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10/09/2006 -- Ireland
EnCore Oil PLC and Island Oil & Gas PLC, London, plan to jointly develop their exploration and near-development portfolios in Ireland and the UK.
10/06/2006 -- Petrobras-led group encouraged by oil find off Brazil
A group led by Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) agreed to accelerate its exploration program based on results from a light oil discovery on Block BM-S-11 in a frontier section of the Santos basin 150 km off Rio de Janeiro, said partner BG Group PLC.
10/06/2006 -- Inpex agrees to cut Azadegan field ownership
Japan's Inpex Corp. has agreed to reduce to 10% its concession in Iran's Azadegan oil field from the current 75%, with the outstanding 65% stake to be transferred to National Iranian Oil Co.
10/06/2006 -- Repsol YPF, Gazprom to jointly seek global projects
Repsol YPF and Gazprom signed an MOU to study possible joint gas and oil development projects in Europe, Latin America, and Africa along with LNG projects using resources from Russia.
10/06/2006 -- Dominion Diving to provide Sable project ROV
ExxonMobil Canada Properties, operator of the Sable Offshore Energy Project off Nova Scotia, contracted Dominion Diving to provide ROV services for SOEP's subsea inspection and maintenance.
10/05/2006 -- Endeavour to participate in North Sea wells
Endeavour International Corp. has reached an agreement in principle with Apache Corp. to participate in two exploratory wells to be drilled by Apache during the fourth quarter in the Norwegian North Sea.
10/05/2006 -- Aramco to start work on Manifa oil field
Saudi Aramco will start development of offshore Manifa oil and gas field in the first quarter of 2007 with a production target of 900,000 b/d of Arab Heavy crude.
10/04/2006 -- Mariner makes Gulf of Mexico discovery
Mariner Energy Inc., Houston, has reported a gas discovery with its 5ST1 well on High Island (HI) 116 in the Gulf of Mexico.
10/03/2006 -- Max Petroleum completes second Kazakh well
Max Petroleum PLC, London, has completed and begun production from the ZMA-2X well, the second of five wells planned on the Zhana Makat A structure on the E Block in the Pre-Caspian basin of Kazakhstan.
10/03/2006 -- Antrim to get interest in UK North Sea block
Antrim Energy Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire a 75% working interest in Block 21/28a in the Central North Sea from Eni SPA. The block contains the Fyne and Dandy oil fields, which have been delineated with eight wells drilled in 1971-98.
10/02/2006 -- Total-led group tests Yemeni oil well
A group led by Total SA reported the KHA 1-16 oil well in Yemen's East Shabwa Development Area on Block 10 produced more than 8,400 b/d when tested through a 70/64-in. choke, said participant SOCO International PLC, London.
10/02/2006 -- Iran, Inpex continue Azadegan oil field negotiations
Iran and Inpex Corp. of Japan are continuing negotiations over development of Azadegan oil field despite missing a Sept. 30 deadline to come to an agreement or end talks, according to state media.
09/29/2006 -- France field development brisk; exploration slow
With oil prices high, field development and production in France remain brisk this year as new wells were drilled in old fields to optimize production. Outlays should be in line with the €78 million announced at the start of 2006.
09/28/2006 -- Algeria's Berkine gets new area of promise
A new core area for future appraisal and potential development is emerging in the central part of Menzel Ledjmet Block 405b in eastern Algeria's Berkine basin, said operator First Calgary Petroleums Ltd., Calgary.
09/28/2006 -- Industry voices concerns over Brazil lease round exclusions
Some international oil company executives have voiced concerns about Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) excluding the Campos basin and parts of the Santos basin from the country's Nov. 28 licensing round.
09/28/2006 -- North Dakota
Missouri Basin Well Service Inc., Belfield, ND, is moving in a rig to reenter the State 16-1H well in McKenzie County and drill two horizontal legs in Rival, the uppermost member of the Mission Canyon formation of the Mississippian Madison Group.
09/27/2006 -- Big Horn basin gas resource play brewing
Bill Barrett Corp., Denver, plans to pursue a basin-centered gas project in the mostly oil-prone Big Horn basin of north-central Wyoming.
09/27/2006 -- Petronas wins Lampung II Block off Indonesia
Indonesia has awarded its offshore Lampung II Block to Malaysia's Petronas. The 4,168 sq km parcel is 150 km east of Sumatra's southeastern coast.
09/27/2006 -- Iran reiterates warning to Japan about Azadegan field
Iran has reiterated its warning to Japan to finalize an agreement to develop the Azadegan oil field in Iran or risk losing the project to a domestic contractor.
09/27/2006 -- Gas pay sand thicker at Tanzania appraisal
Artumas Group Inc., Calgary, reported pay thickness in Tertiary Miocene and Oligocene to be 1.5 times as thick in the Mnazi Bay-2 appraisal well as they were in the 1982 ARCO Oil & Gas Co. Mnazi Bay-1 discovery well.

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