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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Latest Canje Block test does not find commercial hydrocarbons. -
OBR 4 will include license opportunities in the country’s exclusive economic zone.
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South American country looks to revitalize its offshore oil industry by offering 32 new blocks for exploration
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Total number of applicants down for latest Barents Sea frontier licensing round.
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Independent producer’s 2021 exploration budget will remain flat at around $150 million.
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ExxonMobil’s Kerry Moreland, a geoscientist, managed breakthrough discoveries in the early stage of her 15-year career that have positioned the company for decades to come in South America. Now she is pursuing similar goals in Africa and Asia Pacific, as she explains in a moderated interview at this week’s IPTC in Kuala Lumpur.
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and Equinor have announced the biggest discovery so far this year on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Three wildcat wells drilled in the Blasto prospect near the Fram field confirmed the find and were then permanently plugged and abandoned.
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The Mexican state oil company believes it has found a new oil field on par with past billion-bbl finds.
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Increasing downhole pressures were the culprit, rig will be released as planned.
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The drilling program is the first exploration well to be drilled in production license 785 S.
