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Equinor awarded 35 new production licenses

Tuesday, January 13 2026

General – Production Licenses

Equinor has been awarded 35 new production licenses by the Ministry of Energy in this year’s APA, Awards in Predefined Areas.

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Filed Under: Equinor, exploitation rights, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International News, Norway Tagged With: Equinor, exploration wells, norway, production licences

TotalEnergies enters Block 8 offshore exploration permit

Sunday, January 11 2026

Fossil Energy – Lebanon

TotalEnergies and its partners Eni (35%) and QatarEnergy (30%) have signed an agreement with the Lebanese government to acquire the exploration permit for Block 8 offshore Lebanon.

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Filed Under: exploitation rights, Exploration, International News, Lebanon, TotalEnergies Tagged With: Eni, exploration permit, Lebanon, QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies

Turkey expands offshore push as TPAO signs MoU with ExxonMobil

Saturday, January 10 2026

Fossil Energy – Turkey

Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) and Exxonmobil signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering new exploration areas in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and other potential areas, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday to Reuters.

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Filed Under: Black Sea, Exploration, exploratory drilling, ExxonMobil, International projects, MoU, TPAO Tagged With: black sea, exploration, ExxonMobil, Mediterranean, MOU, TPAO, turkey

Eni makes gas discovery offshore Indonesia

Wednesday, December 10 2025

Fossil Energy – Indonesia

Eni has made a gas discovery in the Konta-1 exploration well, drilled in the Muara Bakau Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in the Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia.

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Filed Under: ENI, Exploration, exploratory drilling, Gas discovery, Indonesia, International projects, Kutei Tagged With: Eni, exploration, Gas discovery, Indonesia, Konta 1, Kutei Basin, Oil and Gas

Ghana moves to acquire major offshore oil & gas block

Tuesday, December 9 2025

Fossil Energy – Ghana

Leading news provider Business Insider Africa reports that the Government of Ghana is preparing to acquire a highly valuable offshore exploration block containing substantial oil and gas reserves.

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Filed Under: Acquisition, exploitation rights, Exploration, Ghana, International projects, Oil and Gas Tagged With: acquisition, block, exploration, ghana, Oil and Gas

Equinor plans 250 exploration wells in Norway by 2035

Tuesday, November 25 2025

Fossil Energy – Equinor

Equinor plans to drill 250 oil and gas exploration wells in Norwegian waters over the next 10 years to achieve a goal of sustaining output in 2035 at 2020 levels, driven by expectations of prolonged fossil fuel demand.

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Filed Under: Equinor, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International News, Investment, Norway, Norwegian Sea, Oil and Gas Tagged With: Equinor, exploration wells, Investment, norway, Oil and Gas, technology

Shell expands in Angola with $1 billion offshore exploration investment

Wednesday, November 5 2025

Fossil Energy – Angola

Shell will invest approximately $1 billion in new oil blocks in Angola as the southern African nation seeks to boost production that has dwindled over the years.

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Filed Under: Angola, Drilling, Exploration, International projects, Investment, Seismic, Shell Tagged With: angola, drilling, exploration, Investment, seismic, Shell

Reconnaissance Permit Agreement for Eni

Tuesday, November 4 2025

Fossil Energy – Sierra Leone

Eni has been awarded a Reconnaissance Permit Agreement covering five deepwater blocks in Sierra Leone.

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Filed Under: ENI, Exploration, International projects, Sierra Leone Tagged With: Eni, exploration, Reconnaissance Permit Agreement, Sierra Leone

Offshore gas exploration kicks off in the Otway Basin

Saturday, November 1 2025

Fossil Energy – ConocoPhillips Australia

ConocoPhillips Australia has started exploration in the Otway basin in an effort to find a new domestic natural gas supply.

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Filed Under: Australia, ConocoPhillips, Exploration, exploratory drilling, Gas, gas field, gas supplies, International projects Tagged With: australia, ConocoPhillips, exploration, Gas supply, Otway Basin

Chevron set to drill exploration well off Suriname

Wednesday, October 15 2025

Fossil Energy – Suriname

Chevron Suriname Exploration is about to start drilling the Korikori-1 exploration well in Block 5, offshore Suriname.

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Filed Under: Chevron, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International projects, Jack up, Suriname Tagged With: chevron, drilling, exploration, jack up, Korikori-1, Suriname

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