Murphy Oil Corporation has announced an offshore oil discovery in Vietnam and successful appraisal drilling in Côte d’Ivoire, alongside new production milestones at its Lac Da Vang development offshore Vietnam and Chinook field in the U.S. Gulf. Offshore Côte d’Ivoire, Murphy’s Bubale West-1X appraisal well in Block CI-103 encountered approximately 88 ft (27 m) […]
Petrobras has made a second oil discovery in its ultra-deepwater Morpho exploration well offshore Brazil, encountering another oil-bearing interval in the Foz do Amazonas basin. Source: worldoil.com The latest discovery was made in the Morpho well (1-BRSA-1405-APS), located in block FZA-M-59 off the coast of Amapá, in water depths of approximately 2,886 meters (9,469 ft). […]
TotalEnergies is fast-tracking development of its Acacia-5 oil discovery offshore Angola, targeting first production just three months after the discovery while expanding its exploration portfolio with two new operated blocks. Acacia-5 was discovered in June 2026 on Block 17, where TotalEnergies holds a 38% operated interest. The discovery will be developed using available capacity on the existing […]
QatarEnergy has announced an oil discovery with encouraging results from the Merlin-1X exploration well in Petroleum Exploration Licence 39 (PEL 0039), offshore Namibia. Merlin-1X is the tenth well drilled under the licence and has delivered the most promising subsurface results to date, with good reservoir quality, light oil and limited associated gas. Commenting on the discovery, His Excellency […]
Equinor has made an oil discovery in a wildcat well in a prospect close to the giant Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate said on Wednesday.
An appraisal well has confirmed Vår Energi ASA’ Zagato oil discovery in the Goliat area on Norway’s side of the North Sea, with preliminary estimated recoverable resources of 21-25 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe), the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) said.
Krzysztof Galos, undersecretary of state and chief national geologist, said, “The discovery of the Wolin East hydrocarbon deposit – although it still requires the preparation, submission, and approval of the deposit’s geological documentation – may prove to be one of the breakthrough moments in the history of hydrocarbon exploration in Poland, especially with regard to areas that have so far remained insufficiently explored, such as Poland’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Baltic Sea”.
The Directorate reported that the Slagugle oil discovery, proven in 2020, holds an estimated 4.9 to 9.8 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalent (approximately 30.8 to 61.6 million barrels of oil equivalent) in Triassic reservoir rocks. Additional potential volumes exist in the lower Are Formation and Upper Grey Beds. Licensees will now analyze the data to assess a possible development.
Well 6507/5-13 S aimed to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Fangst and Båt groups. “The well encountered a 14-meter oil column in the Garn Formation in 43 meters of sandstone with moderate reservoir quality”, the upstream regulator said in a press release. “The oil/water contact was encountered at 3702 meters below sea level. The other formations in the Fangst and Båt groups were aquiferous.
MOL Plc said it has discovered a new oil field near Somogysámson in Western Hungary.
The company found oil at a depth of (4,100 feet) 1,250 meters during exploration drilling in December 2024. According to the results, the well located in the Somogysámson oilfield is capable of producing 1,200 barrels per day, MOL said.
Production from the new well is being transported by truck to the Danube Refinery in Százhalombatta and represents approximately one percent of the MOL Group’s total hydrocarbon production, according to the release.