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Exploration & Discoveries

(2/17/2021) Beach proves Australia Otway Basin Enterprise discovery

(2/15/2021) PTTEP makes its largest gasfield discovery

(2/7/2021) Equinor scores discovery in North Sea near Troll Field

(2/2/2021) OGDCL achieves discovery in Pakistan's Sindh Province

(2/2/2021) Empire drilling Carpentaria exploration well in NT, Australia

(1/31/2021) Ganope to drill 11 Egyptian Red Sea exploration wells

(1/29/2021) Petrobras makes presalt Campos Basin discovery off Brazil

(1/28/2021) Lundin drills dry hole at Barents Sea Bast Prospect

(1/27/2021) CNOOC makes major discovery in South China Sea

(1/25/2021) Santos set to drill Dancer-1 offshore Western Australia

(1/25/2021) Central Petroleum adds rig to drill 3 Range Gas Project wells in Queensland

(1/24/2021) 88 Energy to drill Merlin-1 in Alaska North Slope Peregrine Project

(1/24/2021) NuEnergy discovers natural gas in South Sumatra's Muara Enim

(1/19/2021) Origin makes gasfield discovery in Northern Territory Beetaloo Sub-basin

(1/19/2021) Beacon discovers oil in deepwater US Gulf Green Canyon block

(1/18/2021) Apex scores new oil discovery in Egypt's Western Desert

(1/15/2021) Pantheon spuds Talitha-A well on Alaska's North Slope

(1/14/2021) Keskesi East a new discovery off Suriname by Total & Apache

(1/12/2021) ReconAfrica drilling 1st of 3 wells in Namibia's Kavango Basin

(1/12/2021) ExxonMobil returning to Brazil's pre-salt to drill Opal & Titan wells

(1/10/2021) ExxonMobil spuds Bulletwood-1 exploration well off Guyana

(1/5/2021) Tethys drilling Thameen-1 exploration well onshore Oman

(1/5/2021) BP strikes out offshore Western Australia with Ironbark-1

(1/5/2021) Petrosibir successfully tests Yanbayskaya-1

(1/4/2021) Eni scores key oil discovery in Egypt's Western Desert

(12/18/2020) Zephyr spudding Utah Paradox Basin State 16-2 well

(12/17/2020) ReconAfrica gearing up to drill 3 exploration wells in Kalahari Desert

(12/17/2020) Pemex drilling Saap-1exp well off Mexico's Tabasco state

(12/16/2020) New Age & Rift starting 2nd exploration phase offshore South Africa

(12/16/2020) Jordan's National Petroleum Company makes gas discovery

(12/15/2020) Strike drilling & logging Western Australia Erregulla wells

(12/14/2020) Jersey identifies new prospect in UK Greater Buchan license

(12/11/2020) Petronas achieves discovery offshore Suriname with Sloanea well

(12/10/2020) Medco confirms hydrocarbons in its Natuna Sea West Belut-1 well

(12/9/2020) Pemex plans to explore Mexico's onshore Tampico-Misantla Basin approved

(12/8/2020) Luiperd discovery off South Africa tests 9,820 boe/d

(12/7/2020) US Oil & Gas plugging & abandoning Nevada exploration well

(12/7/2020) ONGC Videsh makes 4th discovery in Llanos Basin block onshore Colombia

