PETRONAS company announced that it has successfully launched the Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2021 under the theme “Grow Your Energy Portfolio With Us” through a virtual event to open more investment opportunities for investors to explore and exploit hudrocarbon resource potentials in Malaysia.

Norway commenced negotiations on 2021 licensing round offering new blocks for petroleum exploration in the Arctic Barents Sea.

ETRONAS Company announced that it has achieved natural gas discovery from Dokong- 1 exploration well in Block SK 417 which is located in in the shallow waters of Baram Province at offshore Malaysia.

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) have offered the first digital international bid round in 2021 for petroleum exploration and production (E&P) operations in 24 Blocks at the Gulf of Suez, Western Desert and the Mediterranean.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, in collaboration with Schlumberger, has launched Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG), the first exploration and production (E&P) digital data center.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) company has signed an exploration concession agreement with Cosmo Albahariya Limited company, a subsidiary of Cosmo Energy Holdings Co, allowing Cosmo to do exploration activities in the offshore Block 4.

The Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals signed an Exploration and Production (E&P) agreement with Majan Energy company for developing Block 71 in Habhab field on a distance of 282 km²ز

Equinor company and its partners DNO Norge, Petroro and Wellesley Petroleum have achieved the first oil discovery in 2021 at Rover North near Troll area.

Zenith Energy Company announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Fleet Oil and Gas Company to jointly identify and pursue oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) acquisitions in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa.

Eni acquired a 70% stake in the exploration offshore block 3 in Abu Dhabi where Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) acquired the remaining 30% stake.