12/17/2009
-- Turkey Melrose Resources PLC, Edinburgh, is negotiating contracts for the shooting of as much as 500 line-km of 2D seismic on its South Mardin group of blocks in southeastern Turkey along the border with Syria.
12/17/2009
-- Egypt Melrose Resources PLC, Edinburgh, plans to spud an exploratory well by the end of 2010 in the remote Mesaha concession in the southwest corner of Egypt.
12/17/2009
-- Israel Bontan Corp. Inc., Toronto, completed shooting a 3D seismic survey on the Mira and Sarah drilling licenses and a 2D survey on the Benjamin exploration permit in the Levantine basin in the Mediterranean 40 km off Israel.