(12/4/2020) Equinor drills a duster wildcat in Norwegian Barents Sea

(12/4/2020) Rosneft discovers 45 Tcf of gas in Russia's Northern Kara Sea

(12/3/2020) Touchstone scores discovery with Cascadura Deep-1 in Trinidad

(12/2/2020) OGDCL makes Musa Khel gas discovery in Baluchistan

(11/30/2020) Equinor given go ahead to drill Barents Sea Isflak exploration well

(11/27/2020) OGDCL discovers gas in Pakistan's Baluchistan Musa Khel District

(11/24/2020) Deltic spots 3 Cupertino area prospects UK North Sea

(11/24/2020) Elixir encounters active gas in Mongolia Yangar well

(11/23/2020) Adnoc discovers 22 billion bbl unconventional oil onshore Abu Dhabi

(11/17/2020) ExxonMobil's Tanager-1 a non-commercial find off Guyana

(11/16/2020) Oil India Limited discovers oil & gas in Assam, India

(11/16/2020) Lundin's Polmak well in Barents Sea a duster

(11/13/2020) China's Sichuan Province Chuanxi Field has 293.1 bcf

(11/13/2020) ONGC Videsh at TD in onshore Colombia Indico-2 well

(11/11/2020) ConocoPhillips scores gas discovery in Norwegian Sea

(11/10/2020) Biscathrope exploration well onshore England in tech evaluation

(11/10/2020) Beach scores gasfield discovery in Victoria, Australia Otway Basin

(11/6/2020) NNPC to explore for oil in Nigeria's Lake Chad Basin

(11/5/2020) Shell to drill UK North Sea Pensacola exploration well

(11/4/2020) Gazprom obtains record 35.3 million cf/d at Leningradskoye Field

(11/2/2020) Ironbark-1 exploration well spudded offshore Western Australia

(10/29/2020) Total makes 2nd major gas discovery offshore South Africa

(10/29/2020) Equinor makes 2 oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland

(10/28/2020) Neptune makes minor Norwegian Sea oil discovery

(10/27/2020) LLOG scores again with US Gulf deepwater Spruance well

(10/21/2020) PGNiG joins ERU in joint E&P project in Ukraine

(10/21/2020) Eni & Novatek set to drill 2 exploration wells off Montenegro

(10/19/2020) TPAO Black Sea discovery increased to 14.3 Tcf

(10/16/2020) Lundin spuds Polmak exploration well in Norwegian Barents Sea

(10/16/2020) Touchstone scores gas discovery with Chinook-1 onshore Trinidad

(10/15/2020) Falcon-1 well in southeast Texas taps into hydrocarbons

(10/12/2020) Empire strikes liquids rich gas in Australia's Northern Territory

(10/6/2020) Volga Gas scores significant oilfield discovery in Russia's Volga area

(10/3/2020) Wintershall Noordzee drills exploration well on North Sea Sillimanite South

(9/26/2020) Stena IceMAX to drill Bahamas Petroleum's Perseverence-1

(9/25/2020) Petrobras makes pre-salt Campos Basin discovery with Naru well

(9/2/2020) Total E&P spudding Luiperd-1X offshore South Africa

(9/1/2020) Pakistan's OGDCL makes gas discovery in Khyber Province

(8/24/2020) Melbana ups best estimate for Beehive Prospect off Western Australia

(8/24/2020) Premier lining up major gas prospect in Andaman Sea off Sumatra

(8/24/2020) TPAO discovers multi-Tcf gasfield in Turkish Black Sea

(8/21/2020) Barron makes major Val Verde discovery in Texas Permian Basin

(8/18/2020) West Newton B exploration well spudded in East Yorkshire, England

(8/16/2020) Bahamas Petroleum given extension to drill Perseverence exploration well

(8/16/2020) Volga Gas drilling 6 exploration wells in Russia's Karpenskiye Block

(8/12/2020) Stena Carron at Tanager-1 drillsite in Guyana's Kaieteur Block

(8/11/2020) Sapura Energy submits enviro plan for Kanga-1 off Western Australia

(8/5/2020) Spirit drills a dud in Norwegian North Sea near Ivar Aasen

(8/3/2020) Rosneft makes major Western Siberia discovery at Novoognennoye

(7/31/2020) Mist wildcat probe of Fruholmen Formation in Norwegian Barents Sea fizzles

