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Exploration & Discoveries

(7/3/2009) APICO drilling northeast Thailand exploration well

(7/3/2009) Petrominerales abandoning Chiguiro Este test well

(7/2/2009) Pacific Rubiales drills 4 test wells at Rubiales & Quifa

(7/2/2009) Rosneft drilling Sakhalin 3 Veninsky Block

(7/2/2009) New Brunswick's Sussex/Elgin Basin holds 67.3 Tcf

(7/2/2009) TransAtlantic sub spuds Turkish onshore test well

(7/2/2009) Beach's Butlers find holds 1.09-2.15 million bbl oil

(7/2/2009) Hess trying for 4 discoveries off Western Australia

(7/1/2009) Western Australia's Apium North a duster so far

(7/1/2009) Sherritt spudding Black Sea exploration well

(7/1/2009) Vicpet confirms oil discovery in South Australia

(6/30/2009) Gaz de France plugging & abandoning Tesla exploration well

(6/29/2009) Marathon & Nordaq planning Alaska Kenai Refuge wells

(6/29/2009) AWE pegs 3-4 exploration wells in NZ Taranaki Basin

(6/29/2009) Norse out of drilling of Dende prospect off Brazil

(6/29/2009) Maple drilling Peru's Santa Rosa prospect

(6/28/2009) PDVSA spuds Guayaquil Gulf well in Ecuador

(6/28/2009) Repsol scores 2 discoveries offshore northern Spain

(6/28/2009) ExxonMobil drilling 1st of 3 deepwater Libyan wells

(6/28/2009) CNPC achieves Agadem oil discovery in Niger

(6/26/2009) Deep drilling discovers another possible Turkmen gas giant

(6/26/2009) Vicpet's South Australia Snatcher sees oil shows

(6/26/2009) Det Norske comes up dry in Norwegian Sea well

(6/26/2009) Pearl's Tuong Vi-1X off Vietnam a dud

(6/26/2009) TNK-BP holding to 5-year exploration plans

(6/25/2009) Canada Energy drills 2 Moosebar Shale tests

(6/25/2009) Talisman to test Quebec's St Lawrence Lowlands well

(6/25/2009) Challenger's East Irish Sea test well found all wet

(6/24/2009) Ecopetrol to explore off Cuba's Gulf of Mexico

(6/24/2009) Gulf Keystone sees oil shows in Kurdistan exploration well

(6/24/2009) Anadarko achieves another deepwater US Gulf discovery

(6/23/2009) Giant new gas discovery claimed off Iran in Persian Gulf

(6/23/2009) Pearl Oil at TD in Vietnam Nam Con Son test well

(6/23/2009) Beach's Butler taps pay in South Australia

(6/23/2009) AWE spuds Apium North-1 in Western Oz

(6/23/2009) ONGC denies 10 Tcf find in India's Krishna-Godavari Basin (update)

(6/23/2009) Titan a small oil discovery in Norwegian North Sea

(6/22/2009) ONGC makes 3 discoveries at 3 locations in India

(6/22/2009) ONGC to drill 3 test wells in India's offshore Mahanadi Block

(6/22/2009) Nippon spuds UK North Sea appraisal well

(6/19/2009) Sinopec prepping to drill Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ

