Africa Oil Corporation (a Canadian oil and gas company) said it has made a major discovery at the Brulpadda-1AX well on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa
Exploration
ExxonMobil tops oil and gas explorer list of 2018
Research firm Rystad Energy named the US major ExxonMobil as top oil and gas explorer of 2018
Total plans biggest exploration drive in 2019
French major Total has said that 2019 will mark its biggest exploration campaign in years
BP invests US$5mn in AI technology to boost upstream activities
British oil company BP Ventures said it has invested US$5mn in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital capabilities for its upstream business
CGG survey supports Gabon’s offshore licensing round
France-based geoscience company CGG said that is extending its Gabon multi-client data footprint with a 9,800 km long-offset 2D seismic survey in an unexplored deepwater area of the South Basin