Exploration/discoveries
Equinor said it found between 14 million and 24 million BOE with its most recent exploration well in the Polynya Tubåen prospect.
Companies largely focused on deepwater acreage in the second Gulf lease sale held under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Operator started planning the development before it made its latest North Sea discovery.
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Preliminary evaluation indicates gross recoverable resources of 120 million–230 million BOE.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commits to future oil and gas licensing rounds as new analysis shows domestic gas production has around one-quarter the carbon footprint of imported liquefied natural gas.
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OMV’s discovery of a domestic gas resource coincides with its agreement to import LNG from BP to be regasified in Rotterdam, as Austria knits together a strategy to ensure its energy security.
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The Pickerel-1 well encountered 90 ft of high-quality oil-bearing Miocene reservoir and will be tied back to the Tubular Bells production facilities.
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The Irpa gas field, Verdande oil field, and Andvare production-well tiebacks will extend the lives of the mature Aasta Hansteen and Norne fields into the late 2030s.
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The Carmen gas discovery offshore Norway was far bigger than expected and a short tieback away from production.
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CNPC’s record-breaking 11,100-m exploration borehole in the Taklamakan Desert promises to unlock the science of producing oil and gas trapped in the world’s deepest reservoirs.
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Benriach well finds subeconomic natural gas accumulation.
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Well and sidetrack encountered pay in the targeted Santonian interval.
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Challenges including increases in UK taxation have prompted operator Parkmead Group to drop plans to develop its Greater Perth project in the North Sea.