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Spain: Union Fenosa group shoots 3D in Rioja area

May 22, 2013 Union Fenosa Gas Exploracion y Produccion SAU, Soc. de Hidrocarburos de Euskadi SA, and Oil & Gas Skills SA have completed a 232 sq km 3D seismic survey in the Rioja area of northern Spain.

Namibia: HRT finds noncommercial oil at Walvis well

May 22, 2013

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.

Uzbekistan: Tethys Petroleum signs exploration protocol

May 17, 2013 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 Uzbeki...

New Zealand: East Coast basin well has shows in source rock

May 15, 2013 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 analys...

Cameroon: Addax contracts Atwood jack up for 2014

May 14, 2013

Sinopec Group’s Addax Petroleum Cameroon Ltd. unit has let a contract to Atwood Oceanics Inc. for the Atwood Aurora jack up to drill offshore Cameroon.

Iraq: Garmian block topography mapped via satellite

May 14, 2013

WesternZagros Resources Ltd., Calgary, has completed satellite topography mapping of the 1,780 sq km Garmian block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Alaska: Cook Inlet Cosmopolitan well spudded

May 14, 2013

Buccaneer Energy Ltd., Sydney, has spudded the Cosmo-1 well in 80 ft of water in Cook Inlet 30 miles northwest of Homer, Alaska.

Tunisia/Libya: Joint Oil approves Sonde farmout to Viking

May 7, 2013 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 &a...

Ohio: Magnum Hunter adds dedicated robotic Utica rig

May 7, 2013

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Houston, has taken delivery of a robotic drilling rig, the fifth rig in its fleet, that it expects to spud a Utica shale well in southeastern Ohio on June 1.

Kazakhstan: Condor to test Zharkamys oil discovery

May 7, 2013 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 Kazakhs...

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