| Yemen >> 12/27/2006 - OMV started oil production with early production facilities in Block S2 (Al Uqlah) in Yemen on December 23, 2006. Initially, the daily production rate of the first production well Kharwah-1 is approx.... |
| Libya >> 12/26/2006 - Inpex Holdings Inc. and Mitsui Oil Exploration have jointly won a license for an oil block in Libya, in which Inpex, an operator, has an 85% stake and Mitsui has 15%. The 113-3/4 block is located near... |
| Gabon >> 12/22/2006 - Maurel & Prom announces the issue by the Republic of Gabon's Minister of Mines of an exclusive authorization to operate the ONAL onshore field (45.8 km²) on the Omoueyi permit (4 178 km²) in Gabon. |
| Gabon >> 12/21/2006 - Tullow has recently acquired a package of assets from the Gabonese Government through a 50:50 Joint Venture with AIC-Petrofi Limited. The package comprises interests in three producing fields and back... |
| Libya >> 12/20/2006 - Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd. has been selected as the winning bidder for Area 201 Blocks 1,2,3,4 as part of a joint bid lodged with Wintershall Libyen Oil & Gas GmbH on the Bid Opening Date for th... |
| Algeria >> 12/20/2006 - First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. announces thatSonatrach, Algeria’s national oil company, has agreed to extend the Block 405b Exploration Period for 24 months commencing December 30, 2006, as provided fo... |
| Congo >> 12/19/2006 - Congo Brazzaville: On the Kouilou permit, the Loufika Profond-1D exploration well, that has as a main objectivethe Vandji sandstone reservoir, has reached the final depth of 2 842 m without enc... |
| Yemen >> 12/18/2006 - TransGlobe Energy Corporation announces well results at Al Qurain #1, Block S-1, Yemen (25% working interest). The Al Qurain #1 exploration well was drilled to a total measured depth of 1,960 meters a... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |