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09/27/2007 -- Thailand receives bids for four onshore tracts
Thailand's current round of petroleum concession bidding has attracted three more firms with companies bidding for four onshore tracts.
09/27/2007 -- Statoil stops oil development work at Snohvit
Statoil AS and partners have decided to cease oil zone development work at Snohvit field in the Barents Sea as analyses show its development would not be economical.
09/27/2007 -- Soco plans well on Block 16-1 off Vietnam
Soco Vietnam Ltd. is preparing to drill the Voi Nau 1X (VN-1X) exploration well on the AA prospect on Block 16-1 off southern Vietnam.
09/25/2007 -- Apache tests East Ras Budran well in Egypt
Operator Apache East Ras Budran Corp. LDC has tested 1,910 b/d of oil from its ERB-A-1X well on the East Ras Budran (ERB) concession in Egypt.
09/24/2007 -- Tap Oil buys interest, to operate Brunei Block M
Tap Oil Ltd., Perth, has signed a gas deal and taken up a 40% interest and operatorship of a large onshore permit in Brunei.
09/24/2007 -- Sterling prepares to spud UK Breagh appraisal well
Sterling Resources Ltd. will target a large Carboniferous gas prospect with its Breagh appraisal well on Block 42/13 in the UK southern North Sea.
09/24/2007 -- Murphy advances development of Azurite oil field
Murphy West Africa let a work contract to Technip for the development of Azurite oil field on Mer Profonde Sud block, which covers more than 800,000 acres in 1,400 m of water 80 miles off Congo (formerly Zaire).
09/21/2007 -- Tethys to explore Bishtinchak field in Tajikistan
Tajikistan reported that Tethys Petroleum Ltd. would begin prospecting in Bishtinchak oil and gas field in southern Tajikistan on Sept. 20.
09/21/2007 -- China, Japan delay dispute resolution talks
Conflicting diplomatic schedules have caused Japan and China to postpone their next round of talks aimed at resolving a dispute over gas exploration rights in the East China Sea.
09/21/2007 -- Suriname, Guyana maritime boundary dispute settled
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has settled a 6-year maritime boundary dispute between Suriname and Guyana.
09/21/2007 -- Brigham plans Powder River basin drilling in 2008
Brigham Exploration has formed a new Rockies JV for a work program to explore and develop 240,000 gross acres of deep rights with multipay potential in the Powder River basin.
09/21/2007 -- BP Norge lets contract for Skarv field in Norwegian Sea
BP Norge let a $359 million EPC management assistance contract to Aker Kvaerner for Skarv oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea.
09/21/2007 -- Colombia awards nine offshore blocks
Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency has awarded 9 of 13 offshore blocks in the Caribbean Sea that had been released for tendering.
09/20/2007 -- Conventional targets sought in Palo Duro
Palo Duro Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC, said it is preparing an exploration program for fall in the Palo Duro basin using proprietary electromagnetic technologies.
09/20/2007 -- Agiba tests oil well on Egypt's Meleiha block
Agiba Petroleum, operator of the Meleiha block in Egypt's Western Desert, has tested 1,000 b/d of dry crude oil from its exploration well in the Gawaher structure on the block.
09/20/2007 -- Brazil's ANP to auction 312 blocks in November
Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) said it plans to auction 312 offshore oil and gas blocks on Nov. 27-28.
09/19/2007 -- Switzerland
Ascent Resources PLC plans to acquire a 22.5% interest in Perazzoli Drilling SRL of Italy that will provide Ascent with priority access to Perazzoli's rigs.
09/19/2007 -- Venture tests gas from Chiswick field in North Sea
Venture Production PLC has tested gas production from the first well on Chiswick field in the UK southern North Sea.
09/18/2007 -- Norsk Hydro takes 10% equity in ONGC's KG block
Norway's Hydro has taken a 10% participating farm-in stake in ONGC's KG-DWN-98/2 deepwater block in the Krishna-Godavari basin off eastern India.
09/17/2007 -- Solana finds potential oil pay in Colombian well
Solana Resources Ltd. said its Tres Curvas-1 wildcat on Colombia's Catguas Block has found good reservoir sandstones having potential oil pay.

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