(7/31/2020) ExxonMobil achieves dual oil discoveries off Guyana at Yellowtail

(7/30/2020) OMV appraisal cuts size of Hades discovery in Norwegian Sea

(7/30/2020) Apache & Total make major oil discovery offshore Suriname

(7/29/2020) PGNiG scores another gas discovery in Poland's Mielec-Bojanow Fields

(7/29/2020) Eni confirms Ken Bau discovery in Song Hong Basin offshore Vietnam

(7/29/2020) Eni in dual discoveries in Egypt's North El Hammad & SW Meleiha

(7/28/2020) Mosman prepping to drill Falcon-1 in SE Texas

(7/20/2020) Var Energi resumes exploratory drilling in Barents Sea

(7/20/2020) Pemex gets go-ahead for exploratory drilling off Veracruz

(7/15/2020) Equinor's Rannoch wildcat a minor North Sea discovery

(7/14/2020) MOL makes another key discovery onshore Pakistan

(7/13/2020) Spirit Energy drills dry well in Barents Sea

(7/7/2020) Trillion tests of Turkey's Derecik Blocks prove promising

(7/3/2020) Neptune Energy confirms hydrocarbon discovery offshore Norway

(7/2/2020) Pemex drilling Quesqui appraisal well onshore Tabasco, Mexico

(6/30/2020) CNOOC makes major South China Sea condensate oil & gas discovery

(6/29/2020) ADX set to commence Iecea Mica operations in Romania

(6/28/2020) UKOG granted permit to drill Portland well onshore England

(6/27/2020) Cheiron discovers significant oil reserves in southern Gulf of Suez

(6/19/2020) Neptune drilling Dugong exploration well offshore Norway

(6/11/2020) Equinor wildcat strikes oil in Canada's Flemish Pass

(6/3/2020) Big discovery on Egypt's Western Desert El Salmiyah Field

(6/3/2020) Belorusneft discovers 2 new oilfields in Gomel region

(5/31/2020) Turkey to undertake Mediterranean exploratory drilling off Libya

(5/27/2020) Beach prepping for New Zealand Canterbury Basin exploratory drilling

(5/27/2020) Bahamas Petroleum switches to Stena to drill Perseverance-1

(5/27/2020) CNOOC scores new discovery in China's Bohai Bay

(5/25/2020) West Erregulla-3 set for spudding in Western Australia Perth Basin

(5/18/2020) PetroChina scores another major gas finds in Xinjiang, China

(5/18/2020) Pemex drilling 2 new exploration wells on Mexico's Uchukil Field

(5/18/2020) Petrobras in Forno extended well tests on Brazil's Albacora Field

(5/14/2020) Lebanon prepping for 2nd Total offshore exploration well

(5/12/2020) PetroChina discovers giant gas belt in China's Sichuan Province

(5/11/2020) Petrobras chalks up 2 new Santos Basin pre-salt discoveries

(5/6/2020) DNO scores discovery with Kurd Iraq Baeshiqa-2 exploration well

(5/6/2020) Carnarvon ups stake in Western Australia Outtrim Project

(5/5/2020) Eni fails to find hydrocarbons in Mexican offshore exploration well

(5/4/2020) Repsol makes 2 deepwater oil discoveries in Mexican Gulf

(5/3/2020) ConocoPhillips makes Alaska National Petroleum Reserve discovery

(4/30/2020) Equinor drills a duster in Norwegian North Sea near Oseberg

(4/30/2020) Total strikes out with offshore Lebanon Byblos exploration well

(4/29/2020) Norway pushing exploration no-go zone further north

(4/27/2020) Columbus Energy scores oil discovery onshore Trinidad

(4/27/2020) Rathlin Energy to test West Newton A-1 well onshore UK

(4/25/2020) Pemex, Repsol & Pantera to drill 4 exploration wells in Mexican Gulf

(4/25/2020) SDX's test of Sobhi discovery in Egypt's South Disouq a winner

(4/24/2020) Neptune's Grind wildcat in Norwegian Sea a duster

(4/23/2020) 88 Energy finds 280 ft pay in Project Icewine Charlie-1 well onshore Alaska

