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Licensing & Concessions

(5/11/2008) Shell exiting Iran's South Pars Phase 13 development (update)

(5/9/2008) Australia awards 9 new exploration blocks

(5/9/2008) Reliance relinquishes 5 blocks offshore India

(5/9/2008) Argentina's Mendoza Province licenses 11 blocks

(5/9/2008) MOL farming into ONGC block in NW India

(5/9/2008) Williams adding Piceance gas reserves

(5/9/2008) Norway launches new APA licensing round

(5/8/2008) Otto's NorAsian Energy wins Philippines concession

(5/8/2008) Indigo-Energy adding leases across three states in Illinois Basin

(5/8/2008) Lundin farms out interest in 2 French concessions

(5/8/2008) Manas farms out stake in Chile's Tranquilo Block

(5/7/2008) Oman to award 5 more non-associated gas blocks

(5/7/2008) Providence acquires Triangle assets in US Gulf

(5/7/2008) Petrolia, Junex, & Gastem link for Quebec project

(5/7/2008) Newfield joins ExxonMobil in South Texas Vicksburg project

(5/7/2008) India pushes back NELP VII licensing again

(5/7/2008) Tower resources awarded new license in Tanzania

(5/6/2008) Swift exiting New Zealand with asset sale

(5/6/2008) Wintershall & Repsol win 2 Argentine Canadon Asfalto blocks

(5/5/2008) Whiting buying Utah Uinta Basin properties for $365 million

(5/5/2008) Otto farms into Argentina's Santa Rosa Block

(5/4/2008) Arawak acquires Tamdykol exploration block in Kazakhstan

(5/2/2008) Manas & IPR granted Chile's Tranquilo Block

(5/1/2008) Crimson buys South Texas assets for $65 million

(5/1/2008) ATP to sell stakes in US Gulf & UK North Sea assets

(4/30/2008) Mogul selling stake in Egypt block for debt liquidation

(4/30/2008) Sentry acquires 1.6 million acre Queensland, Australia permit

(4/30/2008) Widespread Energy wins new New Zealand permit

(4/30/2008) Origin takes concession off Vietnam, BG bids to by company

(4/30/2008) Pan American wins block in Chile's Magallanes region

(4/30/2008) Devon farms into Samson acreage in Wyoming

(4/29/2008) Allenergy adds more acreage in Chautauqua County, Kansas

(4/29/2008) Pantera acquiring 5 re-entry wells in Texas

(4/29/2008) Reliance joining Pan Andean in Peruvian farm-in

(4/28/2008) Numhyd receives licenses granted 5 years ago

(4/28/2008) MMS forming committee on Indian oil & gas lease revisions

(4/28/2008) Rhein Petroleum to explore Germany's Schwaben-Sud

(4/28/2008) Jogmec wins Russia's Severo-Mogdinsky Block

(4/28/2008) Cepsa farming out stake in Colombia exploration block

(4/27/2008) Approach adds to Cinco Terry Project acreage in Texas

(4/27/2008) Imperial Oil & ExxonMobil add British Columbia acreage

(4/27/2008) Itera picking up 3 Caspian blocks offshore Turkmenistan

(4/25/2008) OMV acquires operation of offshore Tunisia block

(4/24/2008) Tethys wins option to negotiate for Kazakh gas find

(4/24/2008) EnCore farms out interest in UK North Sea block

(4/23/2008) Marathon sells stake in Sudan block to Total

(4/23/2008) Leni ups stake in Spanish acreage around Ayoluengo Field

(4/22/2008) Canoro to operate Changpang Block in Nagaland

(4/22/2008) BP & Devon exercise 1st refusal on sale of Kaskida (update)

