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• 11/16/2011 -- Cris-R hydrocarbons logged at ultradeep shelf well
  McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans, will apply to deepen its Lafitte ultradeep prospect well on the Gulf of Mexico shelf to 32,000 ft to evaluate deeper Miocene and Oligocene objectives after wireline logs indicated 56 net ft of hydrocarbon-bearing sand with good porosity in a 58-ft gross Lower Miocene Cris-R section.
• 11/15/2011 -- Latest proposed 5-year OCS plan falls short, API official says
  The US Department of the Interior’s latest proposed 5-year US Outer Continental Shelf program misses an important opportunity because it would greatly limit where offshore oil and gas development could take place from 2012 through 2017, an American Petroleum Institute official said.
• 11/15/2011 -- Noble sees giant East Mediterranean oil, gas potential
  Noble Energy Inc. said it has identified 12 more prospects with more than 20 tcf of gross unrisked resource potential in the eastern Mediterranean that target sands equivalent to those it discovered at Tamar off Israel.
• 11/15/2011 -- Noble group starts Aseng output in Douala basin
  A group led by Noble Energy Inc. has started up Aseng oil and gas-condensate field in the Douala basin east of Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island 13% under budget and 7 months ahead of the original schedule (OGJ Online, July 22, 2009).
• 11/15/2011 -- Kazakhstan: Doris well tests at 4,304 b/d rate
  Tethys Petroleum Ltd. reported a flow of more than 4,300 b/d of oil from a Cretaceous sandstone at the AKD06 Doris appraisal well in the North Ustyurt basin in Kazakhstan.
• 11/15/2011 -- Texas: Linc Energy spuds Barbers Hill field well
  Linc Energy Ltd., Brisbane, has spudded a directional well in giant Barbers Hill oil field in Chambers County, Tex., first in a development program in US Gulf Coast fields acquired from ERG Resources on Oct. 11, 2011.
• 11/14/2011 -- Sinopec to acquire stake in Galp's Brazilian acreage
  China’s Sinopec Group, aiming to increase its presence in Brazil, agreed to acquire a 30% stake in the Brazilian unit of Galp Energia SGPS SA for $5.18 billion.
• 11/14/2011 -- Oman: Saiwan-Farha early oil output increasing
  A group led by CC Energy Development SAL averaged 6,989 b/d of oil in October from the early production system on blocks 3 and 4 onshore Oman.
• 11/14/2011 -- Malta: MOG to shoot 3D seismic survey in Area 4
  Mediterranean Oil & Gas PLC, through subsidiaries, has let a contract to Fugro-Geoteam Pty. Ltd. to shoot 1,000 sq km of long-offset 3D seismic in Area 4 in the Mediterranean off Malta.
• 11/14/2011 -- Cairn finds more gas, some liquids off Sri Lanka
  Cairn India Ltd. said its second exploratory well off Sri Lanka is an apparent gas discovery in three zones with some liquid hydrocarbon potential.