| Iran >> 1/9/2008 - Edison strengthens its upstream operations: the objective is to achieve annual production equal to 15% of the Group’s total needs. During a ceremony attended by Iran’s Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Noza... |
| Angola >> 1/9/2008 - Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited (Esso Angola), has started production from the Kizomba C development, designed to develop 600 million... |
| Indonesia >> 1/9/2008 - Salamander Energy announced the spudding of the Tutung Alpha-1 appraisal well in the Bontang PSC, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The well will appraise the Tutung gas discovery. The original discovery we... |
| Syria >> 1/8/2008 - Emerald Energy provided the following update on activities in Block 26, Syria. The Khurbet East No.3 appraisal well has reached a total depth of 2,050 metres, encountered the Cretaceous Massive reserv... |
| Vietnam >> 1/8/2008 - Idemitsu Kosan announced that its subsidiary, Idemitsu Cuu Long Petroleum Co. made a declaration of commercial discovery of the Block 09-3, offshore southern Vietnam, to the Vietnamese government as a... |
| Syria >> 1/7/2008 - Gulfsands Petroleum plc has successfully completed the drilling, logging and testing of the Khurbet East-3 (KHE-3) well, the second appraisal well on the Khurbet East discovery within Block 26, Syria.... |
| Thailand >> 1/7/2008 - Carnarvon Petroleum announced that it has been awarded the concession rights in petroleum exploration and production for the area known as Block L20/50 onshore Thailand in the Phitsanulok Basin on beh... |
| Russia >> 1/3/2008 - Matra Petroleum announced that the Arkhangleovskoe - 11 exploration well on the Arkhangelovskoe License in Orenburg, Russia, spudded on December 30th 2007. The well will test the undrilled Laptevskaya... |
| Indonesia >> 1/2/2008 - Harvest Natural Resources announced it has acquired a 47 percent interest in the 1.35 million acre Budong-Budong Production Sharing Contract (PSC) located onshore West Sulawesi, Indonesia, from Tately... |
| Thailand >> 12/19/2007 - Salamander Energy has been awarded two new exploration concessions, L26/50 and L15/50, in the Thai 20th Licensing Round. The contract for Block L26/50 was formally signed in Bangkok on 19th December 2... |
| Gabon >> 12/13/2007 - Harvest Natural Resources announced it has executed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 50 percent operated interest in the Dussafu Marin Exploration Production Sharing Contract (PSC) located o... |
| Libya >> 12/12/2007 - Petro-Canada has signed binding heads of agreement with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) to convert its existing Participation Agreements and old Exploration Production Sharing Agreements (EP... |
| Libya >> 12/10/2007 - Gazprom was declared as the hydrocarbon exploration & development tender winner for onshore Block 64 (Blocks 1, 2 and 3) located in the Libyan Ghadames Basin. With 16 bidders involved, the tender was ... |
| Libya >> 12/9/2007 - National Oil Corporation announced the fourth bidding round for onshore and offshore hydrocarbon exploration licenses. After successful prequalification and obtaining the status of an operator, and fo... |
| Malaysia >> 12/7/2007 - Petronas awarded a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) to Nippon Oil Exploration Limited (NOEX) and Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for onshore Block SK333 in Sarawak. The award of the PSC signals the possibl... |
| Russia >> 12/5/2007 - Volga Gas Plc announced that oil production has commenced from Uzenskaya £1 and first revenues have been received. The Company has structured an agreement to sell all its oil production at its surface... |
| Syria >> 12/3/2007 - Loon Energy Inc. announced that the parliamentary ratification of the Contract for the Exploration, Development and Production of Petroleum (“PSC”) with the Government of Syria, represented by the Min... |
| Angola >> 12/3/2007 - The contractor group for Block 32 in ultra deep water offshore Angola, where Galp Energia holds a position, announced a new oil discovery with the exploration well designated Alho – 1. Drilled in a wa... |
| Angola >> 12/3/2007 - Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol) and Total E&P Angola, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, announce a new oil discovery with the fourteenth exploration well, Alho-1, drilled on ... |
| Angola >> 12/3/2007 - Marathon Oil Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Marathon International Petroleum Angola Block 32 Limited, has participated in a new deepwater discovery on Block 32 offshore Angola. Alho is the... |