(4/22/2020) Neptune & Wintershall Dea make 2 key discoveries onshore Germany

(4/19/2020) PetroChina scores ultra-deep discovery in China's Tarim Basin

(4/19/2020) ANP giving operators extra 9 months for current exploration

(4/17/2020) Sinopec scores shale gas discovery in China's Sichuan Basin

(4/16/2020) Danube set to drill Romania's IMIC-2 exploration well in Parta Block

(4/15/2020) Rathlin readying to drill West Newton B onshore England

(4/14/2020) OMV's Toutouwai-1 a discovery offshore New Zealand

(4/9/2020) SDX at TD in Sobhi exploration well in Egypt's South Disouq Block

(4/8/2020) Petrobras makes new Campos Basin oil discovery off Brazil

(4/7/2020) 88 Energy's Charlie-1 confirms condensate discovery in Alaska

(4/7/2020) Wintershall Dea Bergknapp well a Norwegian Sea oil discovery

(4/6/2020) Aker BP wildcat in Norwegian Sea a small discovery

(4/6/2020) Equinor makes oil discovery in US Gulf Walker Ridge

(4/5/2020) Petrel poised to begin Tano Block 2A exploration

(4/3/2020) Total & Apache achieve key discovery offshore Suriname

(4/3/2020) CNOOC postponing Canada Flemish Pass exploration well

(4/3/2020) Petrobras scores oil discovery in Brazil's pre-salt Santos Basin

(4/1/2020) Oil Search suspending Pikka Unit Project in Alaska

(4/1/2020) Vida exploration well spudded in Brazil's Espirito Santo Basin

(3/31/2020) 88 Energy reaches TD in Alaska North Slope Charlie-1 exploration well

(3/31/2020) Karabagh Field discovered in Azerbaijan Caspian Sea

(3/25/2020) Africa Energy's South Africa success last year followed by more E&P

(3/25/2020) Bahamas Petroleum delaying Perseverance-1 exploration well

(3/24/2020) UKOG files to appraisal drill & tes UK Isle of Wight Arreton discovery

(3/23/2020) Petro Matad ready to develop Mongolia's Block XX

(3/22/2020) Lifting de Mexico given approval to drill Tamaulipas exploration well

(3/19/2020) Neptune scores oil discovery onshore Germany in Rhine Valley

(3/19/2020) Karabagh oil discovery in Caspian off Azerbaijan

(3/18/2020) MOL discovers oil & gas at Evra-Iving offshore Norway

(3/17/2020) Total's Isabella a key discovery in UK Central North Sea

(3/16/2020) CNOOC makes large oil discovery in Bohai Bay

(3/15/2020) Touchstone makes key gasfield discovery onshore Trinidad

(3/8/2020) Bapex discovers new gasfield in Bangladesh's Nabinagar area

(3/6/2020) Pakistan Oilfields finds oil & gas in Punjab's Rawalpindi District

(3/6/2020) Empire given go-ahead to drill Carpentaria-1 in Northern Territory

(3/4/2020) Non-commercial gas discovery at Egypt's South Disouq

(3/4/2020) SDX makes gas discovery in Morocco's Beni Malek Cluster

(3/2/2020) Equinor strikes oil in North Sea Sigrun East Prospect

(2/27/2020) GulfSlope files to drill US Gulf Tau Prospect

(2/27/2020) Eni's 2nd appraisal proves Angola's offshore Agogo discovery at 1 billion bbl

(2/26/2020) Maurel & Prom well onshore Gabon not commercial

(2/26/2020) Wintershall Dea drills a duster at Norwegian Sea Balderbra

(2/26/2020) Equinor ending plans to drill exploration well in Great Australian Bight

