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Licensing & Concessions

(7/3/2009) Antrim awarded another block in UK North Sea near Fyne

(7/3/2009) PDVSA & Petrovietnam forming Junin-2 JV

(7/3/2009) Santos buys stakes in Gastar assets & Eastern Star Gas

(7/2/2009) Petrobras, YPF & Galp make offer for Uruguay blocks

(7/2/2009) San Leon awarded Poland's Braniewo license

(7/2/2009) Gastar sells Australian assets for $240 million

(7/2/2009) TAG Oil acquisition of Austral Pacific NZ interests accepted

(7/2/2009) Canacol awarded Pacarana TEA in Colombia

(7/2/2009) Vangold seeking Kivu license in Rwanda

(7/1/2009) CNPC & Uzbekneftegaz expand Mingulak agreement

(7/1/2009) Arkhangelovskoe wins extension of boundary & license

(6/30/2009) Algeria kicks off new licensing round

(6/30/2009) GdF Suez picks up stake in Azerbaijan Caspian block

(6/30/2009) Iraq licensing round flounders on ministry terms

(6/30/2009) BG buying half ownership of EXCO's Texas & Louisiana assets

(6/30/2009) Nighthawk sells stake in Kansas project to Osceola

(6/29/2009) Encore Energy acquiring Rockies & Permian Basin properties

(6/29/2009) BNK sub picks up 3 Polish concessions

(6/29/2009) EXCO sells Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas assets to Encore

