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  • Bronco Drilling's Fleet Utilization Up 45% for February

    Bronco Drilling announced today operational results for the month ended and as of February 28, 2010.
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  • Global Energy Development Mobilizes Rig to Rio Verde Prospect

    Global Energy Development announced that rig mobilization has commenced to the Rio Verde 2 exploratory well within the Colombian Rio Verde contract.
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  • GeoPark Restructures Participating Interests in Chilean Blocks

    GeoPark submitted a request for Chilean government approval to restructure and strengthen the participating interests of the Otway and Tranquilo blocks in southern Chile.
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  • Petronas Seeks Norwegian Expertise Offshore Greenland

    Petronas, Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company, is keen to work with its Norwegian counterparts to leverage on their expertise in deepwater and Arctic exploration.
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  • VAALCO Primes Bit for Gabon Drilling Program

    The Sapphire Driller jackup is on location at the Ebouri Platform offshore Gabon and will commence drilling the first of four wells today, March 10, 2010.
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  • RWE, SOCAR to Take a Look at Nakhichevan

    RWE and SOCAR signed a memorandum of understanding for hydrocarbon exploration and development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.
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  • Austin Exploration Encounters Oil at Mississippi Well

    After encountering oil at the Ellislie Plantation #1 well in Mississippi, Austin Exploration is evaluating core samples and will work towards the production casing and completion of the well.
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  • OEG Offshore, TPS Team Up in AU's Northern Territory

    Oil services group OEG Offshore has expanded into Australia's Northern Territory through its link-up with a Darwin-based fuel handling equipment specialist.
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  • MSI Completes Major Buried Array in Williston Basin

    MicroSeismic has completed installation of a Buried Array system in the Williston Basin's Sanish Field for Whiting Oil & Gas Corporation.
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  • TGS Continues 2D Seismic Offshore Indonesia

    TGS confirmed the continuation of its multi-client 2D seismic acquisition program in offshore Indonesia.
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  • Signature Sees Significant Potential at South Texas Asset

    Signature's exploration team believes the multiple Frio sands identified at its South Texas asset could contain significant gas and condensate reserves and proposes to drill one to two wells to test the Frio zones.
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  • Krescent Spuds McMillan Well on Aquarius Prospect in Texas

    the McMillan WMRU A-415 #1 well commenced drilling on the March 6, 2010 and is currently drilling ahead.
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  • Statoil Ups Ante in Ultra-Deepwater GOM Project

    Statoil has increased its working interest in the ultra-deepwater St. Malo development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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  • Krescent's BP America A-740 #1 Well Reaches TD

    The BP America A-740 #1 well has reached total depth on the Hercules Prospect in Texas.
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  • Gulf Keystone Confirms Kurdistan Oil Discovery

    An oil test has successfully confirmed Bijeel-1 as a discovery well on the Akri Bijeel block in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
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  • KFG Petroleum to Spin Bit in Fayette Field This Week

    KFG Petroleum has staked location to drill a south offset to Spring Hill No. 1 well in the Fayette Field, Jefferson County, Mississippi.
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  • NZ Crown Minerals Spotlights Offshore Sweet Spot

    A report commissioned by New Zealand's Crown Minerals spotlights the Reinga Basin as one of the most prospective frontier basins in the region.
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  • Talisman Gets Go-Ahead to Drill North Sea Well

    Talisman has received consent to conduct exploration drilling in the southern North Sea using the Transocean Winner semisub.
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  • Leed Deems Ship Shoal A-6 Well a Commercial Success

    Leed Petroleum reported that the evaluation of its recently drilled A-6 well at Ship Shoal Block 201 in the Gulf of Mexico is complete and has tested at a combined rate of 2,153 boepd.
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  • Pantheon Updates on Delay at East Texas Prospect

    Pantheon Resources provided the following operational update on Tyler County, East Texas.
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