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US government’s ANWR lease sale a bust; no companies bid for tracts

Jan. 9, 2025
The US Bureau of Land Management received no bids for the congressionally mandated oil and gas lease sale offering 400,000 acres in the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National...

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Equinor makes marginal oil, gas discovery in North Sea

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Exploration & Development

Shell takes FID at Bonga North to sustain production offshore Nigeria

Dec. 16, 2024
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OGDCL discovers hydrocarbons in Bannu basin

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Aker BP drills dry hole in North Sea

Dec. 13, 2024
Aker BP encountered a dry hole in the first exploration well in production license 932 in the northern part of the North Sea.
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Shell-operated Perdido platform, offshore Gulf of Mexico, May 2018.
Exploration & Development

Shell takes FID for additional Gulf of Mexico wells to boost Perdido output

Dec. 12, 2024
Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, has taken final investment decision (FID) to proceed with the Phase 3 Silvertip project, which will deliver two wells to boost ...