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Shell exploration well offshore Egypt indicates commercial discovery

Tuesday, July 28 2026

Oil Discovery

Shell’s Velox-1X exploration well off the coast of Egypt has encountered promising oil indicators and could lead to the first crude oil discovery in the under-explored Western Mediterranean region.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drillship, Egypt, Exploration, exploratory drilling, International projects, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery, Shell Tagged With: drilling, egypt, exploration, Mediterranean, Oil Discovery, Shell

Oil discovery near Johan Castberg field

Thursday, July 23 2026

Fossil Energy

Equinor has made an oil discovery in the Skrugard North Tubåen prospect in the Barents Sea.

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Filed Under: Barents Sea, Drilling, General, Johan Castberg, Oil discovery Tagged With: barents sea, drilling, Johan Castberg, norway, Oil Discovery

PETRONAS has made oil discovery offshore Suriname

Tuesday, July 14 2026

Caiman

The Caiman-1 exploration well encountered multiple oil-bearing Cretaceous sandstone intervals after being drilled in just 90 metres of water to a total depth of 5,065 metres.

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Filed Under: Caiman, Exploration, International News, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery, Petronas, Suriname Tagged With: Caiman 1, exploration, Oil and Gas, Oil Discovery, petronas, Suriname

Nigeria discovers oil in OML 74

Saturday, July 11 2026

Fossil Energy

On Tuesday, Nigerian oil producer Renaissance Energy announced that it had made an oil discovery offshore Nigeria after drilling an exploration well in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 74.

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Filed Under: International projects, Nigeria, Renaissance Energy, Shell Tagged With: nigeria, Oil Discovery, Renaissance Energy, Shell

Murphy Oil announces oil discovery at Bubale-1X Offshore Côte d’Ivoire

Wednesday, June 24 2026

Fossil Energy

Murphy Oil announced an oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well in Block CI-709, located approximately 40 miles offshore Côte d’Ivoire.

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Filed Under: Bubale, Cote d'Ivoire, International projects, Murphy Oil Tagged With: Bubale 1X, Côte d’Ivoire, exploration, Murphy Oil, Oil Discovery

Occidental discovers oil at Bandit prospect in GoM

Saturday, April 11 2026

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

U.S. shale producer Occidental Petroleum has discovered oil at the ​Bandit prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, about 125 miles south of the Louisiana coast.

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Equinor made oil discovery in Barents Sea

Wednesday, March 18 2026

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

Equinor has made an oil discovery in the Polynya Tubåen prospect.

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Filed Under: Barents Sea, Drilling, drilling rig, Equinor, International News, Johan Castberg, Oil discovery Tagged With: barents sea, drilling, Equinor, Johan Castberg, Oil Discovery, Polynya Tubåen

Oil discovery in Snorre area

Monday, March 2 2026

Fossil Energy – Snorre

Equinor and its partners have made a commercial oil discovery in the Snorre area in the North Sea.

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Filed Under: Drilling, Equinor, International News, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery, Snorre Tagged With: Equinor, norway, Oil Discovery, snorre

Discovery of largest oilfield in Yamal

Monday, February 23 2026

Fossil Energy – Yamal

GazpromNeft announces that it has discovered the largest oil field in Yamal in 30 years.

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Filed Under: Gazprom, International projects, Oil and Gas, Oil discovery Tagged With: GazpromNeft, Oil Discovery, Yamal

Azule Energy announces oil discovery offshore Angola

Friday, February 20 2026

Fossil Energy – Oil Discovery

Azule Energy has reported a new oil discovery made in the Algaita‑01 exploration well, located in Block 15/06 in the offshore Lower Congo Basin, Angola.

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Filed Under: Angola, Azule Energy, Drilling, International projects Tagged With: angola, Azule Energy, drilling, Lower Congo Basin, Oil Discovery

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