Colombia: Amerisur adds strong Putumayo oil well
Oct 5, 2012
Amerisur Resources PLC has placed the No. 5 well in Platanillo field in the Putumayo basin of Colombia on commercial production after having tested it at the rate of 2,472 b/d of 31.8° gravity oil, natural, on choke with 61 psi wellhead pressure. |
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Australia: Bengal starts three-well Cooper basin program
Oct 3, 2012
Bengal Energy Ltd., Calgary, has spudded the first of a three-well exploratory program on ATP 732P in Australia’s southeastern Cooper basin. |
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Texas: Penn Virginia adds Eagle Ford shale acreage
Oct 3, 2012
Penn Virginia Corp., Radnor, Pa., has increased its acreage position in the Eagle Ford shale play to 30,000 net, 40,100 gross acres with the acquisition of 4,100 net acres in Gonzales and Lavaca counties, Tex., for $10 million. |
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Mongolia: Four subbasins remain for Manas to explore
Oct 3, 2012
Four subbasins remain to be evaluated after the Gobi Energy Partners LLC subsidiary of Manas Petroleum Corp. plugged and abandoned the Ger Chuluu-D1 well in the Ger Chuluu subbasin at 600 m without finding hydrocarbon shows. |
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Ethiopia: Marathon joins South Omo concession
Oct 3, 2012
A Marathon Oil Corp. unit will acquire Agriterra Ltd.’s 20% working interest in the South Omo concession in Ethiopia by the end of 2012, retroactive to Aug. 17. |
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California: Neon secures new lease at North San Ardo
Oct 3, 2012
Neon Energy Ltd., Perth, has secured a 100% working interest in a lease adjacent to North San Ardo field in California’s Salinas basin that the company said may contain an extension of the field. |
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Ivory Coast: Lukoil Overseas to operate Block CI-524
Oct 2, 2012
Lukoil Overseas has signed a production sharing agreement with the Ivory Coast government that covers Block CI-524 in the Gulf of Guinea. |
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Guyana: Repsol may take Georgetown farmout from CGX
Oct 1, 2012
Repsol Exploracion SA agreed to take a farmout from CGX Energy Inc., Toronto, of 5% of CGX’s 25% participating interest in the Georgetown Petroleum Prospecting License, subject to government approval. |
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Kenya: Exploratory well spudded in onshore Block 10A
Oct 1, 2012
Tullow Oil PLC has spudded the Paipai-1 exploratory well on Block 10A in northwestern Kenya. |
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Falkland Islands: FOGL spuds second exploratory well
Sep 26, 2012
Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd. has spudded the Scotia exploratory well in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic 315 km east-northeast of Stanley. |
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Sierra Leone: Chevron group gets deepwater concession
Sep 26, 2012
Sierra Leone has awarded two deepwater blocks offshore Freetown to a group led by a Chevron Corp. subsidiary. |
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Chad: Simba Energy awarded blocks in three basins
Sep 25, 2012
Chad has granted 100% interests in three production sharing contracts in the Doba, Doseo, and Erdis basins to Simba Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC. |
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Mozambique: Petronas, Total to explore offshore Mozambique
Sep 24, 2012
Total SA will take a farmout to acquire a 40% interest from Malaysia’s Petronas in Blocks 3 and 6 offshore northern Mozambique. |
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Colombia: Caribbean, Pacific seismic surveys set
Sep 24, 2012
TGS NOPEC Geophysical Co. will shoot proprietary 2D marine seismic surveys under an agreement with Colombia’s Agencia de Hidrocarburos. |
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Kenya: Bowleven to take farmout on four-basin block
Sep 20, 2012
Bowleven PLC, Edinburgh, will take a farmout from Admantine Energy Ltd. to earn a 50% equity interest in Block 11B in northwestern Kenya. |
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