Iraq poised for Round 2Dec 31, 2008 A press conference launching Iraq’s second licensing round since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 is expected at 11 a.m. today at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Ministry of Oil.
Heritage starts "billion-barrel" Kurdish drilling Dec 22, 2008 U.K.-based Heritage Oil Ltd. has started drilling the Miran West-1 well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in the highly prospective Miran licence, where three ...
RWE Dea reports Dekhila-1x success in Egypt Dec 19, 2008 A further exploration success for RWE Dea: The Dekhila-1x well hits gas and oil in the West Mediterranean Block 1 concession.
Dana provides Egypt exploration drilling update Dec 19, 2008 Dana Petroleum says that drilling and wireline logging operations have now been successfully completed on the Akhenaton-1 exploration well
TransGlobe provides operations update Dec 18, 2008 TransGlobe Energy Corporation provides a mid-quarter production and operations update for the fourth quarter of 2008.
Velosi bags service contracts in Italy and Qatar Dec 17, 2008 Velosi says that following Velosi’s acquisition of a 60% stake in October 2008, PSC Italy has entered into an agreement with Saipem
Circle Oil discovers oil in Egypt Dec 17, 2008 Circle Oil reports the successful re-entry and sidetrack of well Al Amir-1X, in the North-West Gemsa Concession, Egypt.
Oilex encounters oil zones in AL Jumd-1 well, Oman Dec 15, 2008 Oilex Ltd says that the Al Jumd-1 well in Block 56 Oman has encountered substantial oil zones in two high quality sandstone packages within the Al Khlata Formation.
Roc Oil doubles Zhao Dong flows Dec 4, 2008 Roc Oil Co. said it has nearly doubled its production offshore China since its third-quarter reporting, with oil flows at Bohai Bay’s Zhao Dong field ...
Thule Drilling finalizes MOU for sale of newbuildings Dec 2, 2008 Thule Drilling has recently entered into an MOU with Middle East interests for the sale of the newbuildings and its BVI company holding 49% of the QGM shares.
Oilex updates Oman block 56 drilling Dec 1, 2008 The exploration drilling program in Oman Block 56 is continuing and is anticipated to be completed in early January 2009.
DNO up 19% on Tawke talk Nov 28, 2008 The stock of Norwegian Northern Iraq producer DNO rocketed 18 percent on Friday to close out a month in which company has generated gains of ...
