Skip to main content
Oilfield Technology
  • Home
  • News
  • Magazine
  • Webinars
  • Spotlight interviews
  • Events
  • White papers
  • Advertise
  • Get your magazine
Sections
01Drilling & production02Offshore & subsea03Exploration04HSE05Digital oilfield06Hydraulic fracturing07Special reports08Product news
View all news
Latest storyEuropa Oil & Gas secures EG-08 license extensionEuropa Oil & Gas secures EG-08 license extension
Latest magazine cover

Inside this issue

The September/October 2026 issue of Oilfield Technology explores how operators and service companies are responding to a more demanding upstream environment through technology, optimisation and smarter decision-making. Highlights include McKinsey & Company on the growing exploration discovery gap, Halliburton on unlocking bypassed reserves through multilateral technology, and MR Group on continuous BOP assurance, alongside features examining autonomous FPSOs, produced water treatment, H2S scavenging, advanced sealing solutions and the growing role of AI in optimising well and asset performance.

More about Oilfield TechnologyIn this issueEditorial commentRegister & Subscribe
From the archive
August 2026June 2026
Browse all issues
Menu
  • Home
  • Drilling & productionOffshore & subseaExplorationHSEDigital oilfieldHydraulic fracturingSpecial reportsProduct news
  • In this issueEditorial commentRegister & SubscribeMagazine archive
  • Webinars
  • Spotlight interviews
  • Events
  • White papers
  • Advertise
  • Contact usAbout usOur teamTerms & SecurityPrivacy policy
  • Get your magazine

News categories

  • Drilling & production
  • Offshore & subsea
  • Exploration
  • HSE
  • Digital oilfield
  • Hydraulic fracturing
  • Special reports
  • Product news

Resources

  • Home
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Events
  • White Papers
  • Webinars
  • Spotlight interviews

Company

  • Contact us
  • About us
  • Advertise with us
  • Our team
  • Terms & Security
  • Privacy policy

Connect with us

Follow us on social media for the latest industry news and updates.

Copyright © 2026 Palladian Publications Ltd. All rights reserved | Tel: +44 (0)1252 718 999 | Email: enquiries@oilfieldtechnology.com

Home/News/Exploration news

Exploration news

Browse the latest exploration news news and articles.

DEA secures two licences in the Barents Sea
20 Jun 20182 min read

DEA secures two licences in the Barents Sea

In the 24th licensing round, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered DEA two new licences in the Barents Sea.

Lundin awarded stake in three Barents Sea blocks
19 Jun 20181 min read

Lundin awarded stake in three Barents Sea blocks

Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has been awarded three exploration licences in the 24th licensing round in Norway. All of the licences are located in the southern Barents Sea with one of the licences operated by Lundin Norway.

SDX announce gas discovery at SD-4X well, Egypt and provide LMS-1 well test results
18 Jun 20183 min read

SDX announce gas discovery at SD-4X well, Egypt and provide LMS-1 well test results

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a gas discovery has been made at its SD-4X well in the South Disouq Concession, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).

CGG’s Helitem shatters AEM low-frequency barrier to target deeper resources
18 Jun 20182 min read

CGG’s Helitem shatters AEM low-frequency barrier to target deeper resources

Broad-spectrum airborne EM data acquired for first time at 7.5 Hz base frequency.

Sercel extends capability of 508XT seismic acquisition system to transition zones
15 Jun 20181 min read

Sercel extends capability of 508XT seismic acquisition system to transition zones

Seismic crews will now be able to deploy the 508XT solution in marsh zones and water depths of up to 25 m.

Elsevier and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) collaborate to improve productivity for global oil and gas exploration teams
14 Jun 20182 min read

Elsevier and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) collaborate to improve productivity for global oil and gas exploration teams

Long-awaited agreement with Elsevier's Geofacets assures the easy integration of AAPG's research into existing exploration workflows to optimise search results.

CGG delivers final PSTM products for Dunquin multi-client survey in Ireland’s Porcupine Basin
14 Jun 20181 min read

CGG delivers final PSTM products for Dunquin multi-client survey in Ireland’s Porcupine Basin

Dunquin is the latest in a series of multi-client surveys that CGG has recently been acquiring in the area, totalling 10 500 km2 of 3D and around 2000 km of long-offset 2D broadband data

Corridor to suspend work on Old Harry project
13 Jun 20183 min read

Corridor to suspend work on Old Harry project

Corridor has attributed the decision to a geotechnical analysis which revealed the play may be more gas prone than oil prone, as well as a failure to attract a joint venture partner.

CGG adds two New Surveys to Anadarko Basin Coverage
6 Jun 20181 min read

CGG adds two New Surveys to Anadarko Basin Coverage

CGG has completed acquisition of its Chickasha 3D survey in Grady and Caddo Counties, Oklahoma. CGG has also purchased the rights to the Ft. Reno 3D survey in Canadian County, adding to its continuously growing data library.

Acoustic Data opens new technology centre
5 Jun 20181 min read

Acoustic Data opens new technology centre

The company has also appointed a new COO, Gavin Lindsay, who joins from READ Cased Hole.

Halliburton releases EarthStar™ ultra-deep resistivity service
5 Jun 20182 min read

Halliburton releases EarthStar™ ultra-deep resistivity service

The technology enables the mapping of reservoir and fluid boundaries over 200 ft (61 m) away from the wellbore.

Equinor given go-ahead for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea
1 Jun 20181 min read

Equinor given go-ahead for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea

Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill appraisal well 6608/10-18 in production licence 128 D in the Norwegian Sea.

«‹
787980818283
›»