Exploration

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January 08, 2020
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said officials would announce a plan by mid-February that would make clear how private companies could participate in the nation’s energy sector.
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January 07, 2020
The Maka Central-1 well successfully tested for the presence of hydrocarbons in multiple stacked targets in the upper Cretaceous-aged Campanian and Santonian intervals and encountered both oil and gas condensate.
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January 07, 2020
The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority has announced the launch of its next offshore licensing round in the Harper basin, one of the last unexplored and undrilled regions offshore West Africa.
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January 02, 2020
The independent oil producer’s first discovery of the new year comes after a calamitous 2019 in which its stock declined 64% and the chief executive officer and exploration chief stepped down.
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December 31, 2019
The 32nd UK Offshore Licensing Round, which closed on 12th November 2019, offered acreage in the Central North Sea, Northern North Sea, Southern North Sea and the West of Shetlands.
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November 2019
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!
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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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