(6/19/2009) InterOil recovers added oil in 2nd Antelope sidetrack

(6/19/2009) Salamander spuds South Sebuku-1 onshore Indonesia

(6/19/2009) Shell wildcat confirms major gasfield find off Norway

(6/18/2009) StatoilHydro drilling Norway's Tampen area Peon gas prospect

(6/18/2009) Santos spuds Western Australia stratigraphic well

(6/18/2009) BG drilling Bream appraisal in Norwegian North Sea

(6/18/2009) Premier's Red Emperor finds 90 meters pay off Vietnam

(6/18/2009) Talisman JV scores bigger than expected discovery off Norway

(6/17/2009) Vietgazprom drilling 1st Gulf of Tonkin test well

(6/17/2009) Sinopec drilling 7th gas test well in Saudi Arabia

(6/16/2009) NNPC makes oil discovery onshore Niger Delta

(6/16/2009) Ascent plugging & abandoning Gazzata-1 in Italy

(6/16/2009) Petroceltic taps Devonian pay in Algeria

(6/16/2009) Tullow does it again in Uganda with Kigogole discovery

(6/15/2009) Pacific Rubiales discovery in Colombia's Abanico Field

(6/15/2009) South Petroleum JV drilling new Kyrgyz exploration well

(6/15/2009) Vicpet drilling Snatcher-1 in South Australia

(6/15/2009) Tower's Iti-1 in Uganda fails to find pay

(6/15/2009) Harvest spudding Utah Antelope Project well

(6/12/2009) Beach finds 5 meters of oil show in Perlubie South well

(6/12/2009) Golden State to test Utah's Paradox Basin appraisal

(6/12/2009) Lundin drilling North Sea Aegis-1 exploration well

(6/12/2009) UBX's Gavea gearing up to drill onshore Brazil

(6/12/2009) Vicpet prepping to drill South Australia Snatcher exploration well

(6/12/2009) Murphy makes discoveries off Sabah & Sarawak

(6/11/2009) Challenger spuds UK Crosby exploration well

(6/11/2009) StatoilHydro makes small Norwegian Sea discovery

(6/10/2009) Chevron drills a duster offshore Venezuela

(6/10/2009) Pakistan's Rafay-1 & Jamai-Deep-1 terminated

(6/10/2009) Volga's latest Karpenskiy well finds water & oil

(6/9/2009) ATP's Wendlock North Sea well flows 59 million cf/d

(6/9/2009) Det Norske drilling Norwegian Sea prospect

(6/9/2009) Starfish & Petrobras find gas in Potiguar Basin

(6/9/2009) Emerald drilling Mirto exploration well in Colombia

(6/9/2009) Phiops-5 logs one of highest test rates in Egypt's Western Desert

(6/9/2009) PNR's Texas Eagle Ford shale well a producer

(6/9/2009) Antares scores Texas Yellow Rose gas discovery

(6/9/2009) Serica makes 1st oil discovery west of Ireland in 30 years

(6/8/2009) Repsol to explore int'l waters between Argentina & Falklands

(6/8/2009) Dana nearing TD in Moroccan onshore exploration well

(6/8/2009) 400-meter column confirmed in Oman's Saiwan East-2

(6/5/2009) KFG makes oil discovery onshore Mississippi

(6/5/2009) Petrobras makes another pre-salt Santos Basin discovery

(6/4/2009) Svenska Petroleum appeals rejected Baltic Sea drill permit

(6/4/2009) Northern sees oil shows in Netherlands Nieuwendijk well

(6/3/2009) Energy World's Cuban-1 taps thick CBM seams

(6/3/2009) Pearl spuds Tuong Vi test off Vietnam

(6/3/2009) Shell makes Norway's largest discovery in years

(6/3/2009) Apache's Khalda finds new oil in Egypt's South Umbarka

(6/3/2009) Beach drills a dud in South Australia

(6/3/2009) Premier completes Ca Rong Do well off Vietnam

(6/3/2009) Discovery achieved in Morocco's Rharb Basin Sebou Block

(6/3/2009) Texas Haynesville Shale well tests at 11.4 million cf/d

(6/3/2009) ExxonMobil now sidetracking Santos Basin Guarani well

(6/2/2009) Newfield chalks up double deepwater US Gulf discoveries

(6/2/2009) Mesa's test well completed in Oklahoma Coal Creek Project

(6/2/2009) Wintershall drilling Grosbeak Prospect offshore Norway

(6/1/2009) Nippon prepping to drill UK North Sea Alpha prospect

(6/1/2009) Petrobras spuds wildcat offshore Libya

(6/1/2009) White Nile finds gas in onshore Sudanese concession

(6/1/2009) Stuart's Timor Sea discovery reserves upgraded

(5/29/2009) InterOil taps more oil in PNG Antelope sidetrack

(5/29/2009) Tower spuds Iti-1 exploration well in Uganda

(5/28/2009) FX spuds Ostrowiec test well in western Poland

(5/28/2009) Rosneft makes new discovery in Russia's Baikalovsky Block

(5/28/2009) Two StatoilHydro wildcats achieve small gas discoveries

(5/27/2009) McMoRan's Ammazzo US Gulf deep gas well all wet

(5/27/2009) Jupiter to re-enter Soviet well onshore Kazakhstan

(5/27/2009) Louisiana Bullseye Prospect production testing underway

(5/27/2009) Otto sees gas in Turkish wildcat Kirmizihoyuk-1

(5/27/2009) Pan Orient finds oil in Thailand volcanic reservoir

(5/27/2009) Petrobras scores new Espirito Santo gas discovery

(5/27/2009) GSPC taps down KG-19 test well off India

(5/27/2009) Tullow strikes water in Uganda's Butaba region well

(5/27/2009) BP makes 18th ultra-deep oil discovery in Angola

(5/26/2009) Strong oil shows seen in Colombia's Morichito well

(5/24/2009) PDVSA drilling exploratory well on Equator's Puna Island

(5/24/2009) Petrobras finds oil in Shell-relinquished Brazilian block

(5/24/2009) Dana Gas' Tulip-1 another gas discovery in Egypt

(5/22/2009) Rockhopper reclassifies old Shell well as gas discovery

(5/22/2009) ExxonMobil makes minor North Sea discovery

(5/21/2009) Repsol to resume testing Eq Guinea discovery

(5/21/2009) Pemex completes Tekel-1 in Campeche Bay

(5/21/2009) Petrobras sets 2-year $300 million Black Sea exploration

(5/21/2009) Niko kicks off Tamil Nadu exploratory drilling

(5/21/2009) Venture appraisal on UK North Sea Kew Field finds gas

(5/20/2009) TerraWest makes shall gas discovery in Xinjiang, China

(5/20/2009) Ascent drilling Gazzata-1 exploration well in Italy's Po Valley

(5/19/2009) Hocol scores major gas condensate find in Colombia

(5/19/2009) Kansas' Poston Prospect produces 46-ft interval

(5/19/2009) Oil & gas discovery in Egypt's NW Gemsa Concession

(5/19/2009) Mechanical failure forces P&A of Poseidon-1 (update)

