Netherlands: Offshore exploratory licenses awarded

Wintershall AG’s Noord Zee unit and the Netherlands unit of Sterling Resources Ltd., Calgary, have been awarded the E3 and F1 exploration licenses in the Dutch North Sea.
March 5, 2012

Wintershall AG’s Noord Zee unit and the Netherlands unit of Sterling Resources Ltd., Calgary, have been awarded the E3 and F1 exploration licenses in the Dutch North Sea.

The licenses, which total 792 sq km, are awarded for 4 years with a commitment to shoot 600 sq km of 3D seismic.

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Alan Petzet

Chief Editor Exploration

Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.

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