Exploration

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September 02, 2019
CGG announced that its third quarter 2019 segment revenue is expected to be above $350 million, based on strong multi-client sales in the range of $160 million (including transfer fees) and steady demand for Geoscience technology and equipment.
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August 30, 2019
China Big Oil wrapped up a first half that rewarded exploration & production and punished refining.
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August 29, 2019
Twenty-five new exploration wells are planned as part of the new cycle of onshore exploration for which Croatia has awarded licenses.
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August 28, 2019
Royale's CRC RVGU 4-3 well has encountered a total of 246 ft. of pay defined as probable and possible in the Domengine, Capay, and Mokelumne River formations.
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August 27, 2019
Total and Qatar Petroleum have signed agreements under which Qatar Petroleum will farm into Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya.
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August 27, 2019
Halliburton released ten new DecisionSpace 365 E&P cloud-native applications that leverage advances in digital technology to help operators reduce exploration risk, improve reservoir characterization and boost drilling efficiency.
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August 27, 2019
The find amounts to about 1 Tcf gas and 60 MMbbl of associated condensate in the deep drilled sequences. The discovery has further potential that will be assessed with the next appraisal campaign.
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August 27, 2019
Tracey Henderson is returning to the corner of Africa where two decades ago she started to make her name in the oil world.
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August 19, 2019
South Sudan has made a new crude find in the northern oilfields of Adar and plans production by the end of the year, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said.
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August 13, 2019
API TR 21TR1 seeks to address industry and regulatory concerns regarding connector bolts in all equipment deployed in offshore and other oil and natural gas exploration and production.
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August 04, 2019
Malaysia’s state-owned oil company has signed an agreement with Gabon for two exploration permits after the African country enacted a new oil law last month, the government said in a statement citing Noel Mboumba, Gabon’s petroleum minister.
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August 01, 2019
Recent resumption of exploration programs puts Brazil on track to be one of the world's leading oil producers over the next 10 years, said Felipe Kury, director of Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency.
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July 24, 2019
Santos announced it has received approval for Australia’s first Environmental Management Plan to be awarded for onshore shale gas exploration in the Northern Territory since the moratorium was lifted in early 2018.
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July 14, 2019
The AB1 recoverable oil reserves of Russkoye field have increased 8% following exploration work carried out by Tyumenneftegaz, a petroleum production company belonging to Rosneft.
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July 02, 2019
The results of nine international PSA tenders, covering 11.400 km2 of onshore acreages, have been concluded by Intergovernmental Commission on July 1.
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June 26, 2019
SDX Energy plc, the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that an oil discovery has been made at its Rabul-7 development well in the West Gharib Concession in Egypt.
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June 26, 2019
South Africa is working on a policy to govern the development of oil and gas resources after calls by potential investors to shield the industry from a long-running debate over laws that apply to mining exploration.
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June 19, 2019
A ghost town in Cyprus’s Turkish-controlled north has become the latest pawn in the conflict surrounding Turkey’s drilling for natural gas off the island’s shore.
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June 18, 2019
ConocoPhillips Alaska (COPA) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Caelus Natural Resources Alaska, LLC to acquire 100% of the Nuna discovery, located just east of the Colville River and approximately 5 mi southwest of Oooguruk field.
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June 18, 2019
Subsurface Imaging, part of CGG’s Geoscience division, has been awarded a landmark processing contract by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
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June 17, 2019
Petrobras has made its biggest discovery in the Sergipe since the pre-salt in 2006. Of six fields, it expects to extract 20 MMcmd of natural gas, equivalent to a third of the total Brazilian production.
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