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11/27/2007 -- Anadarko, StatoilHydro to explore blocks off Brazil
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., in partnership with StatoilHydro AS, has won two offshore blocks under Brazil's ninth licensing round.
11/27/2007 -- Oxy, OMV renew Libya E&P contracts with NOC
Oxy will continue to carry out exploration and redevelopment in Libya's Sirte basin for another 30 years under revised contracts signed with Libya's National Oil Corp.
11/27/2007 -- ExxonMobil plans Libyan exploration program
ExxonMobil Libya Ltd. will begin exploration in four blocks within Contract Area 21 in the Sirte basin off Libya under a heads of agreement (HOA) signed with Libya's National Oil Corp.
11/26/2007 -- Heritage Oil JV wins exploration license in Pakistan
Pakistan on Nov. 17 granted a petroleum exploration license for Block 3068-2 (Sanjawi) to a JV of Heritage Oil & Gas, Sprint Energy, and Trakker Energy.
11/26/2007 -- Shell signs MOU for Ukrainian gas licenses
Shell E&P Ukraine signed a nonbinding MOU with Regal Petroleum to acquire licenses for the Mekhediviska-Golotvschinska and Svyrydivske gas fields in Ukraine.
11/26/2007 -- Island Oil report reserves of Kinsale, Schull gas fields
A P50 analysis indicate a strong commercial basis for Island Oil & Gas to develop the 25.6 million boe of resources off Ireland and the Netherlands.
11/21/2007 -- Two Pakistani operators report gas strikes
Two Pakistani operators have reported gas discoveries in Pakistan.
11/21/2007 -- DNO estimates 107 million bbl of oil at Storskrymtem
DNO ASA estimates it has discovered 107 million bbl of oil in place in Paleocene rocks in its Storskrymten prospect in the Norwegian North Sea.
11/20/2007 -- Brazil official seeks nuclear sub for Tupi
Brazilian Defense Minster Nelson Jobim claims that a new oil discovery off Brazil underlines the need for his country to develop a nuclear submarine for protection.
11/20/2007 -- Canada firm adjusts to Argentine export tax
An Argentine government hike in the export tax on crude and products appears to reduce cash flow 8%, and Petrolifera Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, is determining whether it will need to defer or eliminate projects accordingly in 2008.
11/19/2007 -- WEC: Enel head urges Italy permit process revamp
Italy's permitting process for gas pipelines and regasification terminals must be radically revamped so combined cycle gas turbines and other projects can be built on time to meet demand, said the head of Enel Nov. 15 at the World Energy Congress in Rome.
11/19/2007 -- Trinidad and Tobago to award Block 2 PSC soon
Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Energy and Energy Resources reported it will reach an agreement within the next 6 weeks with Tullow Oil PLC and Centrica Resources, enabling them to explore Block 2 (ab).
11/16/2007 -- Total finds more oil off Congo (Brazzaville)
Total E&P Congo has found six oil reservoir levels in its ultradeepwater Persee Nord Est Marine-1 discovery well, which was drilled on Mer Tres Profonde Sud block off Congo (Brazzaville).
11/16/2007 -- Chile awards E&P rights for offshore blocks
Chile has awarded oil and gas exploration and production rights to foreign companies that will invest at least $267 million each in the southern Magellan region.
11/16/2007 -- WEC: Petrobras to start Tupi oil development by 2011
Petrobras's development plans for Tupi oil field off Rio de Janeiro state include a 100,000 b/d early production system to be built by 2010-11, said company Pres. and Chief Executive Jose Sergio Gabrielli De Azevedo Nov. 13 at WEC in Rome.
11/15/2007 -- Several gas zones targeted in east Kentucky
A drilling program has started in a lightly drilled part of the Appalachian basin west of giant Big Sandy gas field in eastern Kentucky.
11/15/2007 -- Brunei Shell makes Bubut offshore gas discovery
Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Sdn. Bhd. has reported a natural gas discovery in the Bubut structure 7 km off Brunei and some 15 km from the Brunei LNG plant.
11/15/2007 -- New Turkmenistan laws support foreign investment
Turkmen officials have given renewed assurances to potential foreign investors in the country's oil and gas industry.
11/15/2007 -- BP reports deeper-pool Shah Deniz discovery
BP PLC has reported a deeper-pool discovery in Shah Deniz gas-condensate field off Azerbaijan in a well it says justifies a second phase of development.
11/14/2007 -- CNPC, PDVSA reach JV deal for Orinoco exploration
China's CNPC said Venezuela has granted oil exploration rights in Sumano oil field to its joint venture with Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA.

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