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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The find kicks off Petrobras’ latest drilling campaign, which is focused primarily on offshore blocks holding subsalt potential that the company acquired at a series of bid rounds that started in 2017.
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The Gulf of Mexico discovery, a product of infrastructure-led exploration, boasts 100 million bbl of gross potential.
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With all permits, personnel, and equipment in place, Zion is set to operate the well.
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The Hassa-1 exploration well in the prolific Stabroek Block was the giant’s second setback to its drilling campaign in recent months.
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The SEMZ-11X is the US independent’s second exploration well in the Southeast Meleiha Concession.
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The US Interior Department says native company missed deadline to conduct polar bear den assessment work ahead of planned geological activity.
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The discovery well is located in the south-western Ring of Bozhong Sag in the Bohai Bay where average water depth is about 23 m.
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Bahama Petroleum's Perseverance #1 establishes petroleum system, will be plugged and abandoned
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ExxonMobil and Petronas discovered hydrocarbon-bearing zones in an exploration well on Block 52 offshore Suriname, adding to ExxonMobil’s finds in the Guyana-Suriname basin.
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If brought to production, the flow of new gas supplies will help cut Jordan’s dependence on oil imports to fuel its power sector and industries.