Latest Oil And Gas Exploration News

88 Energy is gearing up to drill its Augusta-1 exploration well in Alaska’s North Slope, targeting a stacked oil resource estimated at 133.7 million barrels gross unrisked. The company has secured key operational assets and is progressing farm-out talks to share drilling risks ahead of the planned Q1 2027 spud.

Xstate Resources has confirmed a significant over-pressured Permian gas and condensate discovery at its Diona-1 well in Queensland, with ongoing flow testing revealing promising transient gas responses constrained by hydrostatic fluid columns.

Condor Energy has submitted its application to convert the offshore Tumbes Basin TEA 86 into a Licence Contract, securing 100% ownership and expanding its prospective resources to over 3.3 billion barrels of oil and 1 Tcf of gas.

Elixir Energy's Diona-1 well in Queensland confirms a recoverable overpressured Permian gas resource, enlarging its Taroom Trough footprint to 548,000 net acres. Flowback testing continues with plans for artificial lift to boost production.

ADX Energy’s HOCH-1 well in Upper Austria has revealed 4-6 metres of net gas pay across seven intervals in the Base Hall formation, moving closer to production testing after reaching 1685 metres depth.

Xstate Resources reports promising early production from its Diona-1 well in Queensland, with gas and condensate flowing during the flow-back phase following stimulation.

88 Energy has locked in a fully earned 20% stake in Namibia's PEL 93, eliminating $15 million in future funding obligations and sharpening its exploration focus with new technical data and regional activity.

Elixir Energy has successfully completed stimulation and commenced flow testing at its Diona-1 well in Queensland’s Surat-Bowen Basin, with gas and condensate flowing at a notable pressure. The well’s proximity to existing pipeline infrastructure could facilitate rapid commercialisation if further testing confirms sustained production.

ADX Energy’s HOCH-1 well has been deepened to 1619 metres, revealing six new thin gas sand intervals below the primary Hall Formation target. Wireline logging scheduled for 8 May will verify reservoir quality and gas saturation, with production testing to follow if results confirm the discovery’s potential.

Finder Energy has completed the first tranche of its $33 million capital raise, issuing 42 million shares at 50 cents each to institutional and professional investors. The company will seek shareholder approval in June for a second tranche involving 12 million more shares.

Hartshead Resources has sent its Scheme Booklet to shareholders detailing ACAM GP Limited's proposed $40 million acquisition at a significant premium. The Board unanimously backs the all-cash offer, with a shareholder meeting set for 8 June 2026.

ADX Energy’s HOCH-1 exploration well in Upper Austria has encountered gas-filled sands consistent with pre-drill 3D seismic predictions, reinforcing the prospect’s resource potential ahead of upcoming wireline logging and production testing.