(4/22/2008) Urals Energy sells assets in Russia's Komi region

(4/22/2008) Hyundai joins Global in New Zealand Taranaki block

(4/21/2008) Iraq to sign service contracts with 5 majors in June

(4/21/2008) Heritage farming into Dominion's Tanzania licenses

(4/20/2008) Serica seeking to farmout stake in UK Chablis discovery

(4/18/2008) India puts off NELP VII bidding another three weeks

(4/18/2008) GB Energy exiting offshore Gambia concessions

(4/18/2008) Arrow receives licenses for 2 CBM blocks in India

(4/18/2008) Entire Russian offshore goes to Gazprom & Rosneft

(4/17/2008) Yemen signs 10 oil and gas agreements

(4/17/2008) Shell-Saudi Aramco Rub al-Khali program extended

(4/17/2008) Aker Exploration adds interest in DNO-operated license

(4/17/2008) Force farming into Wyoming's Dripping Rock Prospect

(4/16/2008) Caspian buys into California's San Joaquin Basin

(4/16/2008) Sri Lanka delays award of 3 blocks

(4/16/2008) Lansdowne takes Ireland's North Celtic Sea blocks

(4/16/2008) Direct Energy buys TransGlobe Energy Canadian assets

(4/16/2008) West Canyon acquiring North Dakota Spring Creek Prospect

(4/15/2008) EV Energy Partners acquiring Atascosa, Texas properties

(4/15/2008) Oil Search selling Egypt & Yemen assets

(4/15/2008) Faroe farming into Noreco's South East Tor find

(4/15/2008) Linn Energy selling Appalachia interests to XTO Energy

(4/14/2008) Ascent selling stakes in Hungarian gas projects

(4/14/2008) Osage takes Cimarrona & stake in Colombia field

(4/14/2008) Oilexco purchases Svenska UK North Sea interests

(4/14/2008) Incremental adds stake in 5 California San Joaquin projects

(4/14/2008) Vangold granted Rwanda White Elephant Block

(4/14/2008) Gazprom given license for Chayandinskoye Field development

(4/14/2008) ExxonMobil farming into MOL's Mako Trough blocks

(4/13/2008) Iraq okays 35 bidders for future field developments

(4/13/2008) Sentry poised to join Monitor in Kyrgyz licenses

(4/11/2008) New Alberta royalty programs to encourage deep oil & gas

(4/11/2008) Morocco confirms Island's onshore exploration permit

(4/11/2008) Heritage farms into 2 Petrodel blocks in Tanzania

(4/11/2008) Winstar farming into Rompetrol's Satu Mare Concession

(4/11/2008) CNOOC to offer 17 offshore blocks for foreign bids

(4/11/2008) ExxonMobil farming into Falcon's Hungary license

(4/10/2008) Transeuro farms out 50% stake in Ukraine field

(4/10/2008) INA awarded onshore E&P block in northwestern Iran

(4/10/2008) Starfish JV wins Brazil onshore Reconcavo block

(4/9/2008) PDVSA & ONGC Videsh win Orinoco block

(4/9/2008) Energi Mega Persada takes major stake in Sumatra block

(4/9/2008) Nicaragua awards MKJ Caribbean concession

(4/9/2008) Island granted Netherlands North Sea license

(4/8/2008) Eurogas & Atlas farming out Tunisia concession

(4/8/2008) Petrohawk ups interests in Haynesville Shale leases

(4/8/2008) Pacific Asia Petroleum wins China's Zijinshan Block

(4/8/2008) Devon to sell Equatorial Guinea assets for $2.2 billion

(4/8/2008) Shell UK farming out stake in UK North Uist Prospect

(4/8/2008) Contango augments interest in US Gulf & Louisiana leases

(4/8/2008) Total sells 20% of Mauritania blocks to Qatar Petroleum

(4/7/2008) Colombia's ANH awards Emerald Putumayo block

(4/7/2008) Quicksilver adds 19 licenses in British Columbia

(4/7/2008) Sun Cal adds stake in Texas' West Gomez Field

(4/7/2008) PetroHunter selling Colorado Piceance properties

(4/7/2008) Lundin takes 3 PSCs offshore Malaysia

(4/7/2008) Australia offering 35 new exploration permits

(4/7/2008) JKX farming into Slovakia Carpathian Fold licenses

(4/7/2008) Crusader farming into Exoma's Anadarko acreage

(4/7/2008) Elk Petroleum buys rights to Crow Indian Reservation

(4/6/2008) Swan Hills sells all for $4.2 million

(4/6/2008) South Australia calls for bids on 3 Otway Basin blocks

(4/6/2008) Sterling shifting focus to Africa & Iraq, selling US assets

(4/4/2008) Sudan cobbles out a new concession in the south

(4/4/2008) TXCO & St Mary farm into Anadarko's Maverick Basin acreage

(4/3/2008) Agip pre-empts Oando buyout of Shell stakes off Nigeria (update)

(4/3/2008) Moncrief files new suit against Gazprom in Texas

(4/3/2008) Energy XXI enters Blackbeard Prospect with McMoRan

(4/3/2008) Hardy farms out stake in onshore Nigeria block

(4/3/2008) XTO acquires Fayetteville Shale leasehold

(4/3/2008) Austral Pacific sells PNG stakes to Horizon Oil

(4/3/2008) Addax wins new exploration block off Cameroon

(4/3/2008) Tullow sells 10 UK North Sea CMS blocks

(4/2/2008) Helix sells interest in deepwater US Gulf properties

