| Norway >> 8/24/2017 - The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reports that Statoil, operator of production licence PL 124, is about to complete the drilling of wildcat well 6507/8-9. The well was drilled about 9 kms nort... |
| Gambia >> 8/21/2017 - African Petroleum's rights to explore in two offshore Gambian oil blocks have expired and are currently "open for licensing", presidential spokeswoman Amie Bojang said. The comments came after a state... |
| Norway >> 8/17/2017 - Statoil has received consent to drill an exploration well on the Gina Krog field in the North Sea. Gina Krog is an oil and gas field located 250 kilometres west of Stavanger and 30 kilometres north-we... |
| Canada >> 8/16/2017 - Further to the announcement of 14 August 2017, NU-Oil has now received formal confirmation of the renewal of onshore petroleum lease PL2002-01(A) in Western Newfoundland, Canada, which is held by its ... |
| Gambia >> 8/14/2017 - Further to the announcement on 20 July 2017 regarding African Petroleum’s A1 and A4 licences in The Gambia, the Company confirms that it continues to await feedback from the government of The Gambia o... |
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Egypt >> 8/13/2017 - The General Petroleum Company (GPC) invites petroleum companies in the fields of exploration and production (oil & gas) to submit offers for undertaking oil and gas exploration and production services... |
| Zambia >> 8/11/2017 - British company Tullow Oil started exploring for oil and gas in Zambia, Africa's No.2 copper producer, as the country pushes to diversify its economy and reduce its reliance on the industrial metal. C... |
| Norway >> 8/7/2017 - Statoil and partners OMV and Petoro have made a small gas discovery in the Gemini North well, northeast of the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea. The well also proved oil. ... |
| Myanmar >> 8/7/2017 - Woodside advises that the Pyi Thit-1 exploration well in Block A-6 in the Southern Rakhine Basin, located offshore Myanmar, has intersected a gross gas column of approximately 65 metres. A net gas pay... |
| Greece >> 8/7/2017 - Greece launched two tenders for offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation in the west and south of the country, the energy ministry said. The move follows expressions of interest by a consorti... |
| Nigeria >> 7/31/2017 - Nigerian scientists will continue to search for oil in the restive Lake Chad Basin region despite a kidnapping of some researchers by suspected Boko Haram members, a university and state oil firm NNPC... |
| United Kingdom >> 7/31/2017 - PGS data covers nearly 80% of the open blocks being offered in the UK 30th licensing round. These surveys provide an excellent foundation for thorough evaluation of the mature areas on offer. ... |
| Canada >> 7/28/2017 - Corridor Resources Inc. (Corridor) has reached a settlement agreement with the Government of Québec that facilitates an end to its participation in oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island. ... |
| Mexico >> 7/26/2017 - ION Geophysical Corporation (IO) announced that its imaging services supported the historic Zama-1 discovery offshore Mexico made by Talos Energy, LLC (Talos) and their partners. Zama-1 is the first ... |
| Canada >> 7/24/2017 - The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has issued its Call for Bids NS17-1 for Exploration Licences consisting of three parcels. Bids must be received by December 14, 2017 before 4:0... |
| Egypt >> 7/20/2017 - Eng. Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced that the Red Sea maritime border demarcation agreement with Saudi Arabia grants Egypt the opportunity to start Petroleum acti... |
| Gambia >> 7/19/2017 - Gambia's President Adama Barrow has met with African Petroleum's chief executive to discuss the status of its exploration licences, which oil ministry officials previously said had expired, the compan... |
| United Kingdom >> 7/19/2017 - The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is continuing to make more and more data openly available in an effort to help revitalise exploration of oil and gas in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The latest sign... |
| Cuba >> 7/19/2017 - Melbana Energy Limited (Melbana) is pleased to provide the following update on its 100% owned onshore Cuba Block 9 Production Sharing Contract (Block 9 PSC). ... |
| Norway >> 7/19/2017 - Aker BP has received consent to drill an exploration well in block 25/2 in the North Sea. The well to be drilled is in a prospect named Nordfjellet in block 25/2 in production licence 442. ... |