Exploration

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June 20, 2018
Mozambique’s oil and gas regulator said exploration contracts for the nation’s fifth licensing round in 2015, which awarded blocks to companies including ExxonMobil Corp. and Eni SpA, are close to being finalized.
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June 19, 2018
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a gas discovery has been made at its SD-4X well in the South Disouq Concession, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest and operator).
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June 19, 2018
Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falklands basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, has provided the following operational and corporate update in relation to its Egyptian portfolio.
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June 12, 2018
Serinus Energy announced drilling at its Moftinu 1007 well has concluded, achieving a TD of 1,463 m.
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June 11, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, announces the succesful completion of the extended well test following the workover on well CSo-85 located in the mature Cañadon Salto field in the Company's Fracción D asset, in Joint Venture between Echo and its Argentine partner Compañía General de Combustibles S.A. (CGC).
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June 08, 2018
Oil drillers added more rigs in the U.S. this week, undaunted by pipeline bottlenecks that are hindering efforts to ship crude from the nation’s busiest field.
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June 07, 2018
TGS announces its seventh onshore seismic project for 2018, Dawson Phase II 3D seismic survey in Canada.
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June 06, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, announces the succesful completion of drilling of the ELA-1 exploration well at the Company's Laguna Los Capones Asset (surrounded by the Fracción C licence area), onshore Argentina.
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June 04, 2018
Mayan Energy has announced its plans for the development of the gas discovery at the Morris #1 well at Stockdale field, Wilson County, Texas. The Company has a 60% working interest (WI) and 45% net revenue interest (NRI) in Stockdale field.
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May 22, 2018
SDX Energy's Kelvin-1X well dissapoints in Egypt
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May 18, 2018
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced the positive results of the well test conducted on the Ibn Yunus 1X well, following the recent conventional natural gas discovery at South Disouq, Egypt
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May 18, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced the successful completion of the ELM-1004 exploration well drilling at the Company's Fracción C asset, onshore Argentina, and a gas discovery for the first well in its four-well exploration campaign.
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May 17, 2018
Lukoil has built an integrated geological and geophysical model of fields and exploration structures of the Denisov depression in Timan-Pechora oil and gas province.
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May 09, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced the commencement of drilling of the first exploration well in a four-well, back-to-back campaign in the Company's Fracción C asset, onshore Argentina.
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May 08, 2018
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that it has spud its Kelvin-1X exploration well at South Disouq, Egypt
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May 07, 2018
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a conventional natural gas discovery has been made at its LMS-1 exploration well on the Lalla Mimouna permit in Morocco (SDX 75%).
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May 04, 2018
Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production Pcl is ready to shell out as much as $1 billion on an overseas petroleum asset this year, and possibly more, as it tries to prop up growth amid falling reserves.
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May 04, 2018
French energy giant Total SA plans to boost oil exploration and open more fuel stations in Africa’s most industrialized country.
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May 03, 2018
Eni announces an oil discovery on the A-2X exploration prospect in the South West Meleiha license, in the Egyptian Western Desert, some 103 km north of the oasis of Siwa.
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April 26, 2018
Mayan Energy, the AIM listed oil and gas company, has announced a new gas discovery at Stockdale field, in Wilson County, Texas, as part of its ongoing development activities at the Morris 1 well.
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April 24, 2018
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that an oil discovery has been made at its Rabul 4 Well in the West Gharib Concession in Egypt.
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