Enverus Intelligence

In this episode, Enverus is joined by CRA President Cole Patchell to explore how corrosion-resistant alloys enable long-life oilfield, CCUS and geothermal wells. This episode was recorded November 10th, 2025.

Host Patrick Rutty and EMEA Senior Regional Manager Tom Richards parse Chevron’s newly announced Iraq preliminary agreements in the context of the company’s R/P challenges and historic Iraq contract terms, then turn to possible U.S.–Iran scenarios and what they could mean for supermajors’ presence in the region.

In this episode, we welcome Morten Stahl, founding partner at Natural Hydrogen Ventures. Natural Hydrogen Ventures is one of the first venture firms dedicated exclusively to natural (subsurface) hydrogen, investing across geology, enabling software, transport and emerging production technologies. This episode was recorded on October 6th, 2025.

SSA Regional Manager Jimmy Boulter and podcast newbie Sr. Regional Analyst Archie Rowland join host Patrick Rutty to discuss the significance of Azule’s latest ILX hit in Angola and Eni’s successful Murene-1X in Côte d’Ivoire, compare the PSC terms on TTE's and Atlas Oranto's newly awarded deepwater Liberia blocks, make quick notice of TTE and PBR farming into the Luderitz Basin, and speculate abo...

Europe Regional Manager Anne Jones and host Patrick Rutty first discuss the Vinekhh-1 Bulgarian Black Sea dry hole and whether it casts a shadow over the remaining exploration portfolio in the region. We then touch on 80 Mile’s plans to test Jameson Land Basin prospects in the second half of 2026 before finishing with a little spotlight on the potential development of Norway’s largest undeveloped...

In our newest edition, host Gibson Scott, Head of Intelligence at Enverus, reunites with Director of Macro Research Al Salazar and Senior Analyst Josie Mills to unpack the latest Fundamental Edge report and examine the shifting forces transforming global oil and gas markets.   What you’ll learn: How temporary supply disruptions and increased Iranian risk are supporting oil prices. Why sustained pr...

Senior Analyst Sheikh-Imran Azim-Rahman rounds up Libya's first tender in nearly two decades, featuring seven blocks across five awards. Director for Research Patrick Rutty adds his thoughts on the new EPSA contract terms which Chevron, Eni, Qatar Energy, Repsol, TPAO, MOL and Aiteo have agreed.

Host Patrick Rutty connects with Shankar Krishnan to dig into how Indonesia NOC Pertamina’s plans to test a 400 mmboe East Natuna Basin prospect with key exploration well Besar-1 fit into its larger exploration strategy; speculate a bit as to the ultimate success of India’s four-times-extended OALP X bid round and whether flickers of interest from BP, XOM, TTE, and PBR will translate into bids; an...

Host Patrick Rutty and guests Tommy Liskey and Arthur Keep discuss GeoPark’s $375MM agreement to buy Frontera’s Colombia assets, recent activity by ExxonMobil and Shell in T&T, and Woodside’s Trion development plans in the Gulf of Mexico Perdido Fold Belt.

Host Patrick Rutty and EMEA Sr. Regional Manager Tom Richards go over the background and details of CVX’s recent Israel FID, then gush about exceptional explorer ENI’s exciting deepwater Sirte Basin wildcat, and finally ensure that recent developments in Syria – and parallels to Venezuela – do not go unnoticed.

Regional Manager Jimmy Boulter runs through highlighted activity with host Bruce Walker, focussing on a new exploration wave in Cote d'Ivoire and the first well offshore Somalia in four decades, plus the early stages of a potentially huge Angolan acreage claim by Shell.

EMEA leader Tom Richards, Europe expert Anne Jones and host Patrick Rutty dive into EQNR / Vår Energi / Petoro’s sizeable Barents Sea Vikingskipet prospect. They then turn to Serbia’s draft hydrocarbon law and contemplate potential opportunities there as the country moves to open up its oil & gas sector – before Tom throws in a wild card at the end.

