Exploration

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February 12, 2019
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has awarded one new license to DEA in its 2018 Bid Round. The East Damanhour exploration block (originally offered as Block 10) is covering 1,418 km2 and is located west of the Disouq development leases, where DEA is the operator with a licence share of 100%.
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February 12, 2019
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that it has increased its presence in Morocco with the awards of the Moulay Bouchta Ouest and Lalla Mimouna Sud licenses.
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February 10, 2019
India announced a third round of auctions in a year for oil and gas blocks under a more liberal policy, targeting to raise as much as $700 million in exploration investments as the country seeks to cut its reliance on imports.
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February 05, 2019
After a difficult few years, the exploration sector is back in the black – and keen to stay there.
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February 03, 2019
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced the signing of an agreement, awarding an onshore block – known as Onshore Block 3 – to U.S.
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January 25, 2019
Oil explorers expanded drilling in U.S. fields for the first time this year as rising crude prices buoyed optimism.
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January 17, 2019
Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern leader Khalifa Haftar have swept into the country’s lawless and oil-rich southern region to expel militants and secure energy facilities.
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January 14, 2019
Following recent announcements of Eni S.p.A.’s acquisition of new exploration acreage in Bahrain, the UAE and Oman, Will Scargill, senior oil & gas analyst at GlobalData offers his view on their place within the company’s wider strategy.
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January 14, 2019
BP and Eni have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman to work jointly towards a significant new exploration opportunity in Oman.
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January 10, 2019
Lukoil has successfully completed testing of the fourth well as part of Eridu field (Block 10) appraisal phase in the south of Iraq.
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January 09, 2019
Zion Oil and Gas confirmed today that it will move forward with the operational plan in Israel that the firm outlined previously in its Nov. 29, 2018, press release.
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January 2019
Indonesian oil and gas development has seen some difficult times.
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January 03, 2019
Rockhopper has made progress in many areas of interest, with plans for further growth in 2019.
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December 30, 2018
Gazprom Neft and Repsol have established a joint venture to undertake geological exploration in the Karabashsky zone of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
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December 21, 2018
Crude drilling increased in American fields even as explorers face the biggest quarterly drop in oil prices since 2014.
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December 19, 2018
Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA, has secured a seven-figure contract with independent exploration and production company, Neptune Energy.
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December 18, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, has provided the following update relating to the Puesto Flores Concession in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
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December 14, 2018
Shale explorers are in for higher equipment and service costs in 2019 after getting hit with double-digit inflation this year, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
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December 13, 2018
CGG has announced that Sercel has been awarded a contract by a major data acquisition company to supply land seismic equipment for a large onshore 3D seismic survey in the Middle East.
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December 06, 2018
The U.S.’s fastest growing oil field may have even more to give.
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