Iraq

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 4 -- ShaMaran Petroleum Corp., formerly Bayou Bend Petroleum Ltd., let a contract to Gulf Geophysics FZCO, a subsidiary of Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting, Beijing, to shoot 800 line-km of 2D seismic on ShaMaran’s Pulkhana, Arbat, and K-42 blocks in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Acquisition is to start by Jan. 15, 2010. The program is designed to provide seismic data coverage of the Pulkhana development block as part of a planned appraisal program. Shooting on the other two blocks is designed to confirm known leads and identify new targets.