Host Patrick Rutty talks with Tommy Liskey and Arthur Keep about Venezuela’s oil and gas history, how recent events may shape the E&P future there for current participants like CVX, how SHEL and T&T could benefit from renewed efforts to undertake cross-border development of the 4 Tcf Dragón gas field, whether XOM/Guyana will have to worry any longer about Essequibo sabre-rattling, and how...

Patrick Rutty connects with Chester Chua and Shankar Krishnan to talk about the world-leading amount of exploration drilling in China, the basins and plays involved and the challenges to getting discoveries online. Then we pivot to Indonesia for a primer on the country’s curiously transparent Joint Study Area mechanism, which is newly attracting interest from top-tier explorers.

Host Gibson Scott, Head of Intelligence at Enverus, is once again joined by Director of Macro Research Al Salazar and Sr. Analyst Josie Mills to dive deep into the team's latest Fundamental Edge report, exploring the evolving dynamics reshaping global oil and gas markets. What You'll Learn: Oil Market Outlook: Discover why EIR maintains a bearish near-term stance on Brent crude, forecasting below...

Host Patrick Rutty and Sr. Regional Manager Tom Richards discuss Israel’s expansive and attractive bid round, take note of a UK junior acquiring Omani production from Mitsui, and opine that Saudi Aramco’s newly online Jafurah gas project is only the beginning of a slew of MENA unconventional efforts.

SSA Regional Manager Jimmy Boulter and host Patrick Rutty celebrate ReconAfrica’s onshore Namibia success, recount the Murphy story as we await the imminent spud of the first of their three prospects in CDI, give a quick rundown of what’s on offer in Nigeria, and then share what we’re each most excited about for SSA in 2026.

Dane Gregoris, Alex Ljubojevic and Al Salazar analyze remaining inventory across North American shale plays and explore its implications for long-term oil prices and industry capital allocation decisions.

Europe Regional Manager Anne Jones and host Patrick Rutty briefly review the future of the Excess Profits Levy and UK exploration broadly in light of the Autumn Budget, have a chat about Central European Petroleum’s next move in Poland, and speculate as to who might be buying Gazprom’s majority stake in Serbian NOC NIS.

Host Patrick Rutty and Asia-Pacific Sr. Regional Manager Chester Chua first unpack Eni’s reversal from divestment mode to an acquisition and field development focus offshore Australia’s Northern Territory before switching to a quick update on the Beetaloo Basin.

In this episode, we’re joined by Prabhdeep Sekhon, CEO of Gold H2—a climate technology and energy company revolutionizing energy through subsurface biotechnology. Gold H2 is the only company in the world that biologically transforms stranded oil reservoirs into hydrogen-producing assets. By leveraging subsurface microbiology, engineering and existing oilfield infrastructure, their mission is to de...

Tommy Liskey, Arthur Keep and Victoria Phillips join host Bruce Walker to share news and insights from South and Central America, where new awards headline in Suriname and Guyana, whilst Pacific E&P surges in Colombia and El Salvador.

Host Patrick Rutty sits down with EMEA Sr. Regional Manager Tom Richards to marvel at XOM’s recent and remarkable string of acquisitions and new country entries in the MENA region and discuss how they fit into overlapping themes of frontier deepwater exploration, East Med gas and LNG supply, and short-cycle oil production – securing long-cycle assets while policy and capital still enable it all.

In this episode, we welcome Amanda Hall, CEO at Summit Nanotech. Summit Nanotech is a clean technology company providing sustainable, reliable DLE solutions designed for commercially viable brine resources in North and South America. This episode was recorded on June 4th, 2024.

Host Patrick Rutty and SSA Regional Manager Jimmy Boulter speculate as to which Lukoil SSA assets are strategic enough for new owner Gunvor to keep, discuss recent new country entries and make some predictions about what’s next (did someone say “The Gambia”?), and finish off with a bit on TotalEnergies lifting force majeure on the Mozambique LNG project.