Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, has begun injectivity testing at the first pilot polymer flood location in Patos-Marinza field in Albania.

Lundin Petroleum AB, Stockholm, has spudded the 7/4-3 exploratory well on PL495 in the North Sea offshore Norway.

A group led by OMV AG has submitted a declaration of commerciality for Bina Bawi field east of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO) has let two contracts for its development of Satah Al-Razboot (SARB) oil field about 120 km offshore Abu Dhabi’s northwestern coast (OGJ Online, May 3, 2011).

Contested areas of the South China Sea have not been assessed to hold large conventional oil and natural gas resources, the US Energy Information Administration said.

Petroleum Development Oman reported a giant gas-condensate discovery in the northern part of its concession area 40 km west of Saih Rawl field.

MicroSeismic Inc., Houston, said it has installed equipment to monitor, map, and analyze hydraulic fracturing of an undisclosed customer’s exploration and field development program in Poland.

Newfield Exploration Co., which is exploring strategic alternatives for its assets offshore Malaysia and China, has gauged gas at a second pinnacle reef discovery on Block SK 310 offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, and estimates initial gas in place at 1.5 to 3 tcf, the largest conventional exploratory success in the company’s 25-year history.

Statesman Resources Ltd., Vancouver, BC, as part of a rationalization of noncore assets, has sold Reichel gas field and related leases in Rush County, Kan., to an undisclosed buyer for $302,500.

Noble Energy Inc. has spudded the I-7 exploratory well on Block I offshore Equatorial Guinea, said 7.5% interest holder PA Resources AB, Stockholm.

New Zealand Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC, will install artificial lift equipment at its sixth oil discovery in the Taranaki basin on New Zealand’s North Island.

CGG has begun shooting the 3-month first phase of the Steppingstone multiclient 3D seismic survey in the North Sea offshore central Norway.

Colombia’s state Ecopetrol SA disclosed that its Venus-2 exploratory well in San Martin municipality of Meta Province had proved the presence of crude oil.

Inpex Corp. has taken a 25% farmout from Statoil in an exploration license covering areas 2 and 5 in the Rovuma basin offshore Mozambique.