(5/19/2009) StatoilHydro appraisal of Fulla discovery positive

(5/18/2009) Petroceltic spuds Isarene gas exploration well in Algeria

(5/18/2009) Talisman scores significant oil discovery in North Sea

(5/15/2009) SOCO set to drill 2 test wells offshore Congo

(5/15/2009) WesternZagros' Kurd Block said to hold 2.5 billion bbl oil

(5/14/2009) Santos drilling its 1st well in Vietnam's Song Hong Basin

(5/14/2009) 1.23 Tcf gasfield discovered in Russian Kalmykia

(5/14/2009) ConocoPhillips preparing to run DSTs on Poseidon-1

(5/14/2009) Tower gearing up to drill Uganda exploration well

(5/13/2009) Eni drilling 1st of 9 exploration wells in Rajasthan, India

(5/13/2009) GSPC testing 3 discoveries in Deen Dayal West Block

(5/13/2009) Ostrowiec test well to spud in western Poland

(5/13/2009) New North Sea discovery near Gudrun & Grane

(5/12/2009) Husky completes second South China Sea appraisal well

(5/12/2009) RWE Dea makes onshore Nile Delta discovery in Egypt

(5/12/2009) Bow kicking off Queensland Comet CSG test drilling

(5/11/2009) Petrobras adds another Espirito Santo find

(5/11/2009) Alberta Foothills Tay River well misses target

(5/11/2009) Onshore Thai exploration well tests 1,220 b/d

(5/11/2009) Houston Energy drilling in Texas' Matagorda County

(5/11/2009) Repsol makes major gas discovery in Brazil's Santos Basin

(5/8/2009) Pemex makes triple discoveries in southern Mexico

(5/8/2009) Probe drilling US Gulf East Cameron prospect

(5/7/2009) Tethys finds 3 Oman well target zones oil-bearing

(5/7/2009) Sinopec's Great Auk-1 finds pay in Timor Sea Puffin Field

(5/7/2009) Northern kicking off 3-well exploration in Italy

(5/6/2009) Shell scales back Beaufort Sea drilling plan

(5/6/2009) Petrobras makes 5th discovery onshore Espirito Santo Basin

(5/6/2009) Kuwait Energy finds another oilfield in Egypt

(5/6/2009) Tullow strikes oil with Nsoga-1 well in Uganda

(5/6/2009) L&M's Bogle-1 hits CSG target on New Zealand South Island

(5/6/2009) Total achieves new oil discovery offshore Congo

(5/6/2009) Heritage Oil makes major oil find in Kurd Iraq

(5/5/2009) Clayton Williams abandons Louisiana test well

(5/5/2009) Chevron achieves 2 Gulf of Thailand discoveries

(5/5/2009) ConocoPhillips Poseidon well halted by stuck tool

(5/5/2009) Apache probes into Julimar & Brunello prove successful

(5/4/2009) ConocoPhillips scores with 2 NPR-Alaska wells

(5/1/2009) Providence taps down 2 Texas exploration wells

(4/30/2009) Northern prepping to spud onshore UK Markwells Wood-1

(4/30/2009) Apache chalks up 3 discoveries in Egypt's Western Desert

(4/30/2009) StatoilHydro plugging & abandoning gas condensate find

(4/29/2009) Petrobras scores again onshore Espirito Santo

(4/29/2009) Aztec drills 2nd successful Texas gaswell

(4/29/2009) Iran to drill its 1st exploration well in the Caspian Sea

(4/28/2009) Petrolia preparing for Quebec Gaspe Peninsula exploration

(4/28/2009) Gulf Keystone kicks off drilling on Kurd Shaikan Block

(4/28/2009) Sinopec drilling Australia's Puffin Field probe

(4/28/2009) Galp finds oil onshore Brazil in Potiguar Basin

(4/28/2009) PrimeGen picking drillsites in Russia's Saratovskoye

(4/27/2009) Contango scores a dry hole on US Gulf prospect

(4/26/2009) Saiwan East test well now drilling onshore Oman

(4/26/2009) Extrem Energy sees oil shows in Turkish Sarikiz well

(4/24/2009) OMV testing gas output of Pakistan discovery

(4/23/2009) Pacific Rubiales scores with wells on 2 Colombia blocks

(4/23/2009) Italy's Gazzata-1 exploration well set for mid-May

(4/23/2009) ConocoPhillips finds gas prior to TD in Poseidon well

(4/23/2009) Newfield finds deepwater gas off Malaysia's Sarawak

(4/23/2009) StatoilHydro makes gas discovery in Oseberg area

(4/22/2009) Plains E&P deepening Friesian discovery in US Gulf

(4/21/2009) Santos-Manas JV drilling two shallow wells in Kyrgyzstan

(4/21/2009) Po Valley gas appraisal well tests positive on all 3 levels

