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Exploration Development 2007 P

  • Thu Aug 23 13:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Tullow finds oil in Uganda with Mputa-3 well
    Tullow Oil PLC reported the drilling and testing success of the Mputa-3 appraisal well on Block 2 in Uganda.
  • Thu Aug 23 11:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Shell Malaysia awards Cili Padi field development
    Shell Oil & Gas Malaysia has awarded Technip, Paris, a contract to develop Cili Padi gas field 153 km off Bintulu in Malaysia.
  • Thu Aug 23 11:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Noble tests Belinda well off Equatorial Guinea
    Noble Energy Inc. has tested rich natural gas at 30.4 MMcfd and 1,540 b/d of condensate from its Belinda appraisal well on Block O off Equatorial Guinea.
  • Wed Aug 22 14:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Beach Petroleum farms into Bass basin off Tasmania
    Beach Petroleum Ltd., Adelaide, has farmed into two exploration permits in the Bass basin off northern Tasmania.
  • Wed Aug 22 11:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Tullow makes oil find with deepwater well off Ghana
    Tullow Oil has found a light oil accumulation with its Hyedua-1 well on the deepwater Tano license in 1,530 m of water off Ghana.
  • Wed Aug 22 10:08:00 CDT 2007 -- OGEC Cracow to drill for oil, gas in Kazakhstan
    OGEC Cracow Ltd. plans to drill two to four oil wells for Polish-Kazakh company EmbaYugNieft using drilling rig N1625, capable of drilling to 12,000 m.
  • Wed Aug 22 10:08:00 CDT 2007 -- 'Fierce' competition expected for MMS Lease Sale 204
    The US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service received 358 bids from 40 companies on 282 of the 3,338 tracts offered in Lease Sale 204 in the western Gulf of Mexico off Texas.
  • Tue Aug 21 11:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Congo (former Zaire) threatens to cancel Tullow PSC
    Congo (former Zaire) has threatened to cancel Tullow Oil PLC's production-sharing contract for two blocks in Lake Albert on the Ugandan border because it claims it has not received a signature bonus.
  • Tue Aug 21 10:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Southern Michigan gets TBR oil discovery
    Continental Resources Inc., Enid, Okla., plans to drill two offsets in November to an Ordovician Trenton-Black River discovery in Hillsdale County, Mich., 60 miles southwest of Detroit.
  • Tue Aug 21 09:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Total farms into offshore Vietnamese block
    Total SA has received approval from the Vietnamese government to acquire a 35% interest in the production-sharing contract for offshore exploration Block 15-1/05.
  • Mon Aug 20 15:08:00 CDT 2007 -- BG E&P Nigeria farms into deepwater oil license
    BG E&P Nigeria will pay $75 million to Equator Exploration for a 20% interest in a PSC for Nigeria's deepwater oil prospecting license 323.
  • Mon Aug 20 14:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Western Portugal exploration program starts
    Mohave Oil & Gas Corp., private Houston operator, plans to proceed with an exploration program in the Lusitanian basin of west-central Portugal later this year.
  • Mon Aug 20 10:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Woodside lets contract for Pluto development
    Woodside has let a $200 million contract to FMC Technologies for a subsea system for the Pluto LNG project, which will use gas from Pluto field off Western Australia.
  • Fri Aug 17 16:08:00 CDT 2007 -- InterOil gauges gas at Elk-2 appraisal well
    InterOil Corp., Toronto, said it has achieved positive results from its Elk-2 appraisal well on PPL 238 in Papua New Guinea.
  • Thu Aug 16 10:08:00 CDT 2007 -- BHP makes Carnarvon basin gas discovery
    BHP Billiton Ltd., Melbourne, has made a gas discovery with its Thebe-1 exploration well on Block WA-346-P in the Exmouth Plateau of the Carnarvon basin 186 miles off Western Australia.
  • Thu Aug 16 09:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Libya launches gas licensing round in London
    Libya has invited operators in London to bid for acreage under its fourth licensing round, but this time it focuses on natural gas. The deadline for applications is Nov. 30.
  • Wed Aug 15 11:08:00 CDT 2007 -- MMS: Ultradeepwater gulf drilling remains strong
    A record number of drilling rigs are currently working in the ultradeep water in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the US Minerals Management Service.
  • Wed Aug 15 11:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Rig fire dashes Oilexco's Shelley appraisal plans
    Oilexco said it is unsure when it will resume appraisal drilling on the Shelley oil well on Blocks 22/2b and 22/3a in the UK North Sea after a fire broke out on the Ocean Guardian rig Aug. 14.
  • Wed Aug 15 10:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Floyd shale wildcat due tests in Mississippi
    Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc., Houston, plans to frac its first horizontal Floyd shale well in Mississippi in September.
  • Wed Aug 15 10:08:00 CDT 2007 -- Oman Oil farms into PTTEP's Block M9 off Myanmar
    Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) has agreed to farm out a 5% stake in its natural gas-prone Block M9 off Myanmar to Oman Oil Co.
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