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11/24/2008 -- Sasol makes gas discovery off Mozambique
Sasol Petroleum Sofala has made a natural gas discovery with its Njika-1 exploration well drilled off Mozambique.
11/24/2008 -- Uruguay
Uruguay's ANCAP plans a conference Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2008, in Montevideo to discuss the planned 2009 offshore licensing round.
11/23/2008 -- Murphy, PTTEP win Block WA-423-P off Australia
In the 2008 Australian bidding round, the partnership of Murphy Oil and Thailand's PTTEP won an offshore Australian block said to possess high hydrocarbon potential.
11/22/2008 -- Oil firms awarded three blocks off Newfoundland
A consortium comprising Repsol YPF SA, Husky Oil Operations Ltd., and Petro-Canada secured three blocks off Newfoundland under Canada's latest lease sale.
11/21/2008 -- Petrobras confirms two light oil discoveries
Petrobras reported the completion of drilling of two wells in the presalt layer off Espirito Santo state. The wells proved discovery of 30° gravity oil in the Parque das Baleias area.
11/21/2008 -- StatoilHydro makes gas find in Norwegian Sea
StatoilHydro has made a natural gas discovery with sidetrack exploration well 6707/10-2 in the Norwegian Sea.
11/20/2008 -- Tullow strikes oil in Ghana
Tullow Oil's Ebony-1 exploration well in the shallow water Tano license off Ghana has struck oil-bearing sands.
11/20/2008 -- Mitsui farms into Ghana's Keta Block
Afren Energy (Ghana) Ltd. has farmed out a 20% stake in the Keta Block in the Eastern basin off Ghana to Mitsui E&P Ghana Keta Ltd. Mitsui will share the cost of the Cuda-1X exploration well spudded on Nov. 16.
11/19/2008 -- Saudi Aramco cancels Manifa contract
Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Aramco said it has cancelled a contract awarded in July to Saipem subsidiary Snamprogetti for development of the Manifa oil field.
11/19/2008 -- ExxonMobil signs Black Sea exploration agreement in Turkey
An ExxonMobil affiliate signed an agreement with Turkey's state-owned TPAO to explore two large deepwater blocks off Turkey, marking ExxonMobil's entry into Black Sea exploration.
11/19/2008 -- Syrian oil discovery adds new play type
The Yousefieh-1 exploration well near Khurbet East oil field on Block 26 in northeastern Syria discovered an accumulation of 23° gravity oil, said Gulfsands Petroleum and Emerald Energy.
11/19/2008 -- New Zealand to review emissions trading act
The newly elected National Party-led New Zealand government has signaled it will review the country's Emissions Trading Act that was put into legislation by the previous Labor-led by Helen Clarke.
11/18/2008 -- Sterling makes oil discovery in UK North Sea
Sterling Resources Ltd. will suspend well 210/29a-4 in the UK northern North Sea to evaluate the size and development options of an oil discovery on the Bowstring East prospect.
11/18/2008 -- StatoilHydro wins licenses off Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada has granted StatoilHydro operatorship of one license and a 50% interest in another, both off Newfoundland and Labrador, under its land sale award announced Nov. 17.
11/17/2008 -- Petroproduccion lets seismic contract for off Ecuador
Petroproduccion inked an agreement for Scan Geophysical to implement a 2D seismic program off Ecuador in support of the government's plan to develop hydrocarbon prospects in the region.
11/17/2008 -- Wintershall gets license on Block 4N off Qatar
Qatar has granted Wintershall AG an offshore exploration license for Block 4N (Khuff), close to North field.
11/17/2008 -- Nexus awarded Browse basin exploration permit
Nexus Energy Ltd., Melbourne, has been granted an exploration permit on the southern sector of the Browse basin off Western Australia.
11/14/2008 -- Saharawi Republic
Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) extended the date of its second licensing round to Mar. 31, 2009.
11/13/2008 -- UK grants 171 North Sea licenses in latest round
The UK has awarded 171 licenses in the UK North Sea in its 25th licensing round. The area licensed is thought to contain as much as 20 billion bbl of recoverable oil.
11/13/2008 -- Murphy-led group granted Block Semai II off Indonesia
A consortium comprising Murphy Oil Corp. (operator), Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP), and Inpex Corp. of Japan was awarded offshore Block Semai II as part of the 2007 Indonesia bidding round.

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