(2/24/2020) 88 Energy preparing to drill Charlie-1 on Alaska North Slope

(2/24/2020) Sval-owned Capricorn Norge to drill Duncan Prospect off Norway

(2/23/2020) Total to begin exploration offshore Lebanon

(2/20/2020) OMV Norge to drill Hades appraisal on Norwegian Sea Haltenbank

(2/20/2020) OMV at target depth in New Zealand Tawhaki-1 well

(2/20/2020) Mitsui & Bapex form joint venture to explore Bangladesh blocks

(2/19/2020) Tower prepping to drill NJOM-3 off Cameroon in Rio del Rey Basin

(2/19/2020) Echo makes non-commercial discovery in Argentina's Tapi Aike Block

(2/19/2020) Vaalco discovers oil off Gabon in Etame Marin Block

(2/19/2020) Eni drilling 1st deepwater exploration well offshore Oman

(2/19/2020) Predator lines up rig to drill Moulouya Prospect onshore Morocco

(2/17/2020) Posco discovers gas in Mahar Project offshore Myanmar

(2/17/2020) Karoon strikes out with Marina-1 well off Peru in Tumbes Basin

(2/17/2020) Eni scores oil discovery off Mexico with Saasken exploration well

(2/11/2020) Touchstone flows 5,180 boe/d from Trinidad Cascadura discovery

(2/7/2020) Karoon deepwater Peru well finds nothing commercial yet

(2/7/2020) Frontera touts La Belleza-1 discovery well onshore Colombia

(2/5/2020) APT to appraise PGNiG's Norwegian Sea Shrek discovery

(2/5/2020) GeoParks discovers new gasfield in Chile's Magallanes Basin

(2/2/2020) Bahamas Petroleum set to drill Perseverance-1 offshore Bahamas

(1/30/2020) Campo Limite well penetrates target in Argentina's Santa Cruz Sur

(1/30/2020) Rosneft sub makes oilfield discovery in Russia's Orenburg Oblast

(1/29/2020) Kosmos plugging & abandoning US Gulf Oldfield exploration well

(1/28/2020) Karoon drilling Marina-1 exploration well offshore Peru

(1/27/2020) Eni & NOC score discovery onshore Sharjah, UAE

(1/27/2020) Esso makes 16th oil discovery on Guyana's Stabroek Block

(1/24/2020) Edison drilling 1st exploration well in Egypt's Eastern Mediterranean

(1/21/2020) Touchstone test of onshore Trinidad Cascadura well positive

(1/20/2020) Argentina's Campo Limite exploration well at TD for testing

(1/19/2020) TPAO to explore offshore Libya by yearend

(1/15/2020) Caspian Sea Shafag-Asiman exploration well spudded

(1/15/2020) Vintage discovers gas with Vali-1ST1 in Queensland

(1/15/2020) 88 Energy preparing to drill Charlie-1 at Alaska Project Icewin

(1/14/2020) ConocoPhillips wildcat a Norwegian North Sea discovery

(1/13/2020) Origin drilling horizontal section of Australia's Beetaloo Basin appraisal

(1/12/2020) China opening domestic E&P to foreign companies

(1/9/2020) Stena Forth arrives off Peru to drill Karoon's Marina-1

(1/8/2020) Wintershall Dea's Norwegian Sea wildcat Gullstjerne fails to find hydrocarbons

(1/8/2020) Vintage penetrates Patchawarra Formation with Vali-1ST1 well

(1/8/2020) Neptune drilling Grind exploration well in Norwegian Sea

(1/8/2020) Repsol's Carapa-1 offshore Guyana penetrates 4 meters net pay

(1/7/2020) Maka Central-1 a major oil discovery offshore Suriname

(1/7/2020) Netherland Sewell evaluates Talos' Zama discovery offshore Mexico

(1/6/2020) Aker BP to drill appraisal of Liatarnet discovery off Norway

(1/6/2020) Esso Guyana's Mako-1 a further discovery off Guyana

(12/16/2019) Touchstone's Cascadura-1ST1 a key oil discovery onshore Trinidad

(12/16/2019) Beach achieves 46 million cf/d in test of Beharra Springs Deep-1

(12/15/2019) DNO makes minor gasfield discovery in Norwegian Sea

(12/13/2019) ONE-Dyas strikes oil in UK Southern Gas Basin

(12/13/2019) Interra concludes drilling & testing of Kuala Pambuang well in Kalimantan

(12/13/2019) Valeura tests comingled production from Turkey Devepinar-1 well

(12/11/2019) Springfield finds 1.5 billion bbl oil & 0.7 Tcf gas offshore Ghana

(12/10/2019) Vintage prepping to drill Vali-1 exploration well in Queensland

(12/9/2019) Drilling set for Western Australia's Lockyer Deep-1

(12/9/2019) Equinor's Echino Sur exploration well off Norway all wet

(12/8/2019) Staatsolie strikes out with 6 wells off Suriname coast

(12/8/2019) Crown Point testing 2 new exploration wells in Argentina

(12/8/2019) Pemex discovers half-billion bbl oilfield onshore Tabasco state

(12/6/2019) Apache tests leave Maka Central-1 well off Suriname uncertain

(12/5/2019) Mubadala's Yothaka East-1 in the Thai Gulf Manora license disappoints

(12/3/2019) Spirit makes small discovery with Andromeda North well in UK North Sea