(4/2/2008) TransAtlantic farms out Turkish licenses

(4/2/2008) Island extends reconnaissance contract in Morocco

(4/2/2008) Otto confirms 50% farm-in into 2 Po Valley blocks in Italy

(4/1/2008) Forest Oil acquires Ark-La-Tex properties for $285 million

(4/1/2008) Mainland options NW Louisiana leases

(4/1/2008) JayHawk acquires Kansas gas assets, now drilling

(4/1/2008) Mubadala farms into Shell exploration acreage in Algeria

(4/1/2008) Afren farming into Oriental Energy block off Nigeria

(3/31/2008) Madalena farming into Storm's Tunisian concession

(3/30/2008) Oman putting 5 more blocks up for bid

(3/28/2008) Petrobras & PDVSA agreed to Carabobo 1 study

(3/26/2008) White Nile farms into large northwest Kenya block

(3/26/2008) Inpex farming into Shell block in UK North Sea

(3/26/2008) Thunderbird expands Wyoming and Utah interests

(3/26/2008) Austral Pacific sells PNG assets to Horizon Energy

(3/25/2008) Cepsa signs for Colombia's Caracara Block

(3/25/2008) MMS issues notice of next Western US Gulf lease sale

(3/24/2008) Egypt's Ganope offering 12 oil & gas concessions

(3/23/2008) Egypt grants 2 exploration concessions to GSPC

(3/23/2008) Gulf Coast Western joins Sterling Energy in US Gulf well

(3/23/2008) Iraq calls for bids to develop Akkas gasfield

(3/20/2008) Venture farming into East Irish Sea block

(3/19/2008) Today's US Gulf Sale high bids total record $3.7 billion (update)

(3/19/2008) Island wins new Atlantic Margin license off Ireland

(3/19/2008) Total acquires stake in Alaska's White Hills from Chevron

(3/18/2008) Gazprom granted Bolivia's Sunchal Field development

(3/18/2008) Harvest farms into Indonesia block buys into Gabon block

(3/18/2008) MMS receives 1,057 bids for 615 Central US Gulf tracts

(3/18/2008) EnerGulf granted Lotshi Block onshore DR Congo

(3/18/2008) Total cedes 20% of Mauritania permit to Sonatrach

(3/18/2008) Venture takes Netherlands gasfield operation

(3/17/2008) Surgutneftegaz takes Nenets Okrug's Madagashorskoye Field

(3/17/2008) Elixir scores stake and operation of Sierra Leone block

(3/17/2008) Perenco wins 5 deepwater blocks off Brazil

(3/17/2008) Dominion acquires exploration license in DR Congo

(3/17/2008) Bayou Bend joins US Gulf Marsh Island project

(3/17/2008) SOCO obtains Congo presidential decree of license

(3/17/2008) Force Energy acquiring 75% stake in Wyoming well

(3/17/2008) Matra granted new exploration license in Hungary

(3/16/2008) Lundin sells Norway's Jotun Field stake to DNO

(3/16/2008) OVL awarded a deepwater & a shallow water block in Brazil

(3/14/2008) Crew Energy farming into Canada Energy Partners BC Canada projects

(3/14/2008) Surgutneftegaz granted another Irkutsk concession

(3/14/2008) DNO agrees to revised Kurd PSCs

(3/14/2008) County Line farming into Energy Dynamics Montana project

(3/14/2008) Shell & Esso talking sale of UK North Sea interests to TAQA

(3/13/2008) Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe JDZ licensing delayed

(3/13/2008) Chevron to sell Australia Sorrel Basin blocks

(3/13/2008) Rosnedra appeal dismissed, Timan gets Russia license

(3/13/2008) Pennant farms into Highpine Pembina well in Alberta

(3/13/2008) Leed acquires further stake in US Gulf Main Pass blocks

(3/12/2008) Groundstar farming out stake in Guyana concessionw

(3/12/2008) Petrovietnam awarded Iran's Danan Block

(3/12/2008) Total & Shell to finalize South Pars deal or lose it

(3/12/2008) Vinccler farming into Repsol-YPF block in Gulf of Venezuela

(3/12/2008) Total farms into new deep offshore license in Nigeria

(3/12/2008) Dana Gas granted Sharjah's Western Offshore

(3/11/2008) Sentry signs agreement for 1.68 million acres in Queensland

(3/11/2008) DNO swaps Norwegian Sea stakes with Concedo

(3/10/2008) New Zealand's Raukumara region to be offered

(3/10/2008) India pushes back bidding for 57 new blocks

(3/10/2008) TXCO expands Fort Trinidad Field in East Texas

(3/10/2008) Eagle Rock farming into Alberta freehold lands

(3/10/2008) CS Energy farms into Queensland field development

(3/9/2008) Tusk swapping assets to gain 100% of BC gas property

(3/9/2008) Toyota farms into Woodside-BHP block off Australia

(3/9/2008) Geocan sells heavy oil assets for $50.9 million

(3/9/2008) BLM offering 133 leases in Colorado national forest

(3/7/2008) Petroecuador picks Ivanhoe for Pungarayacu development

(3/7/2008) Lukoil pays $580 million for Uzbek licenses

(3/7/2008) AED selling 60% stake in Australia assets to Sinopec

(3/7/2008) ExxonMobil, Providence & Sosina win 13 blocks off Ireland (update)

