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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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Norwegian Energy Company ASA, The operator StatoilHydro has successfully completed a well on the North flank of the Brage field in Norway. The well was has been tested at stable rates of more than 17 000 barrels per day. This represents more than 2 100 barrels per day net to Noreco. Full text
An oil discovery has been made by StatoilHydro due south-west of the Grane field in the North Sea. The size of the find is estimated to be in the order of 20 – 30 million recoverable barrels of oil. Full text
A record breaking 2,297 blocks or part blocks in UK waters are on offer for exploration in the 25th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round announced today by Secretary of State for Energy John Hutton. Full text
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is pleased to announce the first gas discovery in exploratory block KG-DWN-2003/1 (KG-V-D3) of NELP-V. The block KG-DWN-2003/1 is located about 50 kilometers from Machalipatnam, in Andhra Pradesh in the deep waters of the Krishna Basin in the Bay of Bengal. Full text
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ:ATPG) announced that the Minerals Management Service has awarded to ATP the offshore leases at De Soto Canyon Block 355 and Viosca Knoll Block 863. ATP submitted bids for those properties at the Central Gulf of Mexico Offshore Lease Sale 205 in New Orleans last October. Full text
Norwegian Energy Company ASA, The first phase of the appraisal of the Paleocene Forties sand and the Upper Jurassic Fulmar sand in multiple zone Huntington discovery in UK has been completed. Full text
Eni has made a gas and condensate discovery in the Central North Sea, offshore from the United Kingdom. The 30/6-7 exploration well has confirmed hydrocarbons in a location 1.8 miles (3 km) north east of the Jasmine discovery well 30/6-6. The Jasmine field is at a water depth of around 266 feet (81 m), encompassing parts of blocks 30/6 and 30/7a. Full text
BP and its partner, Marathon Petroleum West of Shetlands Ltd, today announced a new oil discovery in Block 204/23, following drilling on the South-West Foinaven prospect, some 190 kilometres west of the Shetland Islands. Full text
Drilling of an exploration well in the Gamma prospect in the Norwegian Sea has been concluded. A tie-in of the gas discovery to the Åsgard field will be considered. Full text
Apache Corporation (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) today reported the first two discoveries from its 2008 exploration program. Full text