(6/29/2009) Tamm Oil farming into NW Alberta Peace River project

(6/29/2009) Midmar sells onshore UK unit to Key Petroleum

(6/28/2009) Shell invited to develop Russia's Sakhalin-3 & -4

(6/28/2009) Iraq postpones bid round due to sandstorm

(6/28/2009) Alberta gas sector incentives in the wings

(6/28/2009) Oxy & CNR bid for Bahrain's deep gas

(6/28/2009) Devon to sell stake in 25 US Gulf properties

(6/28/2009) Essential Petroleum exiting Otway Basin permit

(6/26/2009) Petrovietnam & PVEP granted Dai Hung PSC

(6/26/2009) Russia offering 17 E&P blocks in Khanty-Mansiysk, Yakutia & Komi

(6/26/2009) Ombrina Mare production concession approved

(6/26/2009) Entek farming into New Frontier's Colorado & Wyoming assets

(6/25/2009) ONGC Mittal pulls out of Trinidad concession

(6/25/2009) Vale lining up 25% buy into Petrobras blocks

(6/25/2009) BP selling West Java subsidiary & holdings to Pertamina

(6/25/2009) Serica granted block in UK Central North Sea

(6/24/2009) Savoy & Masi JV to look for oil in Fiji

(6/24/2009) Zambia offering 23 blocks in 1st licensing round

(6/24/2009) Total acquiring stake in Russia's Termokarstovoye Field

(6/23/2009) Vermilion acquiring Marathon's stake in Ireland's Corrib Field

(6/23/2009) Mainland to acquire Mississippi Bossier/Haynesville acreage

(6/23/2009) American Petro-Hunter adds 3rd Kansas project

(6/22/2009) Zion awarded Israel's Issachar-Zebulun Block

(6/22/2009) Rex farms out Marcellus Shale stake to Williams

(6/22/2009) Gran Tierra picks up 3 blocks in Colombia

(6/22/2009) Norwest farming into Wessex UK permits

(6/21/2009) Exoma gets Queensland's Galilee Gas Project estimates

(6/21/2009) Cobra buying into Enercor's ExxonMobil leases

(6/19/2009) Island-led JVs awarded 3 concessions in Morocco

(6/18/2009) British Columbia garners $156.9 million for gas leases

(6/18/2009) Venture selling & farming out North Sea interests

(6/18/2009) Valiant adds Dana stake for 100% of UK North Sea blocks

(6/17/2009) Tag Oil acquires remaining interest in Cheal blocks

(6/17/2009) Maurel & Prom adds to stake in Congo concession

(6/17/2009) PetroHunter closes sale of Beetaloo interest to Falcon

(6/17/2009) Indonesia puts up another 24 blocks for bid

(6/17/2009) Egdon awarded new exploration permit onshore France

(6/16/2009) Newfoundland & Labrador take a stake in Hibernia South

(6/16/2009) Somaliland extends 1st bid round 3 months

(6/15/2009) "Use it or lose it" Aussie Minister Ferguson warns

(6/15/2009) Bill Barrett buys 90% stake in Colorado's Cottonwood Gulch

(6/15/2009) Vantex scores Quebec Moose River exploration permit

(6/15/2009) Terra Energy acquiring NE BC & NW Alberta assets

(6/15/2009) Junex farming into Fairlady permit in St Lawrence Lowlands

(6/14/2009) Kaiser-Francis invests $107 million in North Dakota

(6/12/2009) Pemex putting up 3 blocks for bid next month

(6/12/2009) Miller completes Chattanooga Shale buy

(6/11/2009) Triangle boosts stake in Nova Scotia block

(6/11/2009) EV picks up Austin Chalk properties in central Texas

(6/11/2009) American Petro-Hunter farms into 2nd Kansas project

(6/11/2009) ConocoPhillips gets share in Kazakhstan's Nursultan Block

(6/11/2009) Maple sells stake in Peru's Aguaytia Deep

(6/9/2009) OMV acquisition of Tunisia offshore concession official

(6/9/2009) US Drilling takes a piece of SandRidge's Pinon Field

(6/9/2009) Cougar farming into acreage adjacent to CREEnergy Project

(6/9/2009) Petroceltic farms out interest in its Tunisian onshore permit

(6/8/2009) ATP expands its US Gulf hub with another block

(6/8/2009) Indigo pays $218 million for Chesapeake Ark-La-Tex assets

(6/8/2009) ExxonMobil to operate 2 deepwater Turkish Black Sea blocks

(6/8/2009) Aker Exploration taking Chevron's share in Norwegian license

(6/7/2009) EnerJex farms out stake in Kansas lease to Pharyn Resources

(6/7/2009) Iraq to award foreign service contracts at end of month

(6/7/2009) Northern wins Slawson agreement to sell Bakken assets

(6/7/2009) TNK-BP seeking to speed sale of Kovyktinskoye Field

(6/5/2009) Whiting farming out 50% of North Dakota acreage

(6/5/2009) E.ON scores 25% stake in Yuzhno Russkoye

(6/4/2009) Total claims still operator of Iran's South Pars 11 (update)

