North Sea on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) from Wellesley Petroleum AS.

The planned isolation of three of the six stimulated zones and perforation of two other zones within the Southwark A2 well has been completed.

TotalEnergies and Eni have completed the transfer to QatarEnergy of a 30% interest in exploration Blocks 4 and 9 off the coast of Lebanon.

The company has secured a second contract with ExxonMobil to supply more than 24 of its jumpers for the Uaru field development situated offshore Guyana, in the Americas.

The company found that outside Russia, discoveries in 2021 were at the lowest level (3.4bnboe) since at least 2008.

The company has entered into a share purchase agreement with OMV Exploration and Production GmbH to acquire 100% of the outstanding share capital of OMV (Yemen Block S 2) Exploration GmbH, OMV Jardan Block 3 Upstream GmbH and OMV Block 70 Upstream GmbH.

This survey, covering 11 425 km2, will broaden the region's 3D coverage and deliver additional high-quality data essential for the exploration efforts in the basin.

Rudranil Roy Sharma, Director, Energy & Environment Practice, Frost & Sullivan writes an overview of the current Oil & Gas sector in the MENA Region.

The partnership will provide training and competence management solutions for Mozambique’s domestic onshore and offshore developments.

The discovery is located in the shallow waters of Balingian Province about 150 kilometres from Bintulu, off the coast of Sarawak, offshore Malaysia.