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| 09 Sep 10 |
Guinea: Independent resource evaluation estimates 2.3 billion barrels potential for Hyperdynamics offshore Guinea concession
Hyperdynamics Corp has announced the results of a resource evaluation conducted by Netherland Sewell and Associates Inc. (NSAI) of the Company's oil and gas concession offshore Republic of Guinea. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Australia: Buru Energy's Leander-1st1 well fails to find hydrocarbons
Buru Energy's Leander-1st1 well in production licence L8 has failed to find hydrocarbons and is being suspended for possible re-entry and sidetrack to test an interpreted hydrothermal dolomite anomaly. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
KNOC sticks to Dana offer price
Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) said Thursday it won't raise its £1.87 billion ($2.89 billion) bid for Dana Petroleum, a day after Dana released a lengthy document saying the offer undervalued the company. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Repsol to export Brazil's subsalt concept to Africa
Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF wants to export its concept of Brazilian subsalt oil reserves to Gabon, Congo, the Republic of Congo and Angola, Nemesio Fernandez-Costa, the company's vice president for exploration and production, said. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Sao Tome extends EEZ First Licensing Round to November
The deadline for accepting tenders in seven oil-rich blocks in the Gulf of Guinea archipelago Sao Tome and Principe will be extended by two months to November, Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada said. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Norway: Det norske sells Dovregubben interest to GDF SUEZ
Det norske oljeselskap has sold a five percent interest in PL 468 to GDF SUEZ E&P Norge. The licence is located due east of the Ormen Lange gas field, and contains the Dovregubben Prospect. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Denmark: PensionDanmark becoming partner in DONG Energy's Nysted offshore wind farm
DONG Energy and PensionDanmark have signed an agreement, under which PensionDanmark will buy 30% of the Nysted offshore wind farm at a cash consideration of DKK 0.4 billion. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Russia: Urals Energy announces 2010 interim results and updates operations
Urals Energy, an independent exploration and production company with operations in Russia, has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Russia: PetroNeft Resources announces 2010 interim results and updates operations
PetroNeft Resources, owner and operator of Licences 61 and 67, Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, has reported its results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2010. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Romania: Regal Petroleum abandons E-1 Sagna exploration well
Regal Petroleum has announced that the exploration well E-1 Sagna, in the Barlad Concession, is being plugged and abandoned. Despite encouraging gas shows noted during drilling, no gas inflow was established. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Aurelian Oil & Gas announces operational update
Aurelian Oil & Gas, the European focused E&P Company, has provided an operational update for Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Nautical Petroleum announces successful Kraken appraisal well in UKCS Block 9/2b
Nautical Petroleum has announced the results of the Kraken appraisal well located on UK Central North Sea Block 9/2b, in which Nautical has a 35 per cent equity interest. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Morocco/Oman: Circle Oil updates operations in Morocco and Oman
AIM-listed Circle Oil has announced an operational update on its activities in Morocco and Oman. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Syria: Gulfsands Petroleum updates Syrian operations
Gulfsands Petroleum has provided an update on the Company's operations at Block 26, Syria where Gulfsands holds a 50% interest and acts as operator. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Ithaca Energy awards Athena field development contracts
Ithaca Energy has announced that the contract for provision of a floating production facility and the letter of award for provision of a semi-submersible drilling rig have been awarded for the Athena development. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Australia: Santos sells 15% stake in GLNG project to Total for A$650 million
Santos has executed an agreement with Total for the sale of a 15% interest in GLNG for A$650 million. In parallel, PETRONAS has also entered into an agreement to sell a 5% interest in GLNG to Total. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: WINGAS' Saltfleetby onshore gas storage project approved
Britain has approved a WINGAS project to convert the depleted Saltfleetby onshore gas field in east England into a gas storage facility, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said on Thursday. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Karoon takes first step in listing South American assets
Australia's Karoon Gas has filed a draft prospectus and reference form with the Brazilian securities regulator. This is the first step in the process to conduct an initial public offering of its common shares. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Kenya: Vanoil Energy commences 2D seismic program on Block 3A
Vanoil Energy has commenced its comprehensive 2D seismic program on its 100% owned Block 3A in Kenya, which is strategically situated in the Anza Basin within the hydrocarbon prolific Cretaceous Central African Rift Basin System. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Mongolia: Manas Petroleum to acquire seismic in Blocks 13 and 14 in Mongolia
Manas Petroleum has entered into a contract with a seismic company to acquire 300 km of 2D seismic in for the Company's project on Blocks 13 and 14 in Mongolia. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Dana Petroleum's largest shareholder ready to back hostile KNOC bid
Dana Petroleum's hopes of extracting a much higher price from its hostile predator, the Korean state-controlled oil producer KNOC, took a blow Wednesday after the FTSE 250 company's largest shareholder dismissed its defence strategy. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Dana Petroleum acquires UKCS interests from Petro-Canada UK
Dana Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Petro-Canada UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suncor Energy, to acquire Petro-Canada UK's interests in certain UK assets for a cash consideration of £240 million (approx. $372 million). |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Endeavour sells Cygnus gas field interest to Bayerngas
Endeavour International Corp has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 12.5% interest in the Cygnus gas field in Southern Gas Basin Block 44/12a to Bayerngas UK. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Russia and Kazakhstan sign deal to develop Imashevskoye gas field
Russia and Kazakhstan have signed an agreement on joint geological exploration of the Imashevskoye gas condensate field, the two countries said on Tuesday. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
New Zealand: TAG Oil provides Taranaki Basin operations update
TAG Oil has announced that the Company is beginning the next phase of its Taranaki program, including exploratory and horizontal development drilling, and various workover operations including multi-stage fracture treatments |
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