2005 Seismic Exploration News Reports

High frequency multi-beam echo sounders are often used to scare away whales and dolphins as a precurcor to using a controlled seismic source of energy, such as a specialized air gun or a seismic vibrator to map the ocean floor during exploration. Due to the extremely high level of noise produced by seismic air-guns (that endanger large whales) ramping-up noise levels over hours of start-up is a legal requirement. The use of echo sounders avoids this delay. However, even the echo sounder can be dangerous to smaller whales and dolphins if it scares the animals into situations where they can die. This is just as serious of an issue.

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News Reports - 2005

1. Wed, 09 Feb 2005 2:01 AM PST - (Rigzone) - U.K. North Sea
   Newfield Exploration has made several significant exploration successes in the North Sea, deepwater Gulf of Mexico and Onshore Gulf Coast. These discoveries will add significant production volumes for the Company beginning in 2006. (Source)


2. Wed, 09 Feb 2005 9:00 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Faroe Petroleum Makes First Move into North Sea
   Faroe Petroleum has acquired a 90% equity stake in two part blocks 14/21 and 14/22 in the UK Central North Sea from Shell U.K. Limited and Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited. (Source)


3. Wed, 09 Feb 2005 0:17 AM PST - (IWon - Money) - Faroe Petroleum Buys Oil Field Stakes
   LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Faroe Petroleum said Wednesday it has acquired a 90% equity stake in two part blocks 14/21 and 14/22 in the U.K. Central North Sea from Shell U.K. Limited and Esso Exploration and Production U.K. Limited. (Source)


4. Wed, 09 Feb 2005 3:57 AM PST - (Post-Courier) - Oil discovery in Aitape
   This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. JUNIOR oil and gas company Cheetah Oil and Gas (PNG) Limited is confident of striking hydrocarbons in the Aitape sub-basin. (Source)


5. Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:51 AM PST - (Oil & Gas Journal) - CNPC presses seismic work in Tenere, Niger
   HOUSTON, Feb. 10 -- A unit of China National Petroleum Corp. plans to acquire the full 1,500 line km of seismic data specified in the $55 million minimum work program on the 17.3 million acre Tenere Block in the Termit-Tenere rift basin in Niger. (Source)


6. Thu, 10 Feb 2005 7:33 AM PST - (Interactive Investor) - (AFX UK Focus) 2005-02-10 15:15 GMT: Gold Oil wins rights to evaluate oil field offshore Peru
   LONDON (AFX) - Gold Oil PLC, the London-based oil exploration company focused on Central and South America, said it signed a deal with the Peruvian state-owned oil company to look at potential exploration of an oil concession offshore northwestern Peru. Under the terms of the deal with PeruPetro, Gold Oil has exclusive rights to the area for 15 months. (Source)


7. Thu, 10 Feb 2005 4:37 AM PST - (SpaceDaily) - TERRADAILY Blue Planet: The Fading Songs Of Whales by Dan Whipple
   Most people know the modern world is a noisy place, but they might not be aware the oceans have gotten to be considerably noisy as well - and they are getting noisier, to the detriment of whales and other marine mammals. (Source)


8. Fri, 11 Feb 2005 1:25 AM PST - (Petroleum News) - Kerr-McGee inks deepwater exploration pact with China
   Kerr-McGee is taking its deepwater expertise to China under a deal that more than doubles the company's offshore position in that country to 4.1 million acres, roughly half of which is now located in 5,000 to 10,000 feet of water in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea. Under its prod... (Source)


9. Fri, 11 Feb 2005 7:16 AM PST - (New Kerala) - Reliance Industries makes 13th gas discovery in D6 block:
   [Business India]: New Delhi, Feb 11 : Reliance Industries has made a 13th consecutive gas discovery in the D6 deep-water block off the Andhra Pradesh coast. (Source)


10. Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00 PM (PST) - (Houston Chronicle - USA) - New system grabs data digitally
    3-D surveys took off first offshore, where the ... Corp.'s vice president for exploration and production ... by Trace Energy, a privately held seismic contractor based ... (Source)


11. Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:33 PM (PST) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Kerr-McGee inks deepwater exploration pact with China
    sharing contract with China National Offshore Oil Corp ... The evaluation phase likely will include seismic studies that ... to the drilling of an exploration well, a ... (Source)


12. Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:33 PM (PST) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Burger delivers
    encountered the gas during a Chukchi exploration program headed ... re-assessment did not consider the seismic "dim spot ... a wide area in a remote offshore location ... (Source)


13. Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:28 PM (PST) - (Reuters.uk - UK) - Oil majors keen on magnetic exploration future
    over competing technologies because of its potential to revolutionise oil exploration ... or about 25 percent of current spending on offshore seismic surveys in ... (Source)


14. Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:28 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Hyperdynamics' SCS Corp. Identifies Shallow Drilling Targets
    did not support consideration for offshore natural gas ... most recent work, the SCS exploration staff is now reprocessing and extracting 'Seismic Attributes.' We ... (Source)


15. Mon, 14 Feb 2005 0:14 AM PST - (Reuters.co.uk) - Oil majors keen on magnetic exploration future
    LONDON (Reuters) - When you are drilling for oil deep down on the ocean floor, how do you know if the reservoir you've found is full of fossil fuels or soaking in salt water? (Source)


16. Mon, 14 Feb 2005 1:00 AM PST - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Hyperdynamics' SCS Corp. Identifies Shallow Drilling Targets Offshore West Africa
    Hyperdynamics Corp. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, SCS Corp. , is performing in-depth analyses to help pinpoint the large targets that it has identified previously. (Source)


17. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 2:00 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Veritas DGC & Maersk Oil Ink North Sea Exploration Deal
    Veritas DGC's Veritas Geophysical Limited subsidiary has successfully concluded an agreement with Maersk Oil (UK) Limited to evaluate UK Central North Sea Promote block 30/1d. The block was previously awarded to Veritas Geophysical as a Promote License in the UK 21st Offshore Round in 2003. (Source)


18. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 1:16 AM PST - (The Telegraph) - OVL sets sights on Caspian Sea block
    New Delhi, Feb. 15: ONGC-Videsh (OVL) is eyeing mid-sized oil exploration blocks in the Caspian Sea off Kazakhstan. A delegation headed by petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar will leave for Kazakhstan to hold talks on a broad front in the hydrocarbon sector and the promotion of trade. (Source)


19. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:56 AM PST - (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Aurado provides operational update
    Aurado Energy Inc. reports that the first half of the seismic program on its Liman Block, Kazakhstan, has been completed with more than 600 km shot in the southern part of the Block. (Source)


20. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 2:01 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Hyperdynamics Identifies Targets Offshore West Africa
    Hyperdynamics' subsidiary, SCS Corporation, is performing in-depth analyses to help pinpoint the large targets that it has identified previously. (Source)


21. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 8:24 AM PST - (The New Zealand Herald) - Technology removes drilling guesswork
    LONDON - When you are drilling for oil deep down on the ocean floor, how do you know if the reservoir you've found is full of fossil fuels or soaking in salt water? (Source)


22. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:09 PM (PST) - (Business Report - Johannesburg,South Africa) - SA to claim laeger share of the sea
    Pasa), the promoter of petroleum exploration and exploitation ... was involved because of the seismic data it ... South Africa's offshore activities include the Sable ... (Source)


23. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 1:00 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - The Exploration Company Expands Position in Maverick Basin
    The Exploration Company announced an asset exchange agreement that enlarges its Maverick Basin acreage position to approximately 727,000 gross acres, including 665,900 leased acres and 61,100 acres under seismic option. (Source)


24. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 6:00 AM PST - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Hyperdynamics' CEO Directs Planning for Accelerated Exploration Program Offshore West Africa
    Hyperdynamics Corp. announced today that as directed by the company's chief executive officer, Kent Watts, SCS Corp. has initiated in-depth planning with a goal to accelerate exploration activity in its concession offshore West Africa. (Source)


25. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 5:02 AM PST - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Royale Energy Extends Production in the Rocky Mountain Moon Canyon Field Using New 3D Seismic Survey
    Royale Energy, Inc. -- Royale's Moon Canyon #2 well in the Uintah Basin of Utah has reached a total depth of 10,300 ft. (Source)


26. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00 PM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Shell & Petronas Carigali Awarded Two Ultra-Deepwater Blocks
    PETRONAS awarded two Production Sharing Contracts to Shell and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd for the ultra-deepwater Blocks ND6 and ND7 offshore the east coast of Sabah. (Source)


27. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:34 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Hyperdynamics' CEO Directs Planning for Accelerated Exploration
    initiating plans to accelerate our exploration offshore West Africa ... to explore and exploit acreage offshore West Africa ... state-of-the-art seismic data management ... (Source)


28. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:34 PM (PST) - (Edubourse.com - Brie Comte Robert,France) - Shell and Malaysia's National Oil Company sign Production Sharing
    Blocks ND6 and ND7, offshore East Sabah ... an exploration programme comprising additional seismic acquisition, followed by exploration drilling, during ... (Source)


29. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 2:40 AM PST - (AFX via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) - ETimor to release seismic survey data to oil exploration rights bidders soon
    DILI (AFX) - East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said a seismic survey conducted by the BGP-GGS consortium of Petrochina and Norway's GGS over a potential energy source in the Timor Sea has been completed and the results will soon be made available to interested bidders for exploration rights. ... (Source)


30. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 7:11 AM PST - (Oil Online) - Industry News - Mergers & Acquisitions - The Exploration Company expands Maverick Basin acreage position The
    The Exploration Company has announced an asset exchange agreement that enlarges its Maverick Basin acreage position to approximately 727,000 gross acres, including 665,900 leased acres and 61,100 acres under seismic option. (Source)


31. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 1:20 AM PST - (eyeforenergy.com) - FEATURE: Hyperdynamics directs planning for accelerated exploration program offshore West Africa
    HOUSTON (February 18, 2005) - Hyperdynamics has initiated in-depth planning with a goal to accelerate exploration activity in its concession offshore West Africa. (Source)


32. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 2:41 AM PST - (NEWS.com.au) - Timor closer to energy autonomy
    THE completion of a seismic survey has taken East Timor a step closer to developing its own energy resources, the country's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said today. (Source)


33. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 2:57 AM PST - (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - East Timor moves toward independent oil industry
    East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri says the completion of a seismic survey has taken the tiny country a step closer to developing its own energy resources. (Source)


34. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:22 PM (PST) - (NEWS.com.au - Australia) - Timor closer to energy autonomy
    Timorese trainees, has collected 6500km of seismic data over ... for industry to bid for exploration rights ... petroleum potential in onshore and offshore areas, and ... (Source)


35. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:22 PM (PST) - (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany) - Remington Oil and Gas Corporation Announces Reserves Up 19% to 252
    are $10 million for leasing and seismic data for ... is an independent oil and gas exploration and production ... concentrating in the onshore and offshore regions of ... (Source)


36. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:22 PM (PST) - (Environment News Service - USA) - Whales May Not Survive Sakhalin Oil Operations, Panel Finds
    Activities related to oil and gas exploration, including high-intensity geophysical seismic surveying and ... range of these whales, including offshore oil and ... (Source)


37. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 8:34 AM PST - (The Electric New Paper) - Want to hit black gold? Try electromagnetic mapping - FEB 19, 2005
    Want to hit black gold? WHEN you are drilling for oil deep down on the ocean floor, how do you know if the reservoir you've found is full of fossil fuels or soaking in salt water? (Source)


38. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:40 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Stratic Updates the Black Sea, Offshore Turkey Project
    acquired 190 square kilometer 3D seismic survey following ... UK North Sea, the two blocks offshore Céґte d ... active in the acquisition, exploration and development ... (Source)


39. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:40 PM (PST) - (Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA) - Focus on North SeaArgentina for Antrim Energy, But Concern Over
    3,500,000 acre licence covering two offshore islands and ... Northern Ireland a vertical profile seismic survey is ... assets to mitigate the exploration risk involved ... (Source)


40. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:40 PM (PST) - (Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore) - Want to hit black gold? Try electromagnetic mapping
    Until recently, companies relied almost exclusively on seismic surveys, which ... new tool in the multi-billion-dollar offshore oil exploration business that ... (Source)


41. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:40 PM (P - (PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA) - Technological revolutions in sensors, robotics, and
    been this level of true exploration in the ... His team travels hundreds of miles offshore, maps an ... floor ecology, to whale migrations, to seismic activity and ... (Source)


42. Sat, 19 Feb 2005 5:14 AM PST - (The Star Online) - Oil majors keen on magnetic mapping
    W HEN you are drilling for oil deep down on the ocean floor, how do you know if the reservoir you--ve found is full of fossil fuels or soaking in salt water? (Source)


43. Sat, 19 Feb 2005 5:52 AM PST - (EurekaAlert!) - Technological revolutions in sensors, robotics, and telecommunications allow new views of ocean
    Washington DC --“ Scientists can now visualize the ocean floor in remote areas of the Arctic, observe rockfish hideouts, and see live images of coral cities thousands of meters under the sea's surface. (Source)


44. Sat, 19 Feb 2005 5:54 AM PST - (PhysOrg) - Technological revolutions in sensors, robotics, and telecommunications allow new views of ocean
    Scientists find undersea mountains, discover new species, and spy on fishScientists can now visualize the ocean floor in remote areas of the Arctic, observe rockfish hideouts, and see live images of coral cities thousands of meters under the sea's surface. Soon their robots will be able to "live" on the bottom of the ocean - monitoring everything from signs of tsunamis to the effects of deep sea (Source)


45. Sun, 20 Feb 2005 5:21 AM PST - (SpaceDaily) - A Revolution In Oceanic Exploration Reveals An "Alien" World On Earth
    Scientists can now visualize the ocean floor in remote areas of the Arctic, observe rockfish hideouts, and see live images of coral cities thousands of meters under the sea's surface. (Source)


46. Sun, 20 Feb 2005 1:13 AM PST - (The Chronicle Herald) - Minister defends oil deal
    Natural Resources Minister John Efford forcefully defended Saturday the offshore deal his government recently struck with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. (Source)


47. Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:40 PM (PST) - (Halifax Herald (subscription) - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada) - John Efford says payout was 'right thing to do'
    Seismic testing has been a highly contentious issue in Nova Scotia ... provincial governments would reduce red tape involved in offshore exploration, something the ... (Source)


48. Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:40 PM (PST) - (Halifax Herald (subscription) - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada) - John Efford says payout was 'right thing to do'
    Seismic testing has been a highly contentious issue in Nova Scotia ... provincial governments would reduce red tape involved in offshore exploration, something the ... (Source)


49. Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00 PM PST - (Rigzone) - Canadian Operations
    BrazAlta Resources Corp. has acquired a 33% interest of the South Larne License in Northern Ireland U.K. BrazAlta with its partner Antrim Energy Inc. will participate in a VSP Seismic Program to evaluate the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone. (Source)


50. Mon, 21 Feb 2005 6:32 AM PST - (Newswise) - Technological Revolutions Allow New Views of Ocean
    Newswise --Scientists can now visualize the ocean floor in remote areas of the Arctic, observe rockfish hideouts, and see live images of coral cities thousands of meters under the sea--s surface. (Source)


51. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 2:33 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - KNOC, Rosneft Sign Kamchatka Offshore Exploration Deal
    Rosneft said it has signed a financial agreement with Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) on the joint exploration of offshore oil fields in the Kamchatka region of the Russian far east. (Source)


52. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 9:58 AM PST - (AFX via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) - SKorea's KNOC, Russia's Rosneft sign Kamchatka off-shore exploration deal
    MOSCOW (AFX) - The Russian state oil firm Rosneft said it has signed a financial agreement with Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) on the joint exploration of offshore oil fields in the Kamchatka region of the Russian far east. ... (Source)


53. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 9:51 AM PST - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - Avery Advances Northern Ireland Exploration, Strengthens Balance Sheet
    CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Avery Resources Inc. is proceeding with a vertical seismic profiling program on its South Larne license in Northern Ireland. The program will evaluate Triassic Sherwood Sandstone with potential for identifying oil and natural gas drilling locations. (Source)


54. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 1:03 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Apache Selects Schlumberger Petrel Workflow Tools
    Schlumberger says that Apache Corporation has selected Petrel(a) software as its primary reservoir modeling workflow tool. This will enable Apache asset teams to integrate multiple technical disciplines from seismic to simulation in an intuitive and collaborative environment. (Source)


55. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:24 PM PST - (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Winslow Announces Drilling Results and Management Update
    Winslow is pleased to announce the Company's Hairy Hills well, in the Wellington area of central Alberta, has been effectively drilled and cased to target depth. The drilling location was based on 3D seismic data acquired by partners in 2004, which allowed a new location to be picked offsetting the well drilled by Winslow and partners on the same section in 2003. (Source)


56. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:00 AM PST - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - CGG Develops its Presence in India
    Seismic services provider CGG has made a move to further strengthen its presence in India with the launch of a new data processing centre in Mumbai. Senior representatives from CGG, the national oil company, ONGC, and the major oil companies, including Reliance, operating in India attended the opening ceremony held on 22nd February. (Source)


57. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:36 PM (PST) - (ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia) - Rosneft, Korean oil co to develop offshore field near Kamchatka.
    me-Tass reports the two companies have agreed to conduct seismic exploration on a license area of 60,000 square kilometers this year and to drill three ... (Source)


58. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:36 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - El Paso Corporation Provides Update on Exploration and Production
    million for development; $159 million for exploration; $127 million ... and $97 million for land, seismic, and other ... The Offshore division of El Paso is comprised ... (Source)


59. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:36 PM (PST) - (noticias.info- Spain) - Oil Price outlook: OVER A BARREL
    enabling increased recovery, particularly with offshore fields ... major beneficiary being more complex seismic surveys ... As well as improving exploration success rates ... (Source)


60. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:00 AM PST - (Rigzone) - South Australia Cooper-Eromanga Basin
    Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. (ACOR) has agreed to contract with Terrex Seismic and acquire approximately $AU850,000 worth of new 2-D seismic data on the concession to locate precise drilling locations on ACOR's vast working interest holdings on Petroleum Exploration License 108, 109 & 112. ACOR management has also retained the services of a well-known Geophysicist for the (Source)


61. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:46 PM (PST) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - The Selling of Liberia
    bid for 100% of an offshore exploration block in ... dimensional seismic and 1600sqkm of three-dimensional seismic ... right to explore and develop offshore block 16 ... (Source)


62. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:46 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Verenex Energy Inc. - 2004 Year-End Operating Results and Libya
    2-D seismic acquisition program over the offshore Aquitaine Maritime ... The new seismic is designed to better image ... on the large structural exploration leads that ... (Source)


63. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:46 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Vermilion Energy Trust - Year End 2004 Operating and Financial
    Vermilion contributed interests in its exploration lands in France, a ... in the Bay of Biscay offshore southwestern France ... and evaluation of the seismic is complete ... (Source)


64. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:46 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News - USA) - INTERVIEW: Santos Looks To Fast Track Jeruk Oil Find -2-
    Shallow waters around Jeruk, offshore East Java, means a platform could be pumping oil ... of Jeruk is known, with geologists currently working through seismic data ... (Source)


65. Thu, 24 Feb 2005 2:01 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Tui Area Oil Fields Move to FEED
    The PEP 38460 joint venture has approved commencement of Front End Engineering and Design work for the development of the Tui/Amokura/Pateke ("Tui Area") oil fields, in the offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. (Source)


66. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:27 AM PST - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Egypt
    HOUSTON, Feb. 25 -- Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. selected a bid by IPR Energy Red Sea Inc., Irving, Tex., for the 290 sq km Ramadan concession in the Gulf of Suez. (Source)


67. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:20 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - El Paso Corporation Provides Update on Exploration and Production
    million for development; $159 million for exploration; $127 million ... and $97 million for land, seismic, and other ... The Offshore division of El Paso is comprised... (Source)


68. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:20 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Gulfport Energy Corporation Announces Sale of Common Stock
    Southpoint Qualified Fund LP and Southpoint Offshore Operating Fund ... included in a 3-D seismic survey, the ... an independent oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


69. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:20 PM (PST) - (Science Daily- USA) - Technological Revolutions In Sensors, Robotics, And
    The sea may soon concede more of its seismic secrets ... hasn't been this level of true exploration in the ... His team travels hundreds of miles offshore, maps an area... (Source)


70. Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:04 PM (PST) - (Denton Record Chronicle - Denton,TX,USA) - World's largest floating oil platform set to drill in Gulf of
    Seismic explorers, who use sound waves to map densities in ... oil could be found that far offshore, the US ... now hopes the heyday of Gulf Coast exploration has just... (Source)


71. Mon, 28 Feb 2005 1:00 AM PST - (Rigzone) - After a short inspection, the rig will be towed to the first of two locations to drill an appraisal well on the Hong
    Texhoma Energy reports that Black Swan Petroleum is scheduled to spud the Hong Fah well offshore Thailand this week using Transocean's jackup, Trident XVI. (Source)


72. Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:03 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Vintage Petroleum Reports 2004 Operational Results and Updates
    holds a 25 percent working interest in this offshore Texas prospect ... re-develop a Frio gas field with exploration upside in ... A 3-D seismic survey of the area is... (Source)


73. Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:03 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Rig on Location
    Pty Ltd, ("BSP"), which holds a 100% interest in exploration concession B7/38, offshore Thailand ... objective in an optimum location, based on 3-D seismic-data... (Source)



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74. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 2:00 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - EnerGulf Pursues Oil Exploration in East Africa
    EnerGulf Resources has entered into a memorandum of understanding with JEBCO Seismic Ltd. to explore for petroleum on the Tanga Block along the coast and offshore Tanzania in East Africa. (Source)


75. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 9:31 AM PST - (Hindustan Times) - ONGC Videsh bags exploration block in Egypt
    India's exploration major ONGC Videsh (OVL) has bagged a highly prospective exploration block in Egypt along with consortium partner IPR Energy Red Sea Inc (IPR), a subsidiary of US energy major Texas Independent. (Source)


76. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 3:54 AM PST - (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - Liberal minority stalls decision on B.C. offshore oil exploration, says mayor
    VICTORIA (CP) - The minority Liberal government in Ottawa is stalling the development of a potential multi-billion offshore oil resource off British Columbia's north coast, the mayor of Prince Rupert said Tuesday. (Source)


77. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 1:09 AM PST - (Canada.com) - Seismic testing deal raises concerns
    VICTORIA -- The Western Canada Wilderness Committee says Gordon Campbell's B.C. Liberals are slick, just like oil on water. (Source)


78. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 2:00 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Discovery Geo Plans Offshore 3D Survey of Awakino Prospect
    Discovery Geo (Australia) Corporation is to use the 3D seismic ship Veritas Viking II to shoot a 600 sq km survey from early March, operations manager Bruce Morris said. (Source)


79. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 2:00 AM PST - (The Telegraph) - OVL bags Egypt oil block
    New Delhi, March 1 : ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has bagged an offshore oil exploration in Egypt in partnership with IPR Energy Red Sea Inc a subsidiary of Texas IPR. OVL has a 70 per cent participating interest in the block. (Source)


80. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:51 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - EnerGulf Pursues Oil Exploration in East Africa
    Block along the coast and offshore Tanzania in ... Existing seismic indicates the presence of multiple hydrocarbon ... with TPDC a Hydrocarbon Exploration License and... (Source)


81. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:51 PM (PST) - (Pakistan Link - Inglewood,CA,USA) - Pakistan seeks bids for oil exploration in Sindh, Punjab
    bids and sign a Petroleum Exploration and Concession ... will carry out surveys including seismic 2-D ... provisions of the Pakistan Offshore Petroleum (Exploration... (Source)


82. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:51 PM (PST) - (Indo-Asian News Service - New Delhi,India) - ONGC Videsh bags exploration block in Egypt
    exploration, consisting of acquisition of 3D seismic data and ... which is partnering OVL in the exploration of Block ... the Gulf of Suez province in Egypt offshore. (Source)


83. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:51 PM (PST) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - Tsunami Disasters in West Africa
    The entire offshore and onshore oil installations (petroleum ... The tsunami seismic waves may come in step ... Petroleum and natural gas exploration and exploitation... (Source)


84. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:51 PM (PST) - (Financial Express - Bombay,India) - OVL-IPR gets Egypt block
    part of the Gulf of Suez province in Egypt offshore at a ... will be pursued in the first phase of exploration consisting of acquisition of 3D seismic data and... (Source)


85. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:51 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Ascent Resources Announces Hardman Resources Acquisition
    Marin PSCs cover two shallow water exploration concessions offshore ... 250,000 bopd from its onshore and offshore fields ... awarded in 1999, a 3-D seismic survey has... (Source)


86. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:51 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Petronas awards two ultra-deepwater blocks
    ultra-deepwater blocks ND6 and ND7 offshore the east ... Petronas Carigali, the exploration and production arm of Petronas ... 1,700 sq km of new 3D seismic data and... (Source)


87. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 7:42 AM PST - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Discovery Geo plans offshore 3D seismic
    Texas-based Discovery Geo (Australia) Corp. will use the 3D seismic ship Veritas Viking II to shoot a 600 sq km survey starting in early March, according to operations manager Bruce Morris. (Source)


88. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 2:28 AM PST - (New Kerala) - ONGC Videsh bags exploration block in Egypt:
    [India News]: New Delhi, Mar 1 : India's exploration major ONGC Videsh (OVL) has bagged a highly prospective exploration block in Egypt along with consortium partner IPR Energy Red Sea Inc (IPR), a subsidiary of US energy major Texas Independent. (Source)


89. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:02 PM PST - (Rigzone) - "This farm-in is consistent with Shell Canada's renewed focus on growth - in this case, we're broadening the scope of
    Shell Canada Limited has acquired a 20 per cent interest in eight exploration licenses in the Orphan Basin located in the deepwater region offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The interest in the lands was acquired under a farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil Canada and Imperial Oil Resources. (Source)


90. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 7:32 AM PST - (IWon - Money) - Shell Canada Gets 20% Stake In 8 Orphan Basin Exploration Licenses
    CALGARY -(Dow Jones)- Shell Canada Ltd. (SHC.T) has acquired a 20% stake in eight exploration licenses in the Orphan Basin in the deepwater region offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. (Source)


91. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 7:58 AM PST - (Hydrocarbon Online) - Efficient new clusters double the centers-- computational capacity
    Moscow, --“ Paradigm'„ў, the premier provider of advanced petroleum geoscience and engineering technologies to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, announces that it has upgraded its seismic data processing centers in the CIS with new, 90-processor computation clusters, based on the IntelВ® Xeon'„ў processor with Intel EM64T, and a 32-CPU SGIВ® AltixВ® system based on Intel ItaniumВ® 2 (Source)


92. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 9:09 AM PST - (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Shell Canada Buys Offshore Newfoundland Rights
    Shell Canada Ltd. marked its exploration return to offshore Newfoundland on Wednesday by acquiring a 20 percent interest in eight exploration licenses in the Orphan Basin. (Source)


93. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:02 PM PST - (Rigzone) - The Iris Marin and Themis Marin PSCs cover two shallow water exploration concessions offshore
    Hardman Resources has entered into an agreement with Ascent Resources to sell two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Gabon Investments (Iris Marin) Pty Ltd and Gabon Investments (Themis Marin) Pty Ltd. These companies hold a 12.86% participating interest in the Iris Marin Production Sharing Contract and in the Themis Marin Production Sharing Contract respectively. (Source)


94. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 1:12 AM PST - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Quebec
    HOUSTON, Mar. 2 -- Newly formed Petrolia Inc., Rimouski, Quebec, plans to start seismic surveys on its acreage in the central Gaspe Peninsula 150 km east of Rimouski. (Source)


95. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 1:12 AM PST - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Firms find more heavy oil northwest of Edmonton
    HOUSTON, Mar. 2 -- Calgary independents BlackRock Ventures Inc. and Talisman Energy Inc. are acquiring a $2.5 million 3D seismic survey over lands that contain a new heavy oil discovery in Alberta's Peace River area. (Source)


96. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 9:20 AM PST - (AP via Yahoo! News) - Analysis: Dawson Making Seismic Waves
    Dawson Geophysical Co., which processes seismic data in the hunt for underground oil and gas, has reached new heights thanks to digging deep. (Source)


97. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:18 AM PST - (Interactive Investor) - (AFX UK Focus) 2005-03-03 06:55 GMT: Australia's Petsec to spend 25 mln usd on oil/gas projects in China and US
    SYDNEY (AFX) - Petsec Energy Ltd said it will spend 25 mln usd on oil and gas exploration and development in China and the US in calendar 2005. The independent oil and gas group said the budget includes the drilling and development of seven wells in the USA and China, a 94 sq mile 3D seismic survey onshore US and a feasibility study and oil development plan for the 12.8 West oil field in China. (Source)


98. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (Vancouver Sun - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada) - Seismic testing deal raises concerns
    decades-old federal moratorium on offshore development lifted ... and have nothing to do with petroleum exploration ... worried the deal on seismic regulations means... (Source)


99. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada) - BC lobbying for offshore drilling, again
    signed an agreement with BC and Newfoundland to limit the impact of seismic exploration. The BC Liberal government has said it wants an offshore oil and gas... (Source)


100. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (Reuters Canada - Toronto,Canada) - Shell Canada Buys Offshore Newfoundland Rights
     Current exploration plans call for 3-D seismic acquisition in the ... which is majority-owned by Royal Dutch/Shell Group , last explored offshore Newfoundland and... (Source)


101. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (Oil Online - TX,USA) - EnerGulf pursues oil exploration in East Africa
     entered into a memorandum of understanding with JEBCO Seismic Ltd. to explore for petroleum on the Tanga Block along the coast and offshore Tanzania in... (Source)


102. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - PA Resources Acquires Share in Two Explorations Permits in
     of two new license interests in promising exploration areas offshore ... a 3.125% interest in Block H, offshore Rio Muni ... A 860 sq km 3D seismic survey, acquired in... (Source)


103. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Keeper Resources Inc. - Corporate update
     In Vietnam, Keeper has registered to bid in the upcoming round for offshore oil and gas exploration licenses and has assessed the available seismic data... (Source)


104. Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany) - Rig on Location
     Pty Ltd, ("BSP"), which holds a 100% interest in exploration concession B7/38, offshore Thailand ... objective in an optimum location, based on 3-D seismic-data... (Source)


105. Thu, 03 Mar 2005 6:10 AM PST - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Malacanang Defends Philippine-China Seismic Research Agreement
     Philippine Presidential Palace Malacanang on Thursday defended the seismic research agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Philippines as consistent with the cornerstone of the foreign policy of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Source)


106. Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:01 PM (PST) - (Globe and Mail - Canada) - Shell rejoins oil hunt off Newfoundland
     $670-million to look for the oil, the most committed yet for an offshore Newfoundland exploration auction ... More seismic work is planned this summer... (Source)


107. Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:01 PM (PST) - (Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan) - India's OVL clinches two major oil contracts in Qatar and Egypt
     Najem Oil Structure Area is located eastern offshore of the ... be pursued in the first phase of exploration consisting of acquisition of 3D seismic data and... (Source)


108. Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:01 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - NZOG Increases Interest in Taranaki Permit, Embarks on New Seismic
     increased its interest in the offshore PEP38483 permit ... subsequent interpretation of the new seismic data will ... tracked with a view to exploration drilling within... (Source)


109. Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:01 PM (PST) - (Daily Express - Kota Kinabalu,Sabah,Malaysia) - Sabah oil field deal awarded to Carigali, ConocoPhillips
     was for Deepwater Blocks G and J, also offshore Sabah, where ... Petronas Carigali, the exploration and production arm of Petronas ... 300 sq km of 3D seismic data and... (Source)


110. Fri, 04 Mar 2005 4:46 AM PST - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Shell acquires exploration rights in the Orphan basin off Newfoundland
     Shell Canada Ltd. has acquired a 20% interest in eight exploration licenses in the Orphan basin in the deepwater region offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The interest in the lands was acquired under a farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil Canada and Imperial Oil Resources. (Source)


111. Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Shell acquires exploration rights in the Orphan basin off Newfo
     acquired the eight land parcels in the Orphan basin, 325 km offshore Newfoundland, in a ... Current exploration plans call for 3D seismic acquisition in the... (Source)


112. Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:24 PM (PST) - (TrinidadTobago Express - Trinidad and Tobago) - Talisman to Drill 8 Wells in Trinidad in 2005
     The seismic information "looks pretty good so far," Talisman international exploration manager, John ... is looking for deeper targets on the offshore field, he... (Source)


113. Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:04 PM (PST) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Keeping an eye on the ball
     to open areas for exploration, granting exploration rights and ... the decision-making process involving offshore resources ... to end the moratorium, if seismic is to... (Source)


114. Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:04 PM (PST) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Still a mystery
     Last year Dominion Exploration and its partners announced a ... bodies, which tend to distort seismic readings and ... The $5 billion offshore facility, said to be 50... (Source)


115. Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:04 PM (PST) - (Money Plans - Mumbai,India) - PETRONAS AWARDS CONTRACT TO CONOCOPHILLIPS
     reprocess 300 square km of 3D seismic data and ... by its Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production ... Deepwater Blocks G and J, also offshore Sabah, where... (Source)


116. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 7:30 AM PST - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Benthos Receives Additional Order of Approximately $750,000 for GeoPoint Seismic Hydrophones
     Benthos, Inc. has announced that it has received an order worth approximately $750,000 for its GeoPoint geophysical hydrophones. This order is in addition to two orders totaling approximately $1,750,000 received previously in fiscal 2005 for its GeoPoint seismic hydrophone. (Source)


117. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 1:54 AM PST - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Spinnaker Exploration Company Announces Details on First International Exploration Venture and Conference Call
     Spinnaker Exploration Company today announced that it has entered into a Farmout Agreement covering a 12.5% interest in OPL Block 256 offshore Nigeria from Ocean Energy Nigeria Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Devon Energy Corporation . (Source)


118. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 2:38 AM PST - (Rigzone) - OPL Block 256 was acquired by Devon and Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC) in a mini-bid round in
     Spinnaker Exploration has entered into a Farmout Agreement covering a 12.5% interest in OPL Block 256 offshore Nigeria from Ocean Energy Nigeria Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Devon Energy. The transfer of interest is pending various approvals within the Nigerian government. (Source)


119. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:30 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire- USA) - Spinnaker Exploration Company Announces Details on First
     March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spinnaker Exploration Company (NYSE ... interest in OPL Block 256 offshore Nigeria from ... A recent 3-D seismic survey covering OPL... (Source)


120. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:30 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - VAALCO Energy Announces Record 2004 Net Income and 2004 Annual
     net barrels from the Etame field offshore Gabon during ... Company also expects to conduct additional seismic work and ... to VAALCO) to drill an exploration well on... (Source)


121. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:30 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Remington Oil and Gas Corporation Provides Operations Update
     Offshore East Cameron Exploratory 60 Discovery-tested 6 ... proprietary, reprocessed 3-D seismic database, we ... an independent oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


122. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 6:49 AM PST - (Oil Online) - OilOnline - The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry
     Spinnaker Exploration Company has entered into a Farmout Agreement covering a 12.5% interest in OPL Block 256 offshore Nigeria from Ocean Energy Nigeria Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Devon Energy Corporation. (Source)


123. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:52 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - El Paso Corporation Provides Update on Exploration and Production
     million for development; $159 million for exploration; $127 million ... and $97 million for land, seismic, and other ... The Offshore division of El Paso is comprised... (Source)


124. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:52 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Toreador Reports Fourth-Quarter, Full-Year 2004 Results; 2004
     2005 after which the company's offshore drilling program ... operating 1,837 1,329 6,873 6,651 Exploration and acquisition 649 1,599 1,633 2,411 Seismic costs - S... (Source)


125. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:52 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Mission Resources Announces Increased Earnings for the Fourth
     $31.4 million for development, $8.6 million for exploration, $5.4 million for seismic data, land and ... area, three were located in the Offshore area and... (Source)


126. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 8:23 AM PST - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Rock Solid Images Announces Contract to Provide MOSS Datasets to Endeavour International Corporation for Central Graben
     Rock Solid Images announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Endeavour International Corporation to provide regional rock-physics and seismic modeling data to support Endeavour's exploration activities within the Central Graben of the UK sector of the North Sea. (Source)


127. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 4:54 AM PST - (Warrnambool Standard) - Offshore exploration delay By GLEN BERNOTH March 10, 2005
     GAS exploration drilling between Warrnambool and Peterborough has been delayed at least a week after another project in Gippsland fell behind schedule. (Source)


128. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:16 AM PST - (News From Bangladesh) - Proposed gas co wants 3 gas fields without tender
     A proposed gas company is lobbying for being given charge of three abandoned gas fields for exploration along with permission for conducting seismic surveys in two areas in the northern part of the country without going through the mandatory tender process. (Source)


129. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:41 PM (PST) - (Morgan City Daily Review - Morgan City,LA,USA) - Murphy Oil chief outlines firm's offshore drilling strategy
     to do a lot of depth migration to the seismic data; it ... it took forever to kick off this part of exploration." ... will be the next phase of offshore oil drilling. (Source)


130. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:41 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire- USA) - CGG Reports Final 2004 Consolidated Results
     The good offshore performance during the second half of ... providing a wide range of seismic data acquisition ... clients in the oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


131. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:41 PM (PST) - (dBusinessNews Dallas- Dallas,TX,USA) - Toreador Reports Fourth-Quarter, Full-Year 2004 Results; 2004
     2005 after which the company's offshore drilling program ... as well as reprocess seismic data, on both ... in the acquisition, development, exploration and production... (Source)


132. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:54 AM PST - (The New Zealand Herald) - Gnawing sharks disrupt seismic survey
     A shark attack on the multimillion-dollar streamer being towed by the Norwegian vessel Pacific Titan has set the Government-financed seismic survey off the East Coast back by several days. (Source)


133. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 2:53 AM PST - (Rigzone) - UK Energy Minister Mike O'Brien said:
     For the first time since 1998 the whole of the North Sea will be open for oil and gas exploration with a record breaking 1,329 blocks on offer in the 23rd Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round announced today by UK Energy Minister Mike O'Brien. (Source)


134. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 7:26 AM PST - (Philstar.com) - SPEX sets oil search venture in Sulu Sea
     Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (Spex), the major operator of the $4.5-billion Malampaya deep-water gas-to-power project under Service Contract 38 in Northwest Palawan, will engage in another landmark oil exploration project in the Sulu Sea off eastern Palawan. (Source)


135. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 01:06 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - EnerGulf Acquires Rights to OilGas Block Offshore in West
     25% of NAMCOR's interest in Block 1711, offshore Namibia (being ... Two separate exploration prospects have been identified by extensive seismic data on... (Source)


136. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 01:06 PM (PST) - (Warrnambool Standard - Warrnambool,Victoria,Australia) - Offshore exploration delay
     exploration drilling between Warrnambool and Peterborough has been ... of Peterborough and four kilometres offshore yesterday ... In late 2003, a seismic survey was... (Source)


137. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 01:06 PM (PST) - (Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines) - SPEX sets oil search venture in Sulu Sea
     and 1,000 line-km of 2D seismic data and ... DOE opened the bidding for 46 new exploration blocks located near the Malampaya gas field offshore Palawan and... (Source)


138. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:53 PM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Harriet Joint Venture Makes Discovery with Albert-1 Well
     The Albert-1 well located in TL/6 is being drilled as a deviated well from the existing Victoria production platform located offshore Australia. (Source)


139. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:03 PM (PST) - (dBusinessNews Houston- Houston,TX,USA) - CORRECTING and REPLACING EnerGulf Acquires Rights to OilGas
     NAMCOR's interest in block 1711, offshore Namibia (EnerGulf's ... Two separate exploration prospects have been identified by extensive seismic data on... (Source)


140. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:03 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Hardman Resources 1H Pretax Losses $26.7M Vs $10.8M -3-
     in the Chinguetti Oilfield development, offshore Mauritania ... Venture began shooting a 2D seismic survey comprising ... P26 to drill the Marloo-1 exploration well in... (Source)


141. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:03 PM (PST) - (a2gay.co.uk - Manchester,UK) - New Licence Offer Opens Up North Sea
     This, together with the extended exploration and development periods ... have drilled wells, shot new seismic or had ... The 23rd Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round... (Source)


142. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:03 PM (PST) - (Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates) - Shell to invest $12b in Gulf in eight years
     Michael Megarry, Shell Exploration and Production Vice ... would be commissioning two offshore fields -- Soroosh ... integrates its business from seismic surveys and... (Source)


143. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:00 AM PST - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - WesternGeco Conducts Q-Land Surveys for Kuwait Oil Company
     WesternGeco announced today that the Kuwait Oil Company has upgraded its Seismic Service contract with WesternGeco to include Q-Land technology. (Source)


144. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:31 AM PST - (Houston Chronicle) - ERHC Energy strikes gold in huge oil deal
     The impoverished West African nation of SéЈo Tomé and Pré­ncipe may soon become the world's newest oil exporter, and its leaders have entrusted the country's great hopes to an obscure Houston company. The winner of this prize: ERHC Energy, which has one full-time employee, $21,000 in cash and no experience drilling offshore. (Source)


145. Sun, 13 Mar 2005 7:49 AM PST - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News) - Philippines, Vietnam, China In Jt Survey Of Spratlys -2-
     MANILA (Dow Jones)--The national oil companies of the Philippines, China and Vietnam Monday signed an accord for the conduct of a joint seismic survey in the Spratlys, a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. (Source)


146. Mon, 14 Mar 2005 1:55 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Coogee Resources Acquires Stake in AC/P 32
     Bounty Oil & Gas reports that an agreement has been reached with Coogee Resources which gives Coogee the right to earn a 20% interest in exploration permit AC/P 32 by funding 27.5% of the upcoming Magnolia oil exploration well, plus a portion of seismic costs. (Source)


147. Mon, 14 Mar 2005 7:38 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - WesternGeco Conducts Q-Land Surveys for Kuwait Oil Company
     Kuwait Oil Company has upgraded its Seismic Service contract with WesternGeco to include Q-Land(a) technology. Following a successful Q-Reservoir(a) pilot study in the Minagish field in 2004, KOC has upgraded the 3D seismic acquisition and processing contract. (Source)


148. Mon, 14 Mar 2005 7:40 AM PST - (Philstar.com) - RP inks oil search pact with China, Vietnam
     Oil companies of the Philippines, China and Vietnam signed yesterday a landmark tripartite agreement for a $15-million joint marine seismic undertaking in the South China Sea for a period of three years, a move President Arroyo described as a "historic breakthrough" in developing the area of conflict among Asean countries and Beijing into a possible energy source. (Source)


149. Mon, 14 Mar 2005 0:05 AM PST - (AP via Yahoo! Asia News) - Philippines, Vietnam, China sign deal for joint survey of disputed Spratlys
     The national oil companies of the Philippines, China and Vietnam on Monday signed an accord to conduct a joint seismic survey of the Spratly islands, a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. (Source)


150. Tue, 15 Mar 2005 5:34 AM PST - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Mercury Computer Systems Provides Enhanced Volume Rendering and Visualization for Industry-Leading Seismic Processing
     Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced that Compagnie Generale de Geophysique selected Open InventorВ® from Mercury and VolumeViz LDM visualization components, to develop the latest version of its Geocluster seismic processing software. (Source)


151. Tue, 15 Mar 2005 03:07:22 AM (PST) - (INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines) - RP, China, Vietnam sign joint accord on Spratlys
     the tripartite agreement for joint marine seismic undertaking in ... (PNOC), China National Offshore Oil Corp ... joint study agreement between oil exploration firms in... (Source)


152. Tue, 15 Mar 2005 03:07:22 AM (PST) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Roc Oil: JV TO Develop Cliff Head Oil Field >ROC.AU
     very shallow water transition zone 2D seismic survey has ... up-dip from Mentelle-1, an exploration well, drilled ... field to be developed in the offshore Perth Basin... (Source)


153. Tue, 15 Mar 2005 03:07:22 AM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - New Licence Offer Opens Up North Sea
     1,329 blocks on offer in the 23rd Offshore Oil and ... must have drilled wells, shot new seismic or had ... an initial term of four years (for exploration), four more... (Source)


154. Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:05 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - PanOcean announces 2004 year-end results doubling oil reserves
     field onshore Gabon and Etame field offshore Gabon becoming ... the cost of a second exploration well, AWODAM ... contemplates: - completion of a 3D seismic survey and... (Source)


155. Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:05 PM (PST) - (MFA China- Beijing,China) - Oil Companies of China, the Philippines and Vietnam signed
     by and among China National Offshore Oil Corporation ... in the Agreement Area as a pre-exploration activity ... Area in accordance with the seismic work programmes... (Source)


156. Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:54 AM PST - (Rigzone) - bids on each block are as follows: BLOCK TOTAL BID POGO'S % POGO'S SHARE Ewing Bank 998 $1,357,350 50% $678,675 Viosca
     Pogo Producing Company bid on 10 tracts and was high bidder on 4 of them at the federal oil and gas lease sale held today. The sale covered areas in the central part of the Outer Continental Shelf, offshore from the Louisiana coastline. (Source)


157. Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:38 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Pogo Wins Four New Gulf Coast Offshore Leases
     We have identified some good exploration prospects on ... using newly acquired 3-D seismic information and we ... Gulf of Mexico lease blocks offshore from Louisiana... (Source)


158. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 4:50 AM PST - (ABC News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - ARC Energy up-beat about oil search
     An oil company undertaking a comprehensive seismic survey near Dongara in mid-west Western Australia says it is excited by the preliminary results. (Source)


159. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 5:10 AM PST - (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - ARC Energy up-beat about oil search
     An oil company undertaking a comprehensive seismic survey near Dongara in mid-west Western Australia says it is excited by the preliminary results. ARC Energy has completed 60 per cent of the Denison seismic survey which it is hoped will reveal more oil and gas deposits in the district. (Source)


160. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:53 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Int'l Interest Expected in Offshore Taranaki Block Offer
     New Zealand's growing international appeal as an exploration destination is expected to result in strong international bids for the Offshore Outer Taranaki basin the Associate Minister of Energy, Hon Harry Duynhoven said. (Source)


161. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 7:55 AM PST - (Rigzone) - Partners in WA-325-P are Roc Oil as operator with 37.5%; Apache with 37.5%; voyater with 12.5%; Bounty Oil & Gas with
     Bounty Oil & Gas reports that the Ensco-56 has commenced drilling the Hadda-1 well, a rank exploration wildcat well offshore Australia in permit WA-325-P in Perth Basin. (Source)


162. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 8:03 AM PST - (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Company moves to clinch $21m exploration deal
     Oil and gas exploration company Great South Land Minerals (GSLM) is closer to financing a $21 million exploration project in the Tasmanian Basin. The company plans to merge with US-based Empire Energy Corporation International to fund seismic surveys and drilling operations over the next five years. (Source)


163. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:23 PM (PST) - (Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA) - Senate OKs oil drilling in Alaska
     impose a similar ban on exploration along the ... officials and most residents oppose offshore energy production ... the Arctic refuge because seismic and geological... (Source)


164. Fri, 18 Mar 2005 2:41 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Circle Oil Awarded Block 49 in Oman
     Block 49, the Montasar block, has been awarded to Circle for a six year period. The first exploration period runs for 36 months followed by two 18 month periods. A work programme to include review of existing data and aerogravity and 2D and 3D seismic surveying has been agreed for the first period. (Source)


165. Fri, 18 Mar 2005 0:45 AM PST - (RTé‰ News) - Today in the press
     ESB pulls out of Kish wind farm project off east coast - The ESB has pulled out of a major offshore wind farm project planned for the Kish bank in the Irish Sea, the Irish Times reports. (Source)


166. Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:41 PM (PST) - (RTE News - USA) - Today in the press
     to be one of the largest offshore wind farm ... the Montasar block), Circle has three exploration periods running ... aerogravity and 2D and 3D seismic surveying has... (Source)


167. Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:26 PM (PST) - (Inter Press Service - World) - ENVIRONMENT-US: New Offensive for Oil Drilling in the Arctic
     49, with a new tactic to permit exploration: they inserted ... mile-wide strip of water just offshore of ANWR ... that "critical data, such as seismic, is virtually... (Source)


168. Sun, 20 Mar 2005 8:57 AM PST - (Manila Bulletin) - Easing tensions
     IN a move that would considerably ease tensions in the Spratlys, the Philippines, China, and Vietnam signed this week an agreement on a joint seismic research in the South China Sea. This is breakthrough in implementing the Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea among ASEAN and China. (Source)


169. Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:41 PM (PST) - (Business Standard - India) - ONGC begins drilling in Sunderbans
     shore West Bengal, believed to be a good prospect ... Second round of seismic and pre-seismic studies would be ... curved out in Raniganj sub-basin for exploration. (Source)


170. Mon, 21 Mar 2005 3:18 AM PST - (Warrnambool Standard) - Offshore gas search starts
     TWO energy companies are spending about $18 million in attempts to find gas offshore from Peterborough. The month-long exploration project began yesterday near Antares Rock, west of the Bay of Islands, and is visible from parts of the popular tourist site. (Source)


171. Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:41 PM (PST) - (TAEmag.com - Washington,DC,USA) - Drill Phobia
     it is, functioning much like an offshore drilling platform ... If fresh North Slope exploration and production don ... Consultants, oversaw the only seismic surveys ever... (Source)


172. Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:41 PM (PST) - (Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester,MA,USA) - Trawling for business
     the unknowns of both space exploration and mackerel ... shipyard practically rebuild the former seismic vessel into a ... from 10 fathoms down just offshore to several... (Source)


173. Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:54 PM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Mitsui Takes Stake in PEP 38483 Offshore New Zealand
     Japanese-based exploration and production company Mitsui E&P New Zealand Ltd plans to take a larger stake in the West Maui oil fairway in offshore Taranaki. (Source)


174. Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:28 PM (PST) - (ProgressiveTrail.org - McMinnville,OR,USA) - The Energy Crunch to Come
     to open up their territories to exploration by US firms ... small, and often located in deep offshore waters or ... through the use of advanced seismic technology, as... (Source)


175. Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:28 PM (PST) - (Warrnambool Standard - Warrnambool,Victoria,Australia) - Offshore gas search starts
     million in attempts to find gas offshore from Peterborough ... The month-long exploration project began yesterday near Antares ... as a prospect in a seismic survey in... (Source)


176. Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:28 PM (PST) - (Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA) - Centurion Energy Sees Burgeoning Production in Nile Delta
     has significant expansion plans for its offshore licences in ... has budgeted $144m for exploration and production ... set for a comprehensive 3D seismic survey this... (Source)


177. Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:28 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - EMPS Corporation Completes Private Placement
     and its subcontractors engaged in oil and gas exploration and development ... in the Port of Bautino and geophysical and seismic services to both offshore and on... (Source)


178. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:56 PM PST - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Vanco Announces Deepwater 3-D Seismic Acquisition Offshore Morocco
     Vanco Morocco Ltd. announces the commencement of a 700 square kilometer 3-D seismic acquisition program offshore Morocco over the deepwater Safi Haute Mer Permit. This permit is held under a Petroleum Agreement signed with the Government of Morocco on 24 October 2000 and has an area of over 5 million acres. (Source)


179. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 8:09 AM PST - (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Horizon Industries Ltd. Identifies High Priority Targets in Stewart Prospect, Goliad County, Texas
     Horizon Industries Ltd., an emerging oil and gas exploration and development company, today announced that it has identified high-probability, undeveloped targets on its Stewart Prospect in Goliad County, Texas. These key findings were derived from a 3D seismic data report by Horizon's advisory geophysicist, Mr. (Source)


180. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 5:57 AM PST - (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - Pulse Data Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit jumps to $;5.3M from $;1.24M
     CALGARY (CP) - Pulse Data Inc., which supplies seismic data to oil and gas companies, says its fourth-quarter profit jumped to $;5.3 million, from $;1.24 million a year earlier, with sharply higher revenue. (Source)


181. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 2:56 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Kosmos Acquires Stake in Block 4 Offshore Benin
     Kosmos Energy's affiliate, Kosmos Energy Benin HC, has acquired a 40% working interest in a newly amended petroleum exploration license for Block 4 offshore the Republic of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea's Dahomey Basin. (Source)


182. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 9:40 AM PST - (Hydrocarbon Online) - 3/21/2005
     Copenhagen, March 2005. édegaard, international provider of technology to the oil industry, is introducing a new generation of technology for oil and gas companies worldwide to unlock hidden value in their seismic data, which could translate into previously unrealized reserves and revenues. (Source)


183. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 1:54 AM PST - (Rigzone) - This jack-up rig is one of the four special rigs deployed in the world to carry out drilling in adverse climatic
     ONGC has begun oil and gas exploration offshore the Bengal Coast after a gap of about 15 years. (Source)


184. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 5:10 AM PST - (People's Daily) - Foreign cooperation invited for sea oil, gas exploration
     China will have 10 offshore gas and oil blocks to invite cooperation from foreign partners this year, said a leading Chinese energy supplier. (Source)


185. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:38 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Kosmos Energy Acquires 40% Working Interest in Block 4 Offshore
     part of the multi-year exploration and exploitation ... After processing and interpreting the seismic data, the ... this highly prospective region offshore West Africa... (Source)


186. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:38 PM (PST) - (Xinhua - China) - Foreign cooperation invited for sea oil, gas exploration
     The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) said on its website that a ... The data room will include units for seismic data, well packages, logging data... (Source)


187. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:38 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Vanco Announces Deepwater 3-D Seismic Acquisition Offshore Morocco
     Viking vessel to acquire the seismic and expects ... company engaged in international exploration and operations ... leading deepwater explorer in offshore Africa with... (Source)


188. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:38 PM (PST) - (Daily Times - Pakistan) - Two exploratory licences awarded to PPL
     processing and interpretation of 3D seismic data in ... knowledge, data and experience in exploration and field ... five onshore and two offshore Exploration Licences... (Source)


189. Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:38 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News - USA) - CHINA ENERGY WATCH: Keep An Eye On Those Border Claims
     China National Offshore Oil Corp ... 0883.HK) agreed to conduct joint seismic surveys of ... with government officials shaking hands over a joint exploration agreement... (Source)


190. Thu, 24 Mar 2005 1:54 AM PST - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Magnum Hunter High Bidder on 15 Central GoM Blocks
     Magnum Hunter Resources was the high bidder on 15 separate lease blocks at the Central Gulf of Mexico Federal Lease Sale #194 held March 16, 2005, in New Orleans, Louisiana with working interests ranging from 40% to 100%. All of the leases to be acquired in this sale are based upon 3-D seismic interpretation. (Source)


191. Thu, 24 Mar 2005 1:34 AM PST - (Newswise) - Deep-Sea Tremors May Provide Early Warning System for Larger Earthquakes
     Newswise --Predicting when large earthquakes might occur may be a step closer to reality, thanks to a new study of undersea earthquakes in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Source)


192. Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:34 PM (PST) - (Yahoo News- USA) - CNOOC Signs New PSC with Primeline
     that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation ... the contract, Primeline will acquire additional seismic and drill exploration wells during... (Source)


193. Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:34 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - Premier Oil Reports 2004 Preliminary Results
     These blocks cover two shallow water exploration concessions offshore Gabon of ... these concessions were awarded in 1999, a 3D seismic survey has been... (Source)


194. Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:34 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire- USA) - Magnum Hunter High Bidder on 15 Central Gulf of Mexico Lease
     sale are based upon 3-D seismic interpretation ... leasehold inventory to 260 separate offshore lease blocks ... Erwin, Senior Vice President of Exploration for Magnum... (Source)


195. Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:34 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Pebercan Achieves Net Earnings of US$9.8 M and Cash Flows of US
     interpretation of a major 3D seismic data acquisition campaign covering the entire offshore portion of ... This exploration well, drilled between September 19 and... (Source)


196. Fri, 25 Mar 2005 1:09 AM PST - (People's Daily) - CNOOC, Primeline sign oil exploration contract in East China Sea
     China National Offshore Oil Corp.,a Chinese state-owned oil company, signed a contract with the British Primeline Energy China Ltd to explore for oil in the East China Sea, according to a source with CNOOC. (Source)


197. Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:43 PM (PST) - (People's Daily Online - Beijing,China) - CNOOC, Primeline sign oil exploration contract in East China Sea
     na National Offshore Oil Corp.,a Chinese state-owned oil company, signed a ... Primeline will collect seismic data and drill exploration wells, while... (Source)


198. Tue, 29 Mar 2005 2:01 AM PST - (CBS Market Watch) - Veritas DGC income up 19% in fiscal Q2
     DALLAS (MarketWatch) -- Veritas DGC, a provider of seismic data to the oil and gas industry, reported a 19 percent increase in its fiscal second-quarter profit, as exploration activity picked up. (Source)


199. Tue, 29 Mar 2005 6:00 AM PST - (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Nordic Oil and Gas Reports Successful Results From 2-D Seismic Surveys on Preeceville Property
     Donald Benson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd., today announced that 37 kilometres of 2-D seismic data has been successfully acquired in the Company's Preeceville, Saskatchewan area. (Source)


200. Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:06 PM (PST) - (International Herald Tribune - France) - Japan draws the line on energy
     $100 million to build its own seismic survey ship ... $20 billion in oil and gas exploration and production ... the Chinese partners, China National Offshore Oil and... (Source)


201. Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:06 PM (PST) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - Possibility of Tsunami in Nigeria
     The entire offshore and onshore oil installation (petroleum ... The tsunami seismic waves may come in step ... petroleum and natural gas exploration and exploitation may... (Source)


202. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 1:14 AM PST - (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News) - A Veritable Value in Oil
     With oil prices rising and oil companies finding it hard to replace reserves, sales have been strong at petroleum services companies like Veritas DGC (NYSE: VTS - News), which offers everything from seismic surveying to reservoir characterization. That's fancy talk for saying the company provides the high-tech tools that help oil exploration companies manage their risk and allow oil drillers and (Source)


203. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 2:35 AM PST - (The Motley Fool) - A Veritable Value in Oil
     With oil prices rising and oil companies finding it hard to replace reserves, sales have been strong at petroleum services companies like Veritas DGC (NYSE: VTS), which offers everything from seismic surveying to reservoir characterization. (Source)


204. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:53 PM PST - (Investors.com) - Veritas jumps after Q2 report
     DALLAS (MarketWatch) - Shares in Veritas DGC jumped more than 13 percent Wednesday, one day after the provider of seismic data to the oil and gas industry reported a fiscal second-quarter profit well ahead of expectations. (Source)


205. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 7:14 AM PST - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Apollo Resources International Subsidiary Granted Russian Permit
     Apollo Eurasia, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apollo Resources International, Inc. , today announced that its Russian subsidiary, Kaliningradneft, was granted a 303 square kilometer discovery permit based on its 3-D seismic results and successful discovery well. (Source)


206. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 7:42 AM PST - (Press Trust of India) - ONGC begins drilling campaign in Bengal offshore
     New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp has begun a Rs 400 crore drilling campaign in Bengal offshore after a gap of around 15 years. (Source)


207. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:17 AM PST - (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - Seismic testing no great shakes
     Seismic testing planned by natural-gas developers south of Silt this summer may be enough to send shivers up some people's spines. But that may be about the worst they can expect, if projections by Bill Barrett Corp. hold true. (Source)


208. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:01 PM (PST) - (Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India) - ONGC begins drilling campaign in Bengal offshore
     to ONGC under second round of New Exploration Licensing Policy ... have enhanced the prospectivity of West Bengal offshore ... Rs 175 crore in 3D seismic survey, data... (Source)


209. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:01 PM (PST) - (Xtra News - New Zealand) - Oil And Gas Moves Rankle
     include waiving the 183-day tax rule for foreign-owned offshore rigs and seismic vessels, and the removal of ring-fencing on exploration expenditure from... (Source)


210. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:01 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - ApexOperator PB Energy to Open Texas Well to Sales Line on
     companies participating in the exploration program encompassing ... commercial structures both onshore and offshore ... Seismic data indicates a structure closure of... (Source)


211. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:01 PM (PST) - (egoli.com.au - Australia) - egoli Small Resources: AWE, HRR, OPL, OPL, ROC, SBS, THK, WPL
     Exploration Limited (AWE) - On behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, AWE New Zealand Pty Ltd advised that AWE's 3D seismic campaign in the offshore Taranaki... (Source)


212. Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:19 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - ACOR Is Developing from a Royalty Co. to an Exploration Company
     in the Cooper/Eromanga Basin and offshore in the ... management to hire the very best SeismicGeophysical ... in order to begin a detailed exploration program on PEL... (Source)


213. Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:19 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Stratic Announces the Initialing of the PSC and a Partner for
     and 3 years respectively with additional seismic and well ... company active in the acquisition, exploration and development ... in Africa, Middle East and offshore UK... (Source)



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214. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 5:54 AM PST - (Rigzone) - WA-351-P Joint Venture participants are Tap Oil Limited (earning) 25% and BHP Billiton Petroleum Limited (operator) 75%
     Tap Oil has entered into a conditional farm-in agreement with BHP Billiton Petroleum to drill the Jacala-1 exploration well located in WA-351-P in the offshore Carnarvon Basin. This agreement is subject to finalization of formal documentation. (Source)


215. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 4:01 AM PST - (The Japan Times) - Japan ready to drill in disputed waters
     Japan will prepare to grant exploratory drilling rights in disputed waters of the East China Sea adjacent to where China hopes to launch full-scale drilling for natural gas, industry minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday. (Source)


216. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:42 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Canadian Superior Announces Strong 2004 Operating Results
     additional acres offshore Nova Scotia. These exploration licences were targeted for acquisition based on analysis of recently shot proprietary seismic data and... (Source)


217. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:42 PM (PST) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Shell dominates
     north of the Armstrong acreage to offshore ANWR ... require additional drilling and 3-D seismic to figure ... of Kuvlum, was delineated with two exploration wells and... (Source)


218. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:42 PM (PST) - (Taipei Times - Taiwan) - Oil mixes with troubled waters
     US$100 million to build its own seismic survey ship ... $20 billion in oil and gas exploration and production ... Chinese partners, the China National Offshore Oil Corp... (Source)


219. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:42 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Toreador Increases Overall Reserve Estimates; Expands Areal Extent
     focusing on our $46.0 million exploration and development ... further analysis of the 3D seismic survey's velocity ... intends to begin its offshore drilling program... (Source)


220. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:42 PM (PST) - (Webbolt Business News - Toronto,ON,Canada) - Webbolt Global Business News, ResearchIntelligence
     north America, offshore communications, offshore, offshore technology, oil exploration, oil industry ... rig, Russia, China, seismic, surveys, shipyards... (Source)


221. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:42 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - Melrose Announce Acquisition of new Concession Area in the Gulf of
     further exploration periods of up to five years ... when offshore drilling technology was limited to relatively shallow ... 4,305km of 2D seismic data was acquired... (Source)


222. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:42 PM (PST) - (ArriveNet- Castle Rock,CO,USA) - Antrim Energy Inc. Reports 2004 Results
     in 2004 following the drilling of an exploration well offshore Australia and ... development activities is anticipated and a 3D seismic acquisition program is... (Source)


223. Sat, 02 Apr 2005 3:02 AM PST - (Petroleum News) - Exploration heads north of Barrow Arch
     Does the MMS Beaufort Sea lease sale held on March 30 signal the beginning of a new era for the Alaska oil and gas industry? Traditional exploration plays in northern Alaska have tended to focus on a structural high called the Barrow Arch that runs approximately along the Beaufort Sea coast. Fields... (Source)


224. Sat, 02 Apr 2005 3:04 AM PST - (Petroleum News) - Shell dominates
     Shell has said for some time that it is interested in Alaska, and the company put its money on the table March 30 in Anchorage, spending more than $44.4 million on 86 winning bids in the Minerals Management Service's Beaufort Sea oil and gas lease sale. MMS garnered 121 bids totaling $46.7 million... (Source)


225. Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:47 PM (PDT) - (INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines) - No fire sale for Malampaya stake, says PNOC-EC head
     fund ongoing and future oil exploration projects, including a seismic study in the South China sea with Petro Vietnam and the China National Offshore Oil Co... (Source)


226. Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:47 PM (PDT) - (Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA) - North Sea Disappointment Hits Oilexco
     a $37.1m, 1 year contract with offshore oil services ... Brenda begins will be a few exploration and appraisal ... of a recent externally conducted seismic survey, but... (Source)


227. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 7:40 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - PTTEP Farms-Out Stake in Block B Offshore Cambodia
     PTT Exploration and Production Public Company will sign a Farm-out Agreement on April 4th for Block B, offshore Cambodia, with Resourceful Petroleum Limited. PTTEPI will be the Operator with a 40% participation interest and RPL will hold a 60% participation interest. (Source)


228. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:34 AM PDT - (Business News Americas) - Business News Americas - Daily business news from Latin America
     Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA will receive bids from companies for natural gas exploration and production contracts on six offshore blocks in the Gulf of Venezuela on July 27, energy and oil minister and PDVSA president Rafael Ramé­rez announced. (Source)


229. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 5:00 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Seitel, Inc. Announces Offer to Purchase 11.75-Percent Senior Notes
     Seitel, Inc. , a leading provider of seismic data to the oil and gas industry, today announced its offer to purchase up to $4,759,000 principal amount of its 11.75-percent Senior Notes due 2011 . (Source)


230. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 4:31 AM PDT - (Orange Leader) - Orange County postpones seismic activity
     A Houston oil service company saw its request to do seismic work in Orange County postponed Monday. Century Exploration Houston Inc. sought a permit to do seismic work using county-owned rights-of-way. (Source)


231. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:54 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Todd Undertaking Large Onshore 3D Survey in SW Taranaki
     Todd Energy is currently undertaking a 90 sq km 3D seismic survey in the Opunake area of onshore Taranaki. Todd Energy's chief executive, Richard Tweedie, said the survey in PEP 38749 would be the third largest 3D survey to be undertaken in onshore Taranaki. (Source)


232. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 7:54 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - The first stage of the Rafael Urdaneta project
     Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA will receive bids from companies for natural gas exploration and production contracts on six offshore blocks in the Gulf of Venezuela on July 27, energy and oil minister and PDVSA president Rafael Ramé­rez announced. (Source)


233. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 6:51 AM PDT - (Newsday) - Giants of the deep face threats
     Recent explorations have uncovered deep-sea havens for a host of exotic life, including a surprising range of creatures living amid the bones and flesh of fallen whales. (Source)


234. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 6:43 AM PDT - (New York Newsday) - Giants of the deep face threats
     Wednesday: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light rain or sprinkles. Highs in the mid 60s with South winds 10 to 15 mph. ... (Source)


235. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 01:29 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - Addax Hits First Oil in Offshore Field
     He said the company will continue exploration and appraisal ... is located in 440 ft water depth offshore Nigeria in OPL ... of the geology, as the seismic data shows... (Source)


236. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 3:29 AM PDT - (CBC North) - Chevron plans busy exploration schedule
     YELLOWKNIFE - ChevronTexaco, one of the Mackenzie Delta's most active gas explorers, has announced its plans for the next two winters in the region. The company plans to do seismic surveys over 500 square kilometres of land, as well as drilling an additional five exploratory wells. (Source)


237. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:20 AM PDT - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - Tusk Updates Winter Drilling, Seismic & Pipelines in Mega-Venus Area
     CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - TUSK Energy Corporation undertook an ambitious program during the winter of 2004-2005. The program included the drilling of 6 deep wells , both development and exploratory, following up on the Devonian ultra-light oil discovery made by TUSK in January 2004, the drilling of a shallow test , completion of two pipeline projects and the shooting of two large 3-D seismic programs. (Source)


238. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:03 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Petrobras Energia SA UK Regulatory Announcement: Annual report
     exploration was Petrobras Energé­a's decision to perform offshore activities in ... the awardee in a bidding for the seismic survey and exploration of two... (Source)


239. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:03 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Harken Energy Provides Domestic Operations Update
     located primarily along the onshore and offshore Texas and ... 155 square miles of 3D seismic data in ... has entered into two significant Exploration and Development... (Source)


240. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:03 PM (PDT) - (FinFacts Ireland - Ireland) - Greenspan: High oil prices will promote capacity investment
     investment in extraction technologies, exploration and unconventional ... both onshore and offshore, are being ... Seismic imaging and advanced drilling techniques are... (Source)


241. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 1:59 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Vertical Seismic Profiling: Principles, 3rd Ed.
     The book is a comprehensive and concise systematic presentation of the technique of Vertical Seismic Profiling for the study of subsurface properties and structure. (Source)


242. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 1:45 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Falkland Oil Says Seismic Survey Results 'Encouraging'
     Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd said the outcome of seismic surveys at its offshore fields in the Falkland Islands has been "encouraging". The group said it is halfway through the survey of 10,000 kilometres of its license areas and overall, "the indications for the data were encouraging." (Source)


243. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 1:45 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - OML 122 is located 25-60 km offshore in water depths of 40-300 meters and covers an area of 1,295 sq. km on the Western
     Equator Exploration and Peak Petroleum Industries Nigeria Limited have signed an agreement to undertake the potential development of two oil and gas discoveries and drill a significant exploration prospect in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 122, offshore Nigeria. (Source)


244. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 8:04 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Hyperdynamics' SCS Corporation Chooses Its First Two Targets to Drill in its West African Concession
     Hyperdynamics Corporation announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, SCS Corporation has expanded its use of the latest reflection seismic technology in establishing two drilling targets. (Source)


245. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 02:09 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Hyperdynamics' SCS Corporation Chooses Its First Two Targets to
     continue to consider transactions with exploration, production, and ... to explore and exploit acreage offshore West Africa ... state-of-the-art seismic data management... (Source)


246. Fri, 08 Apr 2005 9:49 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - "We've made remarkable progress to have the Pacific Titan in New Zealand waters only four months after Cabinet approved
     Energy Minister Trevor Mallard and Associate Energy Minister Harry Duynhoven welcomed the arrival of Multiwave Geophysical Company's vessel "Pacific Titan" to New Zealand. This vessel is about to start the first ever government-funded seismic survey off the North Island's East Coast. (Source)


247. Fri, 08 Apr 2005 7:11 AM PDT - (News From Bangladesh) - Sangu set to pump 200 mmcf gas this month
     Sangu, country--s lone offshore gas field is poised to pump over 200 mmcf of gas into the national grid by the end of the current month. "We successfully completed the drilling of three new development wells in Sangu gas field. (Source)


248. Fri, 08 Apr 2005 02:05 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - ChevronTexaco Establishes Multimillion-Dollar Strategic Research
     term commitment to developing Australia's offshore oil and ... focus on oil and gas exploration and development ... Australia, such as deepwater seismic acquisition and... (Source)


249. Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:14 AM PDT - (News From Bangladesh) - Sangu set to pump 200 mmcf gas this month
     Sangu, country--s lone offshore gas field is poised to pump over 200 mmcf of gas into the national grid by the end of the current month. "We successfully completed the drilling of three new development wells in Sangu gas field. (Source)


250. Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:58 PM (PDT) - (SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA) - State could get rights to oil, gas in park
     The new law also directs the governor and the MDA to hire research firms to aggressively pursue seismic exploration of the state's offshore natural gas reserves... (Source)


251. Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:58 PM (PDT) - (Times of Oman - Oman) - Irish firm bags offshore oilfield
     Circle Oil has bagged a major offshore oil exploration ... The first exploration period runs for 36 months followed ... aerogravity and 2D and 3D seismic surveying has... (Source)


252. Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:15 PM (PDT) - (Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India) - Whiff of gas bounty on Orissa coast
     A sixth exploration well, B-2, is currently drilling ... Utilising the 2D and 3D seismic, several rollover anticlines ... in the Gail-Gazprom block offshore Digha in... (Source)


253. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 6:29 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - ACOR to Shoot 190 Kilometers of Seismic in South Australia
     Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. is pleased to announce that the company has officially contracted with Terrex Seismic to begin shooting approximately 155 kilometers of 2-D Seismic on PEL 112 and approximately 35 kilometers of 2-D seismic data on PEL 108. (Source)


254. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 3:05 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Woodside pushes Pluto, Browse basin work
     PERTH, Apr. 12 -- Woodside Energy Ltd. has given high priority to development of its recent Pluto gas discovery in the Carnarvon basin of Western Australia as well as to the older Browse basin discoveries further offshore to the northwest. (Source)


255. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 9:51 AM PDT - (IWon - Money) - Teikoku Oil Welcomes Decision On E China Sea Drilling
     TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan's Teikoku Oil Co. (1601.TO) said Wednesday it welcomed the Japanese government's decision to allow it and other oil and gas exploration companies to test drill in a disputed area of the East China Sea. (Source)


256. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - GeoGlobal Participation in New Onshore Block
     Jean Roy further stated "modern 3-D seismic technology is ... outcome of those activities on the exploration block in ... owns an interest in located offshore on the... (Source)


257. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - ACOR to Shoot 190 Kilometers of Seismic in South Australia
     ACOR's 50% Working Interest part of the Seismic cost is ... in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin and Offshore Australia in ... a "hot spot" for oilgas exploration and ACOR... (Source)


258. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia) - Bass oil running low
     and about $80 million had been spent on further exploration ... He suggested offshore Victoria as the most likely place ... BHP to conduct a marine seismic survey the... (Source)


259. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Serica Energy signs Glagah Kambuna Extension Agreement; commences
     its first two wells on the Asahan Offshore and Glagah ... An initial 2,000 kms of 2D seismic were acquired ... is an international oilgas exploration and production... (Source)


260. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (Seattle Times - USA) - Alaska Native corporation a lead player for oil on wildlife refuge
     "Let's live with oil exploration in our ... acreage was chosen after a review of seismic test data ... The Interior Department also has leased offshore tracts in the... (Source)


261. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Apex Announces Divisional Update
     companies participating in the exploration program encompassing ... commercial structures both onshore and offshore ... Seismic data indicates a structure closure of... (Source)


262. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 7:35 AM PDT - (Oil Online) - OilOnline - The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry
     Emerald is pleased to announce the completion of drilling of the Vigia #1, an exploration well some 11 km to the east of the Campo Rico field, to test the hydrocarbon potential of a structure identified by seismic acquired in 2003. The well was drilled to a depth of 11,120 ft. (Source)


263. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 2:05 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - India
     Capital spending in Hazira during fiscal 2005 included completion of construction on the offshore platform and the drilling and completing of five development wells on the platform, costs are expected to be within the budgeted range of $35 to $40 million (net). (Source)


264. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 1:52 AM PDT - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - China To Focus Oil And Gas Prospecting On South China Sea
     South China Sea has been listed as one of China's 10 major oil and gas strategic sites and the government will make great efforts in prospecting of deep-sea oil and gas reserves here, said a leading official from the Ministry of Land Resources. (Source)


265. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:53 AM PDT - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Roc Oil Company: Angolan Activities Progressing
     DJ Roc Oil Company: Angolan Activities Progressing Edited Press Release LONDON (Dow Jones)--Roc Oil Company said Thursday that it is progressing its Angolan activities on several fronts including the establishment of a senior executive team in Luanda and preparations for a substantial onshore seismic survey. As operator of the Cabinda South Joint Venture, ROC is currently in final discussions (Source)


266. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:53 AM PDT - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News) - Roc Oil Company: Angolan Activities Progressing
     LONDON (Dow Jones)--Roc Oil Company said Thursday that it is progressing its Angolan activities on several fronts including the establishment of a senior executive team in Luanda and preparations for a substantial onshore seismic survey. (Source)


267. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:33 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - Nigerian, US Firms Sign Deal for Offshore Exploration
     OML) 122 is located 25-60 km offshore in water ... The discoveries and the exploration prospects on OML 122 are covered and defined by 3D seismic data acquired... (Source)


268. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:33 PM (PDT) - (PEJ News - Victoria,BC,Canada) - Canada's Energy Union wants to keep moratorium on offshore oil
     in Vancouver to review current information regarding offshore oil and gas exploration off the ... the moratorium and supports the prevention of seismic testing... (Source)


269. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:33 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Woodside pushes Pluto, Browse basin work
     the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA ... with a plan that includes offshore platforms and a ... year along with a 3D seismic survey to... (Source)


270. Thu, 14 Apr 2005 3:48 AM PDT - (Haaretz Daily) - Haaretz - Israel News - Delek eyes BG s local exploration license
     The Delek group's fuel exploration partnership of Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration, is in advanced negotiations to acquire 30-40 percent of the licensing rights to explore offshore oil fields Gal A and Gal B, which international energy concern British Gas abandoned, according to industry sources. (Source)


271. Thu, 14 Apr 2005 2:07 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Sovereign Announces Nigerian Government Approval of OML 113 Partner Group
     The government of Nigeria has approved the partner group for the OML 113 oil and gas project offshore Nigeria which could lead to the world's first offshore GTL project. The group, comprised of Syntroleum , Challenger Minerals Inc., Howard Energy Company, Lundin Petroleum AB, Palace Exploration Company and Providence Resources PLC received the Nigerian government's approval of the group's deeds (Source)


