Papua New Guinea
News
September 01, 2023
Santos has executed a binding sale agreement to deliver Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited a 2.6% participating interest in PNG LNG, for a total purchase consideration comprising cash of $576 million and the assumption of ca. $160 million of project finance debt.
News
June 22, 2023
This 3D is crucial to enhancing the geological understanding of the sparsely explored offshore Gulf of Papua and developing drill ready prospects like those recently identified by a supermajor in the permit immediately adjacent to the Nanamarope 3D.
News
July 21, 2022
TotalEnergies, as operator, announced the decision of the Papua LNG joint venture to launch the first phase of front-end engineering and design sudies for the Papua LNG project's upstream production facilities.
Article
January 2020
Considerable potential remains in this gas-prone region
News
September 03, 2019
After months of delays and new commitments by Total SA, Papua New Guinea will honor a gas deal with the French energy giant, clearing a major hurdle for a $13 billion plan to expand the nation’s fuel exports.
News
August 21, 2019
The Total SA-led liquefied natural gas joint venture in Papua New Guinea is seeking to finish a new round of negotiations with the government by the end of August, while insisting that the original agreement signed with the state in April is fair and equitable to both sides.
Article
May 2019
Talos Energy—alongside consortium partners Sierra Oil & Gas and Premier Oil—has provided an update on the Zama appraisal program in Mexico’s Block 7, in the prolific Sureste basin.
Article
March 2018
TAG Oil Ltd. (70%), operator of the Puka permit (PEP 51135) in New Zealand’s Taranaki basin, said the Pukatea-1 exploration well was drilled to 10,170 ft, MD, encountering variable hydrocarbon shows.
Article
February 2018
With E&P on the mend, major breakthroughs are underway
Article
February 2018
Total (40%) and Chevron (operator, 60%) have announced a major discovery at the Ballymore prospect, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
News
May 15, 2017
Exxon Mobil Corporation has announced positive results on the Muruk-1 sidetrack well in the Papua New Guinea North Highlands, 13 mi (21 km) northwest of the Hides gas field.
News
May 15, 2017
Santos has announced further positive results from the Muruk-1 exploration well, being drilled in the Papua New Guinea Highlands.
News
March 06, 2017
Less than three years after it began sending one of its most precious resources overseas, Papua New Guinea’s future may be determined by how much of it stays at home.
News
February 17, 2017
On the jungle-covered hills of southern Papua New Guinea, 62-year-old geologist Peter Botten is seeking to engineer a $5-billion deal that would cement the country’s emerging status as one of the world’s most lucrative gas exporters.
Article
February 2017
With a dense population and, therefore, a growing energy demand, Southeast Asia relies heavily on the oil and gas industry. This urgency has given rise to the region’s E&P efforts during an industry downturn, as producers have been forced to contend with low prices and aging fields.
Article
January 2015
LNG takes center stage in Australia and Southeast Asia
