Latest Exploration Wells News

Strike Energy has announced a strategic placement and share purchase plan raising up to A$103 million to advance its core Perth Basin gas projects, backed by a significant investment from Carnarvon Energy. This funding underpins key developments targeting first production by late 2026 and a final investment decision for West Erregulla.

88 Energy Limited reports significant progress on its Alaskan projects with a robust prospective resource base and advancing farm-out deals, while securing a key license extension in Namibia and negotiating asset divestment in Texas.

Whitebark Energy has completed a crucial cultural heritage survey at its Alinya Project, paving the way for soil geochemistry testing aimed at unlocking hydrogen, helium, and hydrocarbons in one of Australia’s largest undrilled sub-salt structures.

Elixir Energy has advanced its strategic plan in Queensland’s Taroom Trough, appointing a new COO, initiating a major cost reduction, and preparing to drill key exploration and appraisal wells that could unlock significant gas resources.

TMK Energy has secured a drilling contract for its LF-07 production well, marking a key milestone in its Lucky Fox Pilot Well Project in Mongolia. The company also outlines an ambitious 2025 exploration program aimed at expanding its coal seam gas resources.

3D Energi Limited has updated its prospective gas resource estimates in the Otway Basin, revealing a substantial 9.2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gross recoverable gas across 51 prospects. The company is gearing up for a multi-well drilling campaign in 2025 targeting near-term commercialisation opportunities to bolster East Coast energy security.

Invictus Energy advances its Cabora Bassa Project in Zimbabwe with an updated Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement draft and National Project Status approval, setting the stage for exploration drilling in 2025.

Kincora Copper has broadened its drilling program in NSW’s Northern Junee-Narromine Belt, advancing exploration with AngloGold Ashanti and uncovering promising signs of porphyry copper and epithermal gold mineralization.

State Gas Limited has settled a land access dispute at its Rolleston West Project, enabling the company to resume drilling and flow testing activities. This development paves the way for advancing coal seam gas production using innovative technologies.

State Gas Limited faces a land access blockade at its Rolleston West Project, prompting legal action to resume critical drilling operations. The dispute threatens to delay progress on promising coal seam gas assets in Queensland's Bowen Basin.

Kinetiko Energy has spudded a new production test well in South Africa, aiming to unlock a substantial 6.0 TCF conventional gas resource that could ease the country’s energy crisis. Optimized drilling techniques are expected to overcome earlier flow challenges, accelerating the path to commercial gas production.

HyTerra Limited advances its Nemaha Project with the conversion of the Sue Duroche 3 well into a monitoring site, while preparing to drill the Blythe 13-20 well, marking key steps in its natural hydrogen exploration program.