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  1. Light oil exploration due in Kern County

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    Thu, 12 Jul 2007

    Chevron USA Inc. and a group of Canadian companies plan to search an underexplored area of the San Joaquin basin in sprawling Kern County for 15-25° gravity oil.

  2. AWE to expand into oil exploration off Vietnam

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    Mon, 23 Mar 2009

    Australian Worldwide Exploration has added Vietnam to the list of countries it operates in after signing a farmin agreement for offshore Block 06/94 in the South China Sea off Vietnam.

  3. Russia, Japan sign oil exploration agreements

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    Wed, 13 May 2009

    Japan and Russia have agreed to jointly develop an oil field in Eastern Siberia, according to an announcement by state-owned Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corp.

  4. Reliance-Niko to invest $750 million in oil exploration

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    Fri, 29 Sep 2000

    Reliance Industries Ltd., one of the largest and most diversified business conglomerates in India, has decided to invest 34.62 billion rupees ($750 million) in its consortium with Niko Resources Ltd. for exploration of the dozen oil blocks it was recently awarded. The consortium was awarded nine ...

  5. New Views of the Subsurface Play concepts of oil exploration in Yemen

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 4 Jun 2001

    Click here to enlarge image MOL Hungarian Oil Co. has conducted exploration in Yemen since 1996 and operated in two blocks: North Mukalla Block 48 and SE Al Maber Block 49 (Fig. 1). As a result of our technical work, a tectono-stratigraphic model has been developed, new geochemical investigations

  6. Advocates see large promise from ANWR oil exploration

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    Wed, 11 Jul 2001

    Opening the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling could yield the largest oil field the industry has found in more than a generation, drilling supporters told a US House committee. Both the Congress and White House said they want to pass comprehensive energy legislation

  7. TEXAS' LIGHTLY DRILLED DALHART BASIN GETTING MORE OIL EXPLORATION

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    Mon, 24 Jun 1991

    G. Alan Petzet Exploration Editor The Dalhart basin of the northwestern Texas Panhandle, the state's least drilled prospective area, is showing signs of another round of exploratory drilling. Horizon Oil & Gas Co., Dallas, opened ERT (Granite Wash) field in Potter County at 102 Bivins Ranch 9 miles

  8. Studies predict oil upswing in deepwater GOM 2013, beyond

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    Mon, 6 May 2013

    Information Administration (EIA) and Wood Mackenzie Ltd. (OGJ Online, Oct. 15, 2012) predict a strong upswing in oil exploration and production in deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) fields. These analyses use different assessment criteria but reach

  9. MARKET WATCH: Gas price rises, but crude increase was 'underwhelming'

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    Fri, 11 Jan 2013

    indicators, analysts said. Natural gas climbed 2.6%, however, and corporate energy stocks improved with the SIG Oil Exploration & Production Index up 1.2% and the Oil Service Index gaining 1.3%. “Things are looking up in China too, with

  10. A joint venture has reached agreement with Australia's Woodside Petroleum on terms under which Woodside can buy into the 349/Rachel and 30/Amit licences offshore Israel that contain the Leviathan gas ...

    Online Articles

    Mon, 3 Dec 2012

    A joint venture of Noble Energy Mediterranean, Delek Drilling LP, Avner Oil & Gas Exploration LP, and Ratio Oil Exploration LP has reached agreement with Australian company Woodside Petroleum Ltd. on terms under which Woodside can buy into