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Exploration Development 2013 P

  • Fri May 24 12:09:00 CDT 2013 -- Rosneft, PDVSA unit to form Orinoco JV
    Rosneft and a subsidiary of Petroleo de Venezuela SA have signed an agreement to form a joint venture to develop heavy oil resources in Venezuela’s Orinoco belt.
  • Fri May 24 10:44:00 CDT 2013 -- Statoil to get stake in Tanzania Block 6
    Statoil has agreed to acquire a 12% working interest in 5,549-sq-km Block 6 offshore Tanzania from Petrobras Tanzania Ltd., the operator.
  • Thu May 23 12:57:00 CDT 2013 -- Lundin plugging dry hole offshore Norway
    Lundin Petroleum AS, Stockholm, is plugging its 7/4-3 exploratory well on PL495 in the North Sea offshore Norway as a dry hole (OGJ Online, Apr. 5, 2013).
  • Wed May 22 12:16:00 CDT 2013 -- Max Petroleum logs pay in Kazakh appraisal
    Max Petroleum PLC, London, has run production casing in an appraisal well it plans to test in Baichonas West field in Kazakhstan.
  • Wed May 22 09:46:00 CDT 2013 -- Namibia: HRT finds noncommercial oil at Walvis well
    HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, Rio de Janeiro, said its Wingat-1 well on Block 2212 in the Walvis basin offshore Namibia found noncommercial amounts of oil and is being plugged.
  • Fri May 17 10:21:00 CDT 2013 -- Uzbekistan: Tethys Petroleum signs exploration protocol
    Tethys Petroleum Ltd. has signed a protocol of intent with the Uzbek state oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz for exploratory work on the Bayterek block in the North Ustyurt basin in northern Uzbekistan.
  • Wed May 15 10:46:00 CDT 2013 -- New Zealand: East Coast basin well has shows in source rock
    TAG Oil Ltd., Vancouver, BC, said its Ngapaeruru-1 exploratory well on PEP 38349 in New Zealand’s East Coast basin had excellent mud gas shows at 1,140-1,295 m and that preliminary gas ratio analysis indicates a predominantly wet gas/oil signature.
  • Tue May 14 12:03:00 CDT 2013 -- East Java Sea Lengo-2 well DSTs at 21.2 MMscfd
    Gas flowed at a maximum rate of 21.2 MMscfd at the Lengo-2 appraisal well in the East Java Sea offshore Indonesia and had the same composition as the gas from the 2008 Lengo-1 discovery well, said AWE Ltd., Sydney.
  • Tue May 07 11:38:00 CDT 2013 -- Tunisia/Libya: Joint Oil approves Sonde farmout to Viking
    Joint Oil, the Tunisia-Libya offshore authority, has approved a farmout by Sonde Resources Corp., Calgary, of the Joint Oil block in the Mediterranean off the two countries to Viking Exploration & Production Tunisia Ltd., a private company.
  • Tue May 07 11:05:00 CDT 2013 -- Kazakhstan: Condor to test Zharkamys oil discovery
    Condor Petroleum Inc., Calgary, received regulatory approval for a completion and testing program of KN-E-201 oil discovery on the 2,610 sq km Zharkamys territory in the Precaspian basin in Kazakhstan.
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