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Interra strikes oil at Myanmar Chauk oilfield well

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 2nd July 2014
02nd July 2014
Interra strikes oil at fifth Myanmar Chauk oilfield well

Interra Resources’ jointly controlled entity, Goldpetrol Joint Operating Company, has completed development well CHK 1188 in the Chauk oilfield in Myanmar as an oil producer

Gazprom Neft spuds Dolginskoye well using innovative borehole technology

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 30th June 2014
30th June 2014
Gazprom Neft spuds Dolginskoye well using innovative borehole technology

Gazpromneft-Sakhalin, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has started drilling a new exploration well in the Dolginskoye field on the continental shelf in the Pechora sea

Roxi provides disappointing Kazakhstan update ahead of AGM

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 30th June 2014
30th June 2014
Roxi provides disappointing Kazakhstan update ahead of AGM

Roxi Petroleum, a Kazakhstan based oil and gas company, has been unable to report any significant hydrocarbon finds ahead of its AGm later today

Mubadala wildcat comes up dry offshore Thailand

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 30th June 2014
30th June 2014
Mubadala wildcat comes up dry offshore Thailand

Drilling operations have unsuccessfully concluded at the Rojana-1 exploration commitment well in block G11/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, according to joint venture partner KrisEnergy

Bowleven engages Africa Fortesa Corp in Cameroon drill-to-earn arrangement

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 27th June 2014
27th June 2014
Bowleven engages Africa Fortesa Corp in Cameroon drill-to-earn arrangement

Bowleven has announced another shift in its Cameroonian operations by entering into a conditional drill-to-earn arrangement with privately held Africa Fortesa Corp (AFC)

Zubara authorised to drill at UAE offshore field

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 26th June 2014
26th June 2014
Zubara authorised to drill at UAE offshore field

Hibiscus Petroleum has announced that Zubara Petroleum (Zubara), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lime Petroleum (Lime), has received the necessary extension to its concession agreement from the government of Sharjah to commence engineering and procurement activities leading to the drilling of an exploration well by the Q3 2015

Mubadala-led venture offshore Thailand on schedule

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 26th June 2014
26th June 2014
Mubadala-led venture offshore Thailand on schedule

Mubadala Petroleum, the operator of the Thailand offshore Manora joint venture, has announced that the project is on schedule for commencement of production in late Q3 2014 and that recent political events in Thailand have not had an impact on the project budget or schedule

Ophir drills dry offshore Gabon and heads to Equatorial Guinea

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 26th June 2014
26th June 2014
Ophir drills dry offshore Gabon and heads to Equatorial Guinea

Ophir Energy has announced that drilling operations have unsuccessfully concluded on the Okala-1 well in the Mbeli Block offshore Gabon where Ophir has a 50 per cent net operated interest

Crown Point halts work at blocked Vaca Muerta well for winter hiatus

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 25th June 2014
25th June 2014
Crown Point halts work at blocked Vaca Muerta well for winter hiatus

Crown Point Energy has suspended completion and evaluation operations on the La Hoyada x-1 well for the duration of the Argentine winter

Mubadala spuds Gulf of Thailand wildcat

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 23rd June 2014
23rd June 2014
Mubadala spuds Gulf of Thailand wildcat

KrisEnergy has announced that the Atwood Orca jack-up rig has commenced the drilling of the Rojana-A exploration commitment well in block G11/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, where the joint-venture partners are developing the Nong Yao oil field

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