Exploration News
| Angola >> 8/13/2008 - The Saxi and Batuque fields, part of the ExxonMobil operated Kizomba C development project in Block 15 offshore Angola, started production. StatoilHydro holds a 13.33% stake in Block 15. Saxi and Batu... |
| Angola >> 8/13/2008 - Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited (Esso Angola), started production from the Saxi and Batuque fields as part of the development progress... |
| Angola >> 8/13/2008 - Eni announced the production start up from the Saxi and Batuque fields, located in deep water some 145 km off the coast of Angola as part of the development of the Kizomba C Project. The Kizomba C Pro... |
| China >> 8/12/2008 - CNOOC Limited announced that the company had acquired a new oil and gas discovery named Bozhong(BZ) 29-5 in the Yellow River Mouth Sag of Bohai Bay, which represents another new progress of the compan... |
| Tunisia >> 8/11/2008 - Petrofac announced that commercial production of gas and condensate has begun from the Chergui field located on Kerkennah Island in Tunisia. Petrofac Energy Developments is the operator and has a 45% ... |
| Brazil >> 8/8/2008 - BG Group announced a material new oil discovery in the pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The exploration well, known as Iara, discovered 30 degrees API light crude oil within the BM-S-11 concess... |
| Australia >> 8/7/2008 - Total announces a gas discovery from the Mimia-1 exploration well on the WA-344P permit (Total 40%), in Australia. Total E&P Australia and Inpex (operator, 60%) acquired the WA-344P exploration acreag... |
| Egypt >> 8/6/2008 - Eng. Sameh Fahmi, Minister of Petroleum signed an oil exploration and production agreement between Ganoub Al Wadi Petroleum Holding Co. ( Ganope ) and the Syrian Anwar El Akad Sons Corp. " Oil United... |
| Kenya >> 8/6/2008 - Origin Energy (Kenya) Ltd advised that, subject to the completion of further specialist seismic work, the Kenyan Ministry of Energy has granted a six month extension to the First Additional Period of ... |
| Algeria >> 8/5/2008 - StatoilHydro has, together with its partner Sonatrach, made a fifth discovery in the Hassi Mouina licence in the Sahara desert in Algeria. The existence of gas was confirmed in exploration well TNKW-1... |
| Libya >> 8/3/2008 - NOC announced that Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) had made a new oil discovery in the well D1-NC129 (New Field Wildcat well) in Slouq Depression Basin. The total depth of the well is 8,500 feet and ... |
| Nigeria >> 8/1/2008 - The Agbami field offshore Nigeria started producing oil on 29 July. The field is expected to reach plateau production of 250,000 barrels of oil a day by late 2009. Total field reserves are estimated a... |
| Egypt >> 7/30/2008 - Apache Corporation reported that the Heqet-2 appraisal well in Egypt's Greater Khalda area is producing approximately 2,100 barrels of oil per day from the Jurassic Safa formation. Apache also said th... |
| Vietnam >> 7/28/2008 - SOCO and its partners, Petrovietnam and PTTEP Hoan-Vu announced the first flow of crude oil and wet gas from the Ca Ngu Vang Field (CNV), which occurred on 25 July 2008. The block is operated on behal... |
| Libya >> 7/28/2008 - Verenex Energy confirmed an oil discovery at A1-47/04 in Area 47 in the Ghadames Basin in Libya. This discovery is the Company's first in Block 4 and is a significant result, confirming the potential ... |
| Egypt >> 7/28/2008 - BP Egypt announced that gas production from the Taurt field started at the beginning of July. The Taurt field is located in Ras El Bar concession, 70 kilometres offshore in the northeast of Port Said,... |
| Vietnam >> 7/28/2008 - PTTEP started production of crude oil and natural gas from Ca Ngu Vang field of Vietnam 9-2 project. This is the third PTTEP project that started production this year. Mr. Anon Sirisaengtaksin, CEO of... |
| Gabon >> 7/24/2008 - The exploration well OMKO-1, formerly named Alonha-C and located at 6km East of the Onal field (3.6km East of the production center), has been drilled at a 1,800m depth. The OMKO-1 well met two oiled ... |
| Syria >> 7/22/2008 - Gulfsands Petroleum announced that the production of oil commenced at the Khurbet East Early Production Facility in Block 26, Syria. This early commencement of oil production follows the fast tracking... |
| Russia >> 7/21/2008 - Imperial announced the grant of a new long term production licence and further exploration successes at its Tomsk fields, Western Siberia, Russian Federation. The Ministry of Natural Resources has gra... |
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