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Exploration Development 2008 P

  • 07/02/2008 -- Gold Point Energy farms in to Bulgarian licenses
    JKX Oil & Gas and Aurelian Oil & Gas PLC plan to bring in Gold Point Energy Corp. as a farm-in partner on the B Golitza and B1 Golitza licenses in Bulgaria.
  • 07/01/2008 -- UK's Moth a dual oil, gas-condensate find
    Although not quantified, the Moth exploration well in UK Central North Sea Block 32/21 is a large discovery, said the UK subsidiary of Oilexco Inc., Calgary.
  • 07/01/2008 -- Soco tests Block 16-1 gas, condensate off Vietnam
    Soco International PLC reported gas and condensate flowed during a drillstem test on the Te Giac Den 1X sidetrack well off Vietnam.
  • 06/30/2008 -- Australia's Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 in effect
    Australia's Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 will be replaced July 1 with the new Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (OPA).
  • 06/30/2008 -- Brazil plans oil law changes, oil management firm
    Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao plans to propose the creation of a new state-run firm that would manage oil discoveries made in recent months in the Santos basin.
  • 06/30/2008 -- BLM posts final EIS for Pinedale Anticline area
    The final supplemental environmental impact statement for the Pinedale Anticline Project Area in Wyoming is available, the US Bureau of Land Management said on June 26.
  • 06/29/2008 -- Norway launches 20th licensing round
    Norway has invited operators to bid for 79 blocks or parts of blocks under its 20th licensing round that covers the Norwegian and Barents seas.
  • 06/27/2008 -- ExxonMobil-BHP Billiton apply for Turrum Phase 2
    The Melbourne-based JV of ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton has lodged an environmental application for Phase 2 development of Turrum oil and gas field in Bass Strait.
  • 06/27/2008 -- KRG lets E&D contracts to South Korea's KNOC
    KRG has let contracts to South Korea's KNOC for the exploration and development of eight blocks near key cities in the northern region.
  • 06/26/2008 -- Lukoil, ConocoPhillips start W. Siberia field
    A joint venture of OAO Lukoil and ConocoPhillips has begun first-stage oil and gas production from Yuzhno Khylchuyu field in the Nenets Autonomous District of northwestern Siberia, Russia.
  • 06/26/2008 -- NOC signs E&P deals with Occidental, OMV
    Libya's National Oil Co. has signed exploration and production agreements with Occidental Petroleum Corp. and OMV AG to upgrade their existing petroleum deals (OGJ, Feb. 7, 2005, p. 35).
  • 06/25/2008 -- Sierra Leone
    Elixir Petroleum Ltd. has shot 1,222 sq km of 3D seismic, securing data over Block SL-4 off Sierra Leone.
  • 06/25/2008 -- Petronas makes second gas find on Mubarak Block
    Petronas Pakistan Ltd. of Malaysia has made a second natural gas discovery on the Mubarak Block in the Ghotki district of southeastern Sindh province in Pakistan. The discovery was made by the Saqib-1A well, which was drilled to the planned depth of 3,780 m.
  • 06/25/2008 -- Assessment due of Dutch North Sea discovery
    Cirrus Energy Nederland BV plans to become operator of the undeveloped K10-Bravo oil field in the Dutch North Sea and is contemplating development from facilities in place.
  • 06/25/2008 -- Ernst & Young study: US oil reserves holding flat
    US proved oil reserves for 40 exploration and production companies increased 2% during 2003-07, reported Ernst & Young in a benchmark study released in Houston.
  • 06/24/2008 -- Tullow Oil makes Uganda oil, gas discovery
    Tullow Oil PLC discovered oil and gas within the Ngege-1 exploration well on the northern part of Block 2 in Uganda's Lake Albert Rift basin.
  • 06/24/2008 -- Colombia opens 'mini round' auction
    The Colombian government, building on earlier talk of a "mini-round" auction, announced an auction of exploration rights to more than 100 blocks, according to a senior official of the country's hydrocarbons regulator, Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH).
  • 06/24/2008 -- Russian-Kazakh Caspian discovery claimed
    The first well on the Tsentralnaya structure in the Caspian Sea off Russia is a possibly giant oil and gas-condensate discovery, the OOO TsentrKaspneftegas joint venture announced earlier this month.
  • 06/23/2008 -- Talisman invests in two KRG blocks
    Talisman Energy Inc. Calgary, eyeing a possible settlement of differences between the Iraqi central government and the northern Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), said two of its subsidiaries have entered into agreements with KRG for "interests" in Blocks K44 and K39.
  • 06/21/2008 -- Coastal gets nod to start Songkhla field production
    Coastal Energy Co. received a government permit to start oil production from the Songkhla field and satellite prospects on Block G5/43 in the Gulf of Thailand.
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