Exploration
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March 18, 2019
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement, awarding the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi Onshore Block 4 to Japan’s INPEX Corporation.
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March 11, 2019
Oil Gas Systems, LLC - a subsidiary of DTEK Oil & Gas - has purchased the special permit for subsurface exploration of the Svitankovo-Lohivskyi license site in eastern Ukraine for UAH 85 million ($3.17 million) at open auction.
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March 08, 2019
During the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC 2019), Carlo Vito Russo, Executive Vice President, Europe and Russia for Eni SpA, delivered a keynote speech following a talk by the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry for the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Yiorgos Lakkotrypis.
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March 06, 2019
Strike Energy Limited has advised that the drill site preparation and other civil works have now commenced.
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February 19, 2019
An oil discovery in a remote corner of northwestern China could trigger a surge in shale drilling, benefiting service companies and providing a needed output boost for the world’s biggest importer.
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February 19, 2019
SKK Migas has confirmed a gas discovery at the Repsol-operated Sakakemang PSC, onshore Central Sumatra, Indonesia, according to Wood Mackenzie's research director Andrew Harwood.
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February 12, 2019
TGS announces a new multi-client onshore 3D seismic survey, Railgun 3D, located within the Powder River Basin.
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February 12, 2019
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has awarded one new license to DEA in its 2018 Bid Round. The East Damanhour exploration block (originally offered as Block 10) is covering 1,418 km2 and is located west of the Disouq development leases, where DEA is the operator with a licence share of 100%.
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February 12, 2019
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that it has increased its presence in Morocco with the awards of the Moulay Bouchta Ouest and Lalla Mimouna Sud licenses.
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February 10, 2019
India announced a third round of auctions in a year for oil and gas blocks under a more liberal policy, targeting to raise as much as $700 million in exploration investments as the country seeks to cut its reliance on imports.
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February 05, 2019
After a difficult few years, the exploration sector is back in the black – and keen to stay there.
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February 03, 2019
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced the signing of an agreement, awarding an onshore block – known as Onshore Block 3 – to U.S.
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January 25, 2019
Oil explorers expanded drilling in U.S. fields for the first time this year as rising crude prices buoyed optimism.
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January 17, 2019
Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern leader Khalifa Haftar have swept into the country’s lawless and oil-rich southern region to expel militants and secure energy facilities.
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January 14, 2019
Following recent announcements of Eni S.p.A.’s acquisition of new exploration acreage in Bahrain, the UAE and Oman, Will Scargill, senior oil & gas analyst at GlobalData offers his view on their place within the company’s wider strategy.
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January 14, 2019
BP and Eni have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman to work jointly towards a significant new exploration opportunity in Oman.
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January 10, 2019
Lukoil has successfully completed testing of the fourth well as part of Eridu field (Block 10) appraisal phase in the south of Iraq.
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January 09, 2019
Zion Oil and Gas confirmed today that it will move forward with the operational plan in Israel that the firm outlined previously in its Nov. 29, 2018, press release.
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January 03, 2019
Rockhopper has made progress in many areas of interest, with plans for further growth in 2019.
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December 30, 2018
Gazprom Neft and Repsol have established a joint venture to undertake geological exploration in the Karabashsky zone of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
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December 21, 2018
Crude drilling increased in American fields even as explorers face the biggest quarterly drop in oil prices since 2014.
