88 Energy’s Project Phoenix oil Project in Alaska, which is set for production testing in 2026. Credit: File 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has fired the starter’s gun on what could be a defining moment for the company, confirming it will run a fully funded horizontal well and extended 90-day production test at its Project Phoenix oil project during the second half of 2026. Sitting in Alaska’s North Slope region, Project Phoenix has already delivered stellar results for the West Perth

88 Energy has landed 34,560 acres of prime oil acreage in Alaska near the biggest conventional oilfield in the US. Credit: File Perth-based 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has strengthened its grip on Alaska’s North Slope with a successful bid for 14 new leases covering roughly 34,560 acres in the latest state lease sale. The new ground splits neatly into two high-impact blocks which sit either side of the company’s existing Project Leonis and importantly nearby the existing Trans-Alas

88 Energy and joint venture partner Monitor Exploration plan a high-resolution airborne gravity, magnetic and radiometric survey this...

88 Energy has entered binding terms for a farmout agreement with Texas-based Burgundy Xploration to develop its Project Phoenix oil...

88 Energy is planning to drill its Tiri-1 exploration well in its Leonis project on Alaska’s North Slope to test its maiden prospective...

Flow testing six months ago at the Hickory-1 well, which is part of 88 Energy’s massive Project Phoenix on Alaska’s oil-and-gas-rich...

Seismic data from four new Alaskan petroleum leases, picked up by 88 Energy, adjacent to the company’s existing Project Leonis, has...

88 Energy’s lead inventory at its massive PEL93 onshore hydrocarbon exploration licence outlined as a 3D view of interpreted 2D seismic...

88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has wrapped up a successful 2D seismic program across its petroleum exploration licence 93 (PEL93) in Namibia’s...

88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has today reported a significant increase in the oil and gas resources in two of the six key reservoirs at its...

Oil and gas explorer 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) is expecting imminent results on oil samples from the Hickory-1 discovery well at its flagship...

88 Energy (ASX: 88E) ’s bid to validate new oil targets in the recently-revived Owambo Basin in Namibia has taken a significant step with...

In a bold bid to unveil Namibia’s onshore resource treasures, 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has launched a major new 2D seismic acquisition...

88 Energy (ASX: 88E) says its maiden net mean prospective resource estimate for its Leonis project on the North Slope of Alaska shows 381...

88 Energy has earmarked the middle of this year to begin shooting a 200-line-kilometre 2D seismic survey over 10 prospective oil and gas clo

88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has delivered a second light oil surface flow discovery of 50 barrels per day from the SMD-B reservoir in the...

Oil and gas explorer 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has recorded the first successful oil flows to surface from its Alaskan projects with testing...

Oil explorer 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has officially kicked off operations at its Hickory-1 well in Alaska, with bore preparations complete...

88 Energy (ASX: 88E) is poised to start flow-testing two reservoir zones in its Hickory-1 well in Alaska as it takes aim at upgrading its...

88 Energy has completed the first stage of its farm-in to a massive 18,500 square kilometres of ground in Namibia’s Owambo Basin – one of...