(12/2/2019) Echo set to drill Campo Limite exploration well in Argentina

(12/2/2019) Otway spuds Nangwarry-1 onshore South Australia

(12/2/2019) Galilee accelerating Queensland Kumbarilla gas project drilling

(12/2/2019) Apache to test Maka Central-1 exploration well off Suriname

(12/1/2019) Valeura preliminary test of Turkey's Deveinar-1 shows 16 million cf/d

(11/27/2019) 88 Energy drilling Alaska North Slope Charlie-1 in early 2020

(11/26/2019) Kosmos strikes out with US Gulf Resolution exploration well

(11/26/2019) Wintershall Dea to drill Gullstjerne wildcat in Norwegian Sea

(11/24/2019) Pakistan's OGDCL discovers huge oil & gas reserves in Sindh Province

(11/22/2019) Eni joined by Tatweer in Bahrain Block 1 exploration

(11/22/2019) Oil India Ltd exploring Rajasthan, India's Siyasar Block

(11/22/2019) Tambak-1 proves Indonesia's Mako Field & Tambak Prospect

(11/21/2019) Three exploration wells set for Manora Field in Thai Gulf

(11/21/2019) Echo & CGC drilling Tapi Aike exploration well onshore Argentina

(11/21/2019) PB-1 exploration well spudded onshore Sumatra, Indonesia

(11/15/2019) DNO makes oil & gas discovery in Kurd Iraq

(11/15/2019) Shell seeks to prove deepwater discovery offshore Namibia

(11/13/2019) Total makes major gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa

(11/10/2019) Energean concludes appraisal of Greece's Karish North discovery

(11/10/2019) Total to launch exploration offshore Lebanon

(11/10/2019) NIOC makes massive oilfield discovery in southern Iran

(11/8/2019) Aker BP plugging small North Sea wildcat discovery

(11/8/2019) CNOOC completes Beibu Gulf exploration well off China

(11/7/2019) Gemini starting appraisal of Siciny-2 well onshore Poland

(11/6/2019) OKEA drills a duster on Skumnisse Prospect offshore Norway

(11/6/2019) Equinor-led JV makes North Sea discovery with Echino Sur well

(11/5/2019) Kosmos strikes out with US Gulf Moneypenny well

(11/4/2019) Conrad sub drilling Tambak-1 offshore Indonesia

(11/4/2019) Kosmos strikes oil offshore Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea

(11/1/2019) Oil seeps reveal probable reserves in Angkor's Block VIII in Cambodia

(10/31/2019) Echo & CGC set to drill 1st of 4 Tapi Aike exploration wells in Argentina

(10/30/2019) Mubadala drilling exploration wells at Thailand's Manora Field

(10/29/2019) Comet Ridge logs Albany-1ST well in Queensland

(10/29/2019) Hess' deepwater US Gulf Esox-1 an oil discovery

(10/28/2019) Horizon drilling Weizhou 6-12 exploration well in China's Beibu Gulf

(10/28/2019) Cairn fails to find hydrocarbons in offshore Mexico well

(10/28/2019) Kosmos makes key gasfield discovery offshore Mauritania

(10/25/2019) NNPC makes oil discovery in NE Nigeria's Bauchi state

(10/25/2019) Eni-EGPC JV Petrobel discovers oil in Egypt's Gulf of Suez

(10/25/2019) Strike Energy achieves strong flowtest results from West Erregulla-2 well

(10/25/2019) SDX kicks off 12-well drilling campaign in Morocco's Gharb Basin

(10/24/2019) OMV appraising Iris gas/condensate discovery in Norwegian Sea

(10/24/2019) Melbana meets all Cuban requirements to proceed with exploration

(10/18/2019) BHP chalks up 1 discovery & 1 dry hole in Trinidad

(10/18/2019) WNEL taps down Tambak-2 in Indonesia's offshore Duyung Block

(10/18/2019) Vaalco has oil discovery off Gabon in Etame Marin Block

(10/17/2019) Cairn strikes out with Chimera wildcat in UK North Sea

(10/17/2019) Petro Matad completes Gazelle-1 in Mongolia's Block XX

(10/16/2019) ONGC Videsh reports Colombia & Brazil discoveries

(10/15/2019) PGNiG makes small Norwegian Sea wildcat discovery

(10/15/2019) NIOC discovers 19 Tcf gasfield in Iran's Fars Province

(10/9/2019) Origin drilling Kyalla shale gas appraisal in Australia's Beetaloo Sub-basin

