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UK's SDX looks to accelerate Egyptian onshore gas exploration
UK-listed upstream junior SDX Energy -- which is focused on mostly gas-producing assets in Egypt and Morocco -- plans to accelerate new drilling at its flagship South Disouq concession onshore Egypt, its CEO Mark Reid said Nov. 19.
read more... 20/11/2020
Norway’s oil, gas exploration falls in 2020
The Norwegian petroleum directorate (NPD) said today a lack of new discoveries offshore Norway could rapidly reduce oil and gas production after 2030, as the number of exploration wells drilled this year is set to halve from 2019.
read more... 28/10/2020
Africa Is The Undeniable Final Frontier For Oil
The pandemic has been devastating for the oil industry globally. Explorers suspended drilling, producers idled wells, Big Oil majors put up assets for sale. But the world continues to need oil, albeit lower amounts of it than a year ago, and it will continue to need it. Exploration is not dead. It is especially not dead in Africa—a hot spot in oil and gas before the pandemic.
read more... 24/09/2020
OMV Petrom gets E&P license for Georgian Black Sea perimeter
Georgia’s Oil and Gas Agency has granted oil and gas exploration and extraction licenses to Romanian oil company OMV Petrom, a member of the Austrian OMV Group, Bm.ge reported.
read more... 29/06/2020
Equinor slashes investment, spending in $3 billion coronavirus package
Norwegian oil firm Equinor will cut investments, exploration drilling and operating costs as part of a $3 billion plan to help the company weather the coronavirus crisis and low oil prices, it said on Wednesday.
read more... 25/03/2020