| United Arab Emirates >> 5/1/2019 - ADNOC has launched Abu Dhabi’s 2019 Block Bid Round, opening for bidding five new onshore and offshore exploration blocks with substantial oil & gas potential. ... |
| New Zealand >> 4/30/2019 - New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals has launched the delayed Block Offer 2018 tender for petroleum exploration permits. The release area is restricted to the onshore Taranaki region, and covers 2,188 sq ... |
| Mexico >> 4/24/2019 - Shell Offshore Inc. (“Shell”), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, today announced a significant discovery at the Blacktip prospect in the deep water U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Evaluation is ongoing and ... |
| Guyana >> 4/18/2019 - ExxonMobil made a new oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Yellowtail-1 well, marking the 13th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable res... |
| United Kingdom >> 4/9/2019 - AIM-listed Egdon Resources has announced the results of a Competent Person's Report ('CPR') prepared by Schlumberger Oilfield UK in relation to the Resolution gas discovery of which Egdon is operator ... |
| Oman >> 4/8/2019 - Total and the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman (MOG) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the award to Total of an exploration license on Block 12 with significant prospective ga... |
| Australia >> 4/8/2019 - Carnarvon Petroleum and its Joint Venture partner and Operator, Santos, have moved quickly to appraise the Dorado discovery made in the third quarter of the 2018 calendar year. ... |
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Egypt >> 4/7/2019 - Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek el Mullah conferred with his Saudi counterpart Khaled el Faleh on means of boosting joint cooperation in the fields of petroleum, gas and mineral weal... |
| Lebanon >> 4/5/2019 - The Lebanese government has approved the opening of the country’s much-anticipated 2nd offshore licensing round. Interested companies will be expected to submit their bids by 31 January 2020. ... |
| Colombia >> 4/4/2019 - The Arrecife 1ST well proved the presence of gas in the Municipality of Pueblo Nuevo, Cordoba. The Arrecife well is part of the Exploration and Production contract signed between HOCOL and the Nationa... |
| India >> 3/28/2019 - Vedanta has notified the Management Committee, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of an oil discovery in the second exploratory well H2, located in the block... |
| Libya >> 3/28/2019 - National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Italian oil major Eni signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU), at NOC’s Tripoli headquarters. The first concerned the establishment of a steering committee to ex... |
| Nigeria >> 3/28/2019 - LEKOIL, the oil and gas exploration, development and production company with a focus on Africa, provides an update on OPL310 (the "Block") with reference to the Company's Application for a Declaration... |
| Iraq >> 3/26/2019 - LUKOIL and INPEX CORPORATION have successfully completed testing of the fifth well as part of the appraisal phase at the Eridu field (Block 10) in the southern part of Iraq. The well recorded daily fl... |
| China >> 3/23/2019 - Cassa depositi e prestiti Spa (CDP), Snam Spa (Snam) and Silk Road Fund Co., Ltd (SRF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aiming at exploring and evaluating common business opportunities.... |
| Georgia >> 3/20/2019 - Block Energy Plc, the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, reports that Total Drilled Depth ('TDD') has been reached at well 16a at its West Rustavi field after the s... |
| Norway >> 3/19/2019 - The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reports that, Aker BP, operator of production licence PL 869, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 24/9-14 S and a horizontal appraisal well, 24/9-14 A. Appra... |
| Israel >> 3/14/2019 - Israel’s offshore oil and gas licensing auction will go ahead as planned in June regardless of the outcome of the country’s upcoming general elections, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said in an interv... |
| Angola >> 3/13/2019 - Eni announces a major oil discovery in Block 15/06, in the Agogo exploration prospect, in Angola’s deep water. The new discovery is estimated to contain between 450 and 650 million barrels of light oi... |
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Egypt >> 3/12/2019 - The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt (M.O.P) invite international qualified and interested companies having the technical and financial capabilities for an International Bid Round ... |