Exploration/discoveries
Geophysicist Markos Sourial discusses advances in seismic imaging, the challenges of modern data processing, and what they mean for the next wave of subsurface professionals.
Supermajor aims to start appraisal activities in 2027 and is evaluating development possibilities for the deepwater find offshore Brazil, which is the company’s largest discovery in 25 years.
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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BP announced two North Sea discoveries, adding to signs of a revival in play that was looking old, tired, and overpriced a couple years ago.
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Mexico’s Round 2.4 deepwater auction surpassed expectations as 19 of 29 blocks were awarded to 11 firms from 10 countries.
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The largest Gulf of Mexico lease sale in history is designed to jump-start offshore activity.
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The Mexican government continues to update its environmental regulations as authorities prepare for the first exploration and production (E&P) auction to feature blocks with unconventional oil and natural gas resources.
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At an initial production rate of almost 13 MMcf/D, BP’s new well has achieved the highest early-production level in 14 years for a well in the San Juan Basin of Colorado and New Mexico.
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Many new developments in African exploration and production hold tremendous potential to bring more energy and prosperity to the continent—and shine a light of affordable, abundant energy.
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As interest in unconventional resources has grown in Europe, so have concerns about the potential environmental impacts of their development.
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A major offshore discovery led by Talos Energy is the first successful wildcat well drilled by a private company in Mexico in almost 80 years and a milestone for the country’s recently enacted energy reform.
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Untapped offshore gas reservoirs could easily meet all of the country's domestic needs, while the rest could supply regional neighbors.
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30 years after being discovered in the North Sea, this heavy-oilfield is now flowing.