(6/4/2009) Consortium of Russian majors win Orinoco development

(6/4/2009) Total granted Norwegian Barents Sea license operation

(6/3/2009) Morgan Creek farming into Bonanza's Oklahoma prospect

(6/3/2009) Apache completes buy of 9 Marathon Permian Basin fields

(6/3/2009) NIOC signs CNPC to develop South Pars 11

(6/3/2009) ExxonMobil & Petronas Carigali pen PSC for 7 fields

(6/3/2009) Santos selling operated interest in PNG license

(6/2/2009) Vicpet sells stakes in onshore Carnarvon Basin

(6/2/2009) Centrica acquiring stake in Trinidad gas block

(6/1/2009) Ascent scores stake in Colorado's Jolly Ranch

(6/1/2009) Australia puts 33 blocks up for bid

(6/1/2009) San Leon awarded Morocco oil shale exploration project

(5/31/2009) Empire expanding its Tasmania holdings

(5/31/2009) DONG looking for farm-in to drill Glenlivet prospect

(5/31/2009) MEO Australia offering stake in Western Oz Artemis block

(5/31/2009) East Baghdad Field up for bid by select companies

(5/31/2009) Norex taking stake in West Texas gas project

(5/28/2009) C-NLOPB launches Newfoundland-Labrador licensing

(5/28/2009) Canoel takes over Mongolia's Block XXIII

(5/28/2009) FieldPoint buys into New Mexico gasfield

(5/28/2009) AED Oil acquires 50% interest in Longtom project

(5/28/2009) Adventure out for half of Oklahoma recompletion project

(5/27/2009) Pertamina takes a stake in Australia's Basker Manta Gummy

(5/27/2009) Falcon adds to interest in Beetaloo Basin Project, Australia

(5/27/2009) Africa Oil farms out stakes in Ethiopia & Kenya

(5/27/2009) ReoStar acquires Eagle Ford Shale lease in South Texas

(5/27/2009) Chariot follows Jindal in exiting Peruvian licenses

(5/26/2009) Novatek converting Yamal-Nenets licenses to production

(5/26/2009) Tamm Oil & Gas adds Alberta Peace River acreage

(5/26/2009) Rosneft wins E&P rights to Abkhazia shelf

(5/26/2009) Oilex staying with West Kampar & upping interest

(5/26/2009) Continental pulling out of Indonesian PSC

(5/25/2009) Svenska farming into 2 West Africa projects

(5/25/2009) Zambia to launch licensing round this week

(5/25/2009) Adnoc calling for bids on $10 billion Shah development

(5/24/2009) PetroTel granted onshore/offshore block by Oman

(5/22/2009) Total JV gives bigger stake in Libya blocks to NOC

(5/22/2009) Adelaide farms out 90% interest in South Australia permit

(5/21/2009) Santos said selling 4 Australia Timor Sea gas projects

(5/21/2009) Artumas farming out Mozambique stakes

(5/21/2009) Medco getting extension to Indonesia's Aceh Block A

(5/21/2009) Chesapeake selling a stake in its Barnett Shale for $500 million

(5/21/2009) PGNiG scores concession in Egyptian Western Desert

(5/21/2009) PrimeGen acquiring stake in Timan-Pechora field

(5/21/2009) Ascent farms out half its Slovenian exploration project

(5/20/2009) Eni picks up Phase 3 of Iran's Darkhovin development

(5/20/2009) Palau Pacific secures farm-in option on million-acre block

(5/20/2009) PetroWorth farms out stake on Prince Edward Island

(5/20/2009) AWE awarded new PSC for offshore Indonesia concession

(5/20/2009) Horizon selling half its PNG interests for $55 million

(5/20/2009) Sinopec to be given 2 Petrobras blocks off Brazil

(5/19/2009) Tethys negotiating PSC for Fergana block in Tajikistan

(5/19/2009) Faroe swaps Trym for Glitne & Enoch stakes

(5/19/2009) Petrobras farms into block offshore southern Namibia

(5/18/2009) New Zealand extends tax exemptions another 5 years

(5/18/2009) Tullow quits India, relinquishes stakes in 2 blocks

(5/18/2009) Eni acquiring stake in Quicksilver's Barnett Shale assets

(5/18/2009) StatoilHydro joins BPC in Bahamas exploration licenses

(5/18/2009) First Icelandic Licensing Round closed with 2 bids

(5/17/2009) Silverstone replacing Fairfield in buy of Cobra stake

(5/17/2009) OMV takes stake in 2 gasfields in Kurd sector of Iraq

(5/15/2009) Colorado BLM leases 42,986 protested acres

(5/15/2009) Groundstar reducing interest in Takutu Basin Guyana

(5/15/2009) Afghan roadshow pulls in major interest in 2 blocks

(5/15/2009) Petropars buying into Angola Cabinda North

(5/14/2009) Petrobras has not received any extension denials (update)

