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07/20/2006 -- Anadarko mulls Delaware basin test well
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. plans this year to drill 3-5 exploration wells, of which one could be a test on acreage owned by Chevron USA Inc. in the Delaware basin in West Texas.
07/20/2006 -- Serica to drill wildcat in UK North Sea
Serica Energy PLC, London, plans to begin drilling a wildcat in October on its Oak prospect on Block 54/1b in the UK North Sea's Southern Gas basin.
07/20/2006 -- Geocan obtains stake in Alberta's Raven prospect
Geocan Energy Inc., Calgary, plans to obtain a 25% interest in the Devonian Swan Hills formation of the Beaverhill Lake Group in the Caroline area northwest of Calgary from ProspEx Resources Ltd.
07/19/2006 -- Nicaragua
Infinity Energy Resources Inc., Denver, engaged investment bankers to explore strategic alternatives for its 1.4 million acre prospect in the Caribbean off Nicaragua.
07/19/2006 -- MMS notes seven deepwater strikes in 2006
Operators have made seven deepwater oil and gas discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico since the beginning of the year, the Minerals Management Service reports.
07/19/2006 -- BPZ to negotiate for new block off Peru
BPZ Energy Inc. will negotiate with state-owned Perupetro for an exploration and development license covering onshore Block XXIII in Peru near offshore Corvina gas field, where it will begin drilling in August.
07/18/2006 -- MMS issues final notice for Lease Sale 200
The US Minerals Management Service has issued the final notice for Western Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 200, scheduled for Aug. 16 in New Orleans.
07/18/2006 -- UK approves Ettrick oil field development
Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd., operator of Ettrick oil field in the UK North Sea, has received UK government approval for the field's development plan, reported Bow Valley Energy Ltd., a 12% partner in the project.
07/18/2006 -- Northern Uganda block subject of farmout effort
Tower Resources PLC, London, was starting farmout activities on 1.5 million acre Block 5 in the Albert graben of northern Uganda near the border with Sudan.
07/18/2006 -- Turkmenistan
Production from the Cheleken Contract Area in the Caspian Sea, currently more than 22,000 b/d, is planned for a large increase by the end of 2006, said Dragon Oil PLC, London,
07/17/2006 -- Statoil to drill well near Norne field
Statoil ASA plans early next year to drill another exploration well on the Valkyrie structure near Statoil-operated Norne field in the Norwegian Sea after a wildcat recently drilled on the structure proved to be noncommercial.
07/17/2006 -- Chevron reports gas find on North West Shelf
ChevronTexaco Australia Pty. Ltd. reported an indicated gas discovery at its Chandon-1 wildcat on permit WA-268-P in the Greater Gorgon region of the North West Shelf off Western Australia.
07/17/2006 -- Hess logs oil pay in deepwater gulf well
Hess Corp. said wireline logs of its deepwater Pony prospect on Green Canyon Block 468 in the Gulf of Mexico indicate 475 ft of oil-saturated sandstones in Miocene age reservoirs. Hess drilled the well to 32,448 ft TD.
07/14/2006 -- Qannik satellite tested on North Slope
ConocoPhillips and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. reported the discovery of and test production from the Qannik oil accumulation overlying Alpine oil field on the Alaskan North Slope.
07/14/2006 -- Development eyed for Harding oil field gas
BP PLC and Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd. let a contract in the initial phase of a plan to develop gas reserves in the UK North Sea Harding area and prolong the life of Harding field beyond 2015.
07/13/2006 -- Petrobras Santos basin well taps light oil
A well drilled by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and partners encountered light oil in ultradeep water in a frontier section of the Santos basin 250 km off Rio de Janeiro.
07/13/2006 -- Total well confirms oil discovery off Texas
Total SA has confirmed an oil discovery with its Alaminos Canyon Block 856 No. 2 appraisal well drilled in 7,800 ft of water to 15,625 ft TD about 140 miles off Texas. The well found 85 ft of oil pay in the main objective.
07/11/2006 -- Wyoming's deep Hilliard shale in evaluation
Gasco Energy Inc., Englewood, Colo., farmed out an interest in its Daniel Anticline Prospect in the northern Green River basin to private Dallas independent Hunt Petroleum Corp.
07/11/2006 -- Edison, IGP to explore new Italian permit
Edison SPA, Milan, and Intergas Piu SRL (IGP), a subsidiary of Mediterranean Oil & Gas PLC, plan to drill an exploratory well targeting gas on the Torrente La Vella exploration permit in southern Italy.
07/11/2006 -- Urals Energy plans deeper-pool Barents test
Urals Energy PCL subsidiary ZAO Arcticneft plans a deeper-pool test in Peshanoozersky oil field on Kolguyev Island in the Barents Sea off Russia.

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