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07/10/2007 -- OGDC taps gas, condensate in Pakistan well
Oil & Gas Development Co. Ltd. (OGDC) has made a natural gas and condensate discovery with its Chandio-No. 1 well on Tando Allah Yar block in the Hyderabad district of Pakistan's Sindh province.
07/10/2007 -- Llanos exploratory well cased for testing
Petrominerales Ltd., Bogota, set production casing to test an apparent discovery in the Llanos basin of Colombia 100 km east of Bogota.
07/09/2007 -- Pemex seeks bids for Campeche field pipelines
Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has launched bidding for pipeline work on 10 wells in the Sonda de Campeche for its Pemex Exploration & Production unit.
07/06/2007 -- Island suspends gas wells off Ireland
Island Oil & Gas PLC will suspend its Old Head of Kinsale sidetrack well off Ireland as a potential producer.
07/06/2007 -- Wyoming horizontal test gauges Frontier gas
A group led by American Oil & Gas Inc., Denver, gauged gas-condensate at rates above 20 MMcfd from Cretaceous Frontier while drilling at an exploratory test 3 miles northeast of Douglas, Wyo.
07/05/2007 -- Lam Som reports oil strike off Vietnam
Lam Som Joint Operating Co, a joint venture of PetroVietnam Exploration & Production Corp. (PVEP) and Petronas Carigali Overseas Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia, has reported a discovery off southern Vietnam.
07/03/2007 -- BHP to develop Pyrenees fields off Australia
BHP Billiton has received formal approvals and will proceed with development of three shallow-water Pyrenees fields on Block WA-12-R in the Exmouth subbasin off Western Australia.
07/03/2007 -- Nigeria deal may be marginal field template
The Nigerian government has approved a marginal oil field farmout that a Houston firm believes could serve as a template for commercialization of several hundred undeveloped oil discoveries in the Niger Delta.
07/03/2007 -- Sudan awards Red Sea PSC to China's CNPC
China National Petroleum Corp. has signed a production-sharing contract with Sudan for exploration areas off northern Sudan.
07/02/2007 -- Aabar unit acquires stake in block off Vietnam
Vamex has signed a farm-out agreement with APIC unit PearlOil covering a 15% interest in the production-sharing contract on Block 07 and 08/97 off southern Vietnam.
07/02/2007 -- Salamander to explore in Cuu Long basin off Vietnam
Salamander Energy has signed a PSC with PetroVietnam E&P for exploration of Cuu Long River Delta Block 1 in the Cuu Long basin off eastern Vietnam.
06/29/2007 -- Grand Gulf Energy US drilling program successful
Grand Gulf Energy has reported on recent successes with three new wells in "low-risk conventional oil and gas plays" in Oklahoma and Louisiana, the company said.
06/29/2007 -- Syria begins licensing round for offshore blocks
Syria's Oil Minister Sufian Al Alao and Syria Petroleum Co. General Manager Omar Al Hamad were in London in late June to promote Syria's first offshore licensing round, where four blocks covering 50, 000 sq km are available for lease.
06/29/2007 -- Mitsui to drill Thailand oil wells in August
Japan's Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. is preparing to drill two exploration wells to find the extent of an oil reservoir found in northern Thailand.
06/27/2007 -- Swiber wins three contracts for offshore projects
Swiber Holdings Ltd., Singapore, has signed a $31 million letter of intent with Kencana Petroleum for the installation of a wellhead platform in Petronas-operated Puteri gas field off Sarawak, Malaysia.
06/27/2007 -- Noble makes gas, condensate discovery off Equatorial Guinea
Noble Energy Inc. has made a gas and condensate discovery on Block I in the Douala basin off Equatorial Guinea.
06/27/2007 -- Kepri Oil to further develop Sembilang oil field
Indonesia's PT Kepri Oil Inti Energi said it wants to take over development of Sembilang oil field abandoned by ConocoPhilips on Block B in the South China Sea off West Natuna.
06/27/2007 -- Gas-condensate found in Pakistan's Sindh province
Orient Petroleum Inc. made an oil and natural gas discovery with its Rahim-1 well drilled on Khipro block in Sindh province, Pakistan.
06/27/2007 -- Umusadege UMU-4 well in Niger Delta suspended
Midwestern Oil & Gas Co. PLC, operator of Umusadege field in the central Niger Delta, has cased and suspended the UMU-4 well, said field partner Mart Resources Inc.
06/27/2007 -- Continental Resources lists 2007 drilling
Newly public Continental Resources Inc., Enid, Okla., estimated its yearend 2007 production volumes at 8,400-8,800 b/d of oil and 13.8-15 MMcfd of gas.

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