Reversal in Alaska
The Bureau of Land Management announced on April 25 that the US administration under President Biden is removing almost 50% of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) from…
North America
California Dreaming: Revisiting the Oil-Rich San Joaquin Basin, California
New potential unveiled in the San Joaquin Basin, California (CA) where reprocessed 3D seismic surveys and structural geology provide new oil opportunities in an exploration-mature and prolific oil basin. West-Side…
Pavo Tentatively Extends the Dorado Play in Western Australia
Santos (with partner Carnarvon Energy) recently announced the Western Australia offshore Pavo-1 well as a significant oil discovery. Map showing location of the offshore Pavo-1 well, 46 km east of…
Responsible Upstream Investment in the UKCS
In the UK’s ambitious net zero regulatory context, exploration can make a positive contribution to energy security, emissions reduction, local employment and revenue and tax generation to facilitate and subsidise…
South Erregulla-1: Striking South to Extend the Perth Basin Permian Gas Play
In February 2022, Strike Energy reported a discovery at South Erregulla – encountering two gas intervals in the Wagina and Kingia sands onshore Australia. Map showing location of the South…
Lockyer Deep-1: Australian Firms Prove-Up Further Upside in the Perth Basin
Energy Resources and Norwest Energy have announced a gas discovery at Lockyer Deep-1 in the EP 368 Block in the Perth Basin. Energy Resources and Norwest Energy have announced a gas discovery at Lockyer…
A sleeping giant
As the United States pours funding into the development of clean, reliable energy, the competition among candidates – including geothermal, nuclear and batteries – seems like a horse race as…
OBN Seismic Unlocks New Play Potential in the Gulf of Suez
Rejuvenating exploration in the Gulf of Suez through the application of modern wide azimuth OBN seismic technology. The Gulf of Suez is a prolific rifted hydrocarbon province that has been…
Venus-1X: Introducing a New Distal Basin Floor Fan Play for Margins
TotalEnergies has made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in Block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia. Map showing location…
Karau-1:Onshore Success Revives Hydrocarbon Activity in Timor-Leste
Good news from onshore Timor-Leste: Karau-1, which spudded late October 2021 in Block TL-OT-17-08, was reported in mid-December 2021 as discovering oil and gas. Good news from onshore Timor-Leste, where…
South America – Licensing Slows
South America and the Caribbean is currently seeing less licensing activity, at least partially because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on frontier exploration, which has prompted international oil…
Mexico: Onshore to Offshore
From the 16th-century Spanish conquistadors to modern times, Mexico has been bound to oil. Although no longer in the top ten of the world’s leading producers, shale gas may change…