(3/6/2008) EnDevCo joins Upland in Peru exploration project

(3/6/2008) Island farms out Ireland stake to Supernova

(3/6/2008) Bridge acquires Warwick interest in 2 North Sea blocks

(3/6/2008) Evolution sells interests in Louisiana's Tullos Field

(3/6/2008) Afren buying Devon's Cote d'Ivoire interests

(3/5/2008) ExxonMobil offering total equity in UK North Sea blocks

(3/5/2008) Ireland awards 4 Porcupine frontier licenses

(3/5/2008) Shell looking for partner in Canada's Orphan Basin

(3/5/2008) Premier farms out stake in UK Sparrow prospect

(3/4/2008) Saga Oil acquires Russia's Kudryashovsky Block

(3/4/2008) Heritage finishes farm-in on 2 Mali blocks

(3/4/2008) Essar granted Vietnam Song Hong Basin block

(3/4/2008) SOCO farming out stake in Congo's Marine XI

(3/4/2008) StatoilHydro pays Anadarko $1.8 billion for Brazil & US stakes

(3/3/2008) US MMS accepts $2.8 billion in US Gulf Sale 205

(3/3/2008) ExxonMobil assumes operation of Ireland's Dunquin Prospect

(3/3/2008) Roxi acquisition of Eragon brings 3 concessions

(3/3/2008) Niko awarded 4 blocks offshore Pakistan

(3/3/2008) Mariner adds 14 bcfe with West Texas acquisition

(3/3/2008) Plains pays $335 million for South Texas producing property

(3/3/2008) Afren signs PSCs for 2 blocks in Nigeria's Anambra Basin

(3/2/2008) Gold Oil farming into Colombia's Azar Block

(3/2/2008) Lasso adds east central Louisiana acreage

(2/29/2008) Elko awarded Netherlands North Sea block

(2/29/2008) DNO & Rocksource relinquish Norway's PL441

(2/29/2008) Norway's offer of 52 licenses in predefined areas accepted

(2/29/2008) Beach sells Basker-Manta-Gummy stake to Sojitz

(2/29/2008) Rosneft granted Russia's Irkutsk Umotkinsky license

(2/28/2008) Tamm acquires 21 Manning sections at Peace River

(2/28/2008) Delta & EnCana to jointly develop Piceance Basin' Vega area

(2/28/2008) No takers in Alaska's Peninsula lease sale, 12 in Foothills

(2/28/2008) Rough Range receives Carnarvon Basin permits

(2/28/2008) Horizon farms into 3 Thai Pearl Energy concessions

(2/28/2008) Premier & Mitsui win Song Hong Basin block off Vietnam

(2/27/2008) KazMunaiGaz & Korean JV win Zhambyl Block in Caspian

(2/27/2008) Noreco farming out Norwegian stake to Faroe Petroleum

(2/26/2008) Teton acquires Central Kansas Uplift properties

(2/26/2008) Total Gabon adds a partner in Gabon's Diaba Block

(2/26/2008) CNOOC to be granted Iran's North Pars contract

(2/26/2008) Oando buys Shell stake in 2 deepwater blocks off Nigeria

(2/25/2008) UzbekNefteGaz joins Korean consortium in Aral Sea block

(2/25/2008) Crescent granted Sharjah's Al Sajaa development

(2/25/2008) PetroChina pulls out of bidding for Nigeria block

(2/25/2008) Poland's PGNIG takes Libya's Murzuq Area 113

(2/25/2008) Cepsa farming into Pan Andean's Peruvian blocks

(2/25/2008) Primeline extends exploration phase of China license

(2/25/2008) Caza farms out stake in Texas Wilcox property

(2/22/2008) Nitro farms out Oklahoma Crown Lease

(2/22/2008) Petrovietnam & Vietsovpetro granted permits off Tunisia

(2/22/2008) GEOCAN selling heavy oil assets for $51.4 million

(2/22/2008) Mediterranean Oil & Gas buys JKX Italia for $2.96 million

(2/21/2008) Norwest farms into UK North Sea Manuel Prospect

(2/21/2008) Gastem farmout option on Yamaska Project picked up

(2/21/2008) Shell acquires 3 exploration permits off NW Australia

(2/20/2008) Northern adds more North Dakota Bakken Shale land

(2/20/2008) ExxonMobil farming out stake in blocks off Ireland

(2/20/2008) Venezuela asks ExxonMobil to resume arbitration

(2/20/2008) Gazprom granted 2 blocks in Kyrgyzstan

(2/20/2008) Petrel wins extension to Iraq tech agreement

(2/20/2008) UK launches Seaward & Promote Licensing of 2,297 blocks

(2/19/2008) Libya formalizes PSCs with Oxy & Shell

(2/19/2008) Arctic Oil & Gas maps polar claim exploration

(2/18/2008) MOL granted Pakistan Frontier Province exploration block

(2/18/2008) Empyrean pulls out of Texas' Margarita Project

(2/18/2008) US BLM offering 52 Utah blocks for lease

(2/18/2008) Caza farms out South Texas interest to Sojitz

(2/16/2008) Eni deal with Venezuela for compensation

(2/16/2008) Centrica acquiring stake in Sojitz North Sea gasfields

(2/15/2008) Serica offering stake in 3 blocks off Ireland

(2/15/2008) KNOC goes for more Kurd oil despite Baghdad warning

(2/14/2008) Total to receive $834 million for nationalized Sincor stake

(2/14/2008) Austin farms into Park City Gas Field in Kentucky

(2/14/2008) Aurelian wins three new licenses in central Poland

(2/14/2008) Pryme sells Louisiana Tuscaloosa Trend project to BP

(2/14/2008) Empire farms out Western Australia interest to DVM

(2/13/2008) PTTEP & CNOOC swap stakes in Myanmar blocks

(2/13/2008) MMS issues Central & Eastern US Gulf Sales notices

(2/13/2008) PetroSouth farming into Transo prospect in California

(2/13/2008) Nitro swaps shares for stake in HOCO leases in Oklahoma

(2/12/2008) Sapex farms out stake in 3 Arckaringa Basin licenses

(2/12/2008) XTO pays $1 billion for range of producing gas properties

(2/12/2008) Callon sells Itochu sub 50% of US Gulf deepwater field

(2/12/2008) Gambia offers 2 blocks to GB Energy

(2/11/2008) Amadeus farms into Louisiana's Falcon Prospect

(2/11/2008) Max consolidates ownership of Kazakhstan blocks

(2/11/2008) Woodside buying Shell Australia's NW Shelf assets

(2/10/2008) Uganda to resume exploration licensing

(2/10/2008) PDO contracts Petrogas Rima to develop 18 small fields

(2/9/2008) Total exiting Saudi Arabia's South Rub al-Khali Project

(2/9/2008) Norway granting 52 predefined areas licenses

(2/9/2008) Origin buys out Woodside from block off Victoria, Australia

(2/8/2008) High Court freezes $12 billion in PDVSA assets

(2/8/2008) Lukoil acquires 8 gasfields in Uzbekistan

(2/7/2008) Mitsui makes debut in Mozambique with Rovuma stake

(2/6/2008) Chukchi Sea Lease Sale goes ahead despite protest (update)

(2/6/2008) Bangladesh to launch 3rd licensing round

(2/6/2008) ExxonMobil denies Natuna-D Alpha Block talks ended

(2/6/2008) Northern adds more Bakken acreage in North Dakota

(2/6/2008) Granby & Petro-Canada swap stakes in North Sea licenses

(2/6/2008) Faroe Petroleum buys into Norwegian North Sea license

(2/6/2008) Paco acquires Little Fox Oklahoma leases

(2/6/2008) Colombia proffering 43 blocks in new licensing round

(2/5/2008) Rosnedra offering 4 Nenets blocks to highest bidders

(2/4/2008) Portrush acquiring Petromark stake in California field

(2/4/2008) Libya gives official sanction to $900 million BP deal

(2/4/2008) Sinochem buys Soco Yemen operations for $465 million

(2/3/2008) Bahrain to issue new oil exploration law

(2/3/2008) Chukchi Sea Sale going ahead despite polar bear protest

(2/3/2008) US MMS to credit relinquished Florida Gulf leases

(2/1/2008) Smart Energy & PA Resources granted Netherlands block

(2/1/2008) Cosmo to develop offshore Qatar oilfield

(2/1/2008) OMV barred from doing business in Iraq

(2/1/2008) Taylor sells US Gulf stakes to KNOC & Samsung

(2/1/2008) BG makes move into Australia in JV with Queensland Gas

(2/1/2008) Wentworth farms into Mesa's Oklahoma Coal Creek Prospect

(2/1/2008) Kodiak adds to BC Muskwa & Evie property

(1/31/2008) Devon farming into Kodiak Vermillion Basin acreage

(1/31/2008) Venezuela pegs $1.1 billion to compensate StatoilHydro & Total

(1/31/2008) Tullow sells stake in Congo's M'Boundi Field to KNOC

(1/30/2008) Leed acquiring Challenger's US Gulf Main Pass interests

(1/30/2008) Bankers adds stake in Albania's Kucova Field

(1/29/2008) Petrolia acquires all Hydro-Quebec interests in Anticosti Is.

(1/29/2008) Arctic Oil & Gas claims E&P rights to entire North Pole

(1/29/2008) Leni boosts stake in onshore Trinidad oilfield

(1/29/2008) Cosmo Oil farms into Australia Timor Sea block

(1/29/2008) Northern Petroleum granted new Italian offshore block

(1/29/2008) Circle Oil farms into Vegas' concession in Egypt

(1/29/2008) RWE Dea awarded new concession in Libya

(1/28/2008) Ecuador wants revised contracts in 45 days

(1/28/2008) Talisman buys stake in Indonesia's Tangguh project

(1/27/2008) ONGC farming out stakes in India's Himalayas & deepwater

(1/27/2008) MMS accepts Entek bid for US Gulf block

(1/25/2008) Sonatrach seeking to swap assets in next licensing round

(1/25/2008) Burleson Energy hefts stake in Texas Austrin Chalk well

(1/25/2008) TransAmerican farms into Mississippi's Pelahatchie well

(1/24/2008) Nordic not granted any exclusive rights in Greenland (update)

