Exploration/discoveries
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
Data and impartial viewpoints can help de-risk exploration portfolios and keep resource estimates in check.
Alaskan oil is entering a renaissance driven by a predicted 13% upswing in 2026 production, the largest since the 1980s, and a possible reboot of LNG exports to Asia from the Kenai Peninsula, supplied via pipeline from the North Slope.
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Operators seek deepwater reserves on the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico. -
A second well, Curaçao, also encountered commercial oil volumes in the Santos Basin.
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By 2030, deepwater production is expected to rise 60%, but after that, reduced leasing and exploration could limit this small slice of the sector.
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The Cengkih discovery will likely be tied back to the nearby Pegaga field.
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The awards are part of the third and fifth bidding rounds launched last year.
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Additional wells are planned for the GOM field in 2023 and 2024.
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The government is targeting a “fairer share” of the revenues from oil and gas developments.
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The French operator plans to drill the first exploration well on an onshore tract during 2023.
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The next drilling target will look for reserves in three different plays in Louisiana.
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Petrobras will continue to operate the assets following the selldown of working interest.
