Hydrocarbon exploration returns to Bangladesh after a hiatus of several years. Exploration has returned to Bangladesh after a hiatus of several years, with ONGC Videsh (OVL) partnering Bapex and Oil India on the SS-04 Block (formerly Block…

The region of South America and the Caribbean has had a mixed bag of results in oil and gas in the last 12 months or so. We have seen more…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…