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    Vår Energi drills duster at North Sea Kokopelli prospect

    March 4, 2025
    The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Cretaceous limestone rocks in the Tor formation. The well encountered 94 m of poor-quality limestone rocks in the Tor...

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    Texcal Energy drills dry hole in Indonesia

    Dec. 4, 2024
    Texcal Energy Mahato drilled a dry hole in exploration well PSC PC-01 in the Mahato PSC in Central Sumatra.
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    Equinor comes up dry with Norwegian Sea Løvmeis prospect

    Dec. 3, 2024
    Equinor Energy AS has classified a recent Norwegian Sea exploration well as dry.
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    Galp discovers gas-condensate in Orange basin appraisal well

    Dec. 2, 2024
    Galp Energia discovered hydrocarbons in the Mopane-1A appraisal well in Namibia’s Orange basin.
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    Galp discovers gas-condensate in Namibia’s Orange basin

    Dec. 2, 2024
    Galp Energia discovered hydrocarbons in the Mopane-1A appraisal well in Namibia’s Orange basin.
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    Triangle Energy readies Perth basin exploration drilling

    Nov. 7, 2024
    Triangle Energy secured the Silver City Rig 24 rig for the Becos-1 exploration well to be drilled in Perth basin.