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09/04/2007 -- Harvest closer to transferring assets to Venezuela company
Harvest Vinccler said the Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum published a resolution defining the coordinates of six fields to be transferred to a mixed company.
08/30/2007 -- Antrim to drill fourth Causeway well by yearend
Antrim Energy Inc. has brought forward its plans to drill a fourth well this year on the Central Causeway fault block in the UK North Sea that will target Brent sandstones.
08/30/2007 -- Roc Oil drills Massambala sidetrack in Angola
Sydney-based Roc Oil Co. Ltd. has confirmed a significant heavy oil find with its Massambala-1CH2 sidetrack well on Cabinda South block in Angola.
08/30/2007 -- Retamco, partners gauge gas in Piceance basin well
Retamco Operating has found encouraging gas shows from the first of four wells planned in Western Colorado on its North Barcus Creek prospect in the Piceance basin in Rio Blanco County.
08/30/2007 -- Thailand leasing round gains additional bids
Thailand's Department of Mineral Resources has received three additional applications in its 20th round of petroleum concession bidding, raising the total number of applicants to 31 involving 24 tracts.
08/29/2007 -- Statoil finds gas with Midnattsol well off Norway
Statoil ASA made a deepwater natural gas discovery with its 6405/10-1 exploration well in the Midnattsol 281 production license in the Norwegian Sea.
08/28/2007 -- VNG Norge farms in to Norwegian offshore licenses
VNG Norge will take a 20% interest in licenses PL 270 and PL 426 in Block 35/3 on the NCS under an agreement it has signed with Endeavour Energy Norge.
08/28/2007 -- USGS reranks northeastern Greenland rift basins
A string of basins in the Greenland Sea off northeastern Greenland is probably more gas prone than previously thought, the USGS said Aug. 28.
08/28/2007 -- Putumayo find to go on sustained production
Gran Tierra Energy plans to start continuous production at its Juanambu discovery in Colombia's Putumayo basin as soon as it receives regulatory approval, expected in the quarter ending Sept. 30.
08/28/2007 -- Newfoundland to get stake in Hebron project
Newfoundland and Labrador and the Hebron operating partners signed a memorandum of understanding last week to proceed with development of Hebron and associated oil fields on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland.
08/28/2007 -- Cooper basin oil project gains momentum
Santos Ltd. is adding more acreage to its Cooper basin oil project (COP) in eastern Australia as it builds production in several areas.
08/27/2007 -- Vermilion begins exploratory drilling off France
Vermilion Energy and partners Verenex Energy and Bordeaux Energy on Aug. 26 began drilling the Orca 1 exploratory well on the Aquitaine Maritime permit in the Bay of Biscay off southwestern France.
08/27/2007 -- BG, Challenger farm into block off Trinidad
BG International and Challenger Energy have signed agreements to farm in to Canadian Superior Energy's Intrepid Block 5(c) PSC 85 km off the eastern island of Trinidad.
08/27/2007 -- Tui field reserves found greater after review
Australian Worldwide Exploration, which operates Tui oil field off New Zealand, reported a 15% increase in the field's proved and probable reserves.
08/27/2007 -- Ithaca to drill second Athena appraisal well
Ithaca Energy entered into an agreement with Senergy to use the Stena Spey semi and drilling management services to drill the second appraisal well on the Athena oil project in the Outer Moray Firth off Scotland.
08/27/2007 -- DNO tests Tawke 8 well in Iraq's Kurdistan
A well drilled by DNO ASA in its Tawke oil field in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Tawke 8, has found oil in deeper reservoir levels.
08/27/2007 -- Development near for Po Valley gas field
ENI SPA and Stratic Energy Corp., Calgary, are working toward joint development of Italy's largest onshore gas discovery in the past decade.
08/24/2007 -- Hindustan awards contract for work off India
Hindustan Oil Exploration has let a contract to a unit of Horizon Offshore for the supply, transportation, and installation of an offshore wellhead, platform, topsides, and subsea pipeline.
08/24/2007 -- BLM to host interactive broadcast on new rules
The US BLM state and field offices will host an interactive satellite broadcast on Sept. 13 to inform producers and other interested parties about recent revisions to Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 1.
08/24/2007 -- Manning promises exploration incentives in 2008
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning reported during his 2007-08 budget presentation that the Caribbean island nation next year will offer incentives to major oil and gas companies to explore for hydrocarbons in marginal fields.

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