(5/14/2009) Strike Oil granted new coal seam gas exploration license

(5/14/2009) RWE Dea sealed North Sea Clipper South farm-in

(5/14/2009) Epsilon signs PSC for Ethiopian concession

(5/14/2009) Addax farming into Perenco block onshore Gabon

(5/13/2009) Jordan granting Shell massive oil shale project

(5/13/2009) ANP denies Petrobras extension on 5 pre-salt blocks

(5/13/2009) Egas awards Mediterranean blocks offshore Egypt

(5/12/2009) Japan-Russia JV to develop 2 Eastern Siberia blocks

(5/12/2009) Wintershall & GdF Suez swap North Sea assets

(5/12/2009) Pan Pacific farms into Premier Vietnam block

(5/12/2009) Northern wins 2 Italian Ionian Sea permits

(5/12/2009) Egypt extends Eni's Gulf of Suez license 10 years

(5/10/2009) Reliance wins extension for deepwater block

(5/10/2009) Shell & EnCana farming out Haynesville Shale stake

(5/8/2009) Petropars to replace Total in South Pars 11

(5/7/2009) ExxonMobil set to start exploration of new blocks

(5/7/2009) NGAS farms into Chesapeake Appalachia acreage

(5/7/2009) Egypt's North Damietta Block goes to Shell-led JV

(5/5/2009) Talisman selling Trinidad assets to Sinoc-Sinopec

(5/5/2009) Energen buying Range Resources Permian Basin field

(5/5/2009) ExxonMobil & Hess pick up Indonesia exploration blocks

(5/5/2009) Indonesia's Kumawa Block goes to Marathon-led JV

(5/5/2009) StatoilHydro sells Danish North Sea assets to Bayerngas

(5/5/2009) Rift lines up farm-in partner to fund 4 PNG wells

(5/4/2009) Petropars to undertake giant Turkmen field project

(5/4/2009) Admiral Bay adds Kansas Cherokee Basin assets

(5/1/2009) Kairiki farms out stake in Philippines block to Focus

(5/1/2009) Northern offered out of round onshore UK block

(5/1/2009) Uruguay receives bids from 6 companies for 11 blocks

(4/30/2009) Venezuela pushes back bidding for Orinoco projects

(4/30/2009) APEC takes majority stake in Sumatra PSC

(4/30/2009) Apache buying 9 Permian Basin fields for $187.4 million

(4/30/2009) Norway awards 79 blocks in Norwegian & Barents Seas

(4/29/2009) Russia offering Nenets & Sakhalin blocks

(4/29/2009) Africa Oil closes acquisition of Lundin's East Africa assets

(4/29/2009) Indonesia awards 11 new E&P blocks

(4/28/2009) New Standard farming into coastal Texas oil & gas project

(4/28/2009) Western Sahara declares offshore EEZ

(4/28/2009) Manas picks up PSCs for two Mongolian blocks

(4/28/2009) Falcon to acquire additional Beetaloo Project interest

(4/28/2009) Roc farming out stake in Cabinda block to Pluspetrol

(4/27/2009) PetroSA out to capture 2 DR Congo blocks

(4/27/2009) Iraq issues terms for 8 fields in first bidding round

(4/27/2009) Bahrain's Awali Field development goes to Oxy & Mubadala

(4/27/2009) Central applies for 3 permits in Western Australia's SPA

(4/26/2009) NIOOC signs Total for Doroud Field Phase 3

(4/26/2009) Eureka completes 1st stage of Queensland farm-in

(4/24/2009) Ireland's Rockall licensing round closes

(4/23/2009) Petrovietnam exercising option on Premier block

(4/23/2009) Teton sells remaining interest in Colorado Piceance assets

(4/22/2009) Elixir gets waiver from UK drill or drop ruling

(4/22/2009) Cobalt & Sonangol link US Gulf & Angola interests

(4/22/2009) Origin to acquire Undulla Nose CSG sweet spot

(4/22/2009) Oil Search farming into Eaglewood PNG concession

(4/22/2009) Zambia gearing up for 1st licensing round this year

(4/21/2009) Marathon sells its Ireland sub to Petronas sub

(4/20/2009) Sasol to operate Western Australia block via farm-in

(4/20/2009) Petrovietnam picks up Peru block in Ucayali Basin

(4/20/2009) Pan Andean completes acquisition of block in Peru

(4/20/2009) Empire files for added licenses in Tasmania

(4/17/2009) Peru awards 13 new exploration contracts

(4/17/2009) Kodiak sub farms out stake in BC Horn River project

(4/17/2009) CNOOC offering 17 South China Sea blocks

(4/17/2009) Crown acquires Langford & Russian E&P licenses

(4/17/2009) Lebanon to launch offshore licensing soon

(4/16/2009) Leed acquires US Gulf of Mexico block from Mariner

(4/16/2009) Triangle scores 10-year Nova Scotia production lease

(4/16/2009) Turkmenistan grants RWE Caspian Sea concession

(4/16/2009) Australia awards 13 new offshore blocks

