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This may be a reason why Woodside decided not to farm in to PEL 87 in Namibia

April 9, 2025

Almost a month ago, Sintana Energy “broke” the news that Australian major Woodside decided not to exercise its right to farm into Licence PEL 87 in Namibian waters, north of…

Libya’s oil and gas renaissance

Scott Parker, Core Laboratories

April 7, 2025

Libya, long regarded as one of Africa’s most geologically rich petroleum provinces, is re-emerging with renewed focus and ambition. After years of underinvestment, geopolitical instability, and widespread field shut-ins, the…

Can the Netherlands be an attractive option for disillusioned companies on the other side of the median line?

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co

March 31, 2025

The 1959 giant Groningen gas discovery made by NAM, the joint venture between Shell and ExxonMobil, transformed the energy landscape of Western Europe. It also formed the starting shot of…

Indonesia bid round push continues

Jonathan Craig, NVentures

March 26, 2025

In Asia Pacific, Malaysia has been arguably the most successful country in promoting its exploration and development opportunities over the past few years, with the vast majority of its acreage…

Sockeye – The discovery that was supposed to be made last year

Henk Kombrink

March 24, 2025

“The Guyana of Alaska’s North Slope.” Bill Armstrong, CEO of the exploration company that carries his own name, has been quite bullish about the potential of the Brookian delta-top play…

Exploring the deepest parts of the Bolivian Subandean fold and thrust belt

Fernando Alegrìa, YPFB Chaco

March 12, 2025

Figure 1: Map of Subandean fold and thrust belt, showing the wells and fields discussed. The southern Subandean fold and thrust range in Bolivia hosts multi-TCF gas fields, where production…

Oil in porous intrusive rocks

John Smewing

March 10, 2025

Basement plays are found in quite a few areas globally and have been well studied and reported on. Norway, Yemen, Vietnam and China are amongst those places where oil is…

Action in Andaman

Andy Racey and Andy Taylor, with contributions from Ian Cross, Moyes & Co, Jamie Higton, Westwood Global Energy, Mike Whibley, Naga Api Resources and Rob Chambers, Holt Energy Advisors

March 4, 2025

Before taking a dive into the past, recent and future exploration activity in the Andaman Sea, it is good to take note of an important above-ground advantage of the area.…

Exploration at times of war

Henk Kombrink

February 27, 2025

In the face of unprecedented challenges posed by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Ukrgasvydobuvannya (UGV) JSC, a subsidiary of Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC and Ukraine’s largest national gas producer, has demonstrated…

4 out of 4: exploration drilling success onshore Croatia

Jon Ford, NVentures

February 19, 2025

Vermilion Energy and partner INA have announced four commercial discoveries out of four exploration wells drilled in block SA-07 during 2024, in the Sava part of the Pannonian Basin, onshore…

The home of the world’s first deep-water gas development

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co

February 17, 2025

Following World War II, a number of US-companies drilled onshore but never found anything commercial despite the presence of surface seeps. Fortunes changed in the 1970s with Cities Service making…

Major new oil discovery in Cuu Long Basin Vietnam