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Mexico: Pemex awards Campeche platform contract May 24, 2012 Pemex Exploracion y Produccion has awarded a contract for the Ayatsil-B drilling platform to McDermott International Inc.
Namibia: HRT to contract semi for deepwater drilling May 24, 2012 HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, Rio de Janeiro, will sign a final contract in early June under which the Transocean Marianas semisubmersible will drill for the company offshore Namibia starting i...
Congo (former Zaire): SOCO plans aerial surveys May 23, 2012 SOCO International PLC plans to fly aerogravity and aeromagnetic surveys over part of Block V in eastern Congo (former Zaire) in June 2012.
Brazil: HRT finds subcommercial light oil in Solimoes May 22, 2012 HRT Oil & Gas drillstem tested subcommercial amounts of 41° gravity oil at the 1-HRT-6-AM well on Block SOL-T-170 in the Solimoes basin in northwestern Brazil.
Bangladesh: Surma basin 3D seismic indicates oil May 21, 2012 Bangladesh, mainly a gas-producing country, has discovered indications of an oil pay zone in two Surma basin gas fields.
Iran: Giant Caspian deepwater oil find claimed May 21, 2012 Iran has claimed to have made a discovery of as much as 10 billion bbl of oil offshore in the Caspian Sea, but few details have been disclosed.
Colorado: Paradox Gothic shale exploration resumes May 21, 2012 Bill Barrett Corp., Denver, said the company has resumed exploratory drilling at its Yellow Jacket prospect in southwestern Colorado in the quarter ended Mar. 31.
Argentina: Wintershall gets second Neuquen block May 21, 2012 Argentina’s Mendoza Province has awarded Wintershall Energia SA and Total Austral SA 50-50 interest in an exploration permit for the Area Ranquil Norte.
Poland: San Leon awarded Praszka concession May 21, 2012 Poland has awarded San Leon Energy PLC the Praszka exploration concession in the southern Permian/SW Carboniferous basin.
Malta: Heritage plans exploratory well in Area 7 May 18, 2012 Heritage Oil PLC said preparations are under way to drill a high-impact well in Area 7 in the Mediterranean offshore Malta.