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NCT, Santa Maria test Llanos heavy oil discovery

Jul 6, 2012

NCT Energy Group CA Colombia will apply for extended production test authority for the Flami-1 discovery well on the Llanos 27 block in Colombia, said partner Santa Maria Petroleum Inc., Toronto.

Kenya rift discovery encounters thick light oil pay

Jul 5, 2012

Tullow Oil PLC and Africa Oil Corp. have discovered more apparent thick oil pay at the Ngamia-1 wildcat in the South Lokichar basin in northern Kenya.

Statoil, Total discover gas-condensate near Ekofisk

Jul 2, 2012

Statoil ASA said a high-pressure high-temperature gas-condensate discovery on its King Lear prospect in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea has recoverable volumes of 70-200 million bbl of oil equivalent.

Total declares Azerbaijan Caspian gas find commercial

Jul 2, 2012

Total E&P Absheron has filed a notice of discovery and commerciality for the Absheron offshore block east of Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan.

ATP group has Levant gas discovery at Shimshon

Jul 2, 2012

A unit of ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, said the Shimshon wildcat in the Mediterranean offshore Israel is a natural gas discovery in the Levant basin.

Aminex gauges Tanzania gas-condensate discovery

Jun 28, 2012

Aminex PLC plans seismic surveys and further drilling on the Ruvuma block onshore southern Tanzania after gauging a gas-condensate discovery at its Ntorya-1 well.

Japex Indonesia Buton oil find may be commercial

Jun 25, 2012

A group led by a unit of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. will plug and abandon a potentially commercial oil discovery in the frontier Buton basin off southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

USGS estimates potential conventional reserves growth outside US

Jun 25, 2012

The US Geological Survey released a new global estimate for potential oil and gas reserve additions in conventional discovered fields outside the US.

NCT Energy group tests Llanos Une oil discovery

Jun 22, 2012

NCT Energy Group CA Colombia, operator of Llanos Block 27, has drilled an oil discovery at the Flami-1 exploratory well in the Llanos basin in Colombia.

Statoil confirms Flemish Pass oil find off Newfoundland

Jun 21, 2012

Statoil ASA said it has confirmed that its 2009 Mizzen discovery in the Flemish Pass basin 500 km east of St. John’s, Newf., contains a resource of 100-200 million bbl of oil equivalent recoverable.

Washington Grays Harbor exploratory well to spud

Jun 18, 2012

Comet Ridge Ltd., Brisbane, said its US subsidiaries plan to spud an exploratory well in the Grays Harbor area of coastal Washington state in late June.

Sea Dragon taps deeper oil pay in Egypt's Kom Ombo

Jun 18, 2012

Sea Dragon Energy Inc., Calgary, said the Al Baraka-16 well has discovered oil in a separate fault block southwest of the main Al Baraka field in the Kom Ombo basin in southern Egypt.

Anadarko Mozambique gas find marks new complex

Jun 18, 2012

A partnership led by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said it made a discovery offshore Mozambique that establishes a second major natural gas complex in Offshore Area 1 in the Rovuma basin.

Statoil pegs Tanzania Block 2 resource at up to 9 tcf

Jun 14, 2012

Statoil ASA and ExxonMobil Corp. have added a second large gas discovery offshore southern Tanzania and estimate the combined resource at as much as 9 tcf of gas in place.

Manitok touts Cardium oil pool at Stolberg, Alta.

Jun 13, 2012

Manitok Energy Inc., Calgary, has gauged its second new pool oil discovery at Stolberg in the Alberta foothills, where it is preparing to spud the seventh well in its current program.

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