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Exploration Development 2008 P

  • 09/24/2008 -- Lundin Dordives 1-D well in Paris basin finds oil
    Lundin Petroleum AB has discovered oil within the Jurassic age Dogger limestone reservoir in France.
  • 09/24/2008 -- Eni tests gas from Argo 2 well off Sicily
    Eni SPA plans to develop on a fast-track basis its offshore discoveries in the Silician Strait following test results of 170,000 cu m/day of natural gas from the Argo 2 well.
  • 09/23/2008 -- Nido Petroleum finds oil off Philippines
    Perth-based Nido Petroleum Ltd.'s Yakal-1 wildcat in SC54 of the Northwest Palawan basin off the Philippines has encountered a 66-m gross oil column.
  • 09/23/2008 -- New Zealand awards licenses for 11 onshore blocks
    Australian and New Zealand companies shared the awards in New Zealand's latest exploration permit licensing round in the onshore Taranaki basin this week.
  • 09/23/2008 -- GDF Suez to acquire 20% of Libyan PSA
    GDF Suez has acquired from the Greek integrated energy group Hellenic Petroleum a 20% stake in an exploration-production license in Libya.
  • 09/23/2008 -- Maryland
    Garrett and Allegany counties in westernmost Maryland have become areas of interest in the Appalachian basin Devonian Marcellus gas shale play since 2006, said the Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore.
  • 09/22/2008 -- Botswana
    Zulu Energy Corp., Denver, said it unexpectedly encountered conventional gas while drilling a well in search of coalbed methane in the northeastern part of nonproducing Botswana.
  • 09/22/2008 -- GeoPark tests two Fell Block wells in Chile
    GeoPark Holdings said it has successfully tested and placed on production the Estancia Zunilda 1 well and the Santiago Norte 5 well on the Fell Block in Chile.
  • 09/22/2008 -- Nautical spuds second Kraken appraisal well
    Nautical Petroleum PLC has spud the second Kraken appraisal well on Block 9/2b in the UK North Sea using the Sedco 704 drilling rig.
  • 09/20/2008 -- DNO to develop Froy oil field in Norwegian North Sea
    DNO Norway and partner Premier Oil PLC plan to develop Froy oil field in the Norwegian North Sea and will start production in late 2012.
  • 09/19/2008 -- Total, Gazprom, YPFB join gas exploration JV in Bolivia
    Total, Gazprom, and YPFB signed a cooperation agreement to explore for gas on Azero block, which lies in the Andes foothills in southeastern Bolivia.
  • 09/18/2008 -- Emerald wins Block 163 in Peru's Ucayali basin
    Peru's state-owned Perupetro SA said Emerald Energy PLC won the bid for Block 163 in the recently completed 2008 round.
  • 09/18/2008 -- Emerald reports oil find on Ombu block in Colombia
    Emerald Energy PLC reported an oil discovery in Colombia at its Capella No. 1 well on Ombu block.
  • 09/18/2008 -- BNK presses Tishomingo field work, adds land
    BNK Petroleum signed gas sales and gas processing agreements and acquired more acreage near southern Oklahoma's Tishomingo field, where it is producing gas and oil from Mississippian-Devonian Woodford shale.
  • 09/17/2008 -- Russia moves to secure Arctic shelf resources
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, noting that the Arctic shelf could contain 25% of the world's hydrocarbon resources, ordered the Russian government to develop a plan to develop the region.
  • 09/17/2008 -- RWE finds gas in Disouq concession in Egypt
    RWE Dea AG has discovered gas for the second time within the South Sidi-Ghazy 1x-well on the Disouq concession in the Egyptian Nile Delta.
  • 09/17/2008 -- North Argentina discovery flows oil near Chivil
    Gran Tierra Energy reported a stabilized flow rate of 2,324 b/d of 43.8° gravity oil on test at the Proa.x-1 exploration well on the Surubi block in northern Argentina's Noroeste basin.
  • 09/12/2008 -- DOI probe finds bad behavior in MMS RIK office
    Employees in the US Minerals Management Service's royalty-in-kind office in Denver were paid for outside work, abused drugs and alcohol, and solicited sex, an investigation by the Department of the Interior solicitor general's office found.
  • 09/12/2008 -- Chevron signs extension for exploration in PNZ
    Chevron Corp. signed a 30-year extension with Saudi Arabia on its right to explore and develop reserves in the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ), an oil-producing area between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
  • 09/12/2008 -- Petrobras makes 'relevant' offshore oil find with Iara
    Petroleos Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) announced that an offshore field, in the same block as the Tupi field, is expected to yield some 3-4 billion bbl of recoverable light crude and natural gas.