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12/04/2008 -- BLM defends Utah lease sale; Utah defers tracts
The US Bureau of Land Management defended its scheduled Dec. 19 oil and gas lease sale in Utah as its state office deferred additional parcels on Dec. 2.
12/04/2008 -- StatoilHydro taps gas, oil south of Visund Sea
StatoilHydro will plug and abandon appraisal well 34/8-14 A in the Norwegian Sea after it confirmed the Pan-Pandora gas and oil discovery south of Visund field in the North Sea.
12/03/2008 -- Shell Australia finds gas with Libra-1 wildcat
The Shell Australia-operated Libra-1 wildcat, drilled in the Browse basin off Western Australia, found gas in a series of thick sand packages over a 180-m gross vertical section.
12/03/2008 -- New Brunswick gets flowing oil discovery
Corridor Resources Inc., Halifax, NS, plans to appraise an oil discovery 3 km southeast of its McCully gas field in southern New Brunswick.
12/02/2008 -- Giant Grand Bay field's output climbing
Saratoga Resources is raising oil and gas production from giant Grand Bay field in Plaquemines Parish, La., and believes that only about one third of the field's reserve potential has been evaluated.
12/02/2008 -- Total makes oil find off Congo (Brazzaville)
Total SA tested 3,000 b/d of 18° gravity oil from its Moho Marine Nord-3 appraisal well, which was drilled 80 km off Congo (Brazzaville).
12/02/2008 -- CNPC signs framework agreement with Cuba
China's CNPC, eyeing competition from a variety of other nations, has signed a framework agreement with Cuba's state-owned Cupet on expanded cooperation in oil and gas development.
12/02/2008 -- WWF calls for moratorium on Arctic exploration
The WWF, responding to a recent EC policy paper on the Arctic, has called for a moratorium on oil and gas exploration and development in the region until the capability has been developed for handling spillage.
12/02/2008 -- Pertamina seeks Verenex stake in Libya's Area 47
Indonesia's state-owned PT Pertamina is considering plans to purchase the 50% stake held by Verenex Energy Inc. in Area 47 of Libya's Ghadames basin.
12/02/2008 -- Shell eyes BPZ Energy's northern Peru blocks
Shell International Exploration & Production has signed a memorandum of understanding with BPZ Energy Inc., Houston, to explore for oil and gas in northern Peru.
12/02/2008 -- French exploration permits reflect no slowdown
The October bulletin just published by France's Hydrocarbon Exploration-Production Bureau shows no slowdown in requests for exploration permits.
12/02/2008 -- Kyrgyzstan
Santos International Holding Pty. Ltd. has committed to Phase 2 of its five-block exploration program in Kyrgyzstan as a farmee of Manas Petroleum Corp., Baar, Switzerland.
12/02/2008 -- RWE Dea acquires three UK North Sea blocks
RWE Dea AG has secured interests in three partial blocks, including operatorship, under the UK's 25th licensing round in the North Sea.
12/01/2008 -- Energen to pursue elusive Alabama shales
Energen Corp., Birmingham, Ala., plans further tests in 2009 of Conasauga and Chattanooga shales in Alabama without partner Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City.
12/01/2008 -- Egypt Jurassic discovery sets depth marks
IPR Inc., Irving, Tex., gauged a Jurassic oil and gas-condensate discovery at the second deepest well in Egypt's Western Desert.
12/01/2008 -- BLM Utah head defers leases in response to NPS concerns
US BLM Utah State Director Selma Sierra agreed to defer from a Dec. 19 oil and gas lease sale all parcels of concern to the US NPS following 2 days of discussions between the agencies.
11/25/2008 -- Australia awards offshore E&P permits
Australia has awarded 13 offshore exploration permits in its 2007 release scheme, and the successful companies have pledged a total expenditure of $500 million (Aus.) in exploration investment.
11/25/2008 -- Research sought on unconventional gas
Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, Sugar Land, Tex., has requested industry proposals for projects on gas shales, coalbed methane water management, and tight sands.
11/24/2008 -- Chinese plan major investment for South China Sea
China's CNOOC has outlined a plan to invest 200 billion yuan over the next 12 years for the exploration and development of oil and gas fields in the deepwater South China Sea.
11/24/2008 -- Ecopetrol farms into Eni's Gulf of Mexico assets
Colombia's state-owned Ecopetrol will acquire a 20-25% stake in Eni SPA's exploration portfolio in the Gulf of Mexico.

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