| Congo >> 8/10/2009 - The initial oil production has commenced at the Azurite field in the Mer Profond Sud (MPS) block, in territorial water (Atlantic Ocean), offshore Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). The oil and gas group... |
| Tajikistan >> 8/10/2009 - Manas Petroleum Corporation announces that its 90% owned subsidiary, Somon Oil was granted the Tajik "North-West" petroleum license which covers 2492 km2 (615 784 acre) of exploration area. The licens... |
| Angola >> 8/7/2009 - Chevron Corporation announced that its affiliate, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC) and its partners, had made a successful discovery in Block 0 located adjacent to the Cabinda coastline in An... |
| Iraq >> 8/6/2009 - Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd., an independent oil and gas exploration company announces that Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (50% GKP, 50% ETAMIC) has made a significant discovery at the Shaikan-... |
| Uganda >> 8/4/2009 - Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Ngara-1 exploration well, which is located in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2, has encountered over 8 metres of net oil pay. ... |
| China >> 7/28/2009 - CNOOC Limited announced that the Company has successfully drilled a new discovery – JinZhou (JZ) 20-2N. JZ 20-2N is located in the northeast of Liaodong Bay, about 4 kilometers north to JZ 20-2 gas fi... |
| Iran >> 7/28/2009 - Oil and Natural Gas Supervising Manager of National Iranian Oil Company indicated: Venezuela is interested in investing in developing 4 oil and natural gas fields in Iran. ... |
| Equatorial Guinea >> 7/24/2009 - PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited or PTTEP would like to announce that PTTEP (Thailand) Limited, a subsidiary of PTTEP, has been granted approval to participate in the Petroleum Co... |
| United States >> 7/22/2009 - Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced that it has made a significant discovery of oil and gas reserves in Kern County, California. Occidental believes there are between 150 million and 250 millio... |
| Equatorial Guinea >> 7/22/2009 - The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy is pleased to announce that a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block EG-07, offshore Bioko, has been signed between the National Oil Company of Equatori... |
| Namibia >> 7/22/2009 - EnerGulf reports that the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia has released a Press Statement dated July 21, 2009 regarding Block 1711. The statement is as follows: ... |
| Morocco >> 7/20/2009 - San Leon is pleased to announce that it has completed its work obligations and as a result of the positive results received from this work the Company has successfully negotiated with ONHYM the conver... |
| Uganda >> 7/20/2009 - Tower is pleased to give the following update on activities in Uganda Licence EA5. A number of specialist external consultants alongside our technical team are contributing to a re-evaluation of Explo... |
| Qatar >> 7/20/2009 - GDF SUEZ has acquired Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s 60% equity stake in Qatar’s offshore Block 4 through the purchase of Anadarko Qatar Block 4 Company, LLC. GDF SUEZ will thus become operator in e... |
| Iraq >> 7/20/2009 - The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq ("KRG") has awarded Gulf Keystone's subsidiary Gulf Keystone Petroleum International Limited ("GKPI") significant interests in two Production Sharing Contract... |
| Senegal >> 7/20/2009 - Rocksource AGC (Profond) AS (“Rocksource”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocksource ASA, has elected to proceed, under the terms of a Farmout Agreement dated 8th September 2008 with Ophir Energy plc, ... |
| Russia >> 7/17/2009 - NGDU Nurlatneft of OAO TATNEFT has started development of Chernoozerskoye field located in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan. Construction of the first production well is nearing completion a... |
| Mexico >> 7/17/2009 - BP announced the drilling of a successful appraisal well in a previously untested southern segment of the Mad Dog field. The 826-5 well is located on Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon block 826 approximatel... |
| Congo >> 7/17/2009 - An oil discovery has been made at the Turquoise Marine-1 prospect in the Mer Profond Sud Block offshore the Republic of Congo. PA Resources holds a 35 percent working interest in the block. ... |
| Turkmenistan >> 7/15/2009 - RWE Dea has been awarded a concession to explore and develop Licence Block 23 in the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan. ... |