(4/21/2009) Northern kicks off 2-well Netherlands exploration drilling

(4/20/2009) Poland discovery well Kromolice-2 tests 47 million cf/d

(4/20/2009) Kuwait Energy makes oil discovery in Egypt

(4/20/2009) Petrovietnam scores major offshore gas discovery

(4/20/2009) US Gulf Ewing Bank find flows 4/252 b/d & 5.4 million cf/d

(4/20/2009) Reliance suspends Bay of Bengal exploration well

(4/17/2009) Petrobras sees hydrocarbon shows onshore Espirito Santo

(4/17/2009) Eni makes large discovery offshore Kalimantan

(4/16/2009) Reliance spuds Bay of Bengal deepwater exploration well

(4/16/2009) Det Norske drilling on Norway's Eitri Prospect

(4/15/2009) Noble tests Dalit discovery off Israel at 33 million cf/d

(4/15/2009) Maersk makes Gita discovery offshore Denmark

(4/15/2009) ANP confirms Petrobras' Camamu-Almada Basin discovery

(4/15/2009) Vaalco gives up on 2nd Gabon Mutamba test well

(4/15/2009) Petrobras does it again with 3rd Santos Basin discovery

(4/14/2009) Sherritt-led JV to drill Western Black Sea exploration well

(4/14/2009) Golden Gate scores with test well on Louisiana Bullseye Prospect

(4/13/2009) Sipex scores discovery in Libya's Ghadames Basin

(4/13/2009) Yearend start set for 2nd phase West Bengal CBM project

(4/13/2009) Lukoil scores 2nd gas discovery in Saudi Arabia

(4/13/2009) Western Australia launches exploration incentive program

(4/10/2009) Brazil's ANP reports oil & gas seen in 3 exploration wells

(4/10/2009) CNOOC okays Primeline exploration well in 2nd phase

(4/10/2009) Silverstone confirms it abandoned UK North Sea well

(4/9/2009) UKCS offshore exploration down 78%

(4/9/2009) Repsol wildcat offshore Libya discovers oil

(4/9/2009) BG's Corcovado-1 off Brazil encounters hydrocarbons

(4/8/2009) Vietnam approves Cuu Long Basin appraisal areas

(4/8/2009) Tower readying rig to drill 1st Uganda test well

(4/8/2009) Deepwater discovery made in Canada's Flemish Pass

(4/7/2009) Petrobras Campos Basin well encounters oil shows

(4/7/2009) Brazil's shallow water Santos gas discovery said important

(4/7/2009) Petrohawk drilling 2nd Haynesville Shale well in Louisiana

(4/7/2009) Oilex spots 10 prospects in Timor Sea exploration block

(4/6/2009) Ecopetrol strikes oil in Colombia's Putumayo Province

(4/6/2009) GSPC's latest India east coast well looks commercial

(4/6/2009) St Mary completes Haynesville shale well in Louisiana

(4/6/2009) Tethys taps pay in Oman appraisal

(4/6/2009) Eni makes new discovery off Kalimantan in Kutei Basin

(4/2/2009) L&M starting up CSG drilling in NZ's Western Southland Basin

(4/2/2009) Lundin North Sea wildcat a dud

(4/1/2009) Repsol makes new gas discovery in Algerian desert

(4/1/2009) Golden Gate sees oil shows in Bullseye test well

(4/1/2009) Noble strikes oil & gas on deepwater US Gulf prospect

(4/1/2009) Verenex confirms 11th & 12th oil discoveries in Libya's Area 47

(4/1/2009) Pan Orient finds more oil onshore Thailand

(4/1/2009) Brigham scores Frio gas discovery in South Texas

(4/1/2009) Det Norske-drilled ExxonMobil wildcat a North Sea winner

(3/31/2009) Wintershall prepping to drill Norway's Grosbeak

(3/31/2009) Edison finds further gas deposits in Egypt's Abu Qir

(3/31/2009) Rift's PNG Puk-Puk tests show 100 million cf/d potential

(3/31/2009) Beach kicking off 6-well South Australia exploration program

(3/31/2009) Po Valley testing Bezzecca-1 well in northern Italy

(3/31/2009) StatoilHydro wildcat finds a dry hole

(3/30/2009) Starfish finds oil in Brazil's Potiguar Basin

(3/30/2009) Dana makes small discovery onshore Egypt

(3/30/2009) Repsol makes significant gas discovery off Morocco

(3/29/2009) Salamander spuds 1st of 4 wells on Thailand's Bualuang Field

(3/29/2009) Noble sees signs of more gas off Israel

(3/29/2009) Vicpet pegs Snatcher test well in 2nd quarter

(3/29/2009) Junex drilling 1st of 2 farm-in test wells in Quebec's Nicolet Permit

