| Algeria >> 3/26/2008 - Operator StatoilHydro and partner Sonatrach have completed the drilling and testing of exploration well number four in the Hassi Mouina license, in the Sahara desert in Algeria. The partners have prov... |
| Tunisia >> 3/25/2008 - Candax Energy announced the commencement of production from the El Bibane Field offshore Tunisia. During the week of March 3rd the EBB-5 well was tested and flowed gas and condensate to the onshore Ce... |
| Egypt >> 3/23/2008 - Egypt would sell oil and gas exploration and production rights in twelve areas around the country's south. State-owned Ganoub el-Wadi Petroleum Company (Ganope) could purchase information about the bl... |
| United States >> 3/21/2008 - Eni has been awarded 32 new exploration licenses in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) at Lease Sales 206 and 224, held in New Orleans on 19 March, 2008. The award is subject to approval by government author... |
| Egypt >> 3/20/2008 - Eng. Sameh Fahmi, Minister of Petroleum, signed amendment of 3 petroleum agreements for the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation ( EGPC ), with English, German and Dutch companies in the areas of No... |
| United States >> 3/19/2008 - Total announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Total E&P USA, Inc. has acquired a 30% working interest from Chevron in several onshore Alaskan exploration blocks known as White Hills. Chevron is the... |
| Turkey >> 3/18/2008 - Stratic Energy announced that gas production commenced last Friday from its Ayazli gas field, in the Black Sea offshore Turkey. Ayazli is the third gas field to start production under Phase 1 of the S... |
| Congo, Democratic Republic (Zaire) >> 3/17/2008 - SOCO International announced that its Production Sharing Contract over the Nganzi Block, onshore Congo (Kinshasa) , has received a Presidential Decree thus passing the final regulatory hurdle before b... |
| Congo, Democratic Republic (Zaire) >> 3/17/2008 - Dominion Petroleum announced that together with partners SOCO International plc and State Oil Company Congolaise des Hydrocarbures, it has signed a Production Sharing Agreement with the Government of ... |
| Tanzania >> 3/17/2008 - Aminex announced a successful result from the drilling of Kiliwani North -1 (“KN-1”), offshore Tanzania in the Nyuni/East Songo-Songo licence area. KN-1 has intersected a substantial gas column in Low... |
| Sudan >> 3/14/2008 - Lundin Petroleum announced that exploration well Wan Machar-1 (previously Umm Dandalo) has spudded in Block 5B, Sudan. The well is located in the swamp area of the block, on the eastern flank of the b... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 3/12/2008 - Dana Gas announced an Agreement for the exploration and development of the Western Offshore concession in Sharjah, UAE. The deal marks Dana Gas’ entry into the GCC exploration and production sector, a... |
| Angola >> 3/12/2008 - Roc Oil (Cabinda) Company, operator of the Cabinda South Block, onshore Angola, provided the following update on its current seven well exploration drilling programme. As previously announced, the Mil... |
| Sudan >> 3/10/2008 - Lundin Petroleum announced that well Nyal-1, drilled on the Nyal prospect, reached Total Depth at 2,363 metres and will be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well is located on dry land on the w... |
| Pakistan >> 3/3/2008 - Niko Resources announced the company has signed four (4) Offshore Production Sharing Agreements (PSA's) with the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Government Holdings (PVT) Limited, th... |
| Egypt >> 3/1/2008 - GeoGlobal Resources Inc., a U.S. publicly traded oil and gas company (AMEX: GGR) headquartered in Calgary has retained Canaccord Enermarket Ltd. (a subsidiary of Canaccord Capital Inc., a publicly tra... |
| Kenya >> 2/28/2008 - Vangold Resources has been actively working in Kenya and Rwanda over the last 18 to 24 months. In Kenya, Vangold has acquired a large [12,270 km2] land package [Block 3A] which partly lies along the ... |
| Libya >> 2/27/2008 - The National Oil Corporation signed an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil Libya limited, the Agreement covers the offshore Area (21). Under this agreement the company is comm... |
| India >> 2/26/2008 - Reliance Industries Limited announced another gas discovery in NEC-OSN 97/2 (NEC-25) block located in the NEC-Mahanadi offshore basin, off the Orissa coast in Bay of Bengal. This shallow water block c... |
| Ghana >> 2/25/2008 - Tullow Oil announced an oil discovery on the Odum-1 exploration well in Ghana. Odum-1, the second exploration well drilled on the West Cape Three Points licence offshore Ghana, has discovered a commer... |