Exploration/discoveries
As Egypt’s largest oil and gas investor, Eni is ramping up its 2026–2027 drilling campaign with new investments cross the Mediterranean offshore, Nile Delta, Western Desert, and offshore Sinai to strengthen the country’s role as a regional gas and LNG export hub.
Oil prices are high, but spending has not caught up—yet. Meanwhile, exploration strategies are changing around the world toward a lower-risk model, and the frenzied pace of US M&A has very much cooled off.
This energy roundup highlights major global developments, including Western Australia’s approval of Woodside’s Browse gas project, TotalEnergies’ FID for Cyprus’ first gas development, and new oil and gas discoveries offshore Colombia, Namibia, and Angola. Read the latest updates on LNG projects, exploration successes, seismic surveys, and strategic upstream investmen…
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Equinor will participate in 25 exploration wells on the NCS this year. -
New well on the Gydan Peninsula strikes gas and condensate.
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Both finds will be tied back to the nearby Ram-Powell TLP.
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The deal marks the biggest injection into Libya's flagging oil and gas industry in 2 decades, but not everyone in the ruling government is on board.
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Novatek is reporting a 6.3% jump in 2022 LNG exports, driven by Europe which has shunned Russian pipeline gas while increasing its purchases of Russian LNG.
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Chevron is "encouraged and excited" after drilling its first successful exploration well in the Eastern Mediterranean block.
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Malaysia plans to launch its 2023 bid round in Q1, hoping to exceed last year’s completion of 18 exploration wells that boasted a 60% success rate in new offshore hydrocarbon discoveries.
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The well is the operator’s third discovery over the past 6 months in the region.
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Northern Nigerian prospect could hold a billion barrels of resource.
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Appraisal drilling at Block 58’s Sapakara South find is underway.