(1/24/2008) Oilsands Quest adds 2 more oil sands permits

(1/24/2008) StatoilHydro signs Junin Block agreements with Venezuela

(1/24/2008) New Zealand offering 3 more Taranaki blocks

(1/23/2008) Ithaca farms out stakes in UK North Sea licenses

(1/23/2008) Platina acquires producing reserves in Kentucky

(1/23/2008) Nordic wins onshore Greenland exploration rights

(1/22/2008) Karoon Gas farms into Vamex's offshore Peru block

(1/22/2008) Dana Gas farms into Nigeria Sao Tome JDA block

(1/22/2008) Daybreak sells Tuscaloosa Project for $8 million

(1/21/2008) Thailand awards 13 on and offshore blocks

(1/21/2008) Chevron ends contract for Indonesia's Langgak Field

(1/20/2008) Colombia puts up 3 Llanos blocks for bid

(1/20/2008) Oil Search farming out PNG Cobra Block

(1/18/2008) Norway's 20th round receives 301 block nominations

(1/17/2008) Groundstar granted right to negotiate 2 blocks in Syria

(1/17/2008) Iraq halts cooperation with companies dealing with Kurds

(1/17/2008) Cyprus schedules 2nd licensing round for July

(1/16/2008) Arrow & PetroVietnam granted Hanoi Basin block

(1/16/2008) White Nile granted Ethiopia's Omo & Chew Bahir Basins

(1/16/2008) Range Resources acquires DTE's Barnett Shale assets

(1/16/2008) InterOil farms into Sonangol block in northern Angola

(1/16/2008) Venture farms into Marram find & boosts Bligh stake

(1/15/2008) Sussex acquires 2 UK Central North Sea blocks

(1/15/2008) Murphy wins 3 parcels in BC land sale

(1/15/2008) Cooper Energy formerly awarded Tunisia's Bargou Block

(1/15/2008) EnCore acquires operatorship, added interest in UK block

(1/14/2008) Kazakhstan & AgipKCO reach agreement on Kashagan

(1/14/2008) GeoGlobal assigns stake in Egypt blocks to GSPC

(1/14/2008) Continental Resources buys Chesapeake's Williston Basin assets

(1/13/2008) Algeria launches new licensing round pre-qualification

(1/13/2008) Voyager wins 4 Trinidad PSCs

(1/11/2008) Fairfield buys out Shell & ExxonMobil in Clipper blocks

(1/11/2008) Emerald awarded 2 Western Australia Canning Basin blocks

(1/10/2008) TransGlobe acquires GHP & 8 Egyptian concessions

(1/10/2008) JKX farms into southeastern Turkey licenses

(1/10/2008) Cairn sub granted 6 Greenland licenses

(1/9/2008) Shell asked to test Iraq's giant Akkas gasfield

(1/9/2008) Chesapeake to buy 8,600 acres in Texas Barnett Shale

(1/9/2008) Stratic selling Sicily Channel concession

(1/9/2008) Edison granted Iran's Dayyer Block

(1/8/2008) Renewal of Japanese held UAE concessions assured

(1/8/2008) Yemen accepts bids for 11 offshore blocks

(1/8/2008) Stratic sells Kerkouane Block off Tunisia

(1/8/2008) PTTEP farms into Bangladesh Blocks 17 & 18

(12/14/2007) Nippon Oil buys into PTTEP Gulf of Thailand block

(12/14/2007) Europa wins France's Tarbes-Val d'Adour Concession

(12/14/2007) Heritage takes over former TGS blocks off Malta

(12/14/2007) OMV and Nafta launch joint E&P activities in Slovakia

(12/14/2007) Long-disputed Queensland license granted to Discovery Geo

(12/13/2007) Albania grants 4 onshore blocks to DWM Petroleum

(12/13/2007) Harvest takes operation of Gabon offshore block

(12/13/2007) Western Standard farming into Coastal's North Dakota leases

(12/13/2007) BowLeven granted new onshore Cameroon concession

(12/13/2007) India launches NELP VII licensing round

(12/12/2007) Ecopetrol farms into Shell US Gulf blocks

(12/12/2007) Cote d'Ivoire awards deepwater block to trio

(12/12/2007) Santos acquires Tajikistan farm-in option

(12/12/2007) Petrohawk adds to its Louisiana Elm Grove interests

(12/12/2007) PGNiG acquires operation of Danish exploration license

(12/12/2007) Reliance awarded 2 blocks off Colombia's Pacific coast

(12/12/2007) Arena adds Andrews County, Texas acreage

(12/11/2007) Thailand issues licenses in latest licensing round

(12/11/2007) Abraxas buys St Mary oil & gas properties for $140 million

(12/11/2007) Occidental new operator of Qatar's Blocks 12 & 13

(12/11/2007) Petronas granted 2 blocks in southern Uzbekistan

(12/10/2007) Kremlin extends Imperial's 6 Tomsk licenses

(12/10/2007) Restructured Petro-Canada PSAs in Libya accepted

(12/10/2007) Range paying $305 million for Barnett Shale properties

(12/10/2007) SK Energy buying into Devon block offshore Brazil

(12/10/2007) Libya passing out gas E&P permits

(12/10/2007) JR Oil & Gas obtains South Texas lease & seismic data

(12/9/2007) Iran to grant Sinopec Yadavaran development deal (update)

(12/9/2007) CNPC exploration in Costa Rica being planned

(12/9/2007) Oil Search granted Tunisia's Kasserine Block

(12/9/2007) DTE selling part of Barnett Shale assets for $260 million

(12/7/2007) Melrose wins Bulgaria's Black Sea Galata Block

(12/7/2007) Nippon Oil awarded Malaysia onshore block

(12/6/2007) Guinea-Bissau grants SuperNova deepwater block

(12/6/2007) Mozambique preparing to offer 9 more blocks

(12/6/2007) Brazil to continue interrupted 2006 licensing round

(12/6/2007) Tamm picking up majority stake in Sawn Lake

(12/6/2007) Liberia launches 10-block offshore licensing round

(12/6/2007) Ascent farms out major stake in Italy's Po Valley Gas Project

(12/5/2007) Island joins Valiexchimp for Moldova E&P

(12/5/2007) Sonangol puts together JV for northern Angola E&P

(12/5/2007) Total farms into 2 onshore Yemen blocks with Sinopec

(12/5/2007) Granby farms out stakes in UK blocks to Valiant

(12/4/2007) Corridor Resources bid takes Newfoundland offshore block

(12/4/2007) Granby farm-in boosts stake in UK North Sea gasfield

(12/4/2007) US MMS Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 204 bids accepted (update)

(12/4/2007) Pantera acquiring 5 blocks in Paraguay's Chaco Basin

(12/3/2007) New Zealand open for bids on 9 onshore blocks

(12/3/2007) Further delays in settling Kovyktinskoye deal

(12/3/2007) Solana farms out 50% of Colombia Llanos Basin block

(12/3/2007) Gulfport adds Permian Basin stake in West Texas

(11/30/2007) Faroe swaps UK & Norway assets with E.ON & Shell

(11/30/2007) Loon settles dispute over Brunei's Block L

(11/30/2007) Ithaca Energy acquires Beatrice Field for $20.5 million

(11/30/2007) Amerisur acquires full ownership of Colombia block

(11/29/2007) Arawak acquires new Russia's South Sotchemyu Block

(11/29/2007) PTTEP farms out Thai Gulf Nang Nuan Project

(11/29/2007) Fox buying new Alaska North Slope acreage

(11/29/2007) Urals takes stake in Taas-Yuriakh Neftegazodobycha

(11/28/2007) InterOil wins onshore Colombia Llanos Basin block

(11/28/2007) Vicpet farms into onshore Texas gas project

(11/28/2007) Brazil's Round 9 concludes with record $1.1 billion results (update)

(11/28/2007) Shell assuming operatorship of Ormen Lange

(11/27/2007) First part of Brazil's Round 9 scores near record bids

(11/27/2007) Empire farms out onshore Perth Basin permits to ERM Gas

(11/27/2007) Petrohawk buys Arkansas Fayette Shale assets for $343 million

(11/27/2007) Total sells stake in Canadian oil sands project to Inpex

(11/26/2007) Medco granted exploration block onshore Cambodia

(11/26/2007) Monitor farming out Kyrgyz oil & gas projects

(11/26/2007) KazMunaiGas EP seeking more Kazakh acquisitions

(11/26/2007) Alpine & Kairiki acquire Stratic stakes in Romania & Tunisia

(11/26/2007) BPZ signs PSCs for 2 new licenses in northwest Peru

(11/26/2007) Murphy farms into Finder's Browse Basin block off Australia

(11/26/2007) Pertamina & Petroecuador to jointly explore 3 Ecuador fields

(11/26/2007) Oxy wins new development deal for Libya's Sirte Basin blocks

(11/25/2007) Reliance-Hood JV win PSCs for 2 Yemen blocks

(11/25/2007) West Siberian said in compliance with Kolvinskoye license

(11/25/2007) Iraq nullifies all contracts with Kurd regime

(11/24/2007) Shell decides against buying into Regal's Ukraine gasfields (update)

