11/11/2008
-- StatoilHydro joins Chesapeake in gas E&P pact StatoilHydro has ventured into unconventional gas opportunities and gas shale development under an agreement signed with Chesapeake Energy Corp.
11/10/2008
-- Ithaca Energy to develop Jacky field Ithaca Energy expects to produce 7,500 b/d of oil from one well on Jacky field in the UK North Sea under its development plan, which the UK government has just approved.
11/10/2008
-- Daewoo suspends exploration in Bay of Bengal Daewoo International Corp., under pressure from the government of Bangladesh, has suspended oil and gas exploration in contested waters of the Bay of Bengal.
11/07/2008
-- Beach to share in Egyptian development Adelaide-based Beach Petroleum NL received ministerial approval to acquire from Tri-Ocean Energy a 20% interest in the North Shadwan oil concession in the Gulf of Suez.
11/07/2008
-- Venture tests 9,000 boe/d from Chestnut well Venture Production's test of an appraisal well on Chestnut field in the UK North Sea resulted in a maximum flow of 9,000 boe/d, building upon the previously mapped field area.
11/07/2008
-- SandRidge developing West Texas Overthrust SandRidge Energy expects to be operating 20 rigs in the West Texas Overthrust by the end of 2008, down from 27 rigs in early November and a third quarter average of 34.
11/07/2008
-- Norway offers 79 blocks in latest licensing round Norway, in its 20th licensing round, has invited operators to bid for 79 blocks or parts of blocks on the Norwegian continental shelf.
11/06/2008
-- Gulf of Suez block gets second discovery IPR Energy Red Sea and India's ONGC Videsh are rigging up to drill a third well on the 290 sq km North Ramadan concession in the Gulf of Suez off Egypt.
11/06/2008
-- Puffin well extends Timor Sea oil sand formation China's Sinopec and AED Oil Ltd., Melbourne, flowed 3,600 b/d of oil on test of their latest Puffin field appraisal well, drilled on Permit AC/P22 in the Timor Sea.
11/04/2008
-- Apache's Egyptian discovery tests 4,746 b/d Apache Corp. said its WKAL-C-1X discovery in Egypt's Western Desert flowed on test at a rate of 4,746 b/d of oil and 4.4 MMcfd of gas.
11/03/2008
-- Indonesia awards nine oil and gas blocks ExxonMobil Corp. and Inpex Corp. are among several international oil companies that have been awarded oil and gas exploration rights in Indonesia.
11/03/2008
-- Marathon to develop Droshky, Ozona deepwater finds Marathon Oil Corp. has approved $1.3 billion to develop its Droshky discovery and $300 million for Ozona, both in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
10/31/2008
-- Petrobras to explore just off northwest Cuba Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), building on agreements signed earlier this year, plans to explore Block 37 in the Florida Straits just off Cuba's north coast.