Upstream activities represent the starting point of the oil and gas value chain, focusing on the exploration, evaluation, and production of hydrocarbon resources. This category features news covering new resource discoveries, field development projects, drilling campaigns, and exploration initiatives across major energy regions worldwide.
Coverage includes both onshore and offshore operations, technological advancements in geological exploration and drilling, exploration licensing rounds, partnerships between energy companies, and the expansion of production activities. News also highlights strategic investments, government initiatives, and projects aimed at improving resource recovery and strengthening energy supply.
Stories in this category reflect the evolving landscape of exploration and production as the industry addresses technological, operational, and environmental challenges within the global energy sector.
Shell starts drilling high-impact gas well in UK
Equinor presents a plan to develop the Irpa discovery for USD 1.45 billion
ConocoPhillips Acquires New Participation for Development of Qatar’s North Field East Project
Hocol announces natural gas discovery in Colombia
The construction of a platform to produce gas in the Austral Sea began
Ecopetrol confirms gas discovery in Colombian Caribbean waters
South American drilling to peak this year
Ecopetrol and Petrobras report gas discovery in deep Caribbean waters
TotalEnergies begins first phase of engineering and design studies for LNG development in Papua New Guinea
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