Exploration
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November 22, 2024
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) announced they have signed a contract with an undisclosed client for a controlled source electro-magnetic (CSEM) survey in India. The survey is expected to have a contract value of approximately USD 10 million, including mobilization fee.
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November 20, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. has withdrawn from an oil-exploration block off the coast of Suriname, not far from where it discovered more than 11 billion bbls in Guyanese waters. Exxon will transfer its 50% stake in the block to Malaysia’s Petronas, the project operator.
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November 13, 2024
Bourbon announced that it has been awarded a new fully integrated logistics contract by an oil & gas major operator to support its exploration campaign and the drilling of its first well in the waters of southern Namibia.
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November 05, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Libya is planning its first tender for energy exploration contracts since 2011’s civil war, as the OPEC member looks to bring back oil majors spooked by years of instability and production shutdowns.
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November 04, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Thailand will press ahead with a plan to restart talks with Cambodia to jointly explore petroleum reserves worth an estimated $300 billion in a disputed offshore area, disregarding opposition from some political groups and activists.
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October 31, 2024
Panoro Energy has announced that following the provisional award of a 25% participating interest in two exploration blocks offshore shallow water Gabon, final terms have been agreed with the government of Gabon for production sharing contracts (PSCs) covering the two blocks.
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October 29, 2024
(Bloomberg) — The National Petroleum Corp. of Namibia aims to triple its stake in future oil and gas projects to 30% as the southern African nation is set for a surge in activity following multiple offshore discoveries.
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October 29, 2024
(WO) — TotalEnergies announces that the Harald East Middle Jurassic nearby exploration well (HEMJ-1X) has discovered additional gas condensate resources in the Harald field, in the Danish North Sea.
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October 25, 2024
(Bloomberg) — Suriname, which is on the verge of becoming a major South American energy producer, is ruling out more borrowing against future oil production, according to its finance minister.
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October 23, 2024
(WO) — Namibia’s next wave of offshore oil drilling is set to begin with the arrival of a rig near an existing discovery made by Galp Energia SGPS S.A.
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October 23, 2024
(WO) — Kongsberg Maritime will supply an extensive range of equipment for a new fleet of 10 platform supply vessels (PSV) being built by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China for Greek shipowner, Capital Offshore.
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October 14, 2024
Cameroon has recently attracted a wave of independent explorers embarking on new exploration activities and developing marginal fields, in collaboration with national oil company Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH).
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October 11, 2024
Eni SpA has received significant interest for its next FLNG project in Mozambique, even as international lenders face growing pressure to reduce exposure to fossil fuels.
Article
September 2024
Based on the numbers our forecast, along with some anecdotal evidence from talking to industry professionals, I think it’s fair to say that the upstream industry is maintaining the status quo for the remainder of 2024, with great enthusiasm building for 2025.
News
October 04, 2024
Petrobras has confirmed a significant gas discovery in Colombia's Guajira offshore basin, estimating the potential reserves at around 6 Tcf.
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September 24, 2024
The license partnership, which includes operator Equinor, is studying a tieback of Heisenberg to nearby offshore infrastructure, potentially jointly coordinated with the development of other recent discoveries in this highly prolific area surrounding the Troll and Gjøa production hubs. DNO has a strong area position.
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September 23, 2024
A Norwegian Offshore Directorate analysis of exploration activity from 2004-2023 shows that the discoveries are valued at three times the costs expended. 50 of 190 offshore discoveries have been developed and are producing, leaving three-quarters still to be developed. These investments will remain profitable as more fields come on stream.
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September 17, 2024
Preliminary estimates place the size of the Gundrun discovery between 0.1 and 1.2 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent in the intra-Draupne Formation, and between 0.4 and 1.3 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent in the Hugin Formation.
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September 15, 2024
Block 14 and Block 15 were part of the Suriname Shallow Offshore 2 Bid Round 2023-2024. The blocks are in the eastern part of the Suriname-Guyana basin and border Block 52, where oil and gas discoveries have previously been made. Block 14 has water depths of 50 to 75 m, and Block 15 from 75 to 150 m.
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September 10, 2024
The Liwan 4-1 well was tested to produce 430,000 cmd of absolute open flow natural gas. The well is located in Baiyun Sag, the largest oil and gas-rich sag in the Pearl River Mouth basin, about 300 km southeast of Shenzhen, with a water depth of nearly 1,640 m.
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September 10, 2024
The Transocean Spitsbergen rig drilled the well in production license 199 in the Haltenbanken Vest Unit in the Norwegian Sea. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery in the range of 2-4 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent.
