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04/17/2013 -- Second-phase work starts on Halfaya field
A group led by PetroChina Co. Ltd. has begun work on the second phase of development of giant Halfaya oil field in Iraq, reports PetroChina parent China National Petroleum Corp.
04/11/2013 -- Apache finds northern Carnarvon gas zones at Olympus
One of Apache Corp.’s Australian subsidiaries has drilled an apparent gas discovery at the Olympus-1 exploratory well in the northern Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia.
04/11/2013 -- Wet gas indicated at Salamander North Kutei wildcat
Salamander Energy PLC has suspended its North Kendang-1 exploratory well as a potential wet gas discovery on the South East Sangatta PSC in the North Kutei basin offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
04/10/2013 -- Genel Energy gauges Kurdistan Chia Surkh oil, gas discovery
Genel Energy PLC has gauged a high-flowing oil and gas discovery from which it plans to begin production within little more than a year in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
04/09/2013 -- Norway: WesternGeco shooting 3D in western Barents
WesternGeco has begun acquiring a multiclient broadband 3D seismic survey in the western Barents Sea offshore Norway.
04/08/2013 -- Piceance Niobrara gas discovery tops 1 bcf in 100 days
A Niobrara shale discovery well on production for 100 days in western Colorado’s Piceance basin has recovered more than 1 bcf of gas, the same volume as a typical well recovers from the Williams Fork formation in a 25-30-year life, said WPX Energy Inc., Tulsa.
04/08/2013 -- Vertical Vaca Muerta shale gas-condensate discovery tested
Americas Petrogas Inc., Calgary, has reported an operated, vertical gas-condensate discovery in the Vaca Muerta shale on the Los Toldos I block in Argentina’s Neuquen basin.
04/05/2013 -- BP has gas-condensate discovery west of Shetlands
BP Exploration Operating Co. has encountered gas-condensate in reservoirs of varying quality at the North Uist exploratory prospect on the Atlantic margin west of the Shetland Islands.
04/05/2013 -- Bankers eyes polymer, secondary work at Patos-Marinza
Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, has begun injectivity testing at the first pilot polymer flood location in Patos-Marinza field in Albania.
04/04/2013 -- OMV group declares Iraq Bina Bawi field commercial
A group led by OMV AG has submitted a declaration of commerciality for Bina Bawi field east of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

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