Exploration Development

Petrobras Confirms Major Colombia Offshore Gas Discovery

Brazil’s state-controlled energy major Petrobras has strengthened the region’s resource base with a new Colombia offshore gas discovery, marking another step in its exploration...

Equinor Makes New Arctic Norway Oil Discovery in Barents Sea

Norwegian state-owned energy major Equinor has reported a fresh Arctic Norway oil discovery in the Barents Sea, marking another step in its ongoing exploration...

OMV Petrom Joins Black Sea Exploration Project Consortium

OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy producer in Southeast Europe, has joined the exploration consortium developing the Han Tervel offshore block in the Bulgarian...

Egypt Adds Gas Wells in Mediterranean Sea and Western Desert

The Egyptian oil and gas sector has expanded its production capacity with the addition of new wells to the national gas output network across...

Eni, Nigeria Split OPL 245 Oil Block Into Deepwater Licenses

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu held talks in Abuja with Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer of Eni, focusing on the company’s operations in the...

Shell, Kazakhstan Sign Oil and Gas Exploration Agreement

Shell and Kazakhstan have formalized a new partnership focused on oil and gas exploration with the signing of an agreement covering the Zhanaturmys block...

Canada, Equinor Sign Deal to Advance Bay du Nord Project

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced on 3rd March, 2026 that it had finalized an agreement with Equinor ASA to move forward with...

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US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020

Petrochemical Update released a detailed new whitepaper today, the US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020 a large 60+ page report detailing the fast-changing US...

Embedded SSD Flash Management

This white paper will explore NAND flash technology and its inherent problems, and explain how proper flash management algorithms can address these issues and...

Enterprise SSD: More Than Just a New Kind of Hard Drive

SSDs deliver unmatched data center performance. As solid-state drives (SSDs) are increasingly deployed throughout the enterprise, data center and IT managers need to fully...

Efficiency, Visibility and Reliability Keys to lower costs and greater profitability in oil and gas operations

Falling oil prices and collapsing profit margins are driving the industry to lower costs. Reducing labor costs and gaining supplier concessions can help, but...