EOG Goes Desert Wildcatting in UAE Shale Play

EOG Goes Desert Wildcatting in UAE Shale Play

As if the Permian wasn’t enough, EOG Resources just picked up a juicy new onshore shale block in Abu Dhabi. Announced Friday, the U.S. shale heavyweight secured full operatorship of Unconventional Onshore Block 3 (UCO3), a nearly 900,000-acre stretch of oil-prone rock in the Al Dhafra region, smack in the middle of one of the most watched oil basins in the world. The block sits in an over-pressured basin—code for "this thing could gush if we get…

EOG Resources awarded onshore concession to explore and appraise unconventional shale block in the UAE – Oil & Gas 360

(Oil & Gas 360) – HOUSTON, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) today announced that the company was awarded a new oil exploration concession for Unconventional Onshore Block 3 (UCO3) by Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA). The UCO3 concession area is 3,609 square kilometers, or nearly 900,000 acres, in an over-pressured, oil prone basin within the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. EOG holds 100 pe

EOG Resources Awarded Onshore Concession to Explore and Appraise Unconventional Shale Block in the UAE

HOUSTON, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) today announced that the company was awarded a new oil exploration concession for Unconventional Onshore Block 3 (UCO3) by Abu Dhabi's Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA).