Exploration

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October 2019
Leading producers plan to increase output, replace reserves
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September 2019
Rank and exploration may be like jumbo and shrimp
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August 2019
Activity may pick up to near-record levels in the next several years, as the province continues to encourage technical innovation.
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July 2019
Talos Energy has completed its appraisal program for the Zama discovery on Block 7, in the offshore portion of Mexico’s prolific Sureste basin.
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June 2019
The business and operational improvements implemented during the downturn have positioned the UKCS as a much more attractive basin for E&P companies.
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June 2019
Recognized by professionals in the upstream industry’s offshore sector as Europe’s leading E&P event, the SPE Offshore Europe (OE) Conference & Exhibition is gearing up for another year in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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June 2019
Sparrows Group has won contract renewals worth an estimated £30 million on the UKCS.
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May 2019
Sercel has launched its first distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) seismic solution.
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April 2019
CGG’s GeoSoftware, part of its Geoscience Division, has launched Jason 10.0, HampsonRussell 10.4 and PowerLog 10.0.
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April 2019
As the offshore sector of the global E&P industry shows signs of finally turning the corner, the strong pace of technical innovation is continuing.
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March 2019
Gulf Quest LLC, a Gulf Energy Information and Quest Offshore JV, is hosting this year’s 16th annual Marine, Construction & Engineering Deepwater Development (MCEDD) conference on April 2–4, at London’s Novotel London West hotel. Once again, attendees can expect to hear about the latest advances in the engineering, development and production of oil and gas in deepwater and ultra-deepwater fields around the globe.
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March 2019
Equinor has, together with its partners Petoro, ExxonMobil and Total, proven gas and condensate in the Norwegian Sea Ragnfrid North (6406/2-9 S) exploration well, located ~12.43 mi (20 km) south of the Kristin platform in the Norwegian Sea.
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February 22, 2019
ExxonMobil has announced that a new partnership with Microsoft will make its Permian basin operations the largest-ever oil and gas acreage to use cloud technology and is expected to generate billions in net cash flow over the next decade through improvements in analyses and enhancements to operational efficiencies.
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February 22, 2019
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation has announced the best year of its nearly three-decade public-company history that provided record financial results, the culmination and in-service of several long-dated infrastructure initiatives, and continued momentum on the free cash flow front.
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February 17, 2019
The 6th Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC) takes place in Nicosia, Cyprus March 6-7, 2019
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February 2019
A year ago, things appeared to be looking up for Canada’s oil patch, but that proved unfounded. In early 2019, more uncertainty and pessimism are in the air, and little on the horizon provides hope for improvement.
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