(4/15/2009) Northern awarded acreage in Italy's Sicily Straits

(4/15/2009) Oman expands licenses held by BP & Petronas

(4/15/2009) Cabot selling Canadian operations for $83.8 million

(4/14/2009) Ecopetrol taking 50% of Anadarko Campos Basin block off Brazil

(4/14/2009) Galloway to acquire West Texas gas production

(4/14/2009) StatoilHydro acquires major stake in 50 US Gulf blocks

(4/14/2009) JKX farming into license in Hungary's Pannonian Basin

(4/13/2009) Indian companies divvying up Venezuela Orinoco block

(4/13/2009) RAK acquires Oman blocks from Indago Petroleum

(4/12/2009) Oman awards major onshore block to Harvest

(4/10/2009) Buccaneer selling Texas Pompano Project to TSOG

(4/9/2009) Afghanistan preparing to offer exploration blocks

(4/9/2009) Kurds pick Heritage's partner in Miran License

(4/9/2009) Leni adds US Gulf of Mexico oil & gas assets

(4/9/2009) India launches 8th NELP licensing round & 4th CBM round

(4/8/2009) Santa Barbara reverses decision to back drilling

(4/8/2009) Norwest selling UK North Sea assets to Fairfield

(4/8/2009) EnCana selling its Wyoming Green River Basin assets

(4/8/2009) Heritage sells Oman subsidiary & assets to RAK Petroleum

(4/7/2009) ConocoPhillips near exit of Alaska's Beaufort Sea

(4/7/2009) Hyperdynamics sells Louisiana assets

(4/7/2009) AuDAX combines Italian & Tunisian concessions

(4/6/2009) DNO has Kurd concessions pared by KRG

(4/6/2009) Total & Cobalt link for US Gulf exploration

(4/6/2009) Uruguay revises licensing for upcoming round

(4/6/2009) BHP farm-in into Otto's Philippine concession off

(4/6/2009) StatoilHydro farms into Lundin Norway North Sea licenses

(4/6/2009) Mosaic acquiring remaining interest in Churchie Field

(4/2/2009) Peru to put more blocks up for bid in July

(4/2/2009) Total to renegotiate Madagascar's Bemolanga Project terms

(4/2/2009) FAR selling China Beibu Gulf stake to South Sea Oil

(4/2/2009) Gazprom to explore 3 blocks onshore Nigeria

(4/2/2009) Vanco & Lukoil renew Cape Three Points Deepwater concession

(4/1/2009) Total sells stake in Canada's Northern Lights to Sinopec

(4/1/2009) NZOG joins AuDAX-operated AIM for Romania

(4/1/2009) BG ups Gulf of Thailand assets with buy of Rio Tinto sub

(3/31/2009) Continental wins Indonesia Bengara II license extension

(3/31/2009) Nexus sells remaining stake in Western Oz permit

(3/31/2009) Kairiki selling stakes in Sicily Channel blocks

(3/30/2009) Iraq puts up 45 wells in South Rumaila Field for bids

(3/30/2009) Lease extension for Pakistan's Uch Field unlikely

(3/30/2009) Apache wins 10-year addition to 8 Argentine licenses

(3/30/2009) Lundin acquiring Talisman stake in North Sea Krabbe discovery

(3/29/2009) AOC acquires another stake in Talisman Norge license

(3/29/2009) Adelaide Energy granted 2 South Australia licenses

(3/29/2009) Royale's Flat Rock Field expanded to include V Canyon wells

(3/26/2009) Itochu pulling out of US Gulf Entrada Field development

(3/25/2009) India to launch latest NELP licensing round in April

(3/25/2009) Angola out to attract gas exploration with tax-exemption

(3/24/2009) Forent wins renewal of Nova Scotia onshore concession

(3/24/2009) Signal Energy acquires Bluff Creek Field

(3/24/2009) Iraq pitting Total/Chevron against StatoilHydro

(3/23/2009) Lansdowne gets new North Celtic Sea license option

(3/23/2009) Kairiki farming out interest in Philippines block

(3/23/2009) Serica farming out interest in block offshore Vietnam

(3/22/2009) Tui JV granted new Taranaki block offshore New Zealand

(3/22/2009) Fort Hills wins extension to Alberta oil sands leases

(3/22/2009) Jordan launches 2009 licensing round

(3/20/2009) Total receives 2 new exploration blocks onshore Vietnam

(3/20/2009) Vitol wins stake in Congo's Marine XIV Block

(3/20/2009) Petro Vista acquires new Colombia block, farms out another

(3/19/2009) BP pulling out of 2 operated Vietnam offshore blocks

(3/19/2009) Three blocks to be licensed in northern Afghanistan

(3/19/2009) Gold Point awarded 2 blocks in western Poland

(3/18/2009) Petrobras buys Shell's stake in Campos Basin block

(3/18/2009) EurEnergy wins 5-year concessions in France & UK

(3/18/2009) $703 million in US Central Gulf Sale high bids (update)