(10/9/2019) Springfield spuds Afina-1x exploration well offshore Ghana

(10/8/2019) Goldpetrol drilling appraisal in Myanmar's Chauk Field

(10/7/2019) Interra spuds 1st exploration well in Kalimantan, Indonesia

(10/4/2019) BW Energy makes significant oil discovery offshore Gabon

(10/4/2019) Tambak-2 exploration well spudded in the Duyung Block off Indonesia

(10/3/2019) Buru spuds Miani-1 exploration well in Western Australia

(10/2/2019) PGNiG given permit for wildcat in Norwegian Sea

(9/30/2019) New offshore Sakhalin field discovered by Rosneft

(9/24/2019) WNEL & Empyrean to drill 1st of 2 wells on Indonesia's Duyung Block

(9/23/2019) Yakaar-2 confirms world-scale gas resource off Senegal

(9/23/2019) GeoPark makes oil discovery onshore Colombia with Guaco well

(9/22/2019) i3 Energy to spud UK North sea Serenity exploration well

(9/20/2019) Chariot scores gas discoveries offshore Morocco in Lixus Block

(9/20/2019) Pemex makes 6 discoveries in past 3 months

(9/20/2019) MOL gets go-ahead to drill exploration well offshore Norway

(9/19/2019) Petro Matad drilling Mongolia exploration well Gazelle-1

(9/17/2019) Ørn a Norwegian Sea gas discovery by Equinor & partners

(9/16/2019) Tullow chalks up a new Guyana discovery with Joe-1

(9/16/2019) Cooper in early termination of Australia's Annie-1 well

(9/16/2019) Tripletail-1 another Oil discovery offshore Guyana

(9/15/2019) Vaalco drilling 1st well in 2019-20 Gabon drilling campaign

(9/13/2019) Hurricane scores oil discovery in UK North Sea with Lincoln Crestal well

(9/12/2019) Strike upgrades Western Australia Kingia gas discovery

(9/10/2019) USGS puts Alaska North Slope gas hydrates at 53.8 Tcf

(9/10/2019) Equinor strikes out with Lanterna wildcat in Norwegian Sea

(9/9/2019) Petro Matad testing Heron-1 in eastern Mongolia Block XX

(9/9/2019) ADX set to production test Romania's Iecea Mica-1

(9/9/2019) Touchstone taps gas pay in Trinidad's onshore Ortoire Block

(9/8/2019) 1 Tcf gas discovered in Nigeria's onshore Obiafu-Obrikom Fields

(9/8/2019) Enpedco to drill exploration wells in Egypt's Western Desert

(9/6/2019) Cooper Energy scores gasfield discovery in Australia's Otway Basin

(9/5/2019) Valeura gas flowtest of Inanli-1 I Turkey's Thrace Basin

(9/3/2019) Echo & CGC in run-up to 1st Tapi Aike exploration well in Argentina

(9/3/2019) Equinor given go-ahead to drill Echino Sur exploration well off Norway

(8/30/2019) Lekoil & Optimum to drill 2 further wells on Nigeria Ogo discovery

(8/30/2019) BW Energy makes oil discovery on Gabon's Dussafu Marin Block

(8/29/2019) Senex production tests Gemba-1 in South Australia's Cooper Basin

(8/28/2019) Tullow drilling exploration well Joe-1 offshore Guyana

(8/27/2019) Key gas discovery at Western Australia's West Erregulla

(8/27/2019) Noble Energy makes new Equatorial Guinea oil discovery

(8/27/2019) Eni achieves major gas discovery onshore Nigeria's Niger Delta

(8/27/2019) Byron taps pay in US Gulf South Marsh Island Cutthroat well

(8/26/2019) PGNiG to spud Shrek exploration well in Norwegian Sea

(8/25/2019) MOL scores new oil discovery in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(8/20/2019) South Sudan scores new oil discovery in Upper Nile area

