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10/15/2008 -- Bass, Otway exploration program starting
Groups led by Beach Petroleum Ltd., Adelaide, are about to begin a three-well exploratory campaign in lightly explored parts of the Bass and Otway basins off southeastern Australia.
10/15/2008 -- Nile Delta gas-condensate discovery gauged
Dana Gas, Sharjah, UAE, estimated that its Al Tawil-1 discovery in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta has located 90 bcf of gas and 4 million bbl of condensate recoverable.
10/15/2008 -- Revus Energy farms out 30% of Norwegian license
Revus Energy ASA has brought in Spring Energy Norway AS, Oslo, as a partner on production license PL 344 in the Norwegian North Sea under a farm-in agreement.
10/15/2008 -- BP makes oil find on Block 31 off Angola
BP Exploration (Angola) Ltd. has made an oil find with its Dione exploration well, which was drilled in the ultradeep waters of Block 31 off Angola.
10/15/2008 -- Eni discovers oil off Angola
Eni SPA and Sonangol EP tested 22.5° oil in its discovery on the western area of Block 15/06 off Angola, underscoring the potential of the acreage because it exceeded forecasted rates.
10/15/2008 -- BP has Freedom deepwater find in Gulf of Mexico
BP America Inc. has discovered oil for the third time in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and will appraise it to determine its size and commerciality.
10/14/2008 -- Serica files Columbus field development plan
Serica Energy plans to develop the Columbus gas-condensate field in the UK Central North Sea using a subsea tie-back to the BP-operated Eastern Trough Area Project.
10/14/2008 -- Mozambique awards Rovuma basin licenses
Mozambique has awarded an E&P concession contract to a JV of Malaysia's Petronas and Mozambique's Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos de Mocambique.
10/14/2008 -- Beaver River field flows gas from shales
The life of Northeast British Columbia's Beaver River field may be extended if initial flows from shale and siltstone formations prove out in the Liard basin field.
10/14/2008 -- Petrobras reports finds, delays strategic plan
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has informed the country's Agencia Nacional de Petroleo (ANP) of three oil discoveries, two of them offshore and one onshore.
10/13/2008 -- Coastal Energy developing Songkhla off Thailand
Coastal Energy Co has kicked off a four-well development drilling at Songkhla field on Block G5/43, Gulf of Thailand, where it plans to commence production by yearend.
10/13/2008 -- BP lets development contract for In Salah fields
BP Exploration (El Djazair) Ltd. has let a front-end engineering and design contract to Foster Wheeler Ltd. for development of the southern fields of the In Salah project in Algeria.
10/13/2008 -- Success reported in New York's Herkimer sand
Norse Energy Corp., Lysaker, Norway, reported having completed 11 successful gas wells in fractured Silurian Herkimer sandstone in south-central New York.
10/13/2008 -- E.On lets Babbage pipelay contract to Technip
E.On Ruhrgas has let a €32 million lump-sum contract to Technip to design and install a gas export pipeline in second quarter 2009 for Babbage gas field in the southern North Sea.
10/12/2008 -- PDO extends seismic acquisition contract in Oman
Petroleum Development Oman has awarded CGGVeritas a multiyear extension of its contract undertaking high-productivity, high-density onshore seismic acquisition in Oman.
10/10/2008 -- Solana gauges oil in Colombia's Llanos basin
Solana Resources Ltd., Calgary, reported an average flow of 5,645 b/d of 41° gravity oil from the Tertiary Carbonera formation at a discovery in eastern Colombia's Llanos basin.
10/10/2008 -- Firms buy 76 bcf of federal gas in RIK sale
Four companies submitted winning bids as more than 76 bcf of natural gas was sold under the federal royalty-in-kind program, the US Minerals Management Service said Oct. 9.
10/10/2008 -- Ivanhoe to explore, develop heavy oil field in Ecuador
Ecuador's Petroecuador and Petroproduccion have signed a contract with Ivanhoe Energy to explore and develop Block 20, which contains the Pungarayacu heavy oil field, in Ecuador's Amazon basin.
10/10/2008 -- Anadarko reports presalt discovery off Brazil
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has reported a presalt discovery at the Wahoo prospect in the Campos basin off Brazil.
10/10/2008 -- Oxy signs up for Abu Dhabi's Jarn Yaphour, Ramhan fields
Oxy has signed a preliminary agreement with Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. to appraise and develop the Jarn Yaphour and Ramhan oil and gas fields in Abu Dhabi.

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