E&P

The Libya NOC has found the OMV Austria-operated Essar discovery commercially viable

This comes after the B1-106/4 well was drilled. The company had framed a development plan evaluation process, confirming the discovery’s commercial viability, and submitted it to the NOC. 

Total reserves from the discovery are estimated at 195 million barrels of oil from the upper and lower Sabil reservoirs, with an expected production capacity of about 5,000 barrels per day.

Development work for the discovery will begin under the operator, Zueitina Oil Operations Company, and is expected to bring it into production as quickly as possible thanks to the site’s proximity to existing surface facilities. 

Libya NOC has been putting in a lot of efforts to ramp up the region's offshore resources, granting several licenses to oil majors. MOL Group has signed a production sharing agreement with its partners, Repsol and Türkiye Petrolleri AO (TPAO) for an offshore exploration area in the Mediterranean Sea, after being granted an exploration licence by LIbya's NOC. 

“We are excited that our joint project with Repsol and TPAO has entered a new phase with the signing of a production sharing agreement. This also means a new milestone in the revitalisation of Libya’s oil and gas industry and we are honoured to be part of it. Libya holds strategic importance for Europe and offers an exceptional offshore exploration opportunity in North Africa. We are committed to contributing our expertise to Libya’s economy, while also strengthening the energy security of Central Eastern Europe through a new source.“ said Zsombor Marton, executive vice president of MOL Group Exploration and Production. 

The NOC also saw the start-up of hydrocarbon production from Sabratha Compression Project, which is a joint venture with Eni by the name of Mellitah Oil & Gas. The Sabratha Compression Project comprises an installation of a new 1,600-ton compression module on the Sabratha platform, equipped with new compression trains, providing an overall compression capacity of about 440 MMscfd.

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has received formal Ministerial approval from the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy of Namibia for the Section 11 assignment relating to the Company's previously announced farm-out of its 85% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration Licence 98 (PEL 98), offshore Namibia, to Namibian company, Lamda Energy

The receipt of this approval demonstrates continued regulatory progress within Namibia's highly prospective offshore sector and reflects the Ministry's ongoing commitment to advancing commercial transactions and exploration activity across the country.

The Company also confirms that the Section 11 application relating to its recently announced farm-out transaction with BP Namibia Energy Limited ("bp Namibia") across Petroleum Exploration Licences 97, 99 and 100 has now been submitted to the Ministry and will be the next key regulatory milestone in progressing that transaction. Eco is also pleased to confirm that the Section 11 application relating to the Company's recently announced farm-out transaction on Block 1 CBK to Navitas Petroleum LP ("Navitas") was formally submitted and received by the Petroleum Agency South Africa ("PASA") on 26 June 2026.

Gil Holzman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Eco Atlantic, said, "Ministerial approval for the PEL 98 transaction is a significant milestone for Eco and our partners as we move the Farm-Out towards completion. Eco would like to express its sincere appreciation to the Ministry, the Upstream Petroleum Unit, and all parties involved in facilitating this process.

"It is also highly encouraging to see broader momentum across Namibia's upstream sector continue to grow. Ministerial approvals are progressing, providing increased confidence for companies operating in the country and supporting the advancement of exploration and commercial transactions across Namibia's offshore acreage.

"With our farm-out from PEL 98 in its final stages and the Section 11 applications for both our Block 1 CBK transaction with Navitas, and PEL97,99 & 100 transaction with bp Namibia submitted, we look forward to continuing to advance our portfolio of world-class assets in one of the world's most prospective offshore exploration regions."

BluEnergies, alongwith TTE, are working to identify drillable prospects in blocks from the Harper Basin offshore Liberia as part of their work programme

Ongoing work on the blocks LB-26, LB-30 and LB-31 involves data reprocessing for which TGS and GeoPartners have been deployed. About 6,167 sq kms of 3-D seismic data has been reprocessed by TGS to enhance the seismic character/definition and the AVO content (Direct Hydrocarbon Indicator) of the original 3-D seismic survey. 

GeoPartners has deployed a R/V GYRE vessel to conduct within the blocks a Multi-Beam Eco Sounder survey (MBES) comprising an area of 4,045 sq km in water depths ranging from 500 meters to 3,500 meters. Completion of this acquisition is being aimed in so that the integration process can be accelerated to achieve a refined 3-D seismic data interpretation.

The MBES can map underwater terrain, aiding in identifying sea bottom anomalies, supporting the safe selection of future drilling locations. It can identify seabed geomorphologies (pockmarks, mud volcanoes, faults, etc.) and the presence of anomalous features (carbonates, outcrops, bacterial mats, etc.). This special survey can perform water column imaging for the detection of anomalies related to seepage of hydrocarbons through the sea bottom.

Seabed Geochemical Sampling is conducted through piston coring to collect evidence of migrated mature hydrocarbons (detection of fluorescent/natural oil compounds, hydrocarbon chromatography, thermogenic origin, etc.).

Sergio Laura, BluEnergies’ Vice President of Exploration, said, “The West Africa Transform Margin, where the Harper basin is located, and its conjugate South American Margin are regions where basin floor fan plays are being actively and successfully explored, developed and produced. The recent, hectic activity by major oil companies in securing licenses for deepwater acreage along the entire Africa west margin is confirmation that the early move by BluEnergies in the Harper basin (2023) was a valid one. The Jubilee field in Ghana, the Venus field in Namibia, and the recent discoveries offshore Cote d’Ivoire have proven the significance of basin floor fan plays along the African margin.”

Second quarter average net working interest production for PetroNor E&P ASA was 5,007 bopd, which has been an improvement compared with 4,712 bopd in the previous quarter and 4,289 bopd in the second quarter of 2025

This was the result of successful well workovers and improved infrastructure stability delivering a higher production efficiency of 93 per cent, compared with 86 per cent in the first quarter, and 90 per cent in the second quarter of 2025.

The company's latest lifting figures at 964,593 barrels of entitlement oil from the PNGF Sud field offshore Congo sets its record in single-lifting volumes with a significant overlift over 500,000 barrels

This comes even when production efficiency remained at 86% and not at full capacity due to an infrastructure interruption, which had nearly half of the wells to be shut-in for as many as 16 days in February. Once the wells were back in production during the following month after the completion of all repair works, gross daily output capacity at exit Q1 shot past 31,000 bopd (net 5,200 bopd). The five-well infill programme in Tchibouela East played a significant role in the production boost. 

The lifted barrels will be sold over the coming months with entitlement oil of circa 100,000 barrels per month.

The realised price of the sale will be determined according to the current market conditions and the lifting contract with ADNOC. This realisation will be announced at the end of April.

First quarter average net working interest production was 4,721 bopd, compared with 4,564 bopd in the previous quarter and 4,303 bopd in the first quarter of 2025.

Last year, PetroNor's yield saw a 90% improvement over its 2024 average of 86%. Its impressive lifting figures are attributable to a restocking of significant overlift position while building entitlement oil inventory.