(8/20/2019) Baja Oil & Gas to drill & test Falcon Prospect in East Texas

(8/20/2019) Aker BP strikes out with Vaagar wildcat in Norwegian Sea

(8/20/2019) Equinor makes light oil discovery in Barents Sea

(8/19/2019) Lundin scores oil discovery with Goddo well offshore Norway

(8/18/2019) Energy World negotiating for exploration rights in Mindanao, Philippines

(8/16/2019) New offshore exploration on horizon in Suriname

(8/14/2019) Shell & Cluff to drill wildcat on just completed North Sea farm-in acreage

(8/14/2019) Eni & Total discover million b/d oilfield in Republic of Congo

(8/14/2019) Fraser to drill UK North Sea Curlew-A appraisal well

(8/13/2019) Winchester completing Arledge well in Texas Permian Basin

(8/13/2019) BW Energy spuds Hibiscus Updip Prospect offshore Gabon

(8/12/2019) Strike pushing on in gas discovery in Western Australia

(8/12/2019) Tullow strikes big discovery with Jethro-1 offshore Guyana

(8/9/2019) US Gulf Bulleit & Orlov deepwater exploration wells tap pay

(8/8/2019) Pan American sub Hokchi set to drill shallow water well off Mexico

(8/8/2019) Genel to farmout stake in Somaliland onshore block

(8/7/2019) Aker BP wildcat near Norway's Boyla Field discovers gas

(8/6/2019) Cairn's Capricorn Norge quits Godalen wildcat offshore Norway

(8/6/2019) Cooper drilling Annie-1 in Otway Basin offshore Victoria, Australia

(8/4/2019) Japex taps gas with deepwater exploration well off Hokkaido

(8/1/2019) Oriental Energy scores oil discovery offshore Nigeria in OML67

(7/31/2019) Andromedia North spudded in UK sector of Southern North Sea

(7/30/2019) Santos drilling Dorado-3 off Western Australia in Bedout Basin

(7/30/2019) Sol-1 exploration well onshore Colombia proves small discovery

(7/29/2019) ADX preparing to drill Iecea Mica appraisal in western Romania

(7/29/2019) Cooper set to drill 2 exploration wells in Australia's Otway Basin

(7/26/2019) Equinor makes 2 small oil discoveries in Norwegian North Sea

(7/25/2019) Petrobel-Belayim discovers gasfield in Egypt's Nile Delta

(7/25/2019) NIS to drill 2 more wells in western Romania

(7/25/2019) Buru drilling Adoxa-1 exploration well in Australia's Canning Basin

(7/25/2019) Eni Agogo discovery appraisal off Angola confirm 650 million bbl oil

(7/24/2019) Santos given go-ahead for Australia Northern Territory exploration wells

(7/24/2019) Eni makes gas & condensate discovery offshore Vietnam

(7/23/2019) Strike sees Wagina gas shows in Western Australia North Perth Basin well

(7/23/2019) Hilcorp well on Texas' Mustang Prospect encounters hydrocarbons

(7/21/2019) AGM's Kyenkyen-1X & Nyankom-1X find oil offshore Ghana

(7/21/2019) INA scores gas discovery northeast of Zagreb

(7/19/2019) Petro Matad drilling Heron-1 in Mongolia's Tamsag Basin

(7/18/2019) Shell's Bulgarian Black Sea well fails to find significant hydrocarbons

(7/16/2019) Oil India strikes oil again in India's Arunachal Pradesh Kumchai Field

(7/16/2019) Egdon's Biscathorpe-2 a key oil discovery in Lincolnshire, England

(7/14/2019) Hurricane drilling Lincoln Crestal well in UK North Sea Greater Warwick

(7/14/2019) Parex makes 2nd discovery at Boranda site in Rio Negro, Colombia

(7/11/2019) Aker BP makes Norwegian North Sea discovery with Liatarnet well

(7/11/2019) CNOOC & Sinopec to jointly study Chinese offshore basins

(7/10/2019) ONGC plans exploratory drilling in 12 Gujarat blocks

(7/9/2019) Roc South-1 fails to find producible hydrocarbons

(7/9/2019) Shell set to drill wildcat at US Gulf Atwater Valley Aransas Prospect(7/8/2019) Rhein Petroleum testing Steig-1 exploration well in Germany