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Interra spuds Myanmar oil well

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-06-18 09:31

18th June 2014

Goldpetrol Joint Operating Company, a subsidiary of Interra Resources, has commenced drilling development well L 140 in the Chauk oil field in Myanmar

Camac spuds well offshore Nigeria

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2014-06-17 10:34

17th June 2014

Camac Energy has announced that the Oyo-8 development well was spudded on June 15, 2014

Arctic drilling rig arrives at Gazprom Neft’s Dolginskoye field

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2014-06-17 09:27

17th June 2014

Drilling rig arrives at Gazprom Neft’s Dolginskoye field

The GSP Saturn drilling platform has been delivered for test drilling at the Dolginskoye field

President spuds frontier well in Paraguay

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Mon, 2014-06-16 09:46

16th June 2014

President spuds frontier well in Paraguay

President Energy has announced the spudding of the Jacaranda 1 well, the first deep exploration well drilled in Paraguayan Chaco for almost 30 years

Tellus grabs drill-ready Madagascar offshore play

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Fri, 2014-06-13 11:02

13th June 2014

Tellus grabs drill-ready Madagascar offshore play

Tellus Resources Limited (TLU) has acquired a 25 per cent interest (with the right to acquire up to an 80 per cent interest) in a drill-ready and large scale oil exploration asset, located on-shore on the Island of Madagascar, off the south-east coast of Africa

Max hits hydrocarbons and readies rig for next Kazakhstan drill

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2014-06-10 10:27

10th June 2014

Max discovers hydrocarbons and readies rig for next Kazakhstan drill

Max Petroleum has announced that the ZMA-E7 development well in the Zhana Makat field has successfully reached a total vertical depth of 997 metres, encountering hydrocarbons in Jurassic sandstone reservoirs in line with expectations

MOL announces oil discovery in Pakistan

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2014-06-10 09:24

10th June 2014

The Ghauri Joint Venture has announced that a significant oil discovery has been made in Pakistan at the Ghauri X-1 well near Jhelum

Oryx Petroleum spuds well in Kurdistan region of Iraq

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Mon, 2014-06-09 16:27

09th June 2014

Oryx Petroleum spuds well in Kurdistan region of Iraq

Oryx Petroleum has announces that the Banan-2 appraisal well has been spudded in the Hawler license area in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Leni strikes oil and orders another drilling rig to Goudron field

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Mon, 2014-06-09 11:19

09th June 2014

Leni Gas and Oil is mobilising a second drilling rig to work on the Goudron field in Trinidad after successful drilling operations during last month’s operations

Expro’s toolstring technology heads for Brazil offshore

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Thu, 2014-06-05 13:27

05th June 2014

Expro’s toolstring technology heads for Brazil offshore

Expro’s new design ExACT (Expro annulus-operated circulating and test tool) will be deployed offshore Brazil this summer after its successful use in the Gulf of Mexico this week