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08/14/2007 -- BP lets contract for Greater Plutonio field off Angola
BP Angola (Block 18) BV has let a support services contract to Subsea 7 Inc. for the Greater Plutonio development on Block 18 off Angola.
08/14/2007 -- Newfield signs PSCs for two blocks off China
Newfield Exploration is committed to drill an exploration well during the first 3 years of a new 7-year production-sharing contract off southern China.
08/14/2007 -- ATP advances Mirage field development
Bluewater Industries, project manager of Mirage field on behalf of 100% owner and operator ATP Oil & Gas, has let a contract to Technip for subsea structures for the field's development.
08/14/2007 -- Total makes oil discovery off Congo (Brazzaville)
Operator Total E&P Congo made an oil discovery with its Cassiopee Est Marine-1 well on Mer Très Profonde Sud block in ultradeep water off Congo (Brazzaville).
08/14/2007 -- Pemex moves forward on Chicontepec development
Petroleos Mexicanos E&P (Pemex) has selected ICA Fluor for a 4-year integrated EPC-oil field services contract at onshore Chicontepec oil field 250 km northeast of Mexico City.
08/13/2007 -- India lowers Krishna-Godavari gas find estimates
India has dramatically reduced the estimated size of recent gas discoveries in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin of Andhra Pradesh, which could diminish the area's attraction to the world's top energy players.
08/13/2007 -- Petronas to develop two gas fields in Ethiopia
Malaysia's Petronas has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to develop Calub and Hilala gas fields in the Ogaden basin, according to Ethiopian reports.
08/13/2007 -- Tullow finds oil on Suriname's Uitkijk Block
Key Petroleum said it has been notified that oil has been encountered in the first two onshore wells drilled by its partner Tullow Oil PLC in Suriname's Uitkijk Block.
08/10/2007 -- Centurion makes gas discovery in Egypt
Centurion Petroleum made a gas-condensate discovery with its Dabayaa-1 well on the West Manzala exploration concession in Egypt.
08/09/2007 -- Washington state acreage, drilling progress
Operators are consolidating acreage positions in the Columbia River basin as EnCana Corp.'s US unit drills its third subbasalt wildcat in the nonproducing area since 2004.
08/09/2007 -- Chevron unit makes eleventh oil find on Angola's Block 14
Chevron Corp. unit Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. (Cabgoc) and its partners reported an oil discovery on deepwater Block 14 off Angola.
08/08/2007 -- Chevron, PetroChina partner in Sichuan gas fields
Chevron has won a bid to become PetroChina's partner in developing four natural gas fields in China's southwestern Sichuan province, according to state media.
08/07/2007 -- Total has eleventh oil discovery off Angola
Operator Total E&P Angola and Sonangol have tested 2,130 b/d of oil through a 32/64-in. choke from the Colorau-1 exploration well on deepwater Block 32 off Angola.
08/06/2007 -- Chukchi Sea lease sale set for February 2008
The US government proposed to hold an oil and gas lease sale in the Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska in February 2008.
08/06/2007 -- EPL, Hunt wells find pay on gulf shelf
Energy Partners Ltd., New Orleans, reported dual oil and gas successes in the South Timbalier and Eugene Island areas of the Gulf of Mexico shelf.
08/06/2007 -- Tiger Shoal gulf wildcat finds more pay
McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans, said its Flatrock deeper pool discovery well in Tiger Shoal field has encountered Miocene gas-condensate pay in three zones deeper than the five previously indicated productive in South Marsh Island Block 212 in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
08/03/2007 -- Ireland revamping fiscal regime for offshore licenses
Ireland is revamping its fiscal and licensing regime for oil and gas and soon will invite operators to bid for Porcupine basin blocks on its challenging Atlantic margin.
08/02/2007 -- 3D seismic guides Arkoma Fayetteville play
Drilling and 3D seismic surveying are ramping up in the Arkoma basin Fayetteville shale gas play in Arkansas.
08/02/2007 -- Western Desert-Nile Delta discoveries grow
Chile's Sipetrol International SA and Oil Search Ltd., Sydney, are testing a third exploratory well after two oil discoveries in the northeastern part of Egypt's Western Desert.
08/01/2007 -- Deltana to fund Po Valley test under farmout
Deltana Energy Ltd. of Australia will pay for an exploration well targeting a Pliocene objective in the western part of the Cento and Bastiglia exploration permits in Italy's Po Valley under a farmout from Ascent Resources PLC, London.

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