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Subsurface and Licensing in brief
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Report summary
Welcome to the Subsurface and Licensing in brief. The report provides rolling coverage of events, combined with data, analysis and opinion from our Subsurface experts. We cover industry news spanning prospective and discovered resources, licensing and breakthrough technologies. You can bookmark this report for regular updates.
Table of contents
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ConocoPhillips Essington-1 discovery breaks four-year Otway Basin drought
- Hannah Brooks, Anne Forbes & Rosanele Romero, 21 November 2025
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China's 7 Tcf gas discovery sparks new Junggar Basin exploration bid round
- Rajeshwar Banerjee and Rosanele Romero, 21 November 2025
- OMV and Agoco onshore discoveries signal Libya's upstream revival
- Chevron secures Guinea-Bissau deepwater blocks in MSGBC basin
- Shell and Equinor sign extensive deepwater exploration agreement in Angola
- ExxonMobil bets big on Greek deepwater exploration
- Egypt launches Red Sea exploration round
- Offshore Indus Basin revival: 23 blocks awarded in Pakistan bid round
- Brazil's flexible PSC terms drive offshore exploration revival
- Petrobras secures operational license for the Morpho drilling campaign in Brazil
- Indonesia offers nine blocks in 2025’s second bid round
- Shell spuds high-stakes wildcat off Sao Tome & Principe
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Map of Libya's recent discoveries and 2025 Bid Round blocksChevron licences offshore Guinea-BissauDeepwater blocks named in new agreement
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Greece blocks by operator and upcoming exploration wellsPotential reservoir formations and analogue attributesBlocks on offer in 2025 Red Sea Bid RoundBrazil's 2025 PSC round resultsMorpho well location, planned wells and blocks colored by operator at the Foz do Amazonas BasinTop assets by total PV-post taxProspects remaining resources summaryNine blocks on offerMap of blocks offered
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What's included
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