Vår Energi, owned both by Eni and by HitecVision, has been awarded new ten exploration licenses in Norway offered through “Awards in Predefined Areas 2021” (APA) by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Equinor announced that it has been awarded 26 new production licenses by Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy offered through the 2020 Award in Predefined Areas (APA).

Petrobras announced that it has concluded the sale of all of its stakes in 27 onshore exploration and production concessions, located in Espírito Santo, jointly denominated Cricaré Cluster to Karavan Seacrest SPE Cricare, a company in which Karavan O&G Participações e Consultoria Ltda. holds 51% of the capital stock, and Seacrest Exploração e Produção de Petroleo Ltda. holds the remaining 49%.

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Italian energy company Eni have signed an agreement worth at least $1 billion for oil exploration activities in the Gulf of Suez and the Nile Delta.

PETRONAS anounced that it has been awarded six  blocks  for exploration and production (E&P) operations from 13 offshore exploration blocks offered in the recently concluded Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2021.

SOCAR company declared that it aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the early of 2022 in its exploration and production (E&P) activities at its own sites.

Equinor announced that it has signed an agreement with Lundin Energy to continue as the operator of the Barents Sea Wisting field during the operation phase.

QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil have signed an exploration and production sharing contract (EPSC) through a consortium comprising thier affiliates with the Republic of Cyprus for the offshore Block 5 located southwest of the island.

Lukoil company announced a new discovery of an oil field within the Yoti West structure at Block 12 offshore Mexico.

Colombia has signed exploration and production (E&P) contracts with Anadarko company, which is subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation for four off-shore blocks at the Caribbean coast with expected investments worth $1.4 billion.