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06/03/2005 -- Horizon farms into Gulf of Thailand blocks
Horizon Oil Ltd., Sydney, has farmed into two permits in the Gulf of Thailand operated by Pearl Energy Ltd.
06/02/2005 -- Statoil spuds Tulipan wildcat off Norway
Statoil ASA has spudded the first exploration well in its Tulipan prospect on Block 6302/6 in the Norwegian Sea.
06/02/2005 -- Bidding brisk in India's NELP-V round
The Indian government has received 69 bids from 48 companies for 20 blocks under the fifth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP-V).
06/02/2005 -- Five more blocks awarded in Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ
The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority in Abuja approved the award of five more blocks in the Joint Development Zone in the Gulf of Guinea.
06/01/2005 -- Japan, China boundary dispute lingers
Japan has rejected a proposal by China for joint development of gas fields in the East China Sea, but both sides have agreed to further talks on their disputed maritime boundary in an effort to reduce tensions.
05/31/2005 -- BP finds hydrocarbons on Stones prospect
BP Exploration & Production Inc. has found hydrocarbons with its exploration well drilled on the Stones prospect on Walker Ridge Block 508 in the Gulf of Mexico.
05/27/2005 -- Appraisals for Ramin, Balal fields under way, NIOC says
NIOC managing director Mehdi Mirmoezzi told news media May 24 that appraisal operations currently are under way in Ramin oil field in northeastern Ahvaz and in the gas layer of Balal oil field.
05/27/2005 -- MMS receives bids on Eastern GOM Sale 197
The Minerals Management Service received $6,595,753 for 10 leases it awarded in its Mar. 16 Sale 197 in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
05/27/2005 -- Vaalco's South Avouma well reaches total depth
Vaalco Energy Inc., Houston, operator of Etame Marin permit off Gabon, has reached TD on the South Avouma satellite EAVSM-1 exploration well, reported partner PanOcean Energy Corp. Ltd.
05/27/2005 -- Aaiun basin off Western Sahara open for licensing
The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic has promulgated an international licensing round to cover 12 blocks in the Atlantic Ocean off disputed Western Sahara in northwestern Africa.
05/26/2005 -- Serica prepares to drill block in Java Sea
Serica Energy Corp., Toronto, has requested tenders for a rig to drill on its Biliton Block in the Java Sea in late 2005 or early 2006. The block is between Java and Kalimantan.
05/26/2005 -- PTTEP, partners make discovery off Vietnam
A group including Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) has made an oil and gas discovery on Block 9-2 off southern Vietnam.
05/26/2005 -- S. Korean firms farm into Bass Strait permits
Korea National Oil Co. (KNOC) and Seoul City Gas Co. Ltd. (SCG) have farmed into the Vic/P56 and Vic/P49 permits operated by Nexus Energy Ltd., Melbourne, in the Gippsland basin off Victoria.
05/26/2005 -- Baraka signs MOU for property off Morocco
Baraka Petroleum Ltd., Perth, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Moroccan national oil company Office Nationale de Recherches et d'Exploitations Petrolieres (ONAREP) for the right to examine the undeveloped Cap Juby oil discovery off Morocco.
05/25/2005 -- Israel onshore wildcat approaches target
Zion Oil & Gas, Dallas, was drilling below 11,571 ft on May 25 at a wildcat reentry projected to Triassic carbonates in northwestern Israel.
05/23/2005 -- Northern Oil buys three licenses off Brazil
Northern Oil ASA-NaturGass(USA) AS (Northern Oil), Oslo, has signed an agreement to buy three licenses in the Camamu and Almada basins off Brazil.
05/20/2005 -- Azerbaijan approves three onshore PSAs
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has approved three production-sharing agreements (PSAs) for onshore oil fields.
05/19/2005 -- PetroChina, Shell plan Changbei development
PetroChina Co. Ltd. and Shell China Exploration & Production Co. Ltd. have signed letters of intent for development of Changbei natural gas field in Shaanxi Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China.
05/18/2005 -- ENI tests oil, gas in Tunisian wildcat
ENI Tunisia BV has discovered oil and gas in the Nour-1 exploration well on the Adam concession in southern Tunisia, reported Paladin Resources PLC, which holds a 7% interest in the concession.
05/17/2005 -- Companies farm in to BHP's Jacala-1 wildcat
Interest is rising in the Jacala-1 wildcat to be drilled later this year in the deepwater Exmouth Plateau region off Western Australia.

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