Increasing demand, decreasing supply, untested high-potential plays, and much-needed exploration.

The Biden–Harris administration is continuing its comprehensive review of the offshore and onshore oil and gas leasing programmes in the Gulf of Mexico, with more environmental, social and governance (ESG) pressure expected to be applied on hydrocarbon explorers.

A regional update on the resource and political situation in the Caspian Sea.

Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle North Sea E&P company has announced a material discovery at the Egyptian Vulture exploration well in PL 939, encountering light oil in the primary target in the Lower Cretaceous Intra Lange Formation.

Total Energies, with operating partners Qatar Energies and Sonangol, have drilled the Ondjaba-1 wildcat offshore Block 48, Angola.

An update on the exciting petroleum potential of Namibia’s onshore Kavango Basin and associated exploration activity.

A multi-decade marathon to develop a unique African resource.

Do the low volumes of hydrocarbons discovered - and produced - in Morocco suggest that its petroleum basins are simply underexplored or is it underperformance?

Hunting for petroleum systems in the Western Indian Ocean.

Encouragement that we may see a modest rebound in Africa as we go into the final quarter of 2021 with Egypt and Angola leading the charge in M&A activity.

The two major oil and gas producers in northern Europe appear to be on slightly different trajectories when it comes to their approach to future exploitation of their continental shelves. What does the future hold for European oil and gas licensing?

Pending the result of two deepwater wells, due to be drilled in late 2021, the Orange Basin offshore South Africa is set to become the world's next hydrocarbon exploration hotspot.

Vedanta (aka Cairn Oil & Gas) has reported a gas and condensate discovery at Jaya-1, onshore north-west India.

A major boost to the upstream sector for Ivory Coast as Eni announces offshore oil and gas discovery.

ExxonMobil lead the way in pre-salt exploration offshore Brazil on the boundary of the Campos and Santos Basins, with recent reports suggesting an oil discovery in the Opal prospect.