Exploration/discoveries
Equinor, Aker BP, and Vår Energi will combine resources and expertise to pursue some of the largest remaining exploration opportunities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
The Loran Phase 2 license award builds on BP’s growing presence in Venezuela as it seeks to develop offshore projects, particularly shared fields near Venezuela’s maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago.
Gran Tierra will refocus its investment strategy to strengthen its portfolio in Canada and Azerbaijan while Maurel & Prom, majority owned by Pertamina’s international upstream arm, grows its South American footprint in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Plan to double gas output in order to help ease supply issues in Europe caused by Russian invasion. -
A successful appraisal well at the field has boosted reserves estimates as high as 1 billion barrels.
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The Glaucus-2 well confirms the existence of a multi-TCF gas field.
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A sidetrack is planned to confirm commercial quantities of oil and gas.
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Saudi looks to increase natural gas role in electricity production.
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New discovery could hold 100 million barrels of oil.
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Ecuador program will involve over 40 wells over 18 months.
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Venus well could prove 2 billion-barrel find.
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Malaysia Bid Round 2022 is promoting 14 exploration blocks in addition to known discovery areas.
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Licenses include a dozen in the North Sea, 10 in the Norwegian Sea and 4 in the Barents
