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Exploration News

Browse the latest exploration news and articles.

Impact Oil & Gas acquires exploration assets from ExxonMobil and Equinor
28 Oct 20202 min read

Impact Oil & Gas acquires exploration assets from ExxonMobil and Equinor

Impact has acquired ExxonMobil and Equinor's interests in the Transkei & Algoa Exploration Right and the Tugela South Exploration Right, offshore South Africa.

Total makes 'significant' gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa
28 Oct 20201 min read

Total makes 'significant' gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa

Drilling at the Luiperd well has encountered 73 m of net gas condensate pay in well-developed good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.

Neptune Energy makes discovery near Fenja field
28 Oct 20202 min read

Neptune Energy makes discovery near Fenja field

The estimate for the new oil discovery is between 0.5 and 3.2 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent.

CGG preparing for second phase of Nebula 3D survey
27 Oct 20202 min read

CGG preparing for second phase of Nebula 3D survey

CGG is preparing for Phase II of its Nebula 3D survey in the Campos and Santos Basins offshore Brazil.

Seismic consortium awarded contract by Petronas
26 Oct 20202 min read

Seismic consortium awarded contract by Petronas

A seismic consortium comprising PGS, TGS and WesternGeco has been awarded a multi-year contract by Petronas to acquire and process multi-sensor multi-client 3D data in the Sarawak Basin.

Equinor given drilling permit in production licence 960
23 Oct 20201 min read

Equinor given drilling permit in production licence 960

Well 7018/5-1 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.

Shearwater GeoServices awarded 3D seismic survey contract
22 Oct 20201 min read

Shearwater GeoServices awarded 3D seismic survey contract

The survey, for an unnamed NOC, will commence in 4Q20.

OFG and EMGS enter cooperation agreement
21 Oct 20201 min read

OFG and EMGS enter cooperation agreement

The two companies have agreed to work together on various projects to promote the use of marine CSEM technology.

TGS starts coring project offshore Nigeria
21 Oct 20202 min read

TGS starts coring project offshore Nigeria

The project covers an area of approximately 82 000 km2 offshore Nigeria and will incorporate 17 seabed heat flow measurements and 253 seabed cores.

CGG starts Walker Ridge reimaging programme
15 Oct 20202 min read

CGG starts Walker Ridge reimaging programme

The Walker Ridge programme covers approximately 300 OCS blocks including two priority areas of significant industry interest.

Touchstone makes natural gas discovery at Chinook
14 Oct 20202 min read

Touchstone makes natural gas discovery at Chinook

Wireline logs indicated significant natural gas pay totalling approximately 589 net ft at the Ortoire exploration block, onshore in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

PGNiG and ERU move one step closer to launching hydrocarbon production in Ukraine
13 Oct 20202 min read

PGNiG and ERU move one step closer to launching hydrocarbon production in Ukraine

Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) has signed an investment agreement with Energy Resources of Ukraine (ERU) on a joint exploration and production project in Ukraine.

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