(3/29/2009) StatoilHydro's Grosso test well a duster

(3/26/2009) Southern Star scores Haynesville Shale discovery

(3/26/2009) CNOOC achieves 2 more discoveries in China's Bohai Bay

(3/26/2009) TNK-BP adds $29 million to boost exploration efforts

(3/26/2009) APICO planning Phu Kheng exploration well in Q2

(3/26/2009) Chevron kicks off Gorgon-Wheatstone drilling

(3/25/2009) It's official: no oil exploration in Costa Rica

(3/25/2009) Tullow drills deeper in Ghana & Uganda to find more oil

(3/25/2009) StatoilHydro strikes oil in Norwegian North Sea near Vigdis

(3/25/2009) Heritage sees oil shows in Kurdish Iraq Miran West-1

(3/24/2009) PetroVietnam & Petronic to explore off Nicaragua

(3/24/2009) Vulcan gearing up to drill 1st Western Newfoundland well

(3/24/2009) McMoRan Ammazzo well targeting giant ultra-deep gas reserves

(3/24/2009) Great Plains has cased its third exploratory well

(3/24/2009) Emerald plugging & abandoning Colombia exploration well

(3/24/2009) Dana drilling Tafejjart-1 test well in Morocco

(3/23/2009) Santos scores with shallow water Indonesia discovery

(3/23/2009) Lewis draws a dry hole with Colombia's Rosablanca

(3/22/2009) Reliance prepping for D3 appraisal program off eastern India

(3/20/2009) Venture confirms Carna discovery in UK North Sea

(3/19/2009) Dana test well in Egypt's Suez Gulf has hydrocarbon shows

(3/18/2009) ExxonMobil drilling appraisal of Azulao discovery off Brazil

(3/17/2009) Energy XXI finds extra gas pay in Louisiana discovery

(3/16/2009) Kentucky USA at TD in New Albany Shale test well

(3/16/2009) Statoilhydro makes Norwegian Sea gas discovery

(3/14/2009) Cairn may drill offshore southern Greenland in 2010

(3/14/2009) Northern drilling 1st operated well in Italy

(3/13/2009) Po Valley drilling on 4th northern Italy gasfield

(3/12/2009) Petrobras makes shallow water gas discovery off Brazil

(3/12/2009) Max Petroleum gearing up for major Kazakhstan drilling

(3/12/2009) Origin to drill 2 wells in Northland Basin by yearend

(3/12/2009) Northern gets okay to drill test well in UK Weald Basin

(3/11/2009) Anadarko finds major pay in US Gulf K2 delineation well

(3/11/2009) Nexen scores again with UK North Sea Hobby

(3/11/2009) Oilex's Oman exploration well produces water on test

(3/11/2009) Devon strikes gas in Brazil's Barreirinhas Basin

(3/10/2009) Queenslands' Planet Downs-1 plugged and abandoned

(3/10/2009) Daybreak's Bear-1 a California oil discovery

(3/10/2009) Clayton Williams completing Texas well, drilling Louisiana well

(3/9/2009) New Guinea Energy sees 187 million bbl Panakawa prospect

(3/9/2009) OMV kicks off extended test of Pakistan discovery well

(3/9/2009) StatoilHydro strikes oil & gas near Norway's Oseberg South

(3/9/2009) Tullow discovers light oil in deepwater off Ghana

(3/8/2009) Talisman drilling another St Lawrence Lowlands test well

(3/8/2009) Noble moving Atwood Hunter to drill Dalit-1

(3/6/2009) Emerald spuds Jacinto-1 exploration well in Colombia

(3/6/2009) BG's Algeria RM-2 well winds up all wet

(3/6/2009) Pan Andean planning Antorcha exploration in Colombia this year

(3/6/2009) Morocco sets 6-year exploration campaign

(3/6/2009) Petrominerales prepping Colombia discovery for production

(3/5/2009) G2 gearing up to drill Wyoming Diamond Springs Prospect

(3/5/2009) Petrolifera's La Pinta-1 sees oil shows

(3/5/2009) Venture's UK North Sea Carna well strikes gas

(3/4/2009) ExxonMobil does it again on Brazil's Santos Basin block

(3/4/2009) Southern Star spuds Louisiana Haynesville test

(3/3/2009) Pemex Gulf of Mexico wildcat a gas discovery

(3/3/2009) Geopark chalks up another discovery onshore Chile

(3/3/2009) L&M to resume New Zealand South Island CSG drilling

(3/3/2009) BP makes 17th discovery in Angola's ultra-deep Block 31

(3/2/2009) Asia-Pacific's largest onshore gaswell flows 382 million cf/d

(3/1/2009) Large oilfield discovered in China's Inner Mongolia

(2/27/2009) Murphy's Abalone Deep-1 off Australia a duster

(2/27/2009) Aztec's Goliad Texas test well taps gas pay

(2/27/2009) Vegas confirms oil discovery beside Egypt's Gulf of Suez

(2/27/2009) Oil & gas discovery onshore Brazil's Potiguar Basin

(2/26/2009) StatoilHydro spuds another Ragnarrock appraisal

(2/26/2009) Santos' Cooper Basin Naccowlah appraisal positive

(2/26/2009) Vaalco well onshore Gabon low & water-bearing

(2/25/2009) Total sees gas off Bangladesh in seismic data

(2/25/2009) Poland's Kromolice-2 a commercial discovery

(2/25/2009) Morocco's Zag Basin aeromag survey promising

(2/25/2009) Swift completes Louisiana West Lake Washington discovery

(2/25/2009) Oilex prepping to test Al Jumd discovery in Oman

(2/24/2009) Vision completes Texas Austin Chalk well

(2/24/2009) Jura drilling Rafay exploration well in Pakistan

(2/24/2009) Woodside finds new gasfield off Western Australia

(2/24/2009) Gulfsands' Yousefieh discovery & appraisal pass DSTs

(2/24/2009) Frontera finds oil & gas in Georgia's Mirzaani Field

(2/24/2009) Chevron Wheatstone appraisal program concluded

(2/24/2009) Talisman North Sea wildcat all wet

(2/24/2009) Dana discovers new North Sea Rinnes area oilfield

(2/23/2009) ONGC reports oil discovery in India's Krishna Godavari Basin

(2/23/2009) Great Artesian spuds Queensland Planet Downs test

(2/23/2009) OIL makes deepest hydrocarbon discovery in India

(2/23/2009) Successful appraisal of Liwan 3-1 in South China Sea

(2/23/2009) Dana Gas discovers 100 bcf gas in Egypt

(2/20/2009) Sabretooth drills first Montney well at Alberta's Red Creek

(2/20/2009) China Oilfield Services spuds Myanmar well

(2/19/2009) Petrolia, Junex and Gastem pick next Haldimand drillsite

(2/19/2009) Venture at TD in UK North Sea Carna test well

(2/19/2009) Gas discovery in Devon Field waterflood project, Kansas

(2/18/2009) Sea Dragon plugging & abandoning Egypt duster

(2/18/2009) PetroLatina's Colombia test well finds pay

(2/17/2009) Ameriwest wins okay to drill Wyoming prospect

(2/17/2009) Southern Star scores 9th Louisiana Cotton Valley success

(2/17/2009) Kromolice-2 exploraton well flows in central Poland

(2/16/2009) Dana Gas makes 2nd gas discovery this year in Egypt

(2/15/2009) Petrobras' 2nd Iran Persian Gulf well sees oil

(2/15/2009) Petrobras to delay US Gulf exploration

(2/15/2009) Circle Oil adds another gas discovery in Morocco

(2/15/2009) Petrovietnam makes oil discovery onshore Algeria

(2/13/2009) Aurelian scores gas discovery in Romania's Bacau Block

(2/13/2009) Zeus-1 test well off Western Australia water-wet

(2/13/2009) Noble makes oil discovery offshore Equatorial Guinea

(2/12/2009) Royale sees more gas in California Forbes Formation

(2/12/2009) Santos suspends Jackson South East-2 & rigging for Chilla-3

(2/12/2009) OGX launching 4-rig Brazil exploration campaign

(2/12/2009) Nexen turns UK Hobby into oil discovery

(2/11/2009) Brazil's Santos Basin BM-S-9 holds up to 6 billion boe - Repsol

(2/11/2009) Pan-Orient finds volcanic oil reservoir onshore Thailand

(2/10/2009) MGM scores with Canadian Beaufort Sea discovery

(2/10/2009) Nexus' Libra-1 analysis puts it near Crux in yield

(2/10/2009) Husky drilling shallow water Wenchang test well

(2/10/2009) Farha South test well onshore Oman underway

(2/10/2009) Det Norske drilling Norway's North Sea Freke Prospect

(2/10/2009) Noble flowtest of Tamar discovery off Israel positive

(2/10/2009) GdF Suez appraisal of UK Cygnus Field succeeds

(2/9/2009) Petrominerales' Mapache-2 flows 1,300 b/d

(2/9/2009) Newfield spuds deepwater exploration well off Sarawak

(2/9/2009) Toreador drilling Balotaszallas well in Hungary

(2/9/2009) Cirrus strikes pay in unitized Netherlands' L8-D Field

(2/9/2009) Harriet JV hits hydrocarbons off Western Australia

(2/8/2009) ONGC discovers oil with 2 new wells in Gujarat

(2/8/2009) New oil field discovered in Iranian Persian Gulf

(2/6/2009) North Sea Grosso Prospect test well spudded

(2/6/2009) StatoilHydro Pan/Pandora appraisals hit pay

(2/5/2009) Key's geological studies pinpoint Tanzania exploration targets

(2/5/2009) Husky testing South China Sea deepwater appraisal

(2/5/2009) Repsol's & Chevron's Buckskin a deepwater US Gulf discovery

(2/5/2009) Heritage's Uganda appraisal Kingfisher-3A finds pay

(2/5/2009) Talisman's North Sea Gyda sidetrack a dry hole

(2/5/2009) StatoilHydro finds gas/condensate in North Sea Fulla Prospect

(2/4/2009) Anadarko chalks up another deepwater US Gulf discovery

(2/3/2009) Anadarko & CNOOC to drill deepwater South China Sea

(2/3/2009) North Dakota well tests 1,200 b/d oil, 1.4 million cf/d gas

(2/3/2009) Volga finds minor gas in Russia's Karpenskiy Block

