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| Oil discovery off the coast of Angola |
| 6 May 2008 |
| The block 15/06 partnership announced the first oil discovery in this deepwater block off the coast of Angola |
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| Otto acquires Santa Rosa licence |
| 5 May 2008 |
| Otto Energy, an Australian-based oil and gas company, awarded Santa Rosa Licence onshore Argentina for a 6 year exploration period |
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| Otto makes another discovery in Turkey |
| 1 May 2008 |
| Otto Energy and Incremental Petroleum reported the confirmation of several gas bearing intervals in Ortakci-1 exploration well |
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| GE wins PDO contract |
| 29 April 2008 |
| PDO using high-pressure compression technology from GE Oil & Gas for depleted wells in four of its gas fields |
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| Nexen restarts North Sea production |
| 29 April 2008 |
| Nexen recommenced production from its North Sea fields, which include Buzzard and Scott/Telford |
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| PA Resources drilling in Ezzaouia, Tunisia |
| 29 April 2008 |
| New drilling campaign on the oil field Ezzaouia in Tunisia will see two production wells drilled during the second and third quarter 2008 |
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| Carbon storage heads underwater |
| 29 April 2008 |
| Sleipner in the North Sea holds 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in underground storage |
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| New template on stream at Vigdis |
| 29 April 2008 |
| Oil flowing from template number three on the Vigdis East structure in the North Sea, adding 16 million barrels of oil to Vigdis production |
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| PA Resources encouraged by Didon results |
| 28 April 2008 |
| PA Resources has completed the drilling of a pilot hole as part of the development of new production wells on the Didon field in Tunisia |
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| Moho-Bilondo brought on stream |
| 28 April 2008 |
| Moho-Bilondo field brought on stream in the Republic of the Congo nearly a month ahead of schedule |
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| Indago abandons well |
| 28 April 2008 |
| Indago Petroleum Limited drilling update for the Al Jariya-1 well |
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| Otto spuds well in Turkey |
| 28 April 2008 |
| Otto Energy, an Australian based oil & gas company, reported the spudding of the third shallow gas well in 2008 of the Edirne gas project in Western Turkey |
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| Strike shuts pipeline |
| 27 April 2008 |
| Nexen reported that the BP plc Forties Pipeline System has been temporarily shutdown because of a two-day strike |
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| Deep Water Gunashli start-up on schedule |
| 22 April 2008 |
| The Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), operated by BP, reported the start-up of oil production from the Deep Water Gunashli platform complex |
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| Sabine Pass LNG regasification terminal inauguration |
| 21 April 2008 |
| The Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal built by Cheniere Energy inaugurated |
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| Float-off of Maari Wellhead Platform goes without a hitch |
| 21 April 2008 |
| Clough completed float-off of the Maari Wellhead Platform (WHP) in New Zealand for client OMV New Zealand Limited (OMV) |
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| PA Resources appraisal well in Equatorial Guinea |
| 18 April 2008 |
| The drilling of an appraisal well has commenced on the Benita discovery located in Block I in Equatorial Guinea |
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| Technip awarded exclusive BP contract |
| 18 April 2008 |
| Technip to provide diving construction services for extensions to existing BP North Sea hydrocarbon field development projects |
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| Husky and CNOOC joint development in Indonesia |
| 17 April 2008 |
| Husky Energy and CNOOC Ltd to jointly develop the Madura BD gas and natural gas liquids field located offshore East Java, Indonesia |
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| First well to be spudded at Tyrihans |
| 16 April 2008 |
| This is an important milestone which marks the start-up of an extensive drilling program in the Norwegian Sea |
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| Aker Solutions' drilling rig hull sails from Dubai |
| 16 April 2008 |
| The hull substructure for drilling rig Aker H-6e has started on its 50 days journey from Dubai to Stord in Norway |
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| PA Resources oil discovery in Norway |
| 16 April 2008 |
| The drilling of the exploration well 16/1-9 on the Draupne prospect in license PL 001B in Norway has been completed |
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| StatoilHydro discovery in Norwegian Sea |
| 14 April 2008 |
| StatoilHydro has made a gas discovery in the Natalia prospect in the Norwegian Sea |
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| ExxonMobil testing in Mako Trough, Hungary |
| 10 April 2008 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation affiliate to begin a phased work program on a production license in the Mako Trough of southeast Hungary |
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| Bahrain World Trade Center in a spin |
| 8 April 2008 |
| The Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) made history today as its pioneering wind turbines turned together for the first time |
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| GCC faces looming energy shortage says BP |
| 8 April 2008 |
| The fast-growing economies of the GCC face a looming energy shortage that can be addressed through cooperation between resource-owning countries and oil companies |
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| UAE power consumption exceeds forecasts |
| 7 April 2008 |
| Energy and water consumption in the UAE has exceeded all forecasts, surging 19 per cent |
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| Australia encouraging petroleum exploration |
| 7 April 2008 |
| Federal Resources Minister, Martin Ferguson, announces release of 35 new offshore petroleum exploration areas in Commonwealth waters |
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| Reindeer approved by Santos |
| 7 April 2008 |
| Santos announced final investment decision for the Reindeer Gas Project located offshore Western Australia |
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| Husky resumes production from SeaRose FPSO |
| 3 April 2008 |
| White Rose oil field resumes production 350 kilometres southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
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| First geosequestration project launched |
| 2 April 2008 |
| The first injection and storage of carbon dioxide into deep geological structures in Australia was launched today with the CO2CRC Otway Project in Nirranda South |
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| Largest LNG ship through Suez Canal |
| 1 April 2008 |
| Qatargas today celebrated another milestone for Qatar with the first Q-Flex transiting the Suez Canal |
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| Total acquires new offshore blocks in the Gulf of Mexico |
| 1 April 2008 |
| Total subsidiary Total E & P USA Inc was the highest bidder in the lease sale 206 on 13 blocks in the Central Gulf of Mexico |
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| EPL finds success with bypassed oil |
| 31 March 2008 |
| Energy Partners East Bay field exploitation well uncovers bypassed oil potential exceeding pre-drill expectations |
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| Lundin Petroleum Alvheim FPSO update |
| 31 March 2008 |
| Lundin Petroleum reported that the Alvheim FPSO has been successfully hooked-up on the Alvheim Field, offshore Norway |
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| BHP Billiton approves funding for North Rankin project |
| 31 March 2008 |
| BHP Billiton approves North West Shelf's North Rankin Gas Compression project designed to recover remaining lower pressure gas from the North Rankin and Perseus gas fields |
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| Dana Gas plans 19 new wells in Egypt |
| 30 March 2008 |
| Dana Gas is executing an aggressive exploration and development program for its Egypt assets in 2008 |
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| StatoilHydro discovery in Hassi Mouina |
| 26 March 2008 |
| StatoilHydro and Sonatrach complete drilling and testing of exploration well four in the Hassi Mouina license, in the Sahara desert, Algeria |
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| Production starts at El Bibane field offshore Tunisia |
| 25 March 2008 |
| The three well drilling program has been completed and the production of oil has started from one of the wells at the El Bibane field offshore Tunisia |
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| Mutineer-Exeter production recommences |
| 20 March 2008 |
| Santos reported production recommenced at Mutineer-Exeter oil fields following successful completion of electrical repairs on FPSO |
