Latest Oil And Gas Exploration News

Australian Oil Company Limited has closed its Share Purchase Plan, raising $155,000 by issuing over 54 million shares at $0.0029 each, to support ongoing exploration in Queensland’s Surat Basin.

Carnarvon Energy has boosted its Bedout Basin prospective resources by 92%, now holding over 6.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent across 130 prospects, with exploration drilling set to start in April 2027.

ADX Energy’s HOCH-1 well in Upper Austria has delivered a stable, water-free gas flow rate of 2.7 million cubic feet per day over an 11-hour test, confirming commercial potential from the first tested zone amid ongoing multi-interval testing.

Triangle Energy (ASX:TEG) has regained 100% ownership of the L7 Production Licence and EP 437 Exploration Permit in the Perth Basin after joint venture partners Echelon and Strike withdrew and transferred their interests back. Legal proceedings against these partners for failing farm-in obligations continue.

ADX Energy’s HOCH-1 exploration well in Upper Austria delivered a promising clean-up flow of 2.8 million cubic feet per day from its first tested gas zone, signalling encouraging reservoir potential ahead of further testing.

Melbana Energy halts direct involvement in its Cuban Block 9 project following US sanctions on CUPET, its contractual counterparty, while it seeks legal clarity on the complex regulatory landscape.

Vintage Energy has locked in $5 million in South Australian government grants to co-fund drilling two new gas wells, aiming to boost output from the Southern Flank projects in the Cooper Basin.

ADX Energy has advanced its HOCH-1 shallow gas well in Upper Austria by mobilising surface testing equipment ahead of a planned two-phase production test targeting multiple gas zones.

Elixir Energy has successfully completed a key pressure test on its Lorelle-3H well in Queensland’s Taroom Trough, confirming reservoir conditions and increasing planned stimulation stages from 11 to 12. Stimulation operations are set to start imminently, aiming to prove commercial gas and condensate flow.

BPH Energy and Bounty Oil & Gas await a Federal Court judgement on their challenge against the refusal to extend the PEP-11 offshore permit. The decision, reserved since February, will be handed down mid-June, potentially shaping the companies' exploration prospects.

Invictus Energy confirms the Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement for its Cabora Bassa Project is material information disclosed promptly following government notification.

Lakes Blue Energy reports promising pressure build-up and confirms extensive gas-bearing sands at Wombat-5, targeting enhanced perforation and flow testing in late August 2026.