
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 57 production licenses to 19 oil and gas companies for further hydrocarbon exploration activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), as part of the award in the pre-defined areas 2025 (APA 2025) round, which represents an uptick from the pre

France’s TotalEnergies, Italian Eni, and QatarEnergy have signed an agreement with the Lebanese government to enter an exploration permit offshore Lebanon. The consortium’s initial work program on Block 8 consists of the acquisition of a 1,200 km2 3D seismic survey, in order to further assess the ar