Exploration
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June 29, 2020
CNOOC Limited has made a significant discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in Eastern South China Sea. It is expected to become the first mid-to-large sized condensate oil and gas field in the shallow water area of Pearl River Mouth Basin.
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June 26, 2020
Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced that the company has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas to facilitate a comprehensive balance sheet restructuring.
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June 12, 2020
Per Canada’s CBC News, a report this week has stoked some optimism in the Newfoundland and Labrador oil and gas sector, with a description of another “potentially commercial discovery” in the Flemish Pass Basin.
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June 12, 2020
As the remnants of shale’s turn-of-the-century heyday turn to dust, it’s unclear who will step into the void.
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June 03, 2020
Tullow Oil’s export and testing of Kenya’s crude under a pilot plan ended June 2, as timelines for development in the East African nation slowed.
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June 03, 2020
The eastern Mediterranean has become an energy hot spot with big finds for EU member Cyprus, Israel and Egypt in recent years, and Turkey’s push to secure a share of the resources in those waters has exacerbated strains in an already tumultuous region.
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May 27, 2020
The global slump in crude prices is giving Ghana a chance to rethink its dependence on a sector that was its key driver of economic growth in recent years.
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May 26, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, along with provincial Minister of Natural Resources Siobhan Coady, expressed support for a focused initiative to persuade the federal government to provide immediate assistance to East Canada’s offshore industry, which has been hit hard by Covid-19 and the collapse of oil prices.
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May 22, 2020
Key trends for the coming week, including how industry groups' response to low oil prices differ dramatically in the U.S. versus other producing nations, China's big plans for its economy, and investment analysts turning their backs on key sectors of the industry.
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May 14, 2020
Based on capex cuts, falling drilling rig counts, and voluntary production curtailments, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects domestic crude production to decline through 2021.
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May 11, 2020
Bleak crude prices and fuel demand forecasts won’t blunt oil company bidding for Arctic drilling rights, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Monday.
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April 30, 2020
Despite marching orders from China’s top leader Xi Jinping to maximize oil and gas production, the energy sector is bending to the reality of the pandemic-fueled market collapse.
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April 27, 2020
Neptune Energy announced two important hydrocarbon discoveries have been made in northwestern Germany.
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April 07, 2020
In line with its strategy of actively managing its asset portfolio and its objective to divest $5 billion in assets in 2019-2020, Total is pursuing the divestments of several non-core assets in both Exploration-Production and Marketing & Services. These divestments represent a global value of more than $400 million.
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April 02, 2020
The Argentine region is often compared with the Permian basin in the U.S., with the promise to push out a million barrels of oil a day and turn around an economy on course for a third straight contraction this year.
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March 27, 2020
The American shale industry shocked the world with its rebound after the 2014-2016 bust, setting records for output that pushed the U.S. to the top spot among oil-producing countries. A handful of experts is saying that will happen again.
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March 23, 2020
Talos Energy announced updated full year 2020 financial guidance, inclusive of $170.0 million of reductions in capital, operating and G&A expenses.
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March 17, 2020
The reductions to the company’s 2020 capital budget will be primarily achieved by shifting from a six-rig program to one rig in the Bakken, which is expected to be completed by the end of May. Most discretionary exploration and offshore drilling activities, excluding Guyana, will also be deferred.
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March 17, 2020
Total and its partners have made an encouraging discovery with the Isabella 30/12d-11 well on the license P1820, located in the Central North Sea offshore U.K., about 40 kilometers south of the Elgin-Franklin Field and 170 kilometers east of Aberdeen.
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March 11, 2020
Shale insiders are swooping in to buy stock in their ailing firms this week after an oil price war erupted between Saudi Arabia and Russia late Sunday.
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March 02, 2020
The objective of the study was to provide the most up-to-date understanding of geological carbon storage locations, onshore and offshore, throughout the province of British Columbia.