(3/18/2009) US MMS sees lower bids in Central Gulf Sale due to economy

(3/17/2009) Ecopetrol & Petrobras in 2 block Peru joint exploration

(3/17/2009) Total & partners relinquish 2 Bangladesh blocks

(3/17/2009) Pertamina to select Natuna Field development partner

(3/17/2009) US BLM Colorado posts May oil & gas lease sale

(3/16/2009) Iraq puts Halfaya oilfield up for development

(3/16/2009) Venezuela and Russia reach oil exploration deal

(3/16/2009) Arrow farming into China's Qinnan CBM Project

(3/13/2009) Challenger & Sterling swapping farm-in interests

(3/13/2009) Murphy sells its Ecuador stake to Repsol-YPF

(3/12/2009) Inpex & Apache boost Western Australia offshore stakes

(3/12/2009) Sipetrol sells its stake in Egypt block to Sahara Oil & Gas

(3/11/2009) Salamander scores PSC for offshore southern Vietnam block

(3/11/2009) Bengal granted offshore Timor Sea exploration permit

(3/11/2009) Melrose farming into Sterling's Romanian concessions

(3/10/2009) Providence expands Irish license area to include Orpheus Prospect

(3/10/2009) San Leon granted 3 Sicily & 2 Po Valley Italian permits

(3/10/2009) Medco buys US Gulf East Cameron block

(3/9/2009) South Africa launching 4th Offshore Licensing Round

(3/9/2009) Norway launches Pre-Defined Areas licensing round

(3/9/2009) Talisman farms into Vietnam deepwater blocks

(3/8/2009) PDVSA contracts engineering of Delta Caribe Project

(3/6/2009) Nicaragua awards Caribbean concession to Infinity

(3/5/2009) Cairn & Santos abandon Bangladesh Block 5

(3/5/2009) Faroe Petroleum farming out Norwegian license interests

(3/5/2009) Det Norske heading north with Repsol

(3/5/2009) SOCO farm-in off Congo wins government approval

(3/4/2009) Talisman selling Saskatchewan & Montana assets

(3/4/2009) Kogas joining Woodside in Aussie gas developments

(3/3/2009) Berry selling Colorado Denver-Julesburg assets

(3/3/2009) South Australia offering 5 blocks in Eromanga/Cooper Basin

(3/3/2009) TNK-BP sub wins rights to 3 Orenburg licenses

(3/3/2009) Libya pressing for greater share of oil output

(3/3/2009) Toreador completes sale of Turkish Black Sea stake

(3/3/2009) Valiant boosting stakes in UK Banquo and Helena blocks

(3/2/2009) Local participation in Indonesia's Cepu Block official

(3/2/2009) Pacific Energy backs out of New Mexico well buy

(3/2/2009) Hansa Hydrocarbons farms into German North Sea license

(3/1/2009) Centrica takes control of UK's Baird gasfield

(3/1/2009) Shell offering stake in UK Stavro license & block

(2/27/2009) British Columbia sells land rights for $13.8 million

(2/27/2009) Total takes over Absheron Block in Azerbaijan Caspian

(2/27/2009) Tethys acquires Rosehill's Uzbekistan concession

(2/26/2009) BP selling stake in major Indonesia producing block

(2/26/2009) Bow granted 2 blocks onshore Queensland

(2/26/2009) PGS to farm into AuDAX Sicily Chanel permits

(2/26/2009) US Interior Department cancelling oil shale leases

(2/25/2009) Major US oil company execs call for OCS access

(2/25/2009) Lundin wins extension to Caspian exploration license

(2/25/2009) Isramco lined up for Israeli offshore concession

(2/24/2009) Maurel et Prom to sell Colombia assets

(2/24/2009) Lukoil hopes to settle disputed license with Iraq

(2/24/2009) Nighthawk & Running Foxes acquire Jolly Ranch well

(2/24/2009) Shtokmanovskoye FPU concept & FEED awarded

(2/23/2009) Israel to grant 12 offshore licenses to Noble Energy

(2/22/2009) Essar selling stakes in Vietnam & Australia blocks

(2/22/2009) Canadian Superior seeking to sell 25% of Trinidad block

(2/20/2009) ExxonMobil surrenders 8 Point Thomson leases

(2/19/2009) Somaliland launches its first licensing round

(2/19/2009) Shtokmanovskoye license passed to Gazprom Dobycha Shelf

(2/18/2009) Arrow joins Medco in CBM E&P in South Sumatra

