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South Korean firm buys into Indonesian offshore oil block

Saturday, December 27 2025

Fossil Energy – Acquisition

SK Earthon, the energy resource development unit of SK Innovation, has acquired a 34% stake in the North Ketapang exploration block offshore Indonesia, expanding its upstream presence in Southeast Asia.

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Filed Under: Acquisition, exploratory drilling, Indonesia, International News, SK Earthon Tagged With: acquisition, exploration block, exploration drilling, Indonesia, North Ketapang, SK Earthon

INEOS Energy announces new Norphlet oil discovery

Wednesday, December 24 2025

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

INEOS Energy has announced a new oil Norphlet discovery in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, exploratory drilling, Ineos, International News, Norphlet, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery Tagged With: drilling, exploration, Ineos Energy, Norphlet, Oil Discovery

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

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

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

TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy and SNPC win exploration permit offshore Congo

Tuesday, September 2 2025

Fossil Energy – Congo

TotalEnergies and its partners, QatarEnergy and Congo’s state oil company SNPC, have secured rights to explore the Nzombo offshore block in the Republic of the Congo.

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Filed Under: Congo, exploitation rights, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International News, Nzombo, QuatarEnergy, TotalEnergies Tagged With: Congo, exploration permit, Nzombo block, QatarEnergy, SNPC, TotalEnergies

CNOOC announces breakthrough in Metamorphic Buried-Hill Exploration

Wednesday, July 16 2025

Fossil Energy – Exploration

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has made a significant breakthrough in deep metamorphic buried-hill exploration in the South China Sea, marking China’s first offshore discovery of metamorphic sandstone and slate buried hills

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Filed Under: CNOOC, Discovery, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International projects, Oil and Gas, South China Sea, Weizhou oilfield Tagged With: Beibu Gulf, CNOOC, discovery, exploration, Oil and Gas, South China Sea, Weizhou

Macaw-1 first of five offshore exploration wells in 2025

Wednesday, May 7 2025

Fossil Energy – Suriname

TotalEnergies plans to begin drilling the Macaw-1 exploration well in Block 64, located offshore Suriname, by mid-May 2025.

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Filed Under: Drilling, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International News, Macaw, Suriname, TotalEnergies Tagged With: drilling, exploration, Macaw-1, Stena Drilling, Suriname, TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies fails to find oil in latest well offshore Namibia

Wednesday, April 30 2025

Fossil Energy – Exploration Well

An exploration well within a petroleum exploration license (PEL) in Namibia’s Orange Basin operated by France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has come up dry.

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Filed Under: exploratory drilling, International projects, Namibia, TotalEnergies Tagged With: exploration well, Namibia, TotalEnergies

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