Exploration

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July 24, 2023
(WO) — Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL) and its affiliates have signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) for a joint venture to develop its Cole Creek project in Converse and Natrona Counties, Wyoming, the company announced on Monday.
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July 03, 2023
CGG announced that Sercel has been awarded multiple major equipment contracts by BGP Inc., a global geophysical services provider. The contracts include the delivery of 54 Nomad 65 Neo vibrator trucks and 29,000 GPR300 seabed nodes.
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June 15, 2023
On June 14, Zion Oil & Gas provided a fresh report on the status of its operations in Israel. The firm took the opportunity to share a few key takeaways from its recent annual meeting.
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June 07, 2023
CGG announced that Sercel has confirmed a major sale and the imminent delivery of a 60,000-channel 508XT land acquisition system and 25 VE464 advanced digital vibrator control sets to a major North African geophysical services provider.
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May 24, 2023
The Lulo 1 exploration well, located on the 100% operated VIM21 Exploration and Production (“E&P”) contract, encountered 207 feet of net gas pay within the Cienaga de Oro (“CDO”) sandstone reservoir.
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May 22, 2023
STRYDE’s seismic sensor technology will be utilized on an upcoming 3D seismic survey conducted by Nigerian geoscience solutions provider, ATO Geophysical Limited, as part of an onshore oil and gas exploration project in the region.
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May 16, 2023
The HV-1 well was drilled on a new oil and natural gas field that the company refers to as the Presidents field. The Presidents field is a large oil and gas development project located in the company’s South Salinas project in Monterey County, California.
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April 06, 2023
Two of the ten contracts include nodal equipment supply and seismic data processing for STRYDE’s largest geothermal project to date in the Middle East, as well as a European survey that was conducted alongside a geological research center in Belgium.
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March 28, 2023
To maximize the potential of Kruh Block after several encouraging new oil discoveries made by IEC during 2021 and 2022, IEC is currently in the process of securing 30 square km of new three-dimensional seismic data at Kruh Block.
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March 17, 2023
Shale drillers have made a strategic shift in recent years from reckless spending and unchecked output growth to strict capital discipline. The new business model could help shield the industry from the fallout of a credit crunch.
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March 08, 2023
The STRYDE Node™ is the smallest, lightest, and most affordable onshore wireless seismic sensor available on the market today. Explor and its end clients benefit from significant cost savings, operational efficiency gains, smaller crew sizes, reduced HSE exposure and a lower environmental footprint.
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February 02, 2023
U.S. shale companies are set to post yet another strong set of earnings, off the back of robust oil and gas prices in the fourth quarter. But the biggest question for analysts and investors remains whether the industry’s bumper cash flow will tempt them to drill more.
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January 2023
Exploration 2023: I’m melting, I’m melting!
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December 21, 2022
Carmo Energy, a subsidiary of Cobra IS, will oversee the maintenance of these facilities and of the work to upgrade them to technical and environmental standards. It will be remunerated through their exploitation.
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December 20, 2022
Each of the three Wolfcamp B horizontals had approximately 9,900 feet of completed lateral, averaging 95% within U.S. Energy's 33' target window at a TVD of 10,979'. A total of 198 stages were completed in 31 days with 99.5% of the designed proppant volume and 105.3% of the designed fluid volume placed.
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December 02, 2022
The short supply of labor in the US oil patch has plagued exploration and production companies all year, and the tightness continues.
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October 06, 2022
OPEC+’s decision to lower its oil-production cap may set the stage for higher prices that would enable U.S. explorers to expand drilling, according to shale entrepreneur Matt Gallagher.
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October 03, 2022
American operator Zion Oil and Gas continues to be optimistic about a wildcat well it has drilled onshore Israel.
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September 27, 2022
The Mangat Group, a Glendale-based land development group, announced a new partnership with Phoenix-based Liberty Petroleum Corporation in pursuit of a world-class exploration project with the potential to uncover a significant amount of oil.
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August 08, 2022
Touchstone Exploration Inc. is preparing for the Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Management Authority to make a final decision on a Certificate of Environmental Clearance for its oil and gas exploration project by September 15.
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August 05, 2022
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited and its affiliates have received a Resource Report prepared by independent energy consultancy Ryder Scott confirming its deep oil discovery on its affiliate COPL America Inc.’s lands in Converse and Natrona counties, Wyoming.
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