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Exploration Development 2007 P

  • Thu Dec 27 11:12:00 CST 2007 -- Huntington Forties delineation completed
    Oilexco Inc., Calgary, completed appraisal of the Paleocene Forties reservoir at its mid-2007 Huntington two-zone oil and gas discovery on Block 22/14b in the UK North Sea.
  • Thu Dec 27 11:12:00 CST 2007 -- Kazakhstan nonstate gas field flow starts
    Tethys Petroleum Ltd., Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK, started gas production on Dec. 19 from Kyzyloi gas field in Kazakhstan northwest of the Aral Sea.
  • Fri Dec 21 20:12:00 CST 2007 -- Broom field production to start in first-quarter
    Operator Lundin Petroleum AB expects to start oil production in first-quarter 2008 from its development well 2/5-25 in Broom field on Block 2/5 on the UK continental shelf.
  • Fri Dec 21 19:12:00 CST 2007 -- BP lets Skarv FPSO installation to Aker Kvaerner
    BP Norway has let a 300 million kroner contract to Aker Kvaerner to tow and install a floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO) at Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea.
  • Thu Dec 20 14:12:00 CST 2007 -- MEO finds gas in Heron-2
    Melbourne-based MEO Australia Ltd. reported that its Heron-2 appraisal well in the Timor Sea has encountered gas shows and good reservoir permeability in the Elang-top Plover Formation.
  • Wed Dec 19 13:12:00 CST 2007 -- Thailand awards 10 exploration blocks
    Thailand has awarded 10 exploration blocks to seven groups, including Chevron Petroleum Thailand Co. and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., in the current bidding round of petroleum concession licensing.
  • Tue Dec 18 14:12:00 CST 2007 -- OMV, Nafta to explore Slovak part of Vienna basin
    OMV AG and the Slovakian oil and gas company Nafta AS will shoot seismic over a 1,400 sq km exploration license in the Slovak part of the Vienna basin in 2008.
  • Tue Dec 18 14:12:00 CST 2007 -- EnCore to appraise Cobra gas find in early 2008
    Operator EnCore Oil PLC will drill an appraisal well using the Ensco 80 rig on the Cobra discovery in the UK North Sea in first-quarter 2008.
  • Tue Dec 18 12:12:00 CST 2007 -- Chevron to boost Gulf of Thailand production
    Chevron Corp.'s Thailand subsidiary and partners signed a gas sales agreement with PTT PCL for Blocks 10, 11, 12, and 13 in the Gulf of Thailand.
  • Tue Dec 18 12:12:00 CST 2007 -- Iceland to license Atlantic area in 2009
    Iceland has approved its industry minister's proposal to offer in January 2009 oil and gas exploration and production licenses in the Dreki area northeast of Iceland on the Jan Mayen Ridge.
  • Tue Dec 18 12:12:00 CST 2007 -- Chevron, CNPC to develop Sichuan gas fields
    Chevron and China's CNPC signed a 30-year PSC to develop the 2,000-km Chuandongbei gas area in Sichuan province.
  • Tue Dec 18 12:12:00 CST 2007 -- Sinopec, Iran to develop Iran's Yadavaran field
    Sinopec and Iran have signed an agreement to jointly develop Yadavaran oil field in Khuzestan, Iran, according to Iranian Republic News Agency and Chinese media reports.
  • Mon Dec 17 15:12:00 CST 2007 -- Hannon Westwood forecasts 210 wells on UKCS by 2010
    Operators on the UK Continental Shelf are expected to drill at least 210 wells by 2010, according to a report by UK North Sea consultancy Hannon Westwood LLP, Glasgow.
  • Fri Dec 14 11:12:00 CST 2007 -- Harvest Resources acquires Gabon block
    Harvest Natural Resources Inc., Houston, will operate a block off Gabon after signing a purchase agreement with Sasol Petroleum West Africa Ltd.
  • Fri Dec 14 11:12:00 CST 2007 -- PGNiG to conduct exploration in southern Denmark
    Poland's PGNiG will operate license 1/5 in southern Denmark, near the German border, after it gained a 40% interest under an agreement signed with Willumsen Exploration Consultants.
  • Fri Dec 14 10:12:00 CST 2007 -- Ivory Coast awards E&P rights for offshore block
    Ivory Coast has awarded oil exploration and production rights to a consortium of Edison 31.5%, Tullow 27%, and Kufpec 10% for the CI-102 Block off Abidjan.
  • Fri Dec 14 10:12:00 CST 2007 -- Repsol's Huacaya X-1 well finds gas in Bolivia
    Repsol YPF SA has announced the discovery of a natural gas field in Bolivia, saying gas flowed 800,000 cu m/day in production tests at the Huacaya X-1 exploratory well.
  • Fri Dec 14 07:12:00 CST 2007 -- Honduras
    Oracle Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC, said it plans to pursue oil and gas exploration opportunities in unspecified parts of Honduras.
  • Thu Dec 13 11:12:00 CST 2007 -- Utah Paradox gas play growing in scope
    Industry has drilled 38 wells in an 11-township area that penetrated at least part of the Paradox salt section in a play for gas in Pennsylvanian Hermosa Group clastics.
  • Wed Dec 12 15:12:00 CST 2007 -- Petronas Uzbekistan agrees to upstream, petchem projects
    Malaysia's Petronas Carigali Overseas has signed three agreements with Uzbekistan—two for oil and gas exploration in southern Uzbekistan and one for a petrochemical project.
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