Exploration Development 2008 P

10/23/2008 -- StatoilHydro confirms oil, gas in Pan-Pandora
StatoilHydro has confirmed oil and gas on the Pan-Pandora prospect on production license 120 and 120B in the Norwegian North Sea.
10/22/2008 -- Santos suspends Henry-2 DW1 gas well off Victoria
Santos is completing and suspending as a gas producer its Henry-2 DW1 sidetrack well on the Vic/P44 permit in the Otway basin off western Victoria.
10/22/2008 -- CNX Gas pushes Chattanooga shale exploration
CNX Gas has expanded its position the Devonian Chattanooga shale gas play to 235,000 acres in northeastern Tennessee and plans a two-rig program to drill 10 wells in the rest of 2008.
10/21/2008 -- Heritage's Warthog well in Uganda finds oil
Heritage Oil Ltd. said it will suspend the Warthog-1 well on Uganda's Block 1 as a potential future producer following its discovery of oil.
10/21/2008 -- Sterling completes tests of East Breagh well
Sterling Resources Ltd., Calgary, has tested 10.2 MMscfd of natural gas from two zones in the East Breagh well in the UK southern North Sea.
10/21/2008 -- PetroChina to drill in Uzbekistan
PetroChina will form a JV with state-owned Uzbekneftegaz to develop Mingbulak oil field in Namangan province on the northern edge of the Fergana Valley in northeastern Uzbekistan.
10/21/2008 -- USGS estimates ANS holds 85.4 tcf of gas hydrates
There are 85.4 tcf of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas resources in gas hydrates on the Alaskan North Slope, reported the US Geological Survey on Oct. 18.
10/21/2008 -- Eagle Ford shale gas-condensate find gauged
Petrohawk Energy said it placed a horizontal new field discovery well in Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford shale in South Texas on production at the rate of 7.6 MMcfd of gas and 250 b/d of condensate.
10/20/2008 -- Indonesia expects E&P investment to reach $375 million
Indonesia expects investments to reach $375 million for the 22 oil and gas blocks it awarded on Oct. 17, according to Evita H. Legowo, director general for oil and gas.
10/20/2008 -- Sentell Bossier-Haynesville well logged
Southern Star Energy said logs indicate that its Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 well in Sentell field, Bossier Parish, La., north of Shreveport, encountered gas in the Jurassic Lower Bossier and Haynesville shales.
10/20/2008 -- Dong reveals Trym oil-gas field development plans
Dong Energy plans to develop Trym oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea with two subsea horizontal wells and a 6-km pipeline tieback to the Danish production platform Harald.
10/20/2008 -- High oil rate tested in southwestern Llanos
Oil is flowing at a rate in excess of 9,700 b/d from the C3 well on the Corcel block in the southwestern part of Colombia's Llanos basin, said Petrominerales Ltd., Bogota.
10/19/2008 -- Indonesia awards contracts, opens new bidding round
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced the award of 22 new oil and gas blocks to investors, out of the 25 it offered for bids.
10/18/2008 -- Alaska to get $80 million in coastal impact aid
Alaska will receive as much as $80 million of coastal impact assistance authorized under Section 384 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, said the US Minerals Management Service on Oct. 16.
10/17/2008 -- Sherritt drops plans for drilling off Cuba
Cuba's state-owned Cubapetroleo reported that Sherritt International Corp. has canceled its agreement for operations in Cuban waters, saying the ventures were not viable.
10/17/2008 -- BLM: Devon seismic will leave no long-term impact
An environmental analysis has determined that no long-term impacts will result from Devon Energy's proposed seismic survey of about 25 sq miles of land near Rock Springs, Wyo., said the US BLM.
10/17/2008 -- Total acquires stake in Yemen block from KNOC
Total SA has agreed to acquire a 30.875% interest from Korea National Oil Corp., the operator, in Yemeni Block 70 where a well is being drilled.
10/17/2008 -- Pertamina moves in on Kodeco, CNOOC
Indonesia's state-owned PT Pertamina, in line with the country's developing policy of resource nationalism, is vying with partner Kodeco Energy Ltd. to become the operator of the offshore Madura oil and gas block.
10/16/2008 -- GDF Suez to seek Middle East E&P opportunities
GDF Suez says it plans to participate in gas E&P and LNG services in the Middle East, where it has a history of participation in energy and environmental services.
10/15/2008 -- Pakistan receives four exploration license bids
Pakistan's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources received four new applications for in-country exploration licenses and rejected four others.

Home

General Interest

Exploration & Development

Drilling & Production

Processing

Transportation

Home

2008

Exploration Development 2008 P