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Global trends in petroleum fiscal terms: A race to the top?

Carlos Bellorin and Ruaraidh Montgomery, Welligence

August 25, 2025

As competition for upstream investment intensifies, countries across the globe have responded with a wave of fiscal and regulatory reforms aimed at attracting limited capital. Since the 2014 oil price…

Wind makes room for gas

Henk Kombrink

August 21, 2025

It is getting busy in the North Sea. Was the area a monopoly for oil and gas companies when it comes to energy production for decades, in recent years offshore…

It’s all in the planning

Peter Elliott, NVentures

August 21, 2025

Angola is host to a number of recent exploration highlights, driven by a well-organised and energetic energy regulator, ANPG and a strong appetite for low-risk growth in the upstream sector.…

How to stand your ground as a YP working in the oil and gas industry?

Henk Kombrink

August 15, 2025

“Let’s not forget that the oil and gas industry is not the sole source for the environmental problems the world is facing,” wrote one of the young professionals during the…

Syria – opening up again

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co

August 13, 2025

In May 2025, the US Treasury eased most sanctions on Syria, followed by the easing of restrictions by the UK and EU. While significant hurdles still remain, oil and gas…

Bumerangue; what are the implications of drilling into one of the most structurally complex areas of the Santos Basin?

Henk Kombrink

August 8, 2025

This week, bp announced what was hailed as its biggest discovery in 25 years – Bumerangue, located in Brazil’s Santos Basin. The pre-salt discovery certainly looks promising when taking into…

Looking at the regional geology of the Wolin-East discovery in Poland

Ian Cross and Peter Browing-Stamp

August 4, 2025

Last month, Central European Petroleum (CEP) announced that its Wolin East-1 (WE1) well in the Baltic Sea in Poland was a significant oil discovery, having been designed to target primarily…

Romania – will there finally be a new bid round?

Henk Kombrink

July 29, 2025

Romania used to be Europe’s stronghold when it comes to oil production. But it’s not anymore today. That’s not because the country has run out of oil or gas; it…

Petronas ambitious 2025 drilling campaign offshore Suriname

Andres Mesa, NVentures

July 25, 2025

Petronas has reinforced its position in Suriname’s prolific offshore Block 52 with a series of successful discoveries since 2020 – Sloanea-1, Roystonea-1, and Fusaea-1-along the Upper Cretaceous Golden Lane trend.…

At the start of the next super-cycle or halfway to rock-bottom?

Henk Kombrink

July 16, 2025

Apart from Norway, the UK Continental Shelf saw the highest number of seismic surveys acquired when looking at a global overview over the past ten years. Is that something to…

Investing in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Tako Koning, Geological Consultant

July 8, 2025

Condor Energies (“Condor”) is a Canadian, Calgary-based, publicly listed (Toronto Stock Exchange) energy transition company focused on Central Asia. The company has distinguished itself by building significant operations in KazakhstanKazakhstan…

Recent study points at North Sea being the highest global emitter of methane from abandoned wells – but is that true?

Henk Kombrink

July 1, 2025

In a study recently published in National Science Review (NSR), the North Sea appears to be the basin that is home to the largest emitters of methane from abandoned oil and gas…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Oil & Gas

Global trends in petroleum fiscal terms: A race to the top?

Wind makes room for gas

It’s all in the planning

How to stand your ground as a YP working in the oil and gas industry?

Syria – opening up again

Bumerangue; what are the implications of drilling into one of the most structurally complex areas of the Santos Basin?

Looking at the regional geology of the Wolin-East discovery in Poland

Romania – will there finally be a new bid round?

Petronas ambitious 2025 drilling campaign offshore Suriname

At the start of the next super-cycle or halfway to rock-bottom?

Investing in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Recent study points at North Sea being the highest global emitter of methane from abandoned wells – but is that true?

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