Angola >> 12/15/2006 - Sonangol announced first production from Angola’s deepwater Dalia field in Block 17. Discovered in September 1997 and located some 135 kilometres off the coast in water depths ranging from 1,200 to 1,... |
Nigeria >> 12/15/2006 - ONGC Mittal Energy Ltd. or OMEL, a joint venture between India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. and London based Mittal group expects to get a third oil and gas exploration and production block in Nigeria,... |
Libya >> 12/13/2006 - U.K. oil major BP PLC (BP) is close to signing an integrated gas development deal with Libya's state-owned National Oil Co., which could be signed next year, NOC's chief executive said. Speaking to DJ... |
Yemen >> 12/12/2006 - The Ministry of Oil and Minerals has selected the joint venture group comprised of DNO ASA (operator at 34%), TG Holdings Yemen Inc. (33%) and Ansan Wikfs (Hadramaut) Limited (33%) as the successful b... |
Yemen >> 12/11/2006 - TransGlobe Energy Corporation is pleased to announce the award of a new exploration block in the Republic of Yemen. Block 84, Yemen (33.0% working interest). The Ministry of Oil and Minerals has sele... |
Iran >> 12/11/2006 - Daily gas production from Khami layer of Marun field, southern Iran, may reach 200 million cubic feet once three more wells are added to the existing ones, ISNA reported on Sunday. Meeting the goal, g... |
Egypt >> 12/11/2006 - Melrose Resources plc gives the following update of exploration and development activity on the El Mansoura Concession located in the Nile Delta in Egypt. Melrose has a 100% working interest in the El... |
Iraq >> 12/7/2006 - Calibre Energy, Inc., announced the Bina-Bawi-1 exploration well was at a depth of 2,112 meters (6,929 feet) and has completed running 9 5/8" casing and is currently drilling ahead to a total depth es... |
Tanzania >> 12/6/2006 - Petrobras signed a Shared Production Agreement for Block 6, which covers an area of 11,099 square kilometers and is located in deep waters (500 to 3,500 meters) in the Tanzanian sector of the Indian O... |
Morocco >> 12/6/2006 - Stratic Energy and partners Heyco Maroc and Energycorp Maroc, spudded the Menadra-1 wildcat well back on 27th October on the Moulay Bousselham permit, onshore Morocco using the ONHYM (Moroccan nationa... |
Egypt >> 11/30/2006 - OMV Aktiengesellschaft strengthens its North African E&P core region with an expansion to Egypt. OMV’s 100% subsidiary OMV Exploration & Production GmbH has been awarded offshore exploration Block 11 ... |
Yemen >> 11/29/2006 - Calvalley Petroleum Inc. announced that McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd. has recently completed a resource estimate for Block 9 (100%) in Yemen. Based on a P50 analysis the original oil in place... |
Saudi Arabia >> 11/28/2006 - Saudi Aramco has discovered a new gas field south of Ghawar Field in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. On Nov. 15, the Nujayman-1 well tested gas in the 'Unayzah reservoir at 4,572 meters (15,000 ... |
Iran >> 11/23/2006 - Iran has discovered new onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan with an estimated value of $7.3 billion, an Iranian oil official said Wednesday. The ne... |
Syria >> 11/22/2006 - On Tuesday November 21, 2006, the Syrian Petroleum Company, the Petroleum Ministry and Maurel & Prom signed an exploration permit covering block XI, called Alasi, in Syria. This block covers an area o... |
Libya >> 11/20/2006 - Hellenic Petroleum S.A. reports a new natural gas discovery in the well C1-NC210. The well, drilled by Woodside Energy (NA) Ltd., is located in the Murzuq Basin approximately 1000 Km south of Tripoli... |
Libya >> 11/20/2006 - Hellenic Petroleum SA had made a new natural gas discovery as part of a consortium of companies drilling in the Murzuq Basin in southern Libya. "Geologicaldata are being reviewed to make preliminary e... |
Yemen >> 11/17/2006 - TransGlobe Energy Corporation announce a new oil discovery at Osaylan #2, Block S-1, Yemen (25% working interest). The Osaylan #2 exploration well commenced drilling October 15 and was drilled to a to... |
Mauritania >> 11/16/2006 - Woodside Petroleum Ltd. said that reserves at its Chinguetti oil field offshore Mauritania are likely to be 57% below original estimates. Proven and probable reserves, or 2P reserves, at Chinguetti ar... |
Iraq >> 11/14/2006 - DNO ASA released a status report on the Company's operations in Northern Iraq. Tawke # 2 was drilled as an appraisal well of the Tawke oil discovery. The well is located some 2 km to the west of Tawke... |
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