Exploration/discoveries
The Society’s archive of technical papers, maps, figures, and geological data sets will be integrated into the GIX platform, enabling geoscientists to query AI agents about exploration opportunities within specific geographic regions while combining historical research with public data, proprietary information, and advanced analytics.
New agreements for exploration and production in Africa include activity in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia, offshore Angola, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire. In the Gulf of Mexico, a memorandum of understanding for deepwater evaluation was signed between Woodside Energy and PEMEX and Viridien initiated its Walker Ridge Reimaging Extension. TotalEnergies provided a targe…
This work introduces a novel predictive methodology combining historical metocean data with real-time riser analysis for shallow water dynamically positioned rig operations.
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Chevron is "encouraged and excited" after drilling its first successful exploration well in the Eastern Mediterranean block. -
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.
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Two unconventional gas reservoirs were found underlying existing producing fields.
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The four blocks on offer could contain around 4 billion bbl of oil.
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The Norwegian Sea field is expected to come on stream in late 2025.
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Crude output from the country is now less than 15,000 B/D.
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The results of well testing at Zeus-1 are being combined with results of testing at two other discoveries to create a plan for the fast-track development of the offshore block.
