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Libya awards new oil, gas blocks since 2007

Thursday, February 12 2026

Fossil Energy – Libya

Libya on Wednesday awarded oil and gas exploration blocks to foreign oil companies, including Chevron, Eni, QatarEnergy and Repsol in its first licensing round in nearly two decades as it seeks to revitalise the sector despite ongoing political division.

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Filed Under: Awards, Exploration, International projects, Libya, Licenses Tagged With: Awards, exploration blocks, Libya, licensing round

TotalEnergies expands portfolio as Operator of PEL104 License

Saturday, February 7 2026

Fossil Energy – Acquisition

TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in PEL104 Exploration license, located offshore Namibia, from Eight Offshore Investments Holdings and Maravilla Oil & Gas.

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Filed Under: Acquisition, exploitation rights, Exploration, International News, Namibia, TotalEnergies Tagged With: acquisition, exploration license, Namibia, TotalEnergies

Chevron signs MoU with Libya’s NOC

Thursday, January 29 2026

Fossil Energy – MoU

Chevron has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) to evaluate potential oil and gas exploration and development opportunities, supporting the country’s efforts to boost hydrocarbon production.

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Filed Under: Chevron, Development, Exploration, International News, Lybia, MoU Tagged With: chevron, Development, exploration, Lybia, MOU, Oil and Gas

Papua New Guinea’s first deepwater exploration well

Monday, January 26 2026

Fossil Energy – Papuan Basin

TotalEnergies and PETRONAS have joined forces to drill Mailu-1, Papua New Guinea’s first deepwater exploration well, marking a significant milestone for the Pacific region.

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Filed Under: deepwater project, Drilling, drillship, Exploration, International News, Petronas, TotalEnergies Tagged With: deepwater, drilling, exploration well, Mailu-1, Papua New Guinea, petronas, TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies, Mitsui, Nordsøfonden get CO2 storage permit from DEA

Saturday, January 24 2026

General – CO2 Storage

The Danish Energy Agency has issued a permit for exploration and potential storage of CO2 in the North Sea off Denmark to consortium comprising TotalEnergies, Mitsui and state-owned Nordsøfonden.

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Filed Under: CO2 storage, DEA, Denmark, Exploration, International News, Permit, TotalEnergies Tagged With: CO2 storage, DEA, Denmark, exploration, Inez area, Jutland, Mitsui, Nordsøfonde, permit, TotalEnergies

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

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