| Egypt >> 3/3/2012 - Kuwait Energy plc and their main partner, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), announced Saturday a new oil discovery, the El Salmiya-1 well, in the Abu Sennan concession located in the ... |
| Sudan >> 3/2/2012 - Several new oil fields have been discovered in Adeela Locality in north Darfur State whose reserves will further offset the loss of oil revenues lost after secession of the South, Mastoor Abdul Magid,... |
| Egypt >> 3/2/2012 - Dana Petroleum plc ("Dana") is pleased to announce that Zeitco, its joint venture with the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC), has successfully completed its first well of 2012, A12Z on the Eas... |
| Congo, Democratic Republic (Zaire) >> 3/1/2012 - Soco International said it has been given permission to carry out aerial surveys of a Congolese oil block where exploration was suspended last year due to concerns over environmental damage. ... |
| Colombia >> 2/29/2012 - Brownstone Energy Inc announces that it has received the following operational update for its Colombian operations. ... |
| Iran >> 2/28/2012 - Speaking to Shana, Mr. Mohaddes said that five new oil and gas fields had been found so far this Iranian year that ends 20th March 2012. ... |
| Iran >> 2/28/2012 - Completing digging first well of phase 13 of the South Pars, first phase of so-called 35-month phases touched gas reservoirs. ... |
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Iraq >> 2/27/2012 - Exxon Mobil has disclosed its plans to explore for oil in Iraq's Kurdistan in the company's annual report, breaking months of silence over the investment that has outraged Baghdad. ... |
| Brazil >> 2/27/2012 - Statoil together with operator Repsol Sinopec and partner Petrobras has confirmed a high-impact discovery in the Pao de Açucar prospect offshore Brazil. The partnership announced that it has made a hi... |
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Libya >> 2/27/2012 - Libya has resumed oil exploration activities, and its crude output has climbed to 1.4 million barrels per day, while gas production is now at 2.3 billion cubic feet per day, the National Oil Corporati... |
| Somalia >> 2/25/2012 - An Islamist militia group in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region has merged with the al Shabaab rebel group, said the insurgents, a union which threatens to destabilize the relatively secure are... |
| Iraq >> 2/22/2012 - Iraq has improved the terms under which it will auction off 12 oil and gas exploration blocks in a fourth energy bidding round, an oil ministry official said, after firms said the deals were unattract... |
| Sierra Leone >> 2/21/2012 - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced the Jupiter-1 discovery well, offshore Sierra Leone, encountered 98 net feet (30 meters) of hydrocarbon pay in Upper Cretaceous-age reservoirs. Additionally, t... |
| Mozambique >> 2/21/2012 - Additionally, the company announced its latest appraisal well offshore Mozambique, Lagosta-3, encountered approximately 577 total net feet (176 meters) of natural gas pay in multiple zones. ... |
| Nigeria >> 2/21/2012 - Attacks on oil pipelines, a dearth of funding from the state oil firm and regulatory uncertainty have dampened appetite for exploration of Nigeria's huge oil and gas reserves, its biggest producer Roy... |
| Liberia >> 2/21/2012 - African Petroleum Corp has announced that the Narina-1 well, offshore Block LB-09, Liberia, has made a significant oil discovery. The Company has found a total of 32 metres (105 feet) of net oil pay i... |
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Egypt >> 2/19/2012 - The chairman of Badr El Din Company (Bapetco) Sherif Sousa has recently announced that Shell is investing 600 million USD in Egypt for oil exploration in collaboration with Bapetco. This investment wi... |
| Iraq >> 2/16/2012 - WesternZagros Resources Ltd. has made an oil discovery in the Upper Fars Formation at the Mil Qasim-1 exploration well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. ... |
| China >> 2/15/2012 - London-based oil giant BP has won permission to explore for deepwater gas reserves in the South China Sea from China's Ministy of Commerce, the China Daily reported on Wednesday. ... |
| Mozambique >> 2/15/2012 - Eni announces a new giant natural gas discovery at the Mamba North 1 prospect, in Area 4 Offshore Mozambique, encountering a mineral potential of 212.5 billion cubic meters (7.5 tcf) of gas in place. ... |