Exploration/discoveries
As Egypt’s largest oil and gas investor, Eni is ramping up its 2026–2027 drilling campaign with new investments cross the Mediterranean offshore, Nile Delta, Western Desert, and offshore Sinai to strengthen the country’s role as a regional gas and LNG export hub.
Oil prices are high, but spending has not caught up—yet. Meanwhile, exploration strategies are changing around the world toward a lower-risk model, and the frenzied pace of US M&A has very much cooled off.
This energy roundup highlights major global developments, including Western Australia’s approval of Woodside’s Browse gas project, TotalEnergies’ FID for Cyprus’ first gas development, and new oil and gas discoveries offshore Colombia, Namibia, and Angola. Read the latest updates on LNG projects, exploration successes, seismic surveys, and strategic upstream investmen…
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Plan granted contains permission for one appraisal well and up to six horizontal development wells. -
A testing and completion program for the CN-1 discovery is under review.
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New well on the South Salinas project encounters commercial quantities of oil.
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The acreage comprises 10 leases covering approximately 25,430 contiguous acres.
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New well northwest of Cizre strikes 162 m of light oil pay.
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New probe extended past 5.3 miles deep in Tarim Basin.
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Life-extension project will double the facility’s life in hopes to double its output to date.
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The new well in offshore Bloc 9 is expected to wrap up by year-end.
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SMJ will get 50% nonoperating interest in the PSC.
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One new license holds the future location of the Gale exploration well.
