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TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy Win Exploration License in Algeria

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percent stake during the exploration and appraisal phases. Algeria’s national oil and gas company Sonatrach SpA has the majority stake of 51 percent in accordance with Algerian law. square miles) onshore Algeria. square miles) onshore Algeria. square miles) onshore Algeria. State-owned QatarEnergy also owns 24.5

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Neuquén basin production grows, accounts for over 70% of Argentina’s oil and gas output

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In May—the latest month with full basin-level data—production in Neuqu é n reached 538,000 b/d of oil and 107 million cu m/day of natural gas. On a national scale, shale oil accounts for 60% of total output, while tight and shale gas combined make up 65% of Argentina ’ s gas production.

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BW Energy contracts rig to drill appraisal well offshore Namibia

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July 28, 2025 Map from BW Energy, June 2025 investor presentation BW Energy said it was preparing to spud the Kharas appraisal well in this year’s second half in the northwest corner of Kudu. Kudu gas field, discovered in 1974, lies about 130 km offshore in the southern parts of Namibia and contains an estimated 1.3 tcf of gas (P 50).

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Carnarvon Energy to identify exploration in Bedout sub-basin offshore Western Australia

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· Carnarvon will identify an exploration target offshore WA after completing Bedout Mega Merge seismic reprocessing. · Carnarvon will identify an exploration target offshore WA after completing Bedout Mega Merge seismic reprocessing. Alex Procyk July 25, 2025 2 min read Carnarvon Energy Ltd. Carnarvon Energy Ltd.

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ConocoPhillips Confirms Slagugle Oil Discovery in Norwegian Sea

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Image by Ole Arnesen via iStock The Norwegian Offshore Directorate said ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production license 891, had confirmed the Slagugle oil discovery. The second appraisal well, 6507/5-12 S, was drilled about 22 kilometers (13.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. million barrels of oil equivalent.

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Cyprus Announces New Gas Discovery in Block 10

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and QatarEnergy have made another natural gas discovery in Block 10 offshore Cyprus, the presidential office said Monday. Seven years ago the partners found a gas-bearing reservoir about 436 feet in Glaucus-1. Steve Greenlee, then-president of ExxonMobil Exploration Co., Image by Zigmunds Dizgalvis via iStock Exxon Mobil Corp.

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Japan's Inpex Acquires Stakes in Several Norwegian Sea Assets

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Image by DINphotogallery via iStock Tokyo, Japan-based Inpex Corporation said it has acquired stakes in several oil and gas assets in the Norwegian Sea. The Valhall and Hod fields are currently producing hydrocarbons, while the Mistral and Slagugle oil and gas discoveries have yet to be developed, Inpex said in a news release.