(11/21/2007) Fox farming into UK North Sea block & prospect

(11/21/2007) Island awarded 7 Tarfaya Basin blocks onshore Morocco

(11/21/2007) Shell acquiring stake in Ukraine Dniepr Donetsk Basin fields

(11/20/2007) PA takes big slice of Congo's Mer Profond Sud from Murphy

(11/20/2007) EnCana acquires Leor's Texas assets for $2.55 billion

(11/20/2007) Siberian Energy granted 2 Khanty-Mansiysk licenses

(11/20/2007) ExxonMobil wins Sirte Basin block offshore Libya

(11/20/2007) California Oil & Gas adds 2 blocks to San Joaquin Basin acreage

(11/19/2007) Apache completing farm-in Bass Strait block

(11/19/2007) Iran to contract development of 18 new fields

(11/19/2007) Centric farms out majority stakes in Mali blocks

(11/16/2007) Faroe farms out stakes in Atlantic Margin wells to Cieco

(11/16/2007) Leni completes acquisition of Spanish assets

(11/15/2007) Petrohawk expanding Louisiana Terryville Field area

(11/15/2007) Bordeaux farming into 7 Savant Alaska North Slope leases

(11/15/2007) Karoon acquiring Woodside stake in Timor Sea block

(11/15/2007) Chile awards 9 blocks in Magallanes Basin

(11/14/2007) Baghdad to ban companies that hold Kurd concessions

(11/14/2007) Aker takes a stake in Chevron's Stetind discovery license

(11/13/2007) Avalon Oil & Gas taking stake in Colombia discovery

(11/13/2007) CNPC partners with Rimbunan Hijau to develop China block

(11/13/2007) EnCore farms out interest in UK North Sea blocks

(11/13/2007) Devon selling assets in Gabon for $205.5 million

(11/13/2007) Afren acquires Devon's interests in Ghana & Angola

(11/12/2007) Reliance adds another deepwater block off Oman

(11/12/2007) IVRCL acquires Alkor Petroo & stakes in 5 E&P blocks

(11/12/2007) TransAtlantic sells Galveston, Texas assets

(11/12/2007) Kurds grant 5 more PSCs to foreign companies

(11/12/2007) Providence farms into Nigeria offshore operation

(11/11/2007) Po Valley's 1st Adriatic license off Italy confirmed

(11/11/2007) White Nile gets majority stake in South Sudan oil company

(11/9/2007) Tethys takes over Noreco's 2 onshore Oman interests

(11/8/2007) 41 blocks cut from coming Brazil round due to new discovery

(11/8/2007) Timan bringing Gazprom sub into its Russian operations

(11/8/2007) Oil Search farms out Egypt's Eastern Desert Area A

(11/7/2007) Ivanhoe has eye on Ecuador's Pungarayacu Field

(11/7/2007) Shell divests Barnett Shale assets to PNR

(11/7/2007) UK launches onshore licensing round

(11/7/2007) Entek farming into 2 US Gulf High Island blocks

(11/7/2007) Kurds thumb noses at Baghdad, award 7 more blocks

(11/7/2007) Stratic & TransAtlantic farmout Moroccan license

(11/7/2007) Po Valley granted 2 Italian production concessions

(11/6/2007) OMV concludes agreement with Iraqi Kurds for 2 blocks

(11/6/2007) MOL to acquire Tullow's stake in Cameroon permit

(11/6/2007) Beach acquires stake in 4 blocks onshore Spain

(11/6/2007) Wintershall farming out 50% of German North Sea blocks

(11/6/2007) Stealth wins Nova Scotia CBM production approval

(11/6/2007) Northern adds acreage in North Dakota Bakken play

(11/6/2007) Pioneer acquires operated acreage in Texas' Spraberry Field

(11/5/2007) Island scores option on 50% of Valiexchimp's Moldova assets

(11/5/2007) Pan Andean awarded Colombia's Antorcha Block

(11/5/2007) Gaz de France adds stake in Egypt concession

(11/5/2007) Chesapeake adds more Texas Barnett Shale acreage

(11/5/2007) Lukoil out of luck in reviving Iraq West Kurna license

(11/5/2007) EnCana acquiring Leor Energy's Deep Bossier assets

(11/4/2007) L&M Petroleum farms into NZ Westland Basin block

(11/4/2007) Wintershall deal for stake in Yuzhno-Russkoye Field finalized

(11/2/2007) Liberia set to launch 2nd licensing round in 2 weeks

(11/2/2007) Fox augments Alaska North Slope assets by 5,000 acres

(11/2/2007) Kroes takes stake in another Alberta shallow gas project

(11/2/2007) AVCG wins 6 of 6 Beaufort Sea & North Slope tracts

(11/1/2007) Yevrotek wins 2 Yamal-Nenets blocks

(11/1/2007) MMS proposes new Central & Eastern US Gulf sales

(11/1/2007) Providence wins exploration concessions in Belize

(11/1/2007) IFR increases stake in Canada's Central Mackenzie Valley

(11/1/2007) Horizon shelves effort to obtain PSC for China's Lei Dong Block

(11/1/2007) Petrobank picks up Peace River asset from Duvernay

(10/31/2007) Nautical farming out stake in North Sea Kraken find to Canamens

(10/31/2007) OMV offering its stake in Nexen-operated UK North Sea blocks

(10/31/2007) PetroSA wins South Africa's Block A

(10/31/2007) Naftoil & Gulf Regal granted 2 Mauritania blocks

(10/30/2007) MOG wins stakes in 4 new Italian concessions

(10/30/2007) Indonesia launches tender for 26 oil and gas blocks

(10/30/2007) Vangold awarded Block 3A onshore Kenya

(10/29/2007) CBM PSC concluded for China's Zijinshan Block

(10/29/2007) Nordic acquiring Alberta oil sands project

(10/29/2007) Surestream farming out stake in DR Congo block

(10/29/2007) Cepsa farms into Loon's Peru Maranon Basin block

(10/29/2007) Merlin farming into Rawson CBM project in Australia

(10/29/2007) Lundin acquires Cambodian offshore exploration block

(10/29/2007) Otto acquires stake in Philippines' Galoc Field

(10/29/2007) Chevron granted 10-year extension in Thai Gulf

(10/29/2007) Avery wins Queensland Cooper-Eromanga block

(10/27/2007) Harvest's Venezuela holdings transferred to Petrodelta

(10/26/2007) Horizon & Pan American add to Texas New Waverly Prospect

(10/26/2007) New Times buying stake in two Argentine blocks

(10/26/2007) Inpex & Total granted 3 blocks off Western Australia

