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ReconAfrica to accelerate drilling plan for Namibia exploration well

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Drilling at the Prospect I location has been significantly derisked by the results of our first Damara Fold Belt well, Naingopo, which encountered reservoir in the Otavi carbonates, hydrocarbon shows and oil to surface. Prospect I is noted as location 63 in the NSAI report.

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Chevron Revives Exploration Efforts in Namibia

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Chevron plans to begin drilling an exploration well offshore Namibia, where several international majors have found huge oil and gas resources in recent years. With this programme, Chevron continues to activate its strong and growing exploration portfolio, according to a company statement. Chevron completed in February

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APA Corp., partners complete successful flow test for North Slope exploration well

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(World Oil) – APA Corporation and its partners Lagniappe Alaska, LLC, an Armstrong company, and Oil Search (Alaska), LLC, a subsidiary of Santos Limited, have completed successful flow testing of the Sockeye-2 exploratory well in Alaska’s North Slope.

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Rhino Resources To Drill New Well Offshore Namibia

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African energy explorer Rhino Resources and its partner Azule Energy will drill the new Volans-1X exploration well offshore Namibia in late July or early August…

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Fayoum 5 Exploration Well Findings Indicate Potential Natural Gas Discovery by bp in Mediterranean

Egypt Oil & Gas

The initial results of the Fayoum 5 exploration well located in North Alexandria, which is in the west of the Mediterranean, showed the presence of a gas-bearing layer, and electrical recordings are being made in the coming days.

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ConocoPhillips Confirms Slagugle Oil Discovery in Norwegian Sea

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The second appraisal well, 6507/5-12 S, was drilled about 22 kilometers (13.7 This is the third exploration well in production license 891, awarded in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) in 2016, the Directorate said in its notice. The well, now permanently plugged, was drilled by the Deepsea Yantai rig.

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BP, Chevron Make Deepwater Oil Discovery in Gulf of America

Offshore Engineer

drilled the exploration well in Green Canyon Block 584 BP and its partner Chevron have made an oil discovery at the Far South prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of America.BP