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Exploration News

Browse the latest exploration news and articles.

PTTEP awards CGG seismic reprocessing contracts
17 Nov 20202 min read

PTTEP awards CGG seismic reprocessing contracts

CGG will conduct merged reprocessing of surveys from many vintages, including towed-streamer and OBC seismic data from offshore Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia.

Lundin Energy drills dry exploration well in southern Barents Sea
16 Nov 20202 min read

Lundin Energy drills dry exploration well in southern Barents Sea

The well was located within the Kobbe formation of the Polmak prospect.

Maersk Drilling secures one-well contract extension for Maersk Viking
16 Nov 20201 min read

Maersk Drilling secures one-well contract extension for Maersk Viking

Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. has exercised the option to add exploration drilling of one deepwater well to the work scope of the Maersk Viking.

Shearwater awarded Senegal 3D acquisition and processing contract
12 Nov 20201 min read

Shearwater awarded Senegal 3D acquisition and processing contract

The contract has been awarded by Total, for an exploration survey covering 5000 km2 in the UDO Block Exploration area.

Liberia licence round pre-qualification deadline extended
11 Nov 20202 min read

Liberia licence round pre-qualification deadline extended

The Government of Liberia has announced an extension of the timeframe for the Liberia License Round, 2020.

ConocoPhillips discovers gas southwest of Skarv field
11 Nov 20202 min read

ConocoPhillips discovers gas southwest of Skarv field

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 8 and 30 million m³ of recoverable oil equivalent.

Beach Energy makes gas discovery in Otway Basin
10 Nov 20203 min read

Beach Energy makes gas discovery in Otway Basin

Beach Energy has announced a gas discovery at Enterprise 1 in licence VIC/P42(V) in the nearshore Victorian Otway Basin.

Seabed Geosolutions awarded two 4D OBN surveys in Brazil
10 Nov 20201 min read

Seabed Geosolutions awarded two 4D OBN surveys in Brazil

The total combined duration of the two surveys, awarded by Petrobras, is estimated around eight months.

Drilling of Ironbark-1 exploration well begins
2 Nov 20202 min read

Drilling of Ironbark-1 exploration well begins

Ironbark-1 will test the giant Ironbark gas prospect, which has a best estimate of 15 trillion ft3 prospective recoverable gas resource.

Equinor makes minor gas discovery near Maria field
2 Nov 20202 min read

Equinor makes minor gas discovery near Maria field

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 0.5 and 1.6 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent.

TGS releases 3Q20 results
30 Oct 20202 min read

TGS releases 3Q20 results

The company's operating result for the third quarter was US$-27.9 million, compared to US$102.5 million last year.

BP and Equinor make discoveries offshore Newfoundland
29 Oct 20201 min read

BP and Equinor make discoveries offshore Newfoundland

Two wells at the Cappahayden and Cambriol prospects, drilled this summer in the Flemish Pass Basin, have proven the presence of hydrocarbons.

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