Oman >> 7/3/2005 - The shareholders of Petroleum Develop-ment Oman LLC (PDO) (Government of Oman -- 60 per cent, Shell -- 34 per cent, Total -- four per cent and Partex -- two per cent) have agreed with the government o... |
Egypt >> 7/2/2005 - The Egyptian ministry of petroleum, engineer Sameh Fahmy declared that Egypt has discovered its first oil field in the Northern Nile delta region with a capacity of 2000 barrels of Oil, in addition to... |
Nigeria >> 7/2/2005 - NIGERIA and Algeria have renewed their commitment to mutual economic cooperation in the areas of oil and gas exploration, production and export. Under the arrangement, Algeria will participate in Nige... |
Mauritania >> 7/2/2005 - China National Petroleum Corp has agreed to spend as much as US$8.6 million for a stake in an oil and gas exploration block near the coast of Mauritania. CNPC International, an overseas unit of CNPC, ... |
Iran >> 7/2/2005 - China National Petroleum Corporation started work on the first phase of a project for recovery and extraction of oil from 10 wells in southern Masjed Soleyman oilfield based on a buy-back contract sig... |
Saudi Arabia >> 6/28/2005 - A new gas field, capable of pumping 40 million cubic feet of gas per day, has been discovered in an area about 95 km west of the eastern oil city of Dhahran. Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister A... |
Egypt >> 6/27/2005 - Santos Limited (Santos) today announced that it has been awarded an exploration block in the Arab Republic of Egypt as part of a joint venture with affiliates of Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) and T... |
Egypt >> 6/25/2005 - Teikoku Oil Co., a leading Japanese producer of natural gas and crude oil, has obtained exploration rights to two potential oil fields in Egypt, with official agreements with that nation's government ... |
Angola >> 6/25/2005 - Angola is set to reopen the onshore Kwanza oil basin to licensing rounds between end-2005 and early 2006, the head of the licensing and exploration department at the country's oil ministry said Wednes... |
Jordan >> 6/23/2005 - Videocon Industries Ltd. is set to sign a preliminary agreement for developing four oil fields in Jordan as part of its plans to invest in oil and gas assets overseas. While the Memorandum of Understa... |
Oman >> 6/22/2005 - The Sultanate signed yesterday a production sharing agreement (and a joint operating agreement) for the development of the Mukhaizna field with Occidental Mukhaizna LLC, Liwa Energy Ltd, a subsidiary ... |
Nigeria >> 6/21/2005 - One hundred and sixty-five multi-national and local companies have picked up bid packages to seek allocation of 75 oil blocks by the Federal Government.Top indigenous companies including Alhaji Aliko ... |
Liberia >> 6/19/2005 - Officials say the signing ceremony represents a giant step in Liberia's oil search, adding, "the contracts commits the three companies to a very rigorous work plan, which will accelerate further explo... |
Morocco >> 6/18/2005 - TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. (TSX:TNP.U) announces it has been awarded a reconnaissance license covering 13,750 sq. kilometers (about 3.4 million acres) in northeastern Morocco. This expansion of the... |
Iran >> 6/14/2005 - Iran has decided to award a block to the Indian Oil Corporation - Petropars consortium in the North Pars gas field for its 9 million tonne per annum (mtpa) integrated LNG project. IndianOil will be am... |
Angola >> 6/9/2005 - Sociedade Nacional de Combustveis de Angola (Sonangol EP) and Total announce a new oil discovery in the ultra-deep Angolan offshore with the fourth well drilled in Block 32. Drilled in a wa... |
Egypt >> 6/9/2005 - IPR, a USA Texas Independent, has made a significant new oil discovery in an underexplored frontier area of the Western Desert of Egypt, known as the El Diyur Concession, as reported through its opera... |
Nigeria >> 6/4/2005 - DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE:PXD) confirmed today the announcement by the Nigeria - Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority (JDA) that its subsidiary, Pion... |
Bahrain >> 5/28/2005 - PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) will sign the Technical Evaluation Agreement to jointly carry out technical studies and evaluation for hydrocarbon potential in Block 1 & ... |
Morocco >> 5/26/2005 - Dana Petroleum is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights of Global Resource Holdings, LLLP in respect of a 35% interest in a Reconnaissance Contract covering the NW Safi area offshore the... |
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