(2/18/2009) Total tagged for $5 billion South Pars Phase 2 development

(2/18/2009) Japan's Arabian Oil buying North Sea stake

(2/18/2009) E.ON takes a stake in Shell exploration license in Egypt

(2/17/2009) New Egypt agency to liberalize oil & gas industry

(2/16/2009) Total's Gorgoglione license onshore Italy suspended

(2/16/2009) Det Norske & Talisman swap North Sea assets

(2/16/2009) Trident farms into central Australia exploration permits

(2/13/2009) WestSide & QGC enter JV to develop Bowen Basin CBM

(2/13/2009) Jubilant wins extenstion to Gujarat, India onshore block

(2/13/2009) Horizon divests its Thai concessions

(2/13/2009) EnerGulf signs to operate DR Congo's Lotshi Block

(2/13/2009) Atlantic Petroleum relinquishes UK North Sea stake

(2/13/2009) Petrotrin wins Trinidad oil sands exploration license

(2/12/2009) Parallel farming out stake in Barnett Shale to Chesapeake

(2/12/2009) Caribe in JV with Fram for Trinidad farm-in

(2/12/2009) Empire swaps Western Australia North Perth Basin assets

(2/12/2009) Zarubezhneft getting stake in Total-operated Kharyaga Field

(2/12/2009) OMV Picks up another Norwegian license

(2/11/2009) Egdon ups interest in 2 onshore UK concessions

(2/10/2009) Kosmos said selling stake in major Ghana fields

(2/10/2009) Total wins 10-year extension to Argentine concessions

(2/10/2009) Victoria Oil & Gas asks for extension to Cameroon license

(2/10/2009) Libya takes a bigger share of Total concessions

(2/10/2009) El Paso & RWE Dea swap Egyptian assets

(2/9/2009) Canamens exercises farm-in option in Kazakhstan

(2/9/2009) Tiger acquires stake in North Texas' GP Project

(2/8/2009) Sterling to seek Romania blocks' removal from suspension

(2/8/2009) Petroflow adds more Oklahoma acreage

(2/6/2009) La Cortez farming into Emerald concession in Colombia

(2/5/2009) Nexus offered production license for Crux liquids project

(2/5/2009) StatoilHydro hoping to stake a claim in Russia's Yamal region

(2/5/2009) Ecopetrol ups Fuerte Norte y Sur stakes

(2/5/2009) Lundin selling East Africa holdings to Africa Oil

(2/4/2009) Petrobras ordered to relinquish 25% of pre-salt concession

(2/4/2009) MEO Australia wins work period extensions off Western Australia

(2/3/2009) Toreador selling stake in Turkish Black Sea concession

(2/3/2009) Roc picks up a permit off southeastern Africa

(2/3/2009) BP sale of Kovykta to Gazprom not likely - BP CEO Hayward

(2/2/2009) Long in limbo Brazil's 8th round still on hold

(2/2/2009) Origin wins extension to NZ block, relinquishes another

(2/2/2009) Black Stone buys interest in 5,700 wells for $150 million

(2/1/2009) Rosetta to explore eastern Blackfeet Indian Reservation

(2/1/2009) Nigeria returns 2 blocks taken from Korean JV to ONGC

(2/1/2009) Zanzibar halts Antrim exploration of its 2 offshore blocks

(2/1/2009) PetroPars to develop Turkmen gasfield

(2/1/2009) Precision buying into Nitro Powder River project

(1/30/2009) Anderson farms into ConocoPhillips' Edmonton Sands

(1/30/2009) Alberta Oilsands farms into NE Alberta leases

(1/30/2009) Centrica boosts stake in UK York gasfields to 90%

(1/29/2009) Nigeria cancels Korean consortium's licenses

(1/29/2009) Emerald awarded Caguan Putumayo Basin block in Colombia

(1/29/2009) Po Valley wins 2 additional licenses in central Italy

(1/28/2009) Bald Eagle acquires 6 Alaska North Slope leases

(1/28/2009) Spring farms into Premier stake in Norway's Grosbeak license

(1/28/2009) ExxonMobil wins reinstatement of Alaska Point Thomson leases

(1/27/2009) Petro-Victory looking to farmout stake in Paraguay block

(1/27/2009) Island bypassing farm-in option offshore Ireland

(1/26/2009) Epsilon Energy awarded Oman Al-Wusta concession

(1/25/2009) ONGC-Mittal takes stake in Kazakh Caspian oilfield

(1/25/2009) Cuba terminates Pebercan PSC & assumes assets