(10/26/2007) Norway calling for nominations for 20th licensing round

(10/26/2007) Santos acquires Bangladesh assets from Cairn

(10/25/2007) Ascent selling Spanish assets, farming out Swiss

(10/25/2007) MegaWest acquires Montana Big Sky heavy oil project

(10/25/2007) Wintershall wins 2nd Qatar exploration license

(10/25/2007) Aminex granted license for 2 near-shore Kenya blocks

(10/25/2007) IAS wins oil & gas exploration bid in CAR

(10/25/2007) Fox acquiring Alaska Cook Inlet acreage

(10/25/2007) StatoilHydro becomes 2nd Shtokmanovskoye partner

(10/24/2007) Moravske Naftove Doly acquires Russian concessions

(10/24/2007) Argentina preparing offshore round for 4 blocks

(10/24/2007) Timan wins court decision for Zapadno-Vodnenskoye

(10/24/2007) India to offer 57 blocks on 5 November

(10/24/2007) Dodsal wins Tanzania's Ruvu Basin Block

(10/23/2007) Eni wins expanded Nikaitchuq Field in Beaufort Sea

(10/23/2007) ONGC-Mittal win stake in Turkmen Caspian block

(10/23/2007) PTTEP wins 10-year Bongkot production extension

(10/23/2007) Interoil invited to participate in Angola's Cabinda North

(10/23/2007) Sterling farms out Romania & UK stakes

(10/23/2007) Forest oil exercises farm-in option on Quebec permit

(10/23/2007) XTO buys 24,000 acres Barnett Shale for $550 million

(10/23/2007) First awards given of new Thai blocks

(10/19/2007) Guinea to divide its offshore into 15 blocks

(10/19/2007) Denbury exiting Louisiana in $180 million sale of assets

(10/19/2007) Lundin to increase interests in French producing assets

(10/19/2007) Granby offered two onshore exploration blocks in Poland

(10/19/2007) Vanco awarded Ukraine's first deepwater Black Sea block

(10/18/2007) Marifil seeking buyer or partner for Argentina's El Carmen Block

(10/18/2007) Pemex pushes back deadline for Burgos Basin bids

(10/18/2007) Cooper farming into Gulf of Hammamet block offshore Tunisia

(10/18/2007) Empire doubles Tasmania acreage with Block SEL5/2005 deal

(10/18/2007) Argenta awarded Argentina Neuquen Basin block

(10/18/2007) Avery farming into Innamincka's South Australia Turban Block

(10/18/2007) Uganda halts awards of exploration licenses

(10/18/2007) ECCO to farm into VTEX's St Mary Parish, Louisiana acreage

(10/18/2007) Egdon completes acquisition of Stag UK licenses

(10/17/2007) Faroe Petroleum acquires stake in North Sea gasfield

(10/17/2007) Aker acquiring Eni Norge interests in 2 Norwegian Sea licenses

(10/17/2007) TAG Oil selling stake in New Zealand Cardiff prospect

(10/17/2007) NAM divesting Netherlands NOGAT licenses & fields

(10/16/2007) Monarch farming into Petro-Canada North Sea project

(10/15/2007) Eni wins 25-year extension to Libya concessions

(10/15/2007) Ka'a' gee Tu First Nation grants extenstion to Northern Sun

(10/15/2007) Carnarvon in JV to study NW Natuna Basin acreage

(10/15/2007) Impress exits South Australia's Cooper Basin block

(10/15/2007) Amadeus farms into 3 Louisiana exploration projects

(10/15/2007) Petroceltic acquires BG upstream assets in Italy

(10/15/2007) Premier Oil keeping stakes in Mauritania blocks

(10/15/2007) Gazprom takes majority stake in Chevron JV

(10/14/2007) Invicta & InterOil to cooperate on Papua New Guinea properties

(10/11/2007) Nunaoil awards 2 more West Greenland blocks

(10/11/2007) Singapore Petroleum ups stake in offshore Cambodia block

(10/11/2007) 9 of 10 Magallanes Basin blocks in Chile receive bids

(10/11/2007) Merlin awarded 3 Queensland, Australia blocks

(10/11/2007) Russia's Rosnedra to auction 3 Komi oil blocks in November

(10/11/2007) Petsec purchase doubles USA oil & gas reserves and production

(10/11/2007) Gas Plus wins 2 Poland blocks, offers half interest to Granby

(10/11/2007) Fox farming into Trius Energy's Spears Gas Unit in Texas

(10/11/2007) Adelaide & Austin Exploration link in Cooper Basin concession

(10/10/2007) ExxonMobil farming out stake in Madagascar block

(10/10/2007) Empyrean adds to stake in Texas' Bondi Prospect (update)

(10/10/2007) ConocoPhillips, Anadarko & PNR relinquish Alaska acreage

(10/10/2007) PetroSun drilling test well for 25% stake in Arizona acreage

(10/10/2007) Houston American farms into Louisiana Caddo Lake Prospect

(10/9/2007) TransAtlantic farms out southeastern Turkey block

(10/9/2007) EXCO boost ownership of West Texas field to 97%

(10/9/2007) Saxon participating in 2 Kansas wells

(10/9/2007) PA submits application for Greenland's Block 8

(10/9/2007) Pertamina & Wintershall granted Qatar onshore block

(10/9/2007) PetroVietnam granting 2 blocks offshore Vietnam to Mitra Energy

(10/8/2007) Pertra farming into Norway acreage & operating test well

(10/8/2007) 160 undrilled prospects said on offer offshore Ireland

(10/8/2007) Oxy & PTTEP win 3 of 4 Bahrain blocks

(10/5/2007) Volga Gas completes Urozhainoye-2 license acquisition

(10/5/2007) Pemberton adds to its Peace River Arch lands

(10/5/2007) Lundin awarded onshore Anza Basin block in NW Kenya

(10/4/2007) Colombia receives 22 bids from 17 companies in latest round

(10/4/2007) Aabar assumes operatorship of Philippines' Regay Gulf block

(10/4/2007) Gaffney Cline reviewing contentious new Alaska oil tax

(10/4/2007) Pilgrim acquiring Texas' Palo Duro Basin acreage

(10/4/2007) Eni renews Algeria's Bir Rebaa field development license

(10/3/2007) Iraqi Kurds proclaim 4 more production sharing contracts

(10/3/2007) Arrow signs CBM agreements with Indonesia's Pertamina

(10/3/2007) Helix sells stakes in 3 US Gulf oilfields

(10/3/2007) KazMunaiGas pays $930 million for CITIC stake

(10/3/2007) MMS Central Gulf Sale nets record $2,904,321,011 in bids (update)