(2/3/2009) Petrobras turns in another possible Potiguar discovery

(2/3/2009) Occidental to drill exploration well off Bahrain

(2/3/2009) Beach's Perlubie-1 well finds oil in South Australia

(2/2/2009) CEP drilling Moosebar Shale in BC, Canada

(2/2/2009) BP makes gas discovery in Egypt's deepwater Mediterranean

(2/2/2009) Mariner scores 2 US Gulf discoveries

(2/2/2009) Anadarko scores major deepwater US Gulf discovery

(2/1/2009) Noble to appraise offshore Israel find with 2 test wells

(2/1/2009) Novatek may kick off El Arish exploration early

(2/1/2009) Pakistan's Yasin Block Hasseb Field put at 174 bcf

(1/30/2009) Devon drilling in Brazil Barreirinhas Basin

(1/30/2009) GeoPark finds another oilfield in Chile's Fell Block

(1/30/2009) GSPC to drill appraisals to Cambay discovery Ankleshwar

(1/30/2009) Maple prepping to drill Northern Peru test wells

(1/30/2009) StatoilHydro finds oil in Norway's Curran Prospect

(1/30/2009) Petrobras resumes Santos Basin pre-salt drilling program

(1/29/2009) Friesian Project confirms US Gulf deepwater discovery

(1/29/2009) Petrobras finds gas in Bolivia's Ingre Block

(1/29/2009) Europa spuds Hykeham exploration well onshore UK

(1/29/2009) Endeavour confirms commerciality of UK North Sea find

(1/29/2009) ConocoPhillips drilling Poseidon-1 off Western Australia

(1/29/2009) Maersk completes HPHT well in UK North Sea

(1/29/2009) ATIP to resume drilling Vietnam's Yen Tu-1X well

(1/28/2009) Petrobras makes 2 offshore gas discoveries

(1/28/2009) ExxonMobil drilling wildcat in Norwegian North Sea

(1/28/2009) Addax scores significant onshore Nigeria discovery

(1/28/2009) Lundin successfully tests Luno appraisal well off Norway

(1/27/2009) Dana Gas sets E&P program for Sharjah offshore block

(1/27/2009) DONG draws a duster offshore Denmark

(1/27/2009) Petrobras makes shallow water gas find in Santos Basin

(1/26/2009) Rig up at Oman's Farha South has begun

(1/26/2009) Energas drilling Ellenberger test well in Texas

(1/26/2009) Petrolifera spuds La Pinta exploration well in Colombia

(1/26/2009) UK Breagh Field testing concluded, set for development

(1/26/2009) Perenco scores discovery offshore Gabon

(1/26/2009) Repsol makes 3 new gas discoveries in Algeria

(1/25/2009) Galp sees oil shows onshore Brazil's Sergipe Basin

(1/23/2009) Maurel & Prom & Dominion drilling Mihambia-1 in Tanzania

(1/23/2009) ConocoPhillips set to spud Poseidon-1 off Western Australia

(1/23/2009) Cooper Oil Project appraisal sees oil shows

(1/23/2009) StatoilHydro Norwegian Sea wildcat fails to find hydrocarbons

(1/22/2009) GSPC to drill 5 test wells in India's onshore Cambay Basin

(1/22/2009) InterOil confirms extended gas column in PNG Antelope-1

(1/22/2009) Ameriwest sets spud date for Wyoming Powder River well

(1/22/2009) Sterling flows UK North Sea appraisal at 26 million cf/d

(1/22/2009) AusTex drilling McCracken well in Kansas

(1/22/2009) Strike's Tumbleweed Prospect test in Texas halted

(1/21/2009) Pacific Rubiales finds oil in Colombia's Guasimo Block

(1/21/2009) Tower prepping to drill 1st exploration well in Uganda

(1/21/2009) Highpine scores 2 Nisku oil discoveries in Alberta

(1/21/2009) Endeavour UK North Sea discovery appraisal positive

(1/21/2009) Black Pool drilling Skimmer prospect offshore Texas

(1/21/2009) Gulfsands spuds Yousefieh appraisal in Syria

(1/20/2009) Petrobras sees oil shows in Brazil's Potiguar Basin

(1/20/2009) MGM testing 1st Mackenzie Delta well of season

(1/20/2009) PEI drilling Montmello exploration well in Colombia

(1/20/2009) Linda North appraisal spudded off Western Australia

(1/20/2009) Chevron shelves Canada deepwater Orphan Basin well

(1/20/2009) ExxonMobil makes Brazil deepwater pre-salt discovery

(1/20/2009) Serica gets positive appraisal of Chablis discovery

(1/19/2009) Aladdin sees new petroleum system in Orenburg well

(1/19/2009) Northern prepping for 1st of 2 Netherlands test wells

(1/19/2009) MEO kicks off Zeus-1 offshore Western Australia

(1/19/2009) Incremental appraisal in western Turkey finds gas

(1/18/2009) ConocoPhillips pegs $10.3 billion to 2009 E&P

(1/18/2009) Noble gas discovery on Israel's Tamar prospect

(1/16/2009) BG to kick off Brazil Santos Basin exploration drilling

(1/16/2009) Canoro plugs & abandons well In Assam, India

