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Ireland open 2009 Rockall licensing roundMinister Sean Power today announced the opening of the 2009 Rockall Licensing Round and published the details of the Round. Under the 2009 Rockall Licensing Round, oil and gas exploration companies will be invited to apply for new Frontier Exploration Licences in the Rockall Basin. The acreage on offer in the Rockall Basin to the west of Ireland. Full text |
ONGC announces significant discovery in Krishna Godavari Offshore
Tullow Oil with Successful Ebony-1 exploration well offshore Ghana
StatoilHydro find more gas near Luva discovery
ExxonMobil to explore deepwater blocks offshore Turkey
SemiSub West Alpha start drilling operations on Fulla field
Total with Exploration Success & New Development in Thailand
Revus Energy awarded six North Sea licences in UK license awards
Aker wins deepwater acreage in Ghana
Total acquires Nigerian deepwater interest near Bonga, Ehra and Bosi
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Venture Production plc ('Venture'), the Aberdeen headquartered UK independent oil and gas production company, today announces that it has successfully brought the second production well in the Chiswick gas field onstream.
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Island Oil & Gas plc (LSE:IOG), has announces that Supernova Ireland Resources B.V., a member of the Bluewater Group, has executed a second option to farm in for an additional 10% equity in Frontier Exploration Licence in the Porcupine Basin in the prospective Atlantic Margin off the west coast of Ireland. Full text
CGGVeritas has begun to record a shallow water 3D seismic acquisition and processing program awarded by ONGC, the Indian national oil company, in the Krishna-Godavari Basin off the east coast of India. Full text
Marubeni North Sea Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation) has successfully completed appraisal drilling on the Cayley condensate gas discovery, located in the UK Central North Sea with their partner, Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd. (operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc., one of the largest Canadian upstream company). Full text
Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX:NKO) today announced that the company has signed four (4) Offshore Production Sharing Agreements (PSA's) with the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Government Holdings (PVT) Limited, through the Secretariat of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. Full text
Aker Exploration is optimistic on the coming Stetind well to be drilled by Transocean Leader starting in March. Expectations are to find gas in the well, but oil find can not be ruled out. Full text
Granby Oil and Gas plc (LSE:GOIL), the oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in the UK North Sea and onshore Europe, is pleased to announce that the Granby operated Tristan NW production well in the UK Southern North Sea has been successfully drilled and tested, and that the Ensco 80 rig is preparing to move off location.
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Production is expected to increase from 2008, peaking at over 30,000 barrels per day in 2013-2014. The development cost is an estimated 2 billion dollars for additional proved and probable reserves of around 150 million barrels. As well, operating costs will be reduced by refocusing operations onshore. Full text
Nexen announced today that development of the Usan field, offshore Nigeria has received all necessary approvals to proceed. The Usan field was discovered in 2002 and is located approximately 100 kilometers offshore in water depths ranging from 750 to 850 meters. Full text
ONGC announced, after its Board meeting held on 25th February 2008, that it has notified to DGH four discoveries of Crude Oil and Natural Gas since the last Board meeting on 21st January 2008. Three of the discoveries are onland and the fourth in Offshore Full text