Exploration/discoveries
CERAWeek panelists see AI as a way to leverage data and people in interpreting data for exploration, but a cultural shift at companies may still be needed.
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
Equinor said it found between 14 million and 24 million BOE with its most recent exploration well in the Polynya Tubåen prospect.
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By opening new fields to exploration and development, Libya is poised to boost gas production to supply exports in meaningful volumes to Europe by early 2030. -
The operator has estimated about 500 million bbl of oil in place at Algaita in Block 15/06.
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Rystad Energy expects the continent to account for the largest share of frontier and basin-opening wells in 2026 as operators pursue scale and untapped resources.
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Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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The agency also requests feedback related to interest in a possible minerals lease sale offshore Alaska.
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The deal targets increased investment and production from one of the country’s largest onshore developments.
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Malampaya East discovery is estimated to hold 98 Bcf of gas and may help offset declines at the country’s only producing gas field.
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Equinor, Aker BP, DNO Norge, and Vår Energi received the most licensing offers in APA 2025.
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The agreement requires the partners to conduct their own proprietary 3D survey of Block 8 in hope of zeroing in on the sweet spot that eluded the TotalEnergies-led consortium when it drilled a dry hole in an adjacent block in 2023.
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Murphy Oil’s Hai Su Vang (Golden Sea Lion) appraisal well reinforces the commerciality of the 2025 discovery.
