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Oct 27, 2008
Ancap offers 11 blocks in 2009 - Uruguay
Uruguay's national oil company Ancap will open a bid round on 1 December that will offer 11 offshore blocks in water depths ranging from 50 to ... more
Oct 27, 2008
Heritage to suspend Warthog 2 as future producer - Uganda
Achieving its first organic production, Afren and domestic partner Amni International, have marked first production from the shallow water Okoto ... more
September 05, 2008
PetroCeltic to start multi-well program by end 2008 - Algeria
While timing remains uncertain, PetroCeltic is confident it will commence its multi-well drilling program that will be focused on the TXA Couloir ... more
September 05, 2008
Woodside brings Vincent onstream - Australia
In the same week that the company posted a net profit of nearly US$ 1 billion for the first half of 2008, up 67% from the previous corresponding ... more
September 04, 2008
StatoilHydro ASA finds 100-125 MMboe in North Sea - Norway
A well StatoilHydro calls the "highlight" of its 2008 exploration program has encountered a 100m oil column in the Hugin formation. ... more
September 04, 2008
HLJOC tests 8,100 bo/d at seventh TGT appraisal - Vietnam
Successful appraisal by HLJOC of the Te Giac Trang (White Rhinoceros) field in the Cuu Long Basin continues, with a seventh well tested for a ... more
September 03, 2008
Petrobank tests Llanos Basin discovery for 5,200 bo/d - Colombia
Fifteen-degree oil flowed at the rate of 5,200 b/d, with 2% BSW, from the Lower Sand of the Ubaque Formation at a new field wildcat drilled by ... more
September 03, 2008
Artumas Group seeks partner for Mnazi Nay concession - Tanzania
Ahead of a drilling program that is due to get underway in the fourth quarter of 2008, Artumas Group is looking to farm out part of its interest ... more
September 02, 2008
Turkmenistan revises Hydrocarbon Law
Local media reports suggest that the revised Law on Hydrocarbon Resources, prepared on the instruction of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, ... more
September 02, 2008
Providence Resources moves to Dunmore appraisal - Ireland
The GlobalSantaFe "Arctic II" S/S is being mobilized to the adjacent Dunmore structure after Providence Resources abandoned its Hook Head appraisal ... more
September 01, 2008
Repsol-YPF planning exploration offshore Argentina
Repsol-YPF plans to drill three exploration wells in offshore Chubut Province and one in offshore Santa Cruz Province in the coming months. ... more
September 01, 2008
Amended Mineral Resources Act is gazetted - Bulgaria
The amended Mineral Resources Act was approved by the Bulgarian parliament, ratified by the President's Decree No. 239 of 31 July 2008 and has ... more
August 29, 2008
Nexen tests Blackbird discovery for 3,800 bo/d – United Kingdom
A fast-track development is planned for an Upper Jurassic oil discovery made by Nexen near its Ettrick field in the central North Sea. ... more
August 29, 2008
Cabre; Dana; Repsol firming drilling plans - Morocco
As we approach the final four months of 2008, at least three operators have plans to drill wells. ... more
August 28, 2008
QGC makes bid for Sunshine Gas - Australia
In what is proving a busy year for Queensland Gas Company (QGC), its latest move is to agree the purchase of Sunshine Gas for US$ 730 million, ... more
August 28, 2008
Salamander Energy to acquire 2D seismic in Cuu Long Basin - Vietnam
Salamander Energy has contracted BGP to acquire some 2,200km of 2D seismic data over its Cuu Long River Delta (DBSCL-01) block, which is located ... more
August 27, 2008
PetroKazakhstan has two more Turgay Basin discoveries - Kazakhstan
PetroKazakhstan, owned two-thirds by CNPC and one-third by KazMunayGaz, reports two exploration successes on its contract areas in the Turgay ... more
August 27, 2008
Buried Hill Gambia BV seeks partner for two offshore blocks - Gambia
Ahead of plans to acquire 3D seismic and drill the first exploration well, Calgary-based Buried Hill Gambia B.V. is seeking farm-in partners ... more
August 26, 2008
Gran Tierra Energy Inc scores at second Rio Magdalena wildcat - Colombia
Gas flowed at the combined rate of 8.5 MMcf/d, with 236 b/d of oil and condensate, from three zones at the second wildcat drilled by Gran Tierra ... more
August 26, 2008
NIOC progressing two deep wells in Fars province - Iran
With oil production steady at around 3.9 MMb/d and ministers hinting at significant exploration success already in 2008, the National Iranian ... more
August 25, 2008
Addax to proceed with integrated gas utilization project - Nigeria
Having farmed into the acreage in 2002, Woodside is now making its 30% non-operating stake in the nine contiguous blocks designated Canarias ... more
August 25, 2008
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum - reports reserve additions for 2008 - Venezuela
The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) has announced the addition of 35.488 billion barrels of proven oil reserves for the year 2008 thus ... more
August 22, 2008
Falcon Petroleum wins three blocks in Were Ilu area - Ethiopia
Falcon Petroleum Ltd has signed a Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement with the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy for three blocks in ... more
August 22, 2008
CNPC still linked with the Ahdab field - Iraq
There are strong indications that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the Iraqi Ministry of Oil will sign an initial agreement at ... more
August 21, 2008
Canadian Superior tests Bounty wildcat for 60 MMcfg/d – Trinidad & Tobago
Canadian Superior has made a second gas discovery on Block 5(c) in the offshore Columbus Sub-basin that the company says is capable of producing ... more
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