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03/26/2013 -- Campos basin Itaipu discovery tests at 5,600 b/d
A BP PLC-led group has reported drillstem test rates as high as 5,600 b/d of oil from the Itaipu-1A presalt discovery well in the Campos basin offshore Brazil.
03/26/2013 -- Namibia: HRT spuds Walvis basin deepwater wildcat
HRT Walvis Petroleum (Pty.) Ltd., Rio de Janeiro, has spudded the Wingat-1 exploratory well on Block 2212A in the Walvis basin offshore Namibia.
03/25/2013 -- India seeks petroleum assessment, more E&P
India is considering ways to boost assessment of its oil and gas potential and is working to lower bureaucratic impediments to exploration and production.
03/22/2013 -- Total group okays big development off Congo
A group led by a Total SA subsidiary has approved investment in the Moho Nord oil development offshore Congo (Brazzaville), expecting production to begin in 2015 and reach 140,000 boe/d in 2017.
03/19/2013 -- Shenandoah appraisal cuts more than 1,000 net ft of oil pay
The Shenandoah-2 appraisal well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has encountered more than 1,000 net ft of oil pay with “reservoir rock and fluid properties of much higher quality than previously encountered by industry in Lower Tertiary discoveries,” said Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
03/19/2013 -- Cairn takes 7,490 sq km farmout offshore Senegal
Cairn Energy PLC will take a farmout from an Australian company and become operator of three exploratory blocks offshore Senegal.
03/18/2013 -- Statoil, ExxonMobil hit more gas on Tanzania Block 2
Statoil ASA and ExxonMobil Corp. have discovered gas at a third deepwater well, estimated to have 4 to 6 tcf of gas in place, on Block 2 offshore Tanzania.
03/15/2013 -- Germany: Lower Saxony gas flow rate revived
RWE Dea and EMPG, 50-50 partners in Becklingen gas field of Lower Saxony in north-central Germany, have completed and placed on production the Becklingen-Z2 well and have estimated the well’s ultimate recovery at 35 bcf.
03/14/2013 -- Albania: Petromanas redrilling Shpirag-2 deep test
Petromanas Energy Inc., Calgary, has continued to surmount drilling difficulties at its Shpirag-2 exploratory well on the Berati thrust belt in Albania.
03/14/2013 -- Qatar: Wintershall makes gas discovery offshore
Wintershall AG has made a gas discovery off Qatar on the Block 4 North exploration and production sharing agreement area signed in November 2008.

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