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Alaska’s Pikka development starts continuous production
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USA - June 24, 2026

Santos and Repsol have started continuous production at the Pikka development in Alaska, targeting plateau output of 80,000 bopd…

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Newmont approved for Canada copper and gold project
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Canada - June 22, 2026

Newmont has secured approvals for the expansion of the Red Chris gold and copper mine in British Columbia.

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Unlocking untapped value in Nigeria’s onshore _-Ado-OSERAGBAJE
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Nigeria - March 16, 2026

Ado Oseragbaje of Heritage Oil talks about unlocking oil and gas value in Nigeria’s onshore.

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Harmony Gold acquires Australia’s Mac Copper for $1 billion
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Australia - May 27, 2025

Harmony Gold will diversify into copper by acquiring Australian miner Mac Copper for USD 1.03 billion.

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DeepOcean expands global subsea footprint with Shelf Subsea acquisition
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Multinational - May 23, 2025

DeepOcean has expanded into Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions with Shelf Subsea buyout.

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ADNOC eyeing acquisition of gas player Santos: report
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Australia - July 04, 2024

Abu Dhabi's ADNOC is eyeing a bid to acquire Australian gas player Santos.

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Santos sells stake in Papua New Guinea LNG facility
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Papua New Guinea - September 01, 2023

Santos has signed a binding sale agreement with Kumul Petroleum Holdings for the initial sale of 2.6% participating interest in the PNG LNG project, the Australian…

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Interview
Angola - July 27, 2021

Melissa Bond, general manager and lead country manager of ExxonMobil Angola, talks to The Energy Year about the company’s entry into the Namibe Basin, the latest on…

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Andrew Livsey
Interview
Indonesia - July 01, 2020

Andrew Livsey, CEO of Horizon Geoconsulting, talks to The Energy Year about whether changes brought about by the pandemic will be lasting ones and positive prospects…

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Oil Search in PNG gas find
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Papua New Guinea - August 08, 2018

Oil Search has struck gas onshore Papua New Guinea, partner Santos announced on Wednesday.

Well Barikewa-3 in the PRL9 permit in the Forelands region encountered 25…

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profile_pictre of Yousuf-AL-OJAILI
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Oman - July 31, 2018

Yousuf Al Ojaili, president of BP Oman, talks to TOGY about work on the Khazzan gasfield, what the company is doing to promote local know-how and the importance of…

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PetroChina to buy LNG from PNG
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Papua New Guinea - July 20, 2018

The Papua New Guinea [PNG] LNG project, operated by ExxonMobil, has struck a three-year agreement to export gas to China, international media reported on…

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Oil Search strikes gas in PNG
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Papua New Guinea - June 07, 2018

Well Kimu-2 in the PRL 8 licence in Papua New Guinea has encountered gas, operator Oil Search announced on Thursday.

A drill stem test flowed 980,000 cubic metres…

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ExxonMobil restarts Papua New Guinea plant
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Papua New Guinea - April 13, 2018

ExxonMobil has resumed operations at its massive LNG plant near Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, the super-major announced on Thursday.

The facility, which produces…

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