Last year, the North American E&P community saw a symbolic negative oil price blink, rig counts and production rates plummeting, a new US administration slapping moratoriums on federal land and waters while appointing ‘greens’ to high positions. All in all, an upstream world turned upside down.

Structural cost efficiencies help extend the Haynesville’s core.

Eni appraise gas and condensate at Ken Bau in their 2021 drilling campaign in Block 114 of the offshore Song Hong Basin, Vietnam.

Masirah Oil Ltd has had exciting results from its three well campaign on the Yumna Field, Block 50, offshore Oman.

Tullow’s Block 47 GVN-1 has reached TD at 5,060m, encountering good quality reservoir but only minor oil shows.

Geological fieldwork is important to help us gain a better understanding of the hydrocarbon development and potential productivity of the offshore Natuna basins of the South China Sea.

Exploring in Sumatra for oil and gas in naturally fractured and weathered basement reservoirs.

Searcher, a leading service provider of geoscience products for oil and gas exploration and production companies, has announced its expansion into the mining sector.

Apache and Total have encountered considerable net hydrocarbon pay in good quality Upper-Cretaceous reservoirs in the Block 58 Keskesi East-1 well.

BP with partners Cue Energy, Beach Energy and NZOG have completed drilling the Ironbark-1 wildcat in Block WA-359 offshore in the North Carnarvon Basin.

In southern offshore Trinidad, BHP have made two deepwater gas condensate discoveries in recent years, but the latest Broadside-1 well was met with disappointing results.

In late 2020, ONGC completed BS-17-1 on the Mumbai High as an oil, gas and condensate discovery in the West of Bassein Mining Lease. This discovery is a satellite to the Panna and Mukta fields.

Late in 2020 Brazil announced details of its 17th Licensing Round in which 92 blocks in the offshore Campos, Pelotas, Potiguar and Santos Basins, covering a total of 53,900 km2, will be offered.

In the wake of Covid-19, oilfield service providers are turning to new technologies based on digitalisation and automation.

What can we learn from the world’s best petroleum basins – and what can we bring from them to the areas we explore?