Exploration

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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.
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December 19, 2018
Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA, has secured a seven-figure contract with independent exploration and production company, Neptune Energy.
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December 18, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, has provided the following update relating to the Puesto Flores Concession in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
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December 14, 2018
Shale explorers are in for higher equipment and service costs in 2019 after getting hit with double-digit inflation this year, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
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December 13, 2018
CGG has announced that Sercel has been awarded a contract by a major data acquisition company to supply land seismic equipment for a large onshore 3D seismic survey in the Middle East.
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December 06, 2018
The U.S.’s fastest growing oil field may have even more to give.
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November 30, 2018
Oil explorers expanded drilling in American fields as OPEC and allied crude exporters prepared to discuss production controls and cratering prices.
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November 29, 2018
A trio of oil executives who hit the jackpot with a gas find off Mozambique have long believed they can repeat that success not far from their original discovery.
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November 20, 2018
TransGlobe Energy released test results for the South Ghazalat 6X oil discovery well in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
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November 14, 2018
Golden Software, a developer of affordable scientific graphics software, has enhanced the visualization capabilities in version 16 of its Surfer gridding, contouring and 3D surface mapping package.
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November 12, 2018
Rockhopper Exploration plc has provided the following operational and corporate update in relation to its Egyptian portfolio.
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November 06, 2018
Teledyne CARIS has announced the release of Bathy DataBASE 5.2, which introduces enhanced tools for validating and creating chart features from lidar surveys, as well as new bathymetry compilation techniques.
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October 19, 2018
The President of Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov and Uzbekneftegaz’s acting chairman of the board, Bahrom Ashrafhanov signed a memorandum of understanding to develop cooperation and share experience in the implementation of geological exploration in the Republic of Uzbekistan's territory.
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October 18, 2018
Exxon Mobil has gone from being a tiny bit player in Brazil to the second-largest holder of oil exploration acreage, trailing only state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro.
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October 18, 2018
Rwanda is considering partnering with oil and gas companies for the next stage of exploring Lake Kivu for more hydrocarbons, a government official said.
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October 18, 2018
BP’s new U.S. onshore headquarters in Denver serves as a testament to Colorado’s regal mountains, its expansive forests, its nature-loving culture.
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October 09, 2018
Exploration companies in Mozambique will spend at least $900 million, boosting the nation’s hopes of becoming a major exporter.
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October 08, 2018
A letter of intent (LOI) was signed in London by National Oil Corporation chairman Eng. Mustafa Sanalla, BP group chief executive Bob Dudley and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi.
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October 05, 2018
Savannah Petroleum PLC has announced the result of the Zomo-1 exploration well as an oil discovery.
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September 12, 2018
Rosneft and the Chinese National Oil and Gas Corporation (CNPC) signed the Agreement on Cooperation in Exploration and Production in the Russian Federation in the framework of the IV Eastern Economic Forum.
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September 11, 2018
Malaysian state energy company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. is interested in developing oil blocks in South Sudan, President Salva Kiir’s office said.
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