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  • Origin Energy Drills Ahead at Perth Basin

    This well is being drilled to appraise the extent of the gas accumulation discovered by the Redback South 1 well.
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  • Alamo US Wells Encounter Hydrocarbons

    Alamo provided an Update with all 7 new wells from the drilling campaigns in Texas, Kentucky and West Virginia encountering hydrocarbons.
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  • Sky Petroleum Finalizes Seismic Engagement on Albanian Blocks

    Sky Petroleum announced that it is finalizing the engagement of a firm to conduct a geophysical review of the seismic and log data for the three exploration blocks, Four, Five and Dumre.
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  • Deepwater Beckons as ConocoPhillips Sells Other Assets

    ConocoPhillips may seek to expand in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, where it is "under-represented" after regulatory uncertainty is cleared up.
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  • Baker Hughes Moves 300 Workers Out of Gulf

    The federal moratorium on deep-water offshore drilling has caused Baker Hughes to move hundreds of employees out of the Gulf of Mexico, said CEO Chad Deaton.
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  • Different Towns, Different Rules for Gas Drilling

    The mounting wave of Marcellus Shale gas drilling is creating a substantial challenge for local municipalities.
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  • American Petro-Hunter Details Development Plan for Ok. Shale Project

    American Petro-Hunter updated details of the Company's North Oklahoma Project, and discuss the ongoing development plan for the 7 leases totaling over 1,000 acres located in Payne County, near Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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  • AWE Commences Drilling at Tasman Bay Well

    AWE advised that the Tuatara-1 exploration well started drilling at 1000 hours (NZ time) on Wednesday July 28, 2010.
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  • CPC Uncorks Gas in Taiwan

    CPC estimates the Miaoli discovery to be able to produce over 1B cubic meters of gas over 20 years, starting from the end of 2011.
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  • Doxa to Participate in Seismic Acquisition Project on Tx. Gulf Coast

    Doxa has entered into a Letter of Intent providing that it may acquire up to a forty percent (40%) interest in a new on-shore proprietary 3D seismic project along the Texas Gulf Coast.
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  • Italian Assets Sale on Hold Due to Offshore Drilling Curbs

    The expected sale of Eni's Italian hydrocarbon assets is on hold as a result of the country's restrictions on offshore drilling.
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  • Bontan Updates Work Program of Sarah, Myra Licenses

    Bontan announced that the 3D seismic data in respect of the Sarah and Myra licenses has been submitted to the MNI as per the agreed work program.
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  • Drilling Recommences at Bongo Prospect

    Drilling has recommenced to the target depth of 16,000 feet at the Bongo, O.B. Ranch #1 Well.
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  • Hess Expands Bakken Shale Acreage with Acquisition

    Hess has agreed to acquire American O&G. The acquisition will increase Hess' strategic acreage position in the Bakken oil play in North Dakota by approximately 85,000 net acres.
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  • Cove Farm-In to Offshore Kenya

    Cove has concluded a conditional farm-in agreement with DEPCO to acquire a 15% participating interest in five contiguous deepwater blocks offshore Kenya.
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  • 'Thickest Oil Pay' Encountered at Uganda Block 1

    The Ngiri-2 appraisal well has encountered more than 40 meters of net oil bearing reservoir in two zones.
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  • FieldPoint-Cimarex JV to Drill in Lea County

    FieldPoint and Cimarex Energy plan to drill the first East Lusk Federal field wells this fall.
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  • Energas Commences Drilling on Lake Devore Prospect

    Energas announced that drilling has begun on the Lake Devore Prospect, Colorado.
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  • Bow Energy Sees Large Gas Field Potential at Norwich Park

    Bow Energy has identified three potentially high potential CSG prospects within this block, Vermont, Dysart and Norwich.
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  • Bogal Well Plugged, Abandoned in Kenya

    Preliminary testing on two potential gas pay zones has been completed, with only minimal flow of gas from each zone.
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