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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Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments. -
Only about one-third of Africa’s discovered hydrocarbon resources have reached commercialization.
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The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has set its sights on anticorruption efforts for the 2025 Licensing Round, which began on 1 December.
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The discovery in the Kutei Basin offshore Indonesia is being considered for fast-track development.
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Deepwater blocks drew most of the attention in the first lease sale for the offshore region to be held in 2 years.
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Preliminary estimates indicated recoverables of between 30 million and 110 million BOE at the discoveries, which Equinor called its largest of the year.
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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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Data and impartial viewpoints can help de-risk exploration portfolios and keep resource estimates in check.
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Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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Of the total approved by ADNOC’s board, $50 billion will be invested in Canada under a framework agreement targeting projects in AI, energy, and mining.
