Exploration/discoveries
The next wave of unconventional growth will likely come from basins in Argentina, the Middle East, Australia, and elsewhere, fueled by expertise gained from shale plays in North America.
Assets consolidated into the Searah JV include Eni-operated deepwater gas-condensate developments in the Kutei Basin, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Xu outlines the thinking and theories that led his team to six world-class oil discoveries that total more than 100 million tons of proven geological reserves since 2021.
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Companies largely focused on deepwater acreage in the second Gulf lease sale held under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. -
Operator started planning the development before it made its latest North Sea discovery.
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Cook Inlet leases have been a hard sell for federal or Alaska state authorities for years, given the environmental sensitivity of the area.
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Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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This study evaluates the feasibility of drilling a closed-loop, unconventional geothermal system in the Pannonian Basin basement of Romania.
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The agreement follows the discovery of 724 million BOE in unconventional oil and gas reserves in November.
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Westwood links 2026 exploration outcomes to policies, with operators offshore Norway finding seven times more resources than those offshore the UK.
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The Granat prospect on the Norwegian Continental Shelf may be developed with a subsea tieback to existing infrastructure.
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Phase 1 of the lease agreements calls for 2D and 3D seismic over the blocks.
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Eni reports its latest deepwater exploration well offshore Côte d'Ivoire found gas and condensate in high-quality Cenomanian sands in the Calao channel complex.
