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BP Confirms 11 Discoveries in 2025

“The well found 26m of net pay in rich gas condensate-bearing reservoirs, with the reservoir showing excellent quality petrophysical properties and no observed water contact”, Rhino said in a press release. “Hot shot laboratory analysis on two samples (at the top and base of the reservoir interval) showed a high condensate to gas ratio (CGR) of >140 and a liquid density of around 40° API gravity.

Brent crude slides toward $60 on oversupply, U.S.-China trade strains

Oil headed for a third weekly decline as traders focused on growing signs of oversupply and the fallout from renewed U.S.-China trade tensions.  U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold a second meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin “within two weeks or so” aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, raising the possibility of more […]

North Sea recoverable oil and gas resources rise 31% after last licensing round, new report shows

While total reserves declined slightly year-on-year, the report highlights a significant 31% increase in prospective resources, now estimated at 4.6 Bboe, largely due to new opportunities identified under the 33rd Offshore Licensing Round. The UK also holds an estimated 6.2 Bboe in contingent resources, representing discovered but undeveloped petroleum that could be matured through new investment and field development activity.