Host Patrick Rutty talks with Tommy Liskey and Arthur Keep about above-ground risk in the hottest unconventional play outside North America, whether Ecopetrol’s talks with Canadian junior and top-notch Colombian explorer Canacol will amount to nothing more than a (political) resource grab, and the excitement surrounding Petrobras’ Morpho prospect on Brazil’s Equatorial Margin.

Host Patrick Rutty sits down with EMEA Sr. Regional Manager Tom Richards to recap EOG’s exploration collaboration with Bahrain’s state oil company Bapco, try to understand how the new Egyptian oil VAT will work, and riff on Chevron’s semi-surprising Iraq overture.

Host Patrick Rutty and SSA Regional Manager Jimmy Boulter discuss Shell’s exploration ambitions in Angola and Namibia, the imminent spud of Azule’s high-impact Quitexe new-field wildcat, and the further decline of South African E&P.

Host Patrick Rutty, Europe Regional Manager Anne Jones and EMEA Senior Regional Manager Tom Richards put Norway’s newly announced 2026 bid round in context, chat about ExxonMobil’s deepwater Greece exploration blocks and the four new ones that Chevron and others are eyeing, and celebrate Central Europe Petroleum’s Wolin East oil discovery in Poland’s Baltic Sea.

This week, Senior Regional Managers Shankar Krishnan and Chester Chua talk with host Bruce Walker about recent activity in the Asia-Pacific region. New Zealand's government has now lifted an offshore ban, potentially clearing the way for new E&P licensing by year-end. Regionally, a number of supermajors are rationalising their portfolios with BP exiting the Australian Renewable Energy Hub whilst Chevron has divested E&P acreage in the Malaysia-Thailand JDA.

In this episode, Enverus' Head of Intelligence Gibson Scott leads a sharp discussion with Director of Macro Research Al Salazar and Senior Analyst Josie Mills on the evolving energy landscape.

The team breaks down the latest oil and gas outlooks from Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR), including:

Tune in for data-driven insights and forward-looking perspectives from EIR’s top minds.

Senior Regional Manager Tom Richards joins host Bruce Walker to discuss activity around the Southern and Easter Mediterranean. This includes an update on Libya and Algerian licensing interest, how Cyprus might commercialise the recent Pegasus discovery and other gas finds and the potential impacts of recent drone attacks in Kurdistan, while Tom highlights Turkey's growing energy ambitions as a key point to watch.

Host Patrick Rutty and SSA Regional Manager Jimmy Boulter ponder West Africa's role in meeting 2030+ oil and gas supply shortfalls and examine Eni, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies success in recent drilling and contractual activity resulting from Angola's modernized petroleum law and production incentives, and Jimmy makes a prediction about Chevron.

Host Patrick Rutty and Europe Regional Manager Anne Jones look at recent A&D activity in the UK North Sea – with Ithaca, JAPEX, Eni, Viaro, Deltic, Enquest, Serica, NEO, Repsol Upstream, Shell, Equinor, Prax, and TotalEnergies all in the mix – and have a think about what might be next, with several E&Ps signaling exits or divestments.

Host Patrick Rutty sits down with Asia/Pacific Sr. Regional Managers Chester Chua and Shankar Krishnan to understand where the Beehive prospect offshore Australia fits in EOG’s strategy and to hear about Malaysia and Indonesia moving past a longstanding border dispute.