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Exploration Development 2005 P

  • 06/23/2005 -- IEOC, partners awarded block in Egypt
    IEOC Exploration BV and partners RWE DEA of Germany and INA Industrija Nafte dd Zagreb of Croatia have been awarded the East Kalabsha block in Egypt's North Western Desert. The block was offered in Egyptian General Petroleum Corp.'s 2003 bidding round.
  • 06/22/2005 -- Development due for small oil field off UK
    Venture Production (North Sea Developments) Ltd. signed a letter of intent with Sevan Marine ASA for use of the cylinder-shaped floating production unit SSP 300 (Sevan stabilized platform) for development of Chestnut oil field in the central UK North Sea.
  • 06/21/2005 -- Stone starts dual horizontal Williston well
    Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., has placed on production its Bonnie 1-5H well, a dual horizontal well completed in two open-hole laterals in the Mississippian Bakken formation in Richland County, Mont.
  • 06/21/2005 -- Venezuela gas find boosts Chevron LNG plans
    ChevronTexaco Global Technology Services has made a significant natural gas discovery off Venezuela that it says advances its plan to evaluate Venezuela's first LNG project.
  • 06/21/2005 -- OVL, GAIL to explore off Azerbaijan
    ONGC Videsh Ltd. and GAIL (India) Ltd. plan to enter separate memorandums of understanding with the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic for joint oil and gas exploration in the Caspian Sea.
  • 06/21/2005 -- Apache makes El Diyur oil find in Egypt
    An oil discovery by the Apache Corp. El Diyur-2X well, drilled to 8,424 ft TD in Jurassic on the El Diyur concession in Egypt's Western Desert, is commercial, a concession partner reported.
  • 06/16/2005 -- Newfield signs PSC for PM 323 off Malaysia
    A Newfield Exploration Co. subsidiary has signed a production-sharing contract (PSC) with Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia for the PM 323 area off Malaysia.
  • 06/16/2005 -- Apache completes gas well off Australia
    Apache Corp. reported completion of the Rose-4 development well, part of the Harriet Joint Venture acreage 8 km east of Varanus Island off Western Australia.
  • 06/15/2005 -- Cairn to further appraise block in India
    Cairn Energy PLC will further appraise more than 2,884 sq km in the north and west of the Rajasthan Block under an 18-month extension of the exploration license approved by the Indian government.
  • 06/15/2005 -- Development set for Kipper gas field off Australia
    The controversial Kipper field in the Bass Strait—the largest undeveloped gas field in southeastern Australia—has finally been moved onto a development path with first production planned for 2009.
  • 06/15/2005 -- Operators evaluate Palo Duro basin shale gas play
    Several operators are pursuing gas in an infant unconventional shale play in the Palo Duro basin.
  • 06/15/2005 -- Perenco grows in Turkey, Egypt; departs US
    Perenco, a private Paris-based independent, acquired exploration and development projects in Turkey and Egypt and sold its interests in the US.
  • 06/14/2005 -- IOC gets block in Iran's North Pars field
    Iran has awarded a block to the Indian Oil Corp.-Petropars consortium in North Pars gas field.
  • 06/10/2005 -- Total has another Block 32 find off Angola
    Total SA, operator of deepwater Block 32 off Angola, and state-owned Sonangal EP reported an oil discovery in the Gengibre-1 well.
  • 06/09/2005 -- Gulfsands to drill on Block 26 in Syria
    Gulfsands Petroleum PLC plans to conduct an extensive 2D seismic program and drill the first well on 11,000 sq km Block 26 in Syria this year.
  • 06/08/2005 -- Argos plans North Falkland 3D seismic survey
    Argos Resources Ltd. will shoot a marine 3D seismic survey next year on North Falkland basin acreage under an exploration license extended until November 2006 by the Falkland Island government.
  • 06/08/2005 -- Study notes exploration successes, disappointments
    Energy consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. rated the biggest exploration successes in absolute terms during the last 10 years as Kazakhstan, the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Angola, and Nigeria.
  • 06/07/2005 -- Oman awards Circle Oil Block 49 E&P rights
    Oman signed an oil and gas exploration and production agreement June 6 with Ireland's Circle Oil PLC to explore in southwestern Oman on the 15,439 sq km Block 49 in Dhofar province.
  • 06/06/2005 -- First Calgary taps oil and gas in Algeria
    First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. (FCP), Calgary, has cased as a potential oil and gas well the ZCHW-1 on Rhourde Yacoub Block 406a in Algeria.
  • 06/06/2005 -- Pakistan awards PEL exploration licenses
    Pakistan has granted two petroleum exploration licenses to Pakistani independent Petroleum Exploration (Pvt.) Ltd. (PEL): No. 352/PAK/2005 over the 2,425.96 sq km New Larkana district in Sindh Province and No. 326/PAK/2005 over the 724.42 sq km Karsal area in Punjab Province.
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