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Final investment decision
July 21, 2026
Offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
ADNOC and partners made a $6.2 billion FID to develop the Umm Shaif Gas Cap, targeting more than 600 million scfd of fossil gas and liquids by 2030.
Read source for Offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Umm Shaif Gas CapFEED award for proposed petrochemicals unit
July 21, 2026
Sitra, Bahrain
GPIC awarded Fluor FEED work for a proposed Sitra aromatics plant designed for 1.2 million tpy of paraxylene and 500,000 tpy of benzene.
Read source for Sitra, Bahrain - Sitra aromatics unitFinal federal oil and methane lease-sale notice
July 20, 2026
Uintah, Emery, and Grand Counties, Utah, USA
BLM posted a notice offering 35 parcels totaling 34,596.13 acres across Uintah, Emery, and Grand Counties for Utah's third-quarter oil and methane lease sale.
Read source for Uintah, Emery, and Grand Counties, Utah, USA - Q3 2026 oil and methane lease saleFinal federal oil and methane lease sale notice
July 16, 2026
Wayne National Forest, Ohio, USA
BLM posted the sale notice for 41 parcels totaling 2,794 acres in Wayne National Forest and opened protests through August 17.
Read source for Wayne National Forest, Ohio, USA - September 2026 oil and methane lease saleFederal oil and methane lease sale notice
July 8, 2026
Colorado, USA
BLM issued the September sale notice and opened a protest period for 29 parcels totaling 14,095 acres.
Read source for Colorado, USA - September 2026 oil and methane lease saleCoal block allocation
July 8, 2026
Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, India
India's Centre allocated the Tadicherla-2 coal block to SCCL, adding a major open-cast Telangana coal reserve for long-term production.
Read source for Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, India - Tadicherla-2 coal blockPetroleum prospecting licence execution
July 8, 2026
Nigeria
NUPRC executed concession contracts and began issuing 19 petroleum prospecting licences to 12 companies across offshore and shelf acreages.
Read source for Nigeria - 2024 bid round petroleum prospecting licencesOffshore oil and gas lease-sale final notice
July 7, 2026
Gulf of Mexico, USA
BOEM announced a final notice for BBG3, offering about 80.4 million Gulf acres across roughly 15,100 unleased blocks.
Read source for Gulf of Mexico, USA - Big Beautiful Gulf 3 offshore lease saleOpen-door offshore acreage competing-proposal window
July 7, 2026
Offshore Suriname, Suriname
Staatsolie received a Sector 2 SHO EAST proposal and opened a 90-day competing-proposal period for offshore Suriname acreage.
Read source for Offshore Suriname, Suriname - Sector 2 SHO EAST open-door offering