Exploration/discoveries
The $2.9 billion Shah Deniz Compression project, expected online in 2029, will enable additional production of around 50 Bcm of gas and 25 million bbl of condensate.
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
The Göktepe-3 discovery boosts Turkey’s gas reserve estimates by 10%, supporting Ankara’s ambitions to become a regional gas export hub.
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The Southern North Sea find could be one of the largest in the area in a decade. -
The Dutch Government will no longer issue drilling permits for new onshore oil and gas wells.
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The Uaru development is expected to pump 250,000 barrels of oil at peak.
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New gas discovery is the first made on the Norwegian continental shelf this year
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Wood Mackenzie said "advantaged barrels" that are cheap to extract and with low emissions represent less than a third of untapped resources.
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QatarEnergy’s acquisition of a 30% interest in E&P blocks offshore Lebanon with TotalEnergies and Eni expands the company’s East Med portfolio while enabling the Emirate to help mediate Beirut’s longstanding political and economic crisis.
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Namibia, Brazil, and Algeria scored major discoveries in 2022 as the industry drilled fewer exploration wells but found better and larger prospects.
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The authors of this paper describe the path of an operator’s successful exploration program that has integrated geologic and geophysical understanding and new technology to discover 8 billion BOE at the time of writing.
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A total of 20 new exploration blocks are on offer within the Israeli Economic Zone.
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The Agua-Marinha block is located in the Campos Basin off Brazil.
