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| Chevron drilling relief well to extinguish fire |
| Posted: 17 February 2012 |
| Chevron Nigeria begins process of drilling a relief well to seal the Funiwa 1A natural gas well |
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| Apache exploratory success in the Whittenburg Basin |
| Posted: 16 February 2012 |
| Apache encouraging results in its exploratory drilling program in the emerging Whittenburg Basin play in the Texas Panhandle |
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| Total launches phase 2 of offshore Ofon field |
| Posted: 7 February 2012 |
| Total launched the second phase of the Ofon field development in offshore Nigeria (Ofon Phase 2) has begun |
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| Lundin spuds fourth appraisal well |
| Posted: 3 February 2012 |
| Lundin Petroleum commenced drilling of the appraisal well 16/2-11 on the Johan Sverdrup PL501 discovery located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) |
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| Total launches Hild field development |
| Posted: 2 February 2012 |
| Total, operator of the Hild license, launched the development of the field located in the Norwegian North Sea |
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| Tethys Petroleum signs Uzbekistan exploration MOU |
| Posted: 1 February 2012 |
| Tethys Petroleum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Uzbekneftegaz, the Uzbek State oil and gas company |
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| Chevron natural gas discovery offshore Australia |
| Posted: 19 January 2012 |
| Chevron reported a natural gas discovery in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia |
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| Anadarko appraisal success offshore Mozambique |
| Posted: 17 January 2012 |
| Anadarko reported its seventh well in the discovery area offshore Mozambique |
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| Lundin completes Avaldsnes appraisal well |
| Posted: 16 January 2012 |
| Lundin Petroleum completes appraisal well, 16/5-2S located approximately 8.5 km south of the Avaldsnes discovery well 16/2-6, and 4 km south of the appraisal well 16/2-7 |
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| West Mailisu #2 operations suspended |
| Posted: 11 January 2012 |
| Caspian Oil & Gas Limited suspends operations on its West Mailisu #2 well in the Kyrgyz Republic after pump testing recovered only a small amount of oil |
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| Saudi Arabia looks to solar power |
| Posted: 8 January 2012 |
| Saudi Arabia plans to derive 10 per cent of its electrical supply from the sun by 2020 |
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| Total awarded two exploration licenses in Mauritania |
| Posted: 6 January 2012 |
| Total has signed two exploration licenses with the Mauritanian government that gives it, as operator, a 90% interest in the following blocks... |
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| Newfield signs Uinta Basin supply agreement |
| Posted: 4 January 2012 |
| Newfield signs crude oil supply agreement with HollyFrontier Corporation to provide 20,000 barrels per day of supply capacity at HollyFrontier's Woods Cross, Utah, refinery |
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| Statoil Gullfaks discovery |
| Posted: 4 January 2012 |
| Statoil's drilling of the Skinfaks South well in the North Sea has been completed and the estimated volume is between 1.9 and 6.9 million barrels of oil equivalents |
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| Apache completes Beryl Field acquisition |
| Posted: 3 January 2012 |
| Apache has completed its previously announced acquisition of Exxon Mobil Corporation's Mobil North Sea Limited assets including the Beryl field and related properties |
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| Repsol begins development of Perla field, Venezuela |
| Posted: 23 December 2011 |
| Repsol Chairman, Antonio Brufau, Eni Chairman, Paolo Scaroni, and the Venezuelan Minister of Popular Power for Oil and Mining Rafael Ramírez signed the natural gas supply agreement for the Perla field development |
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| Lundin abandons Makouala Marine-1 well, Congo |
| Posted: 22 December 2011 |
| Lundin Petroleum reported the completion of the Makouala Marine-1 well in Block Marine XIV, offshore Congo (Brazzaville) |
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| BP wins Angolan acreage |
| Posted: 20 December 2011 |
| BP gained access to five more deepwater exploration and production blocks offshore Angola |
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| Total exploring Angola's Kwanza Basin |
| Posted: 20 December 2011 |
| Total is expanding its presence in Angola with three new exploration blocks in the deepwater Kwanza Basin |
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| Chevron natural gas discovery offshore Western Australia |
| Posted: 15 December 2011 |
| Chevron reported a natural gas discovery by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia |
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| Republic of Kazakhstan takes stake in Karachaganak project |
| Posted: 14 December 2011 |
| Republic of Kazakhstan and the contracting companies in the giant Karachaganak gas-condensate field in north-west Kazakhstan have reached an agreement on further development of the field |
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| Lundin Petroleum spuds Bertam-2 appraisal well |
| Posted: 8 December 2011 |
| Lundin Petroleum spudded the Bertam-2 appraisal well in the PM307 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Peninsular Malaysia |
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| Nexen, CNOOC in JV Partnership |
| Posted: 30 November 2011 |
| Nexen has concluded a joint venture with CNOOC Limited in the Gulf of Mexico |
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| TAG to drill 18 wells at Cheal |
| Posted: 28 November 2011 |
| TAG Oil receives consent from the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) and the Stratford District Council (SDC) to drill 18 new wells within Cheal Oil and Gas Field in New Zealand |
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| Lundin Petroleum spuds appraisal well, offshore Norway |
| Posted: 28 November 2011 |
| Lundin Petroleum starts drilling of the appraisal well 16/5-2S on the Avaldsnes discovery located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) |
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| Lundin discovery offshore Malaysia |
| Posted: 23 November 2011 |
| Lundin Petroleum has discovered oil in the Janglau-1 well that was drilled in Block PM308A, offshore Peninsular Malaysia |
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| BP awarded exploration blocks in Indonesia |
| Posted: 21 November 2011 |
| BP has been awarded two oil and gas production sharing contracts (PSCs) by the Government of Indonesia |
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| Successful appraisal of Teak discovery offshore Ghana |
| Posted: 17 November 2011 |
| Kosmos Energy reported that the Teak-3A appraisal well has confirmed a northern extension of the Teak discovery on the West Cape Three Points Block offshore Ghana |
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| Statoil and partners successful bidders offshore Canada |
| Posted: 16 November 2011 |
| Statoil, Chevron Canada and Repsol E&P Canada successful bidders for exploration rights on two land parcels in the Flemish Pass Basin, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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| Iraq natural gas joint venture gets final approval |
| Posted: 15 November 2011 |
| The Iraqi cabinet approves agreement with Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi Corporation, forming a joint venture to gather raw gas from three major oil fields |
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| First oil at Aseng increases PA Resources production |
| Posted: 15 November 2011 |
| Production of oil has commenced on the Aseng Field in Block I in Equatorial Guinea |
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| Repsol makes a new good quality oil discovery in Brazil |
| Posted: 14 November 2011 |
| Repsol Sinopec Brazil and its partners Petrobras and BG Group reporterd a new oil discovery in the Carioca area, located in block BM-S-9 |
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| Production potential raised at Carioca discovery, offshore Brazil |
| Posted: 14 November 2011 |
| BG Group reported an extended well test (EWT) had increased the production potential of the Carioca discovery located on the BM-S-9 concession in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil |
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| Lundin Petroleum: PDO approval for Brynhild |
| Posted: 11 November 2011 |
| Lundin Petroleum PDO for Brynhild field wins approval from the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy |
