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Exploration & Discoveries

(5/11/2008) Tanzania & DRC to jointly take a look at Lake Tanganyika

(5/11/2008) Blue Energy confirms Queensland coal seam gas

(5/9/2008) Vaalco prepping for Gabon drilling program

(5/9/2008) Bridge confirms gas in North Sea Durango well

(5/9/2008) Arpaci appraisal well spudded onshore Turkey

(5/9/2008) Bow suspends Donga-4 Queensland test well

(5/8/2008) Indonesia's Citarum Block back on track

(5/8/2008) Marathon drilling under North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea

(5/8/2008) Sudan's Wan Machar well looks to be dry hole

(5/8/2008) StatoilHydro confirms gas & condensate on Alve Field

(5/7/2008) McMoRan sees hydrocarbons in deepened US Gulf well

(5/7/2008) Empire sub set to start Tasmania exploration

(5/7/2008) Banda sidetrack off Mauritania taps pay

(5/6/2008) Hess' South Phu Horm appraisal well non-commercial

(5/6/2008) Rift to start drilling Papua New Guinea's Puk Puk-1

(5/6/2008) PetroWorth to test deep shale gas prospects in New Brunswick

(5/6/2008) Arrow drilling India's Tatapani-Ramkola

(5/6/2008) New gas fault line found in Cooper Basin

(5/5/2008) Kosmos confirms Jubilee discovery off Ghana

(5/5/2008) RWE Dea makes 5th discovery in Libya's Sirte Basin

(5/5/2008) Petrobras testing April discovery at Bem-Te-Vi

(5/5/2008) Eni scores significant oil discovery offshore Angola

(5/2/2008) Gas2Grid prepping to drill onshore NZ Canterbury Basin

(5/2/2008) Noah Federal-1 in Nevada a dry hole

(5/2/2008) MOG sees significant oil shows in Adriatic appraisal well

(5/2/2008) St Mary planning 21 wells in North Dakota Bakken play

(5/1/2008) Ecopetrol scores with Tempranillo test well

(5/1/2008) Incremental & Otto chalk up 6th oil find in Turkey's Edirne

(5/1/2008) Sipetrol's Shahd SE-1 in Egypt flows 2,500 b/d

(5/1/2008) InterOil's Antelope gives up Elk discovery in PNG

(5/1/2008) Apache logs 43 ft pay in test well off Western Australia

(5/1/2008) Successful appraisal of Ofrima North discovery off Nigeria

(4/30/2008) Reliance drilling off India in Saurashtra Basin

(4/30/2008) Sidetrack off Mauritania sees oil & gas shows

(4/30/2008) StatoilHydro draws a dry hole with Yoda test well

(4/29/2008) Storm Ventures takes Tunisia's TT2 well to total depth

(4/29/2008) Heritage spuds Kingfisher-2 in Uganda

(4/29/2008) BG drilling Jordbaer exploration well off Norway

(4/29/2008) Petsec's Louisiana Moonshine well flows 3 million cf/d

(4/28/2008) Aminex spuds Northwest Tanan-1 in Egypt

(4/28/2008) Essential drilling onshore Australia Otway Basin well

(4/28/2008) Helis finds oil & gas in Louisiana's West Black Bay

(4/27/2008) Melrose's East Abu Khadra in Egypt flows 13 million cf/d

(4/25/2008) Newfield scores double discoveries in deepwater US Gulf

(4/25/2008) Toreador's Tik-1 test well in Hungary a dry hole

(4/24/2008) Nexen makes major gas discovery in British Columbia

(4/24/2008) RWE Dea discovers gas & condensate field in Egypt

(4/24/2008) Eni wins with Afrodite exploration well off Norway

(4/23/2008) Gazprom counters Rosneft plan to drill West Kamchatka

(4/23/2008) Banda NW appraisal well off Mauritania being sidetracked

(4/23/2008) StatoilHydro spuds Galtvort exploration well off Norway

(4/23/2008) Harriett JV drilling Marley test well off Western Australia

(4/23/2008) Coolangatta exploration well in Queensland a dud

(4/23/2008) Circulation loss shuts down Pan Orient well in Thailand

(4/23/2008) Gastar scores with 2 East Texas test wells, another drilling

(4/23/2008) Dana scores oil discovery at West Rinnes

(4/22/2008) Cuisinier test well spudded in Queensland, Australia

(4/22/2008) PGNiG drilling 2nd Polish exploration well at Kromolice North

(4/22/2008) Nippon Oil scores gas discovery in US Gulf

(4/22/2008) Reliance kicking off Gujarat-Saurashtra drilling

(4/21/2008) L&M to log New Zealand Westland well to decide final depth

(4/21/2008) Nexen drilling Blackbird south of North Sea Ettrick Field

(4/21/2008) Transworld's Gurame sidetrack to be plugged & abandoned

(4/21/2008) CNR's Anning test well in North Sea a dry hole

(4/21/2008) Report indicates oil seeps in Vangold Rwanda block

(4/20/2008) Stratic prepping to re-enter UK North Sea discovery

(4/18/2008) Eni appraisal of Timor Sea JDA discovery positive

(4/18/2008) Willaroo spud in New South Wales delayed 10 days

(4/18/2008) Noble appraising Benita discovery off Equatorial Guinea

(4/18/2008) Fifth gas discovery made in Turkey's Edirne Block

(4/18/2008) Apache's Speke South off Victoria, Australia a dry hole

(4/18/2008) Yuma's Louisiana Caviar wells find pay

(4/17/2008) Petro Tech sees billion-bbl field complex off Peru

(4/17/2008) Woodside wins with 2 Xena appraisals off Western Oz

(4/17/2008) Petrobras prepping to drill 2 more Carioca test wells

(4/17/2008) Brazil's Ibama gives go-ahead to drill off Bahia

(4/17/2008) NIOC makes large gasfield discovery in southern Iran

(4/16/2008) Maurel & Prom score with 2 Colombia test wells

(4/16/2008) Venture completes Barbarossa well in UK North Sea

(4/16/2008) Repsol-led JV pushes back offshore Cuba exploration to 2009

(4/16/2008) Aminex's Malak well in Egypt non-commercial

(4/16/2008) Noil Energy finds in North Sea Draupne Prospect

(4/15/2008) DST set for Tunisia's Teboursouk-1 test well

(4/15/2008) Anzon finds oil off Victoria, Australia with Basker well

(4/15/2008) Oilex plugging & abandoning Oman test well

(4/15/2008) GeoPark scores gasfield discovery in Chile

(4/15/2008) Maersk makes discovery in Danish North Sea

(4/14/2008) Petrobras' Carioca Field holds 33 billion bbl oil (update)

(4/14/2008) Brooks Range strikes oil on Alaska North Slope

(4/14/2008) Lukoil spuds test well in Colombia's Condor Project

(4/14/2008) Empyrean confirms discovery at Texas' Sugarloaf Project

(4/14/2008) StatoilHydro makes large gas discovery in Norwegian Sea

(4/13/2008) First Jubilant well onshore India's Cauvery Basin a discovery

(4/13/2008) CNOOC sees oil & gas in Kenya test wells

(4/11/2008) StatoilHydro drilling 2 exploration wells & a sidetrack approved

(4/11/2008) Dong drilling southern North Sea wildcat

(4/11/2008) Tethys drilling Bukhara-Urals exploration well

(4/11/2008) Kappa spuds Arrinconada test well in Colombia

(4/11/2008) Austin finds more gas pay in Kentucky Park City Project

(4/10/2008) Arc drilling Yulleroo-2 in Western Australia's Canning Basin

(4/10/2008) Golden State seeking rig for Paradox Basin, Utah well

(4/10/2008) Sibir spuds Koltogorsky well in Western Siberia

(4/9/2008) Tullow planning offshore exploration in Uganda's Lake Albert

(4/9/2008) Petronas drilling Banda NW test off Mauritania

(4/8/2008) Sintezneftegaz drilling Namibia's Kunene-1

(4/8/2008) Essential drilling Ayrford test well in Otway Basin

(4/8/2008) Peroba test well wins Brazil enviro approval to drill

(4/8/2008) Genesis to drill exploration well on UK North Sea block

(4/8/2008) Petrovietnam scores discovery in Algerian desert

(4/8/2008) Apache scores dual discoveries off Western Australia

(4/7/2008) Joint venture formed for exploration in Sea of Marmara

(4/7/2008) Toreador spuds exploration well in central Hungary

(4/7/2008) First test wells set for Russia's Northern Caspian Lagansky Block

(4/7/2008) Gurame-1X encounters gas shows off Sumatra

(4/7/2008) Omega drilling Mugello exploration well onshore Colombia

(4/7/2008) Gavea drilling 2nd test well in Brazil's Sergipe Alagoas

(4/6/2008) Egypt's NPC confirms oil discovery at South Abu Zneima

(4/4/2008) March completes drilling Pica-1 exploration well in Chile

(4/4/2008) Pearl test well chalks up significant gas flow off East Java

(4/4/2008) BP comes up dry with Faroes well, suspends operations

(4/3/2008) Arc scores 40-meter pay zone in Yulleroo wildcat

(4/3/2008) Tests of Gengibre find off Brazil unclear whether viable

(4/3/2008) BP makes US Gulf oil discovery on Kodiak Prospect

(4/2/2008) Roc's Western Australia Dunsborough-2 a duster

(4/2/2008) Beach spudding Queensland's Currumbin-1 tonight

(4/2/2008) Zita-1 sidetrack underway onshore Tunisia

(4/2/2008) Tethys Kazakh test well flows over 13 million cf/d

(4/2/2008) Premier's Sparrow well in UK North Sea all wet

(4/2/2008) EPL scores 2nd discovery in Bay Marchand

(4/2/2008) Santos spuds Barrow test well off Western Australia

(4/1/2008) Forest finds significant gas in Canada's Utica Shale

(4/1/2008) Reliance strikes again in India's Krishna Godavari

(4/1/2008) Teton wins Colorado approval for Frenchman drilling

(3/31/2008) Matra wells targeting Hungarian & Russian prospects

(3/31/2008) Caza finds gas in Texas & New Mexico

(3/31/2008) EPL finds bypassed oil in heart of its East Bay Field

(3/30/2008) Petrobras scores another big subsalt discovery

(3/30/2008) Dana Gas drilling 19 new wells onshore Egypt

(3/28/2008) Kupe JV to drill Momoho exploration off New Zealand

(3/28/2008) Storm spuds Tunisia exploration well at Sud Remada

(3/28/2008) Cairn gets go-ahead to drill India's Ganga Valley

(3/28/2008) March at TD in northern Chile onshore test well

(3/28/2008) Roc encouraged by Western Oz Dunsborough appraisal

(3/28/2008) Remedy for Oman blowout appears to be a sidetrack

(3/27/2008) Awakino South to be drilled off NZ's Taranaki coast

(3/27/2008) Bordeaux & Savant drilling Alaska North Slope Kupcake well

(3/27/2008) First Edirne Gas Project well spudded in western Turkey

(3/27/2008) Apache prepping to spud Victoria Gippsland Basin test

(3/27/2008) Petsec plugging & abandoning US Gulf probe

(3/26/2008) Foothills' Grizzly Bear deep test well at TD

(3/26/2008) Gurame-1X spudded off northern Sumatra

(3/26/2008) Range & AOC nearing spud of 1st Puntland well

(3/26/2008) Chevron makes 6 Tcf gasfield discovery off Vietnam

(3/26/2008) Tullow to launch Uganda drilling program

(3/26/2008) Team partners find oil & gas in Kansas

(3/26/2008) 200 meters of pay in Volga's Vostochny-Makarovskoye-1

(3/25/2008) Khop-1 plugged & abandoned off Mauritania

(3/25/2008) Liner run to ease difficult drilling in US Gulf Pompano Project

(3/25/2008) Texas coastal exploration well Avoca-1 flows gas

(3/25/2008) MOG appraisal boosts Italian Adriatic well reserves

(3/25/2008) Sonatrach & StatoilHydro strike oil in Algeria's Hassi Mouina

(3/25/2008) Chesapeake's Haynesville Shale discovery may hold 20 Tcfe

(3/25/2008) Faroe Petroleum drilling Yoda Prospect off Norway

(3/25/2008) EnCore drilling North Sea Cobra appraisal well

(3/24/2008) Rosneft primed for Sakhalin 3 exploratory drilling

(3/24/2008) Kidan-6 exploration well underway in Saudi Empty Quarter

(3/24/2008) Solana spuds test well in Colombia's Guachiria Sur Block

(3/21/2008) Total nearing TD in Brunei's record depth exploration well

(3/21/2008) Reliance to drill 2 test wells offshore Gujarat, India

(3/21/2008) Blue Energy spuds 1st of 15 Queensland wells

(3/21/2008) Oil Search overcoming problems with 2 PNG test wells

(3/21/2008) Innamincka sees strong gas shows at Yarrow North

(3/20/2008) RMR technology set for West Kamchatka test wells

(3/20/2008) Aral spuds Baktygaryn exploration well onshore Kazakhstan

(3/19/2008) New Shoshoni finds gas in BC Sunrise Field well

(3/19/2008) Pearl's luck looking better in Indonesia's Lengo-1

(3/19/2008) Spartan Schwing gas wildcat in Louisiana a winner

(3/19/2008) Roc plugs & abandons China Beibu Gulf test well

(3/19/2008) MOL chalks up another discovery on Pakistan's Tal Block

(3/18/2008) Nido picks Gindara prospect to drill off Philippines

(3/18/2008) Oilex spuds 2nd of 3-well Oman exploration program

(3/18/2008) LLOG racks up 3 US Gulf deepwater discoveries

(3/18/2008) Essar Wildcat prepping to drill Krishna Godavari test well

(3/18/2008) UK North Sea Cladhan exploration well to be drilled

(3/18/2008) Hess' deepwater US Gulf Pony test well being sidetracked

(3/17/2008) Cairn strikes out with 2 Bangladesh wells, finds gas in 3rd

(3/17/2008) Range has oil & gas shows in Tunisia Teboursouk well

(3/17/2008) Aminex makes substantial gas discovery off Tanzania

(3/16/2008) Oil Search relocating PNG Cobra exploration well

(3/16/2008) Triple Diamond drilling Hoxbar test well in Oklahoma

(3/14/2008) White Nile drilling Wan Machar-1 in Sudan's Block 5B

(3/14/2008) Sterling scores an Austin Chalk gas discovery in Texas

(3/14/2008) Petsec finds gas pay in Louisiana Moonshine Project

(3/13/2008) Turkey's Koyunlu-2 being plugged & abandoned

(3/13/2008) Bayshore re-enters Texas Cooke Ranch discovery well

(3/13/2008) Yemen test well Qarn Qaymah-2 finds hydrocarbons

(3/12/2008) Canoro prepping for added wells in Assam

(3/12/2008) Victory to drill deep Strawn & Ellenburger gaswells

(3/12/2008) Solana says Primavera well in Colombia a discovery

(3/12/2008) MEO Australia confirms Heron-2 a discovery (update)

(3/12/2008) Roc Oil's Cabinda South Milho non-commercial but key

(3/12/2008) Clayton Williams sinks 2 East Texas Bossier sands wells

(3/12/2008) Montello spuds another Tennessee test well

(3/11/2008) Surgutneftegas discovers four new gas fields in Yakutia

(3/11/2008) Roc plugging & abandoning China exploration well

(3/11/2008) Ithaca drilling 3rd well in UK North Sea Athena Project

(3/11/2008) Blackwood-1 off NW Australia discovers gas

(3/11/2008) Omega drilling delayed Monza well in Colombia

(3/11/2008) Apache drilling Coelacanth test off Victoria, Australia

(3/11/2008) South Australia Murrippi exploration well a dud

(3/11/2008) StatoilHydro to drill Mizzen exploration well off Newfoundland

(3/11/2008) Addax boosts Nigeria discovery with appraisal well

(3/10/2008) Exall's Marten Mountain discovery tests 1,585 b/d

(3/10/2008) Norwood prepping to drill Maderas Negras test well

(3/10/2008) Pearl drilling Lengo exploration well off Indonesia

(3/10/2008) Eni strikes oil in Timor Sea Joint Development Area

(3/10/2008) White Nile scores a dry hole on Sudan's Nyal Prospect

(3/9/2008) Montello spuds Morgan County, Tennessee exploration well

(3/9/2008) Innamincka spuds Yarrow North-1

(3/9/2008) Energas to redrill Wyoming Finley well

(3/7/2008) ConocoPhillips gets Norwegian wildcat drilling permit

(3/7/2008) StatoilHydro discovery in Barents Sea Obesum prospect

(3/6/2008) Sipetrol spuds exploration well in Egypt's East Ras Qattara

(3/6/2008) StatoilHydro follows wildcat discovery with dry hole

(3/5/2008) Shoal Point drilling shore-to-sub-seafloor test well

(3/5/2008) Talisman confirms UK North Sea Cayley discovery

(3/5/2008) Petroneft drilling exploration well Korchegskaya-1 in Tomsk

(3/5/2008) Colombia-Venezuela border tension halts well test

(3/5/2008) Brooks Range reached TD in Alaska North Slope test well

(3/5/2008) Holloman drilling its first well in South Australia

(3/5/2008) Bow Valley's UK North Sea wildcat fizzles

(3/4/2008) OIL to resume Rajasthan Thar Desert exploration

(3/4/2008) Oilex prepping for 3rd DST on Oman's Sarha-1

(3/4/2008) MPRL enters exploration phase in Myanmar's A6 Block

(3/4/2008) Roc plugging & abandoning Frankland appraisal

(3/3/2008) Beach-Great Artesian Murrippi-1 sees oil shows

(3/3/2008) PetroQuest scores gas discovery at Pelican Point

(3/3/2008) AOC drills a duster in Egypt's Gulf of Suez

(2/29/2008) Eni preparing to drill off Indonesia's Lhokseumawe coast

(2/29/2008) Mediterranean Oil & Gas to spud appraisal off Italy

(2/29/2008) Venture drilling Barbarossa appraisal in UK North Sea

(2/28/2008) Salamander scores positive appraisal of Tutung discovery

(2/28/2008) Schlumberger completes Sun Cal Wyoming prospect analysis

(2/27/2008) Redcliffe scores new Wapiti oil discovery

(2/27/2008) ExxonMobil gets go-ahead to explore off Libya

(2/27/2008) Orion drilling Willaroo exploration well in New South Wales

(2/27/2008) UK North Sea Bugle discovery found commercial

(2/27/2008) Reliance does it again in India's Bay of Bengal

(2/26/2008) Buccaneer's 2nd US Gulf Pompano test spudded

(2/26/2008) Argentia finds oil in Argentina's Neuquen block

(2/25/2008) Oilex still testing Oman Sarha-1 to determine viability

(2/25/2008) UK North Sea Maria Prospect test well at TD

(2/25/2008) Khazar Oil gearing up to drill Caspian Sea exploration well

(2/25/2008) Tullow to redrill Uganda test well due to borehole instability

(2/25/2008) Aminex spuds Malak-1 in Egypt's onshore West Esh El Mallaha

(2/25/2008) Kosmos scores significant discovery off Ghana

(2/22/2008) Austin's Kentucky Park City well an oil & gas discovery

(2/21/2008) March penetrating volcanic tuff in Chile's Pica-1 well

(2/21/2008) Vector drilling test well in Oklahoma's Three Sands Project

(2/21/2008) Beach drilling Murrippi test well in South Australia

(2/21/2008) ConocoPhillips North Sea wildcat a dry hole

(2/20/2008) BG drilling Norway's North Sea Phi-North Prospect

(2/20/2008) Eni gas discovery reported on Norway's Afrodite Prospect

(2/20/2008) Canadian Superior spuds Bounty well off Trinidad

(2/20/2008) Nexus' Crux-4 appraisal proves field extension

(2/20/2008) Coelacanth-1 set to spud 1st week of March

(2/20/2008) Roc re-spuds China exploration well in Beibu Gulf

(2/20/2008) StatoilHydro makes oil discovery on Norway's M Prospect

(2/19/2008) Empire drilling exploration well in North Perth Basin

(2/19/2008) Frontera sees oil shows in Rep of Georgia Lloyd-1 sidetrack

(2/19/2008) Petrominerales taps oil in Colombia's Corcel-3

(2/19/2008) Petro Hunt plugging & abandoning South Louisiana well

(2/18/2008) Anadarko prepping to drill Brazil's pre-salt area

(2/18/2008) Fireball Creek test well spudded onshore New Zealand

(2/18/2008) Pearl finds Lisah-1 off East Java all wet

(2/18/2008) Sibir starts 2008 Koltogorsky exploration program

(2/18/2008) Hess drilling appraisal in northeastern Thailand

(2/18/2008) Range drilling Teboursouk exploration well onshore Tunisia

(2/18/2008) Samson spuds New Mexico Permian test well

(2/18/2008) Gavea & Eromanga see oil & gas in Brazil re-entry

(2/15/2008) Tanzania's Kiliwani-1 plugged, Kiliwani North-1 to spud

(2/15/2008) Extension of Lundin's Nemo Field off Norway confirmed

(2/14/2008) Oil Search struggling with stuck pipe in PNG Paua well

(2/14/2008) Beach to drill South Australian exploration well at Murrippi

(2/14/2008) Buganviles exploration well in Colombia reaches TD

(2/14/2008) Sipetrol plugging & abandoning Egypt sidetrack

(2/13/2008) Egdon's SW France Grenade-3 exploration well a duster

(2/13/2008) Matra draws water in Hungary's Marcali test well

(2/13/2008) Petronas prepping to spud Khop-1 off Mauritania

(2/13/2008) Exploratory drilling resumes in Sudan's Block 5B

(2/13/2008) Reliance makes another gas discovery in India's Bengal Bay

(2/13/2008) Rift's Puk Puk PNG exploration well to spud

(2/12/2008) Brooks Range prepping to drill Alaska North Slope test well

(2/12/2008) Royale finds gas pay in California's Lonestar Field

(2/12/2008) Marathon's North Sea wildcat found all wet

(2/11/2008) Ithaca's UK North Sea Polly test well at TD

(2/11/2008) Apache drilling 3rd exploration well in Egypt's East Ras Budran

(2/11/2008) Odyssey scores with Mississippi Pelahatchie well

(2/11/2008) Husky drilling test well in Canada's Northwest Territories

(2/11/2008) Contango wins again with Mary Rose well off Louisiana

(2/11/2008) Aminex plugging & abandoning Tanzania well

(2/11/2008) PDO makes major oil find in southern Oman

(2/11/2008) UK North Sea Huntington appraisal finds 452-ft oil column

(2/10/2008) L&M prepping to drill Fireball Creek on NZ's South Island

(2/10/2008) MEO drilling Blackwood wildcat in Timor Sea

(2/9/2008) Grundy exploration well now drilling in Poland

(2/9/2008) Savant to drill Alaska Beaufort Sea Kupcake prospect

(2/9/2008) Reconcavo test well proves to be all wet

(2/8/2008) Roma spuds Paradise Downs-1 in Queensland's Surat Basin

(2/8/2008) Volga Gas' test well in Vostochny-Makarovskoye finds pay

(2/8/2008) Roc plugging & abandoning Lilac well off Western Australia

(2/8/2008) Lundin gets go-ahead for Caspian exploration well

(2/8/2008) Appraisal of Oselvar discovery points to development

(2/7/2008) Gazprom applies to explore 3 blocks in Sakhalin III

(2/7/2008) Texon finds gas-bearing sands onshore South Texas

(2/7/2008) Oil Search's plugging Egypt well, reworking PNG well

(2/6/2008) 3D set to drill 2 Bass Strait wells off Australia

(2/6/2008) Petsec drilling onshore Louisiana Moonshine Project

(2/6/2008) Arktikshelfneftegaz to drill Pechora Sea test well

(2/6/2008) US Gulf Terrebonne test well comes up dry

(2/5/2008) Chevron drilling appraisal of Nigeria's deepwater Aje prospect

(2/5/2008) Aurelian's Energia Zachod testing Poland's Trzek-1

(2/5/2008) Matra suspends Horvatkut well in Hungary's Inke Block

(2/5/2008) Aminex resumes drilling Kiliwani-1 in Tanzania

(2/5/2008) Pemberton gets go-ahead to drill Peace River Arch well

(2/4/2008) BP JV discovers oil in Egypt's Gulf of Suez

(2/4/2008) Ascent to drill appraisal well in Switzerland

(2/4/2008) Empire gets go-ahead to drill Moriary exploration well

(2/4/2008) Pacific Rubiales test well shows 27.7 milion cf/d

(2/4/2008) Coastal Energy scores Thai gasfield discovery

(2/4/2008) Texas' Padre Island prospect test well spudded

(2/4/2008) Roc drilling 2 test wells off Western Australia

(2/3/2008) Subsidence halts Oil Search PNG exploration well

(2/3/2008) Apache gearing up to drill farm-in test well off Australia

(2/3/2008) 11 Tcf gasfield discovered in Persian Gulf

(2/3/2008) EnCore to drill Cobra test well in UK North Sea

(2/3/2008) TPAO spuds exploration well in Aegean Sea

(2/1/2008) BP scores West of Shetland oil discovery

(2/1/2008) Shell's Vicksburg an ultra-deep US Gulf discovery

(2/1/2008) BP makes 15th discovery in Angola ultra-deepwater block

(1/31/2008) Chevron US Gulf Big Foot appraisal confirms pay zones

(1/31/2008) Trans-Orient kicking off drilling onshore New Zealand

(1/31/2008) Energas deepening Wyoming exploration well

(1/31/2008) Algeria's Hassi Ba Hamou appraisal well drilled

(1/31/2008) StatoilHydro's Norwegian Sea Gamma wildcat a discovery

(1/31/2008) BP makes major Nile Delta gas discovery at record depth

(1/30/2008) Seismic results expand FX 2008 test drilling in Poland

(1/30/2008) Re-entered Pompano well off Texas a producer

(1/30/2008) Foothills drilling California's Grizzly Bear Prospect

(1/30/2008) Key prepping to drill Italy's Borsano Block

(1/30/2008) Norway's PSA okays Stetind exploration well

(1/30/2008) Nova Scotia Windsor Basin wells show 80-109 bcf in place

(1/29/2008) Verenex Libya appraisal confirms large hydrocarbon trap

(1/29/2008) NW Crimean test well finds oil & gas

(1/29/2008) Eni proves added reserves in Norwegian Sea discovery

(1/29/2008) Roc scores a duster in China's Beibu Gulf probe

(1/28/2008) Petro Hunt sidetracks Louisiana Nottoway test well

(1/28/2008) Saskatchewan's Pasquia Hills high yield oil shale confirmed

(1/28/2008) Drilling to start on South Texas Frio-Vicksburg well

(1/28/2008) OPAB to test Sweden's Baltic Sea Dalders prospect

(1/28/2008) Sintezneftegaz gearing up to drill offshore Namibia

(1/28/2008) Second gas zone discovered in Victory well off Trinidad

(1/27/2008) Aminex prepping to spud West Esh El Mallahah well

(1/27/2008) Pan American makes major Argentine discovery

(1/25/2008) Small discovery made in Pakistan's Sindh Province

(1/25/2008) Cypress to P&A & re-drill Texas Rayburn Project well

(1/25/2008) Oil Search spuds PNG Cobra-1 this morning

(1/25/2008) Oilex to test Oman well with oil & gas shows

(1/24/2008) Apache scores big Egypt Western Desert discovery

(1/24/2008) Corridor farm-in Prince Edward Island well water wet

(1/24/2008) Pearl's Lisah-1 starts drilling in Indonesia

(1/23/2008) Alaska North Slope North Shore-1 a discovery

(1/23/2008) DPE drills Bulgaria's deepest exploration well

(1/23/2008) Petro-Canada makes UK North Sea oil discovery

(1/23/2008) Maersk's Danish exploration well Ebba-1X a dry hole

(1/22/2008) Caza scores with 2 Texas wells, strikes out in Louisiana

(1/22/2008) Tekoil spuds its 1st Newfoundland exploration well

(1/22/2008) Teton Energy tags 11 drillsites in Colorado's DJ Basin

(1/22/2008) Bow Valley's North Sea test well a small discovery

(1/22/2008) Oman's Sarha exploration well reaches TD

(1/21/2008) Petrobras scores big ultra-deepwater gasfield discovery off Brazil

(1/21/2008) Pluspetrol to complete new Peru Block 56 well

(1/21/2008) MEO's Heron-2 fails to find hydrocarbons in Darwin formation

(1/21/2008) Second Capricorn well in Argentina near completion

(1/21/2008) PetroVietnam scores oil & gas discovery in Algeria

(1/21/2008) Melrose finds gas in new Black Sea concession

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