(1/16/2009) Bow drilling 1st of 2 Queensland Canaway Ridge tests

(1/15/2009) Woodside makes oil discovery in Libya's Ghadames Basin

(1/15/2009) Repsol sees hydrocarbons in Brazil Santos Basin well

(1/15/2009) PTTEP draws a duster offshore Myanmar

(1/15/2009) Vegas makes another NW Gemsa find onshore Egypt

(1/15/2009) Apache scores 3 discoveries in Egypt's Western Desert

(1/14/2009) ExxonMobil drilling Foldeak exploration well in Hungary

(1/14/2009) Lab tests confirm New Zealand Goodwin-1 CSG potential

(1/14/2009) Santos' Fletcher-4 sidetrack appraisal at TD

(1/14/2009) Gastar's East Texas Bossier test taps 71 ft of pay

(1/14/2009) Beach plugs & abandons well off SE Australia

(1/14/2009) Metgasco finds gas in New South Wales Walloon coals

(1/14/2009) Paca-2 an oil discovery in Brazil's Sergipe Alagoas Basin

(1/14/2009) Oilex completes 4-well Oman drilling program

(1/13/2009) InterOil's Antelope-1 finds 611 meters of gas & liquids

(1/13/2009) Buru deferring Australia Canning Basin exploration

(1/13/2009) Beach's South Australia Gunyah-1 a duster so far

(1/13/2009) StatoilHydro makes discovery near Norne in Norwegian Sea

(1/13/2009) Heritage's Giraffe-1 a major oil discovery in Uganda

(1/12/2009) Ophir finds 2 new gasfields offshore Eq Guinea

(1/12/2009) Dana Gas discoveries in Egypt to double reserves

(1/12/2009) Verenex confirms oil & gas discovery onshore Libya

(1/12/2009) Arrow kicks off northern Vietnam drilling program

(1/12/2009) StatoilHydro's Barents Sea appraisal non-commercial

(1/12/2009) Test well on Ghana's Jubilee Field flows 16,750 b/d

(1/11/2009) Epsilon sees oil shows in Yemen exploration well

(1/11/2009) Saudi Arabia discovers 5 oilfields, 3 gasfields

(1/9/2009) Drilling snags force Focus to abandon Rajasthan well

(1/9/2009) Significant oil shows reported in Brazil's PACA-2 test well

(1/9/2009) Stratic quits UK North Sea Cairngorm exploration well

(1/8/2009) Beach drilling exploration well in South Australia

(1/8/2009) JKX confirms Hungarian gas discovery Hajdunanas-1

(1/8/2009) Marathon scores gas discovery in new Woodford Shale area

(1/8/2009) New well extends Ghana's Mahogany Field

(12/12/2008) Qualmay well in Wyoming reaches TD with oil shows

(12/12/2008) Oilex sees oil shows in Oman Al Khlata sandstones

(12/11/2008) Copaiba discovery in Brazil's Camamu-Almada Basin

(12/11/2008) Volve South test well off Norway comes up dry

(12/11/2008) Heritage finds more oil in Kingfisher-3 in Uganda

(12/11/2008) Another successful appraisal on Ghana's Jubilee Field

(12/10/2008) Pan Orient plugging & abandoning West Java well

(12/10/2008) Maersk drilling Gita prospect offshore Denmark

(12/10/2008) Fletcher-3 appraisal well spudded off Western Australia

(12/8/2008) Tethys drilling Akkulka exploration well in Kazakhstan

(12/8/2008) Striker drills 3rd well on East Texas' Catfish Creek Prospect

(12/8/2008) Kandra 4D well in Pakistan found all wet

(12/8/2008) Sunday-1 a success in California's San Joaquin Basin

(12/8/2008) Duzce-1 on Turkish Black Sea coast a dry hole

(12/8/2008) JV spuds Rosablanca exploration well in Colombia

(12/8/2008) Endeavour well halted off Trinidad for rig repairs

(12/7/2008) Texas' Armour-Runnells-1ST exploration well at TD

(12/5/2008) StatoilHydro completes Barents Sea discovery appraisal

(12/4/2008) Talisman completes drilling Quebec St Lawrence Lowlands well

(12/3/2008) Beach's Peejay-1 in Bass Strait a duster

(12/3/2008) Petrobras makes shallow water find off Brazil

(12/3/2008) Corridor makes small discovery in southern New Brunswick

(12/3/2008) CNOOC confirms discovery holds largest reserves in Bohai Bay

(12/3/2008) StatoilHydro completes Pan/Pandora appraisal in North Sea

(12/2/2008) Santos taps down first Kyrgyz exploration phase

(12/2/2008) Stratic drilling appraisal of UK Cairngorm discovery

(12/2/2008) Shell's Libra-1 at TD off Western Australia

(12/2/2008) L&M Petroleum's New Zealand Southland well taps pay

(12/1/2008) Heritage drilling Buffalo-1 exploration well in Uganda

(12/1/2008) GeoPark's latest Chilean exploration well tests 1,300 b/d

(12/1/2008) Circle scores with another gas discovery onshore Morocco

(12/1/2008) IPR wildcat in Egypt's Western Desert major Jurassic find

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