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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.

Eni group gauges Pakistan onshore gas discovery

May 7, 2013

Eni Pakistan Ltd. said the Lundali-1 new field wildcat is a gas discovery on the Sukhpur block in the Kirthar fold belt 270 km north of Karachi, Pakistan.

Tests imply Lundin's Luno II discovery likely commercial

May 6, 2013 A group led by Lundin Petroleum AB’s Norway subsidiary has finished tests at the previously announced Luno II discovery on the southwestern flank of the Utsira high in the North Sea 15 km south of ...

The OCS narrative

May 6, 2013

Nowhere in the administration of US President Barack Obama has action conflicted with narrative more than it has with offshore oil and gas leasing. And the narrative keeps changing.

Carla South well finds oil pay off Equatorial Guinea

May 3, 2013 The Noble Energy Inc.-operated Carla South exploratory well on Block I offshore Equatorial Guinea has encountered oil in good quality sandstones at the target level and shortly is to be sidetracked...

A message from Oil & Gas Journal

May 1, 2013

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Unconventional Oil & Gas Report, a publication of local news from many places.

Fayetteville groundwater study shows no signs of contamination from recent drilling activity

May 1, 2013

FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark.—In January, the USGS announced results from its year-long groundwater study in the central portion of Arkansas' Fayetteville shale.

Keystone XL tension

Apr 29, 2013

Tension increases in the Keystone XL pipeline controversy as hard-core opponents behave with growing desperation.

Group gauges Llanos basin Mirador oil discovery

Apr 22, 2013

A group led by P1 Energy Corp., Calgary, has gauged a Mirador oil discovery on the Llanos 32 block in Colombia’s Llanos basin.

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