Exploration/discoveries

Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.

China's biggest offshore company is looking to open a new frontier with shallow reservoirs found in the deep water of the South China Sea.

The KRI has become a significant player in the oil and gas industry. The authors use production data from key fields to explore the factors influencing both individual fields and overall production. An overview of the challenges and milestones in the region’s oil and gas sector from 2014 to 2023 enhances understanding of its evolution, current status, and future oppor…

Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.

The Persian Gulf nation is hoping that offshore exploration will help boost its production capacity to 4 million B/D by next decade.

As Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29, JPT looks back at how the country prospered for millennia on its largess of oil and gas and its unique geography along the ancient Silk Road that today is traversed by pipelines delivering gas and oil to Europe from the depths of the Caspian Sea.

Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.

The initial well is being reviewed along with other discoveries in the area for possible joint development.

Woodside Energy’s deepwater Sangomar field offshore Senegal has reached first oil, and company CEO Meg O’Neill called the reservoir quality “very, very close” to pre-drill predictions.

A May expedition identified 10 mud volcanos on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and geochemical and biostratigraphy tests are underway to determine the age of the mud and the potential for hydrocarbons.