(10/3/2007) Madalena adds 2 more blocks in Argentina's Neuquen Province

(10/3/2007) CityView acquires right to control Cameroon Field

(10/2/2007) Heritage Oil does deal with Kurds for Miran Block

(10/2/2007) Central US Gulf Lease Sale 205 receives 1,428 bids on 723 tracts

(10/2/2007) Baraka acquires interest in producing Colombia oilfield

(10/2/2007) Antrim wins Tres Nidos Sur Block in Argentina's Negro Province

(10/2/2007) Sundance sells Oklahoma & Montana stakes for $46 million

(10/2/2007) Baseline adds South Texas properties for $96.6 million

(10/2/2007) BHP farming into FOGL's Falkland licenses

(10/1/2007) Noreco adds stakes in 4 offshore Norway licenses

(10/1/2007) Brownstone farming into BrazAlta blocks onshore Brazil

(10/1/2007) Pan Terra acquires Stealth's Saskatchewan assets

(10/1/2007) PetroHunter sells Montana & Utah heavy oil assets to Pearl

(10/1/2007) Russia limiting foreign access to Sakhalin 3 as strategic

(9/30/2007) Norway receives 46 applicants in 2007 Predefined-Area

(9/28/2007) Statoil to join PetroChina in Fuyu Field development

(9/28/2007) ONGC rejects Sri Lanka offshore block offer

(9/27/2007) Woodside sells Mauritania interests to Petronas for $418 million

(9/27/2007) Novatek takes 50% of Egypt's offshore El Arish

(9/27/2007) Singapore Petroleum buys Ultra's Bohai Bay interests

(9/26/2007) Teton sells half its stake in Colorado Piceance Basin asset

(9/26/2007) Brigham expands acreage in North Dakota Bakken play

(9/26/2007) Petronas buys stake in Australia's Timor Sea project

(9/26/2007) Callon seeking US Gulf Entrada Field partner

(9/26/2007) Westside Energy adds to Barnett Shale assets

(9/26/2007) UK sets late January 08 for 25th Offshore Round

(9/26/2007) TransGlobe takes over as operator of 8 Egypt leases

(9/25/2007) Jurassica completes farm-in into Western Australia blocks

(9/25/2007) JKX to develop Russia's Koshekhablskoye Field

(9/25/2007) Egypt formalizes 3 exploration agreements

(9/25/2007) Addax buying ExxonMobil stake in Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ

(9/25/2007) Newfield sells off US Mid-Continent assets

(9/25/2007) Western Standard farming into Coastal Montana acreage

(9/24/2007) ONGC wins Cauvery Basin block 6-month extension

(9/24/2007) Petronas pays $80 million for 2 Ethiopia gasfields

(9/24/2007) Eq Guinea awards 7 new offshore blocks

(9/24/2007) Grande Energy wins block off New Zealand South Island

(9/24/2007) ONGC Videsh wins 3 deepwater blocks off Myanmar

(9/21/2007) Tap granted Brunei's Block M

(9/21/2007) Repsol-YPF joining Shell & Eni to explore Beaufort Sea

(9/21/2007) Providence's Ireland St George's Channel license extended

(9/20/2007) PTTEP sells stake in 3 onshore Thai blocks

(9/20/2007) Cabot adds County Line & Trawick Texas acreage

(9/20/2007) Angola preparing 10-block licensing round

(9/20/2007) Loon signs PSC for Syrian onshore block

(9/20/2007) Bahrain receives 3 bids for its 4 blocks (update)

(9/19/2007) Delta to participate in Ranken's 3-well program in Oklahoma

(9/19/2007) Armstrong assumes operation of Alaska Cook Inlet unit

(9/19/2007) Nautical farming out stake in UK North Sea block

(9/19/2007) Colombia awards 9 blocks to 5 companies

(9/18/2007) Arkansas & Louisiana leases go for $8 million

(9/18/2007) ANP drops Petrobras protested block from bidding (update)

(9/18/2007) Four offshore Bahrain blocks bidding ends tomorrow

(9/17/2007) Madalena JV set for Argentina's Neuquen block

(9/17/2007) ARC Energy farm-in adds to its Canning Basin assets

(9/17/2007) Centrica acquires Newfield UK North Sea gas assets

(9/15/2007) Petrobras sues Brazil's industry regulator ANP

(9/15/2007) Western Oz offering 7 exploration blocks

(9/15/2007) Edison to develop 2 Iran South Pars Field phases

(9/14/2007) MND awarded Morocco's Boudenib reconnaissance block

(9/14/2007) Regal selling 50% stake in Ukraine fields to MND

(9/14/2007) Empyrean farming into Texas Bondi Prospect

(9/14/2007) Gaz de France joining Sonatrach at Gassi Touil

(9/13/2007) Ecuador resumes marginal fields round next week

(9/13/2007) Newfoundland to buy stake in White Rose Field

(9/13/2007) GazpromNeft subsidiary granted 2 East Siberian fields

(9/13/2007) Providence awarded new license option in Celtic Sea

(9/13/2007) EnCana selling Brazil blocks to BPRL-Videocon

(9/13/2007) Svenska buying Oxy offshore West Africa assets

(9/12/2007) Prime options Barnett Shale lease in Wise County, Texas

(9/12/2007) Colombia prequalifies 24 for next licensing round

(9/12/2007) Quicksilver selling Michigan, Indiana & Kentucky assets

(9/12/2007) Harvest & PDVSA sub CVP form Petrodelta

(9/12/2007) Enterra divesting Alberta & Saskatchewan non-core assets

(9/12/2007) EV Energy Partners & EnerVest form Texas JV with Apache

(9/11/2007) Newfoundland to take 10% of all new oil & gas projects

(9/11/2007) Hydro farming into UK heavy oil licenses

(9/11/2007) Egypt to hold 3 more licensing rounds this year

(9/11/2007) Lucas adds 3 leases in Texas' Austin Chalk Trend

(9/11/2007) Northern awarded 2 blocks in Italian Adriatic

(9/11/2007) Gazprom chooses another Shtokmanovskoye partner

(9/11/2007) Tekoil granted western Newfoundland license

(9/11/2007) Aurora boosts ownership in Oklahoma's Woodford Shale

(9/11/2007) Eden acquires Colorado White River Dome Project

(9/10/2007) Manas acquiring block in Mongolia's Gobi Desert

(9/10/2007) ATI Petroleum awarded 2 blocks in Tunisia

(9/10/2007) Shell divesting UK, Ireland, & Faroe assets

(9/10/2007) EOR adds acreage in Arizona's St Johns Field

(9/10/2007) Ecuador to renegotiate Palo Azul Field deal with Petrobras

(9/10/2007) Volga Gas takes Russia's Urozhainoye-2 Block

(9/10/2007) Ark-La-Tex Energy sells Texas producing properties to Sojitz

(9/9/2007) Iraq to tender oilfield developments even with law delay

(9/9/2007) Iraq's Kurds sign PSC with Hunt Oil

(9/9/2007) MMS to offer 5.8 million acres in Central Gulf of Mexico

(9/7/2007) Ignis acquiring Anadarko's Louisiana Liberty Hills assets

(9/7/2007) Libya pre-approves 35 bidders for gas block contracts

(9/6/2007) Dune boosts stake in Loui