(1/23/2009) FAR ups stakes offshore Senegal, becomes operator

(1/23/2009) Egdon awarded exploration permit in France

(1/23/2009) Western Gulf of Mexico Sale high bids reach $483.9 million

(1/22/2009) Taqah terminates Oman farmout to Range

(1/22/2009) Thai government grants Bua Ban production license

(1/22/2009) Iceland offers Dreki blocks in 1st licensing round

(1/22/2009) Abu Dhabi Oil wins extension to Mubarraz Field license

(1/22/2009) Conditions completed for Northern farmout of Italian licenses

(1/21/2009) Petronas asks for extension to Mozambique license

(1/21/2009) Lebanon questions if Noble discovery within its waters

(1/21/2009) Providence hefts Val Verde, Texas lease acreage

(1/20/2009) Argenta granted Mendoza, Argentina concession

(1/20/2009) Arrow farms into Ephindo CBM block in Indonesia

(1/19/2009) Gazprom signs for Algeria's onshore El Assel area

(1/19/2009) Petro Vista farms out major stake in Colombian concession

(1/19/2009) Neon Energy granted block in Vietnam's Song Hong Basin

(1/19/2009) ENH seeking partner to explore Mozambique's Buzi Block

(1/19/2009) Roxi farming out stake in another Kazakh block

(1/18/2009) Algeria makes 4 onshore awards official

(1/16/2009) MMS issues proposed 5-year Atlantic & Pacific drilling plan

(1/15/2009) Edison finalizes award of Egypt's offshore Abu Qir Block

(1/15/2009) Cadogan wins extension to Ukraine Zagoryanska license

(1/14/2009) Syria postponing license awards due to economic crisis

(1/14/2009) CNPC to develop Iran's giant North Azadegan Field

(1/14/2009) Oil Search farms out PNG stakes to Nippon Oil

(1/13/2009) Iceland pushes back 1st licensing launch

(1/13/2009) Seychelles set to offer offshore acreage this year

(1/13/2009) Occidental wins Bahrain's offshore Block 1

(1/12/2009) Stakes adjusted in Norway's Grane Field

(1/12/2009) Oando buys into 2 deepwater blocks off Nigeria

(1/12/2009) Oilexco removed as UK North Sea Huntington operator

(1/12/2009) Oilex backs away from added stake in Indonesia's PSC

(1/12/2009) Cubic to participate in Chesapeake Haynesville Shale well

(1/9/2009) Treaty to acquire West Texas' Vago-1 Project

(1/9/2009) Shell opts out of BPZ farm-in in NW Peru

(1/8/2009) Otto farms into Argentina's Santa Rosa Block

(1/8/2009) La Cortez farming into Petronorte's Putumayo Block

(12/12/2008) Petro Andino wins 4 blocks in Colombia mini-round

(12/12/2008) Addax augments offshore Gabon asset

(12/12/2008) Key cites current economy in withdrawing from Namibia project

(12/11/2008) StatoilHydro acquires rest of stake in Brazil's Peregrino Field

(12/11/2008) Gazprom gets approval to buy Eni stake in Elephant Field

(12/11/2008) Santos sells stake in Indonesian mudflow block

(12/10/2008) JED Oil selling Alberta & Wyoming assets

(12/10/2008) New Zealand opens bidding for East Cape & Northland

(12/10/2008) Shell UK offering Atlantic Margin farm-in opportunity

(12/8/2008) Faroe Petroleum granted 9 blocks off Faroe Islands

(12/7/2008) StatoilHydro granted Faeroe Islands' largest license area

(12/7/2008) Strategic farms into Tullow block offshore Gabon

(12/5/2008) KNOC & Rosneft pen Kamchatka exploration deal

(12/5/2008) Melrose farming into Sterling's Romania Black Sea blocks

(12/5/2008) Total granted 3 licenses in UK North Sea

(12/4/2008) Fox awarded UK North Sea concession operatorship

(12/4/2008) Northern farms out Italy's Sicily Channel licenses to Shell

(12/3/2008) BP & BG to swap North Sea assets

(12/2/2008) ExxonMobil farms into Romanian Black Sea project

(12/2/2008) Edison granted Egypt's Abu Qir Block in Mediterranean

(12/2/2008) TAQA Bratani takes over Shell & ExxonMobil North Sea assets

(12/1/2008) PA Resources sells Norwegian assets to Bayerngas Norge

(12/1/2008) Kodiak in JV with CREEnergy for Alberta First Nations project

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