Field Development
2008.02.13 -
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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
2008.02.11 -
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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
2008.02.11 -
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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
2008.02.06 -
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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
2008.02.04 -
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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
2008.01.31 -
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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
2008.01.25 -
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Apache Corporation (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) today reported the first two discoveries from its 2008 exploration program. Full text
2008.01.22 -
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Petrobras announces that the consortium formed by Petrobras (80% - Operator) and Galp Energia (20%) to explore block BM-S-24, in ultradeep Santos Basin waters, informs that well 1-BRSA-559-RJS (1-RJS-652), called Jupiter, has proved the existence of a large natural gas and condensate field in the Santos Basin’s pre-salt layer Full text
2008.01.18 -
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Today, 18 January, the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Yttergryta was submitted to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The gas field is located around five kilometres north-west of Åsgard B in the Norwegian Sea. Full text
2008.01.15 -
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Talisman (Vietnam 15-2/01) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM) (NYSE:TLM), has tested the Hai Su Den (HSD) exploration well offshore Vietnam. This was Talisman's second oil discovery in Vietnam in 2007, following up on the Hai Su Trang (HST) Miocene sandstone discovery on the same offshore block announced earlier in the year. Full text