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Environmental and Native organizations on Thursday sued the Trump administration to try to overturn last month’s approval of an expansive oil-exploration program on the North Slope. The lawsuit, filed ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --Uruguay's government has approved seismic studies in deep waters of the South Atlantic to determine whether the country has offshore oil reserves -- a decision moving forward with ...

Equinor (EQNR) plans to drill 250 oil and gas exploration wells in Norwegian waters over the next 10 years to fulfill a goal of sustaining production at 2020 levels in 2035, driven by expectations of ...

Pakistan Petroleum Ltd., a state-owned energy company, is reclaiming land from the sea to create a launchpad to ramp up oil and gas exploration. The artificial island will come up 300km (190 miles) ...

A Trump administration proposal to allow more exploration for oil and gas violates environmental laws, the groups said. By Karen Zraick Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday ...

Shell PLC (NYSE:SHEL) reportedly plans to invest around $1 billion in new oil blocks in Angola. The chairman of the oil regulator stated that the move reflects the southern African nation’s aim to ...

First offshore bidding round since 2007 draws 23 block awards Four local-led consortiums win exploration rights Turkish national oil company TPAO among foreign partners Possible $750 million–$1 ...

Exploration activity has been picking up of late but spending will have to increase further for oil producers just to maintain their production output, the chief executive of seismic specialist TGS ...

The contracts, which include the world's first competitively awarded native hydrogen exploration licenses, went to companies from Australia, Israel, the Philippines, Singapore, the UK and the USA, ...

WELLINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said it had opened applications for new oil and gas exploration permits on Thursday, after reversing a 2018 ban on new exploration for fossil ...