| Norway >> 1/16/2019 - Equinor has, together with its partners Petoro, ExxonMobil and Total, proven gas and condensate in the Norwegian Sea Ragnfrid North (6406/2-9 S) exploration well. Recoverable resources are estimated a... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 1/16/2019 - The Ras Al Khaimah Petroleum Authority and RAK GAS LLC have signed an agreement whereby the Polish company is permitted to explore for and produce hydrocarbons in the emirate of Ras al Khaimah. |
| Brazil >> 1/14/2019 - Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras reports that it formally expressed to the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) interest to exercise the pre-emption right for the 6th Bidding Round of exploration b... |
| India >> 1/6/2019 - India's Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) plans to launch the Open Acreage Licensing Programme Bid Round-II on Monday Jan 7th in New Delhi, according to a tweet here from the DGH, India's upst... |
| Equatorial Guinea >> 1/5/2019 - Ophir has received notification from the Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons that the Block R Licence, which contains the Fortuna gas discovery, will not be extended following expiry ... |
| Lebanon >> 1/3/2019 - The round is scheduled for official launch this month, with a window for prequalification from January to April 2019. PGS has seismic data that will allow you to analyze some of the most promising lea... |
| Gabon >> 12/27/2018 - - In Cameroon, the National Hydrocarbons Corporation announced the launching of a Licensing Round for eight blocks namely, Bomana, Bolongo and Bakassi in the hydrocarbons rich Rio del Rey (RDR) Basin,... |
| Ghana >> 12/24/2018 - Sixteen oil and gas firms have submitted applications for one or more of five Ghanaian offshore blocks in the West African country’s first exploration licensing round, its energy ministry said. ... |
| Venezuela >> 12/23/2018 - Venezuela’s navy “intercepted” a ship exploring for oil on behalf of Exxon Mobil Corp in Guyanese waters over the weekend, Guyana’s foreign ministry said in a statement, while neighboring Venezuela sa... |
| United States >> 12/17/2018 - 88 Energy Limited has advised the following in relation to its oil and gas operations on the North Slope of Alaska. 88 Energy, in its capacity as Drilling Manager, has received approval for all the ma... |
| Angola >> 12/14/2018 - Angola’s state oil company Sonangol and Exxon Mobil on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for oil exploration in the country’s Namibe basin, the two firms said. ... |
| Nigeria >> 12/13/2018 - The government of Nigeria is suing Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Eni SpA and other companies for more than $1 billion over a 2011 oil deal it says was tainted by corruption. ... |
| United Kingdom >> 12/12/2018 - i3 Energy plc, an independent oil and gas company with assets and operations in the UK, has released a new presentation on its website which provides additional information regarding its Serenity pros... |
| French Guiana >> 12/11/2018 - Total is ready to start its exploration campaign on the Guyane Maritime license, located 150 kilometers off the French Guyana coast, in the days following the arrival of the drilling ship on site, as ... |
| Angola >> 12/10/2018 - Eni struck a new oil discovery in the Afoxé exploration prospect located in Block 15/06, offshore Angola. The discovery is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million barrels of light oil in plac... |
| Canada >> 12/10/2018 - The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has issued Call for Bids NS18-3, which includes two industry-nominated parcels. Bids must be received by May 8, 2019 before 4:00 p.m. Atlantic ... |
| Ghana >> 12/6/2018 - UK oil explorer Tullow Oil is seeking partners in a bid to acquire a new oil block in Ghana which launched its first oil bidding round in October, the company’s managing director Kweku Awotwi said on ... |
| Kazakhstan >> 12/4/2018 - Reach Energy has announced that its exploration well, North Kariman-3 ('NK-3'), located in the North Kariman field in the onshore Emir Oil Concession Block in Kazakhstan, has yielded positive results ... |
| South Africa >> 11/29/2018 - South Africa will relax a moratorium on gas and oil exploration licences implemented earlier this year to allow exploration and production applications already in the system to be granted, a governmen... |
| Russia >> 11/29/2018 - Rosneft Oil Company and Chinese Hengli Group signed a cooperation agreement as part of the first Russian-Chinese energy business forum. The document was signed by Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer ... |