272. Thu, 14 Apr 2005 01:52 PM (PDT) - (Greenthinkers.org - USA) - Seismic Noise And Oil Exploration
     "Oil exploration means seismic testing, one of the most destructive elements of the offshore industry. Seismic exploration uses... (Source)


273. Thu, 14 Apr 2005 01:52 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Niko Resources Provide Operations Update
     2005 included completion of construction on the offshore platform and ... activities for fiscal 2006 include seismic, drilling of four exploration wells, front... (Source)


274. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 1:50 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - The project's probable reserves are 600m tonnes of oil and 600bn
     In 2005 a seismic survey of an area of 3,000 sq.m. will be conducted and wells will be drilled in the seabed in the northeastern section of the Sakhalin shelf as part of hydrocarbon exploration of the area. (Source)


275. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 1:49 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Accord Doesn't Mean Manila Has Ceded Claims to Spratlys: Arroyo
     Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo explained Wednesday the governments decision to enter into a joint oil exploration venture with China and Vietnam in the South China Sea does not amount to renouncing its territorial claim to the disputed Spratly group of islands. (Source)


276. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 8:05 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - emgs Awarded SeaBed Logging Survey Contract by Woodside Energy
     emgs (ElectroMagnetic GeoServices AS), the SeaBed Logging (SBL) Company, announced today that Woodside Energy, Australia's largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company, has awarded emgs a contract to conduct SBL surveys offshore Mauritania, West Africa. (Source)


277. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:49 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Sovereign Gets Approval for OML 113 Partnership
     The government of Nigeria has approved the partner group for the OML 113 (Aje Field) oil and gas project offshore Nigeria which could lead to the world's first offshore GTL project. (Source)


278. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:08 PM (PDT) - (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany) - emgs Opens Houston Office to Capitalize on Growth Opportunities in
     a proven exploration method that utilizes electromagnetic signals to detect hydrocarbons before drilling in offshore basins. In combination with seismic, emgs... (Source)


279. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:08 PM (PDT) - (Le Figaro - Paris,France) - Sovereign annonce l'approbation de la part du gouvernement
     which could lead to the world's first offshore GTL project ... field has a well history of one exploration well in ... processing of the OML 113 3D seismic data shows... (Source)


280. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:08 PM (PDT) - (Ha'aretz - Israel) - Delek eyes BG's local exploration license
     of the licensing rights to explore offshore oil fields ... The licenses are for exploration at the Gal sites off ... Based on seismic surveys conducted by BG, the Gal... (Source)


281. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:08 PM (PDT) - (dBusinessNews Dallas- Dallas,TX,USA) - Toreador Updates Operational Activities; Management Presents at
     on track to begin its offshore drilling program ... information, as well as reprocess seismic data, on ... in the acquisition, development, exploration and production... (Source)


282. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:08 PM (PDT) - (TrinidadTobago Express - Trinidad and Tobago) - Govt awards four new oil and gas contracts
     Block 3(b) was awarded to Kerr McGee Offshore Petroleum Ltd ... of 610 square kilometres of 3D seismic data and the drilling of at least three exploration wells... (Source)


283. Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:00 AM PDT - (LSE via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) - Gulf of Thailand MOU (PetroWorld Corp)
     PetroWorld Corp 18 April 2005 Press Release PetroWorld Corp. Sign MOU for Gulf of Thailand PetroWorld Corp. ("PWC") announces today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with NuCoastal (Thailand) Limited for block G5/43, offshore Thailand ("Block"). PWC will contribute the first US$5 million towards the drilling of two wells in return for 50% equity in the Block. The Block is (Source)


284. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 5:53 AM PDT - (LSE via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) - Operational Update (Grove Energy Limited)
     Grove Energy Limited 18 April 2005 Grove Energy Limited April 18, 2005 NEWS RELEASE Operational Update éў'‚Вў Development application for Abbadesse discovery lodged in Italy éў'‚Вў Pantelleria seismic processing to be completed May 2005 éў'‚Вў D-14, Slovenian well evaluation continues éў'‚Вў Cetatuia-1, Romanian exploration well to spud early May 2005 Grove Energy Limited ("Grove") (TSX-V & AIM: GRV) a (Source)


285. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 2:58 AM PDT - (David Suzuki Foundation) - News Releases
     VICTORIA - The federal government--s draft regulations for seismic testing fall short of addressing negative impacts on the marine environment, according to Oil Free Coast, a national coalition of scientists, environmental groups and fisheries organizations. (Source)


286. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 1:47 AM PDT - (This Day) - FG Approves Consortium for OML 113
     The Federal government has approved the partner group for the OML 113 licence oil and gas project off Nigeria in a move that could lead to the world's first offshore gas-to-liquids (GTL) project. (Source)


287. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 03:55 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Canadian Government Deaf to Seismic Science
     on the West Coast, despite BC's moratorium on exploration ... government wants us to believe seismic testing is ... resources," said Oonagh O'Connor, Offshore Oil and... (Source)


288. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 03:55 PM (PDT) - (From the Wilderness - USA) - Govt to give oil investors perks
     get hold of Unocal -- or the juicy offshore leases they ... Japan now is tripling its exploration budget in the ... $100 million to build its own seismic survey ship... (Source)


289. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 03:55 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Strong Growth in Production Forecasts and Drilling for 2005
     New Targets The 3D seismic campaign covering the offshore portion of ... is involved in the exploration, development and operation of oil reserves in the... (Source)


290. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:49 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - The 3 surveys were: PEP 38460 The 80 square kilometer Pateke North 3D seismic survey on behalf of Transworld, Mitsui,
     Australian Worldwide Exploration has successfully its first international offshore seismic campaign as Operator. AWE acquired three seismic surveys in the Western Taranaki Basin, offshore New Zealand on behalf of joint ventures which include companies such as Shell, Mitsui, OMV and others. (Source)


291. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:50 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - EMPS Corporation Announces Award of Seismic Data Acquisition Contracts
     SALT LAKE CITY, April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMPS Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: EPSC) announces that it has been awarded contracts to provide geophysical services, data acquisition and interpretation services to several oil and gas exploration companies, including KazMunayGaz JSC NK, Kazneftekhim LLP and EmirOil LLP. The contracts call for services to be provided through the end of 2005. (Source)


292. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 9:06 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - EMPS Corporation Announces Award of Seismic Data Acquisition Contracts
     EMPS Corporation announces that it has been awarded contracts to provide geophysical services, data acquisition and interpretation services to several oil and gas exploration companies, including KazMunayGaz JSC NK, Kazneftekhim LLP and EmirOil LLP. (Source)


293. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:49 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - 2005 Bidding Round: Road Shows End, More Details Emerge
     inland basins are already covered with seismic data gathered ... demanded for the deep water offshore fields, $10 ... inland basins was to encourage exploration there... (Source)


294. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:49 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - CGG Vessels Secure an Acquisition Backlog Worth an Additional $75M
     Cattin, Executive Vice President of Offshore Services, said ... providing a wide range of seismic data acquisition ... in the oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


295. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 9:05 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Romania
     HOUSTON, Apr. 20 -- Falcon Oil & Gas will acquire more seismic data this year south of a gas discovery on Block EIII-1 in northern Romania, said participant Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) PLC, London. (Source)


296. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:35 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - PanOcean Takes Stake in Themis Marin & Iris Marin Blocks Offshore Gabon
     Pan-Ocean Energy has acquired a 25.71% working interest in two exploration blocks offshore Gabon near the Company's existing Etame Marin Permit. and in the Themis Marin EPSC respectively. (Source)


297. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 9:17 AM PDT - (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - PanOcean acquires 25.71% interest in Themis Marin and Iris Marin blocks offshore Gabon
     Pan-Ocean Energy Corporation Limited announced today that it has acquired a 25.71% working interest in two exploration blocks offshore Gabon near the Company's existing Etame Marin Permit. (Source)


298. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:21 PM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Gabon
     HOUSTON, Apr. 20 -- Pan-Ocean Energy Corp. Ltd., St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, acquired 25.71% working interest in two shallow-water blocks off southern Gabon with wells to be drilled in 2005 and 2006. (Source)


299. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:48 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - PanOcean acquires 25.71% interest in Themis Marin and Iris Marin
     two shallow water exploration permits offshore Gabon of ... second exploration term, with an exploration commitment well ... acquired 1,453 km of 2D seismic and 332 km... (Source)


300. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:48 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Canadian Natural Resources Limited Announces Disposition of
     of the North Sea and Offshore West Africa ... implement its business strategy, including exploration and development ... availability and cost of seismic, drilling and... (Source)


301. Thu, 21 Apr 2005 1:03 AM PDT - (Interactive Investor) - (AFX UK Focus) 2005-04-21 08:45 GMT: Imperial Energy says exploration program ahead of co expectations
     LONDON (AFX) - Imperial Energy Corporation PLC said its current drilling and seismic programs have so far been very successful and are ahead of company expectations. (Source)


302. Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:44 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - EastCoast Energy announces results to 31 December 2004 and reports
     onshore wells, SS-3 and SS-4, and two offshore well SS ... Acquire and process approximately 490 kilometres of 2D seismic over some exploration acreage within... (Source)


303. Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:44 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - FG Inaugurates Committee On Local Content
     All fixed (offshore and onshore ... asked oil firms to domesticate all their seismic data processing ... billion to be expended on crude oil exploration and production... (Source)


304. Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:44 PM (PDT) - (India Infoline.com - Mumbay,India) - ONGC crude production up 1.6
     procurement and modernization projects in exploration and development, up ... to boost capability in seismic data acquisitions ... Onshore as well as Offshore; of these... (Source)


305. Fri, 22 Apr 2005 8:47 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - BMB Munai, Inc. to Commence Seismic Study of Expanded Territory
     BMB Munai, Inc. announced today that it has coordinated and completed technical design of a geophysical research program of its expanded territory with State authorities. (Source)


306. Fri, 22 Apr 2005 04:27 PM (PDT) - (SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA) - Stage set for drilling battle
     aimed at more aggressively promoting exploration and drilling ... Opponents say just seismic testing for reserves ... with government leaders for offshore drilling in... (Source)


307. Fri, 22 Apr 2005 04:27 PM (PDT) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Chevron Canada escalating Mackenzie activities
     Chevron Canada also started 3-D seismic work in December ... While the exploration work continues, Chevron Canada is one of the ... He said a move to the offshore is a... (Source)


308. Sun, 24 Apr 2005 6:48 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - "Asian cooperation has become the irresistible tendency of the times and we are confident in the energy cooperation in
     A Chinese official said that China will make joint efforts with all the countries concerned to exploit energy resources in South China Sea and seek win-win cooperation. (Source)


309. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:31 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Equator Signs Agreement To Develop Oil Mining Lease 122 Offshore
     122 is located 25-60 km offshore in water ... The discoveries and the exploration prospects on OML 122 are covered and defined by 3D seismic data acquired... (Source)


310. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:31 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Endeavour Completes Transition to North Sea Focus; Company
     of the UK, production from two offshore fields and ... existing 79,000 square kilometers of seismic data in ... an international oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


311. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:31 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Paradigm OilGas Inc., Adds 200 Years of OilGas Exploration
     extremely successful in developing new exploration plays for ... economic affairs at United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association ... the first 3-D seismic surveys in... (Source)


312. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 3:30 AM PDT - (CBC Nova Scotia) - Seismic testing rules favour oil industry: researcher
     HALIFAX --“ A Halifax scientist says proposed regulations for seismic testing don't do enough to protect marine life. (Source)


313. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 3:23 AM PDT - (Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance) - Brazil's Petrobras Wants Oil Tax Breaks
     Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil company, said Tuesday it is in talks with Argentina's government about offshore oil exploration, but wants tax breaks to offset the cost. (Source)


314. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53 PM (PDT) - (Forbes - USA) - Brazil's Petrobras Wants Oil Tax Breaks
     and onshore exploration and production at the same rate, makes expensive offshore activities even more costly because companies must gather seismic and... (Source)


315. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53 PM (PDT) - (USA Today - USA) - Why are we talking about just ANWR?
     The lease areas extend well offshore along virtually the ... Miles of tundra-scarring "seismic trails" made from 1990 ... the process of oil and gas exploration on the... (Source)


316. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- USA) - Pogo Reports Record Quarterly Revenues; Results Spurred By High
     Other offshore exploration opportunities are now being studied for ... covering all of the remaining exploration acreage within ... ZEALAND New 3-D seismic data has... (Source)


317. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Endeavour Completes Transition to North Sea Focus
     company into a North-Sea focused exploration and production ... of the UK, production from two offshore fields and ... 15,000 square kilometers of 3-D seismic in the... (Source)


318. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Shell Canada announces quarterly earnings
     exploration costs from increased seismic activity and pre-development costs associated with the Mackenzie Gas Project. Western Canada and the Sable Offshore... (Source)


319. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53 PM (PDT) - (Independent-Bangladesh - Dhaka,Bangladesh) - Govt MPs asks for Tk 1 crore each to face poll challenge
     Cairn signed an agreement with Petrobangla for exploration and development of the country's lone offshore field, it ... a US$ 10 to 15 million seismic survey of... (Source)


320. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 6:49 AM PDT - (Oil Online) - OilOnline - The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry
     Avalon Sciences Ltd, a manufacturer of advanced borehole seismic systems, has signed a new distribution agreement with UK based Avalon Global Systems. (Source)


321. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 7:05 AM PDT - (Oil Online) - OilOnline - The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry
     Talisman and PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Company have signed a Petroleum Contract for Block 15-2/01 offshore Vietnam. Talisman (Vietnam 15-2/01) Ltd. has a 60% interest in Block 15-2/01, with PetroVietnam holding the remaining 40%. (Source)


322. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 2:00 AM PDT - (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - Oil and chemicals producer Nexen Q1 net cut to $37M by hedging, stock grants
     CALGARY (CP) - Nexen Inc., in the midst of selling off $1.5 billion in chemical and oil assets, is looking to expand development in the North Sea where its recently acquired Buzzard oilfield is set to come onstream late next year. (Source)


323. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:59 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Talisman Signs Petroleum Contract for Block 15-2/01 Offshore
     and is located approximately 20 kilometres offshore from the ... 15-2/01 includes conducting a 3D seismic survey and ... during the initial three-year exploration phase... (Source)


324. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:59 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Nexen Delivers Strong Cash Flow and Operating Results
     We are conducting additional seismic and plan to drill ... to drill between two and four more exploration wells in ... Offshore West Africa, we plan to drill three or... (Source)


325. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:59 PM (PDT) - (Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam) - PetroVietnam signs with Talisman
     is located in the Cuu Long Basin, 20km offshore of the ... Block 15-2/01 includes a 3D seismic survey and ... programme during the initial three year exploration phase... (Source)


326. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:59 PM (PDT) - (Manila Bulletin - Manila,Philippines) - RP, China sign $1.6-B accords
     prospective investment in oil and gas exploration off the ... agreement in March to conduct seismic studies in ... and gas blocks around the offshore Malampaya natural... (Source)


327. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:59 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Nexen Delivers Strong Cash Flow and Operating Results
     the block and are conducting additional seismic with plans ... drill between two and four more exploration wells in ... Offshore West Africa, Nexen plan to drill three... (Source)


328. Thu, 28 Apr 2005 2:18 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Global Petroleum Expects Kenya Seismic Survey Results by Mid-Year
     Global Petroleum Ltd, the Australia-based oil and gas exploration company, said results of the 2D seismic survey of its 20 pct-owned Kenya venture should be available by mid-year. (Source)


329. Thu, 28 Apr 2005 4:30 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Apex Reports on News of Devon Energy Relaunching Exploration in Beaufort Sea
     Apex Resources Group Inc. , today reported on news that Devon Energy relaunching its exploration in the Beaufort Sea, marking a new era for Canada's oil and gas industry. Devon received key environmental approvals last month to drill a U.S. $60 million well. . (Source)


330. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 4:01 AM PDT - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - WaveForm Energy Announces Year-End Results
     CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - WaveForm Energy Ltd. had an active 2004 in which it assembled an experienced team, a highly prospective land base, exclusive rights to a seismic technology and the capital to establish itself as a growth-oriented junior oil and natural gas company. (Source)


331. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:36 PM (PDT) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Successful permitting means listening
     they are either fixed by the seismic contractor or ... and also oversaw the initial exploration well permitting ... of getting North Slope onshore and offshore oil and... (Source)


332. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:36 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - SOCO Provide Review of 2004 Results
     in the Gulf of GabéЁs, offshore Tunisia, with ... discoveries and for testing additional exploration targets ... advanced reinterpretation of existing seismic data, the... (Source)


333. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:36 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - INTERVIEW: NZ Contact Energy To Step Up Gas Exploration
     Contact Energy has already received an exploration permit to drill in the offshore Taranaki region, and is expected to commence additional seismic work in the... (Source)


334. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:36 PM (PDT) - (Forbes - USA) - An IPO For The Gutsy Only
     d'Arc is an independent exploration company drilling ... areas and improvements in seismic search technology ... chief executive and Comstock Offshore, a subsidiary of... (Source)


335. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:36 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Hardman Resources: Chinguetti First Oil Seen 1Q 2006
     to fund the drilling of the first exploration well in ... Ascent Resources plc of its interests in offshore Gabon ... In Uganda A 205 kilometre 2D seismic survey of an... (Source)


336. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:36 PM (PDT) - (Press Information Bureau- India) - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA : MAPPING THE EARTH
     resources of the country and her offshore areas ... addition to 12 items of Syn-Exploration Baseline Data ... geology.It also carried out seismic microzonation studies... (Source)


337. Sat, 30 Apr 2005 1:14 AM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - MDA meeting to set offshore drilling rules
     JACKSON - Environmentalists say that, as they feared, new laws and procedures about offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling appear aimed at thwarting input from South Mississippi residents. (Source)


338. Sat, 30 Apr 2005 02:16 PM (PDT) - (SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA) - MDA meeting to set offshore drilling rules
     What: Meeting on proposed rules for Mississippi Development Authority's oil and gas exploration and leasing, including rules on seismic testing offshore and in... (Source)



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339. Sun, 01 May 2005 00:16 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - That's where the next frontier lies for big oil companies, which are drawn there by the promise of the vast finds that
     Anyone looking for a glimpse into the future of the offshore oil industry needs to travel about 200 miles from the Texas shoreline. But the tricky part will be to descend to the bone-crushing depth of two miles beneath the ocean's surface. (Source)


340. Sun, 01 May 2005 00:12 PM (PDT) - (Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA) - Deep seas hold key to oil's future
     7,500 feet is the deepest offshore producing field ... Seismic technology -- tests using sound waves reflected ... that demands advances in exploration technology to... (Source)


341. Sun, 01 May 2005 00:12 PM (PDT) - (MercoPress - Uruguay) - Global Petroleum active offshore Kenya
     blocks L-5, L-7, and L-11 offshore Kenya ... results of the 2004/05 3,600km 2D seismic survey are ... to obtain early licence positions in frontier exploration areas to... (Source)


342. Mon, 02 May 2005 3:37 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Seismic Sciences Commences First Commercial Survey for Oil and Gas Using Electro-Magnetic Survey
     Seismic Sciences, Inc. is pleased to announce the commencement of its first commercial survey in the Gulf of Mexico for a major oil and gas exploration and production company utilizing its patent-pending Induced Electro-kinetic Survey. (Source)


343. Mon, 02 May 2005 1:01 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Survey of New Zealand's North Island East Coast Completed
     Crown Minerals has successfully completed an offshore seismic survey of the east coast of the North Island as part of a major tender of New Zealand petroleum basins planned for later this year, Energy Minister Trevor Mallard said. (Source)


344. Mon, 02 May 2005 10:53 AM PDT - (eyeforenergy.com) - FEATURE: Endeavour focuses its energy on the North Sea
     HOUSTON (May 1, 2005) Demonstrating its confidence in North Sea capacity, Endeavour International is completing the transition of its business and activities to the North Sea. (Source)


345. Mon, 02 May 2005 01:12 PM (PDT) - (Scoop.co.nz- New Zealand) - Seismic survey of East Coast completed
     wn Minerals has successfully completed an offshore seismic survey of the east ... perceptions of New Zealand as a desirable petroleum exploration destination by... (Source)


346. Mon, 02 May 2005 01:12 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Ecopetrol SA, Petrobras and ExxonMobil Subscribe to the Tayrona
     and 5,000 kilometers of 2-D seismic data reprocessing ... utilize its industry-leading deepwater exploration technology - Remote ... has used in other offshore areas of... (Source)


347. Mon, 02 May 2005 01:12 PM (PDT) - (Oil Online - TX,USA) - Topical luncheons
     significant challenges and future potential' of eastern Canada offshore as he ... the amount of money industry spent on exploration and seismic, drilling and... (Source)


348. Tue, 03 May 2005 2:29 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Canada optimistic about exploration
     Canada is now ranked as the second largest provider of oil to the US. Jean-Michel Roy, Canadian Consul General, told participants at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston May 3, "People still think Saudi, Saudi, Saudi, but its Canada, Canada, Canada!" (Source)


349. Tue, 03 May 2005 6:29 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - IER service directly detects hydrocarbon
     Seismic Sciences of San Diego, California, announced the commercialization of its direct hydrocarbon detection technology, Induced Electrokinetic Response (IER), at the Offshore Technology Conference May 2 in Houston, Texas. (Source)


350. Tue, 03 May 2005 9:14 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - OTC: Nova Scotia changes rights-issuance process
     HOUSTON, May 3 -- Nova Scotia's Minister of Energy Cecil P. Clarke announced at the Offshore Technology Conference a "major shift" in regulatory approach to address complaints by operators that the province "had created barriers to exploration." (Source)


351. Tue, 03 May 2005 6:36 AM PDT - (Oil Online) - Industry News - OTC.05 Event News - Channel sands shift US Gulf E&P focus Channel sands shift US Gulf E&P focus
     THE SHARP RISE IN US GULF OF MEXICO production/reserve ratios in recent years - from 10% up to record highs of 30% - is driving the offshore region's operators to look more closely at channel sand plays, states a new report from IHS Energy ( Booth 5010 ). The shift away from sheet sands as 'targets of choice', revealed in the analyst's Deepwater Production Performance Study, which covers more (Source)


352. Tue, 03 May 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Seismic Sciences Commences First Commercial Survey for Oil and Gas
     DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2005--Seismic Sciences, Inc ... for a major oil and gas exploration and production ... IEK has been successfully tested offshore in the... (Source)


353. Tue, 03 May 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Hardman Resources Announce Completion of 4,800KM 2D Seismic
     holds a 22.5% interest in seven offshore production licences ... the current 4,847 kilometres 2D seismic data acquisition ... the scope of its exploration programme in... (Source)


354. Tue, 03 May 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (MercoPress - Uruguay) - Gusher dreams push up Falkland Oil and Gas
     plans to carry out further seismic surveys targeting ... a 77.5% interest in seven offshore production licences ... the increased scope of the exploration work would... (Source)


355. Tue, 03 May 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (Oil Online - TX,USA) - Channel sands shift US Gulf EP focus
     30% - is driving the offshore region's operators ... US Gulf study combining seismic analysis with ... production optimization and acquisition/exploration targets in... (Source)


356. Tue, 03 May 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (egoli.com.au - Australia) - egoli Small Resources: AGS, CVN, CFU, EMP, GOP, IGL, MTO, TAP
     Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Limited (GOP) - Announced that Bass Oil ... in the oil and gas exploration industry ... was drilled on the new seismic reprocessing within... (Source)


357. Wed, 04 May 2005 6:30 AM PDT - (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Horizon Industries Acquires Option From Purcell Energy in Southeastern Saskatchewan
     Horizon Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a seismic option agreement with Purcell Energy Ltd. to acquire up to a 65 percent working interest in 3,200 acres of exploration land located in the Minton and Edna Lake areas of the Williston Basin of Southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. Under the option agreement, Purcell will have the right to participate for 25 percent of (Source)


358. Wed, 04 May 2005 7:00 AM PDT - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - Horizon Industries Acquires Option From Purcell Energy in Southeastern Saskatchewan
     VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Horizon Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a seismic option agreement with Purcell Energy Ltd. to acquire up to a 65% Working Interest in 3,200 acres of exploration land located in the Minton & Edna Lake areas of the Williston Basin of Southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. (Source)


359. Wed, 04 May 2005 9:00 AM PDT - (Cape Breton Post) - Conference told new process will streamline regulatory process
     Sydney - An offshore technologies conference in Houston, Tex., was told improved regulatory processes will streamline the exploration for natural gas and oil off Nova Scotia. (Source)


360. Wed, 04 May 2005 02:43 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Talisman Energy Inc. UK Regulatory Announcement: 1st Quarter
     with a 60% interest in Block 15-2/01 offshore Vietnam ... on the 700,000 acre block includes a 3D seismic survey and a two well exploration program over the... (Source)


361. Wed, 04 May 2005 02:43 PM (PDT) - (Falkland Islands News Network - Stanley,Falkland Islands) - FINN(COM) Daily Record: Tuesday, 03 May 2005
     Technical information including maps and seismic lines will ... is an oil and gas exploration company focused exclusively on opportunities offshore of the... (Source)


362. Wed, 04 May 2005 02:43 PM (PDT) - (TheInd.com - Lafayette,LA,USA) - Drilling Deficit
     the past 15 years, oil and gas exploration has grown increasingly dependent on precise seismic 3-D ... oil prospectors to get when working far offshore or in... (Source)


363. Thu, 05 May 2005 5:32 AM PDT - (Guardian Unlimited) - Carmakers' junk drives up stress count
     The relegation of debt issued by General Motors and Ford from investment grade to junk is a seismic event and the repercussions will spread far and wide. (Source)


364. Thu, 05 May 2005 9:42 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Seitel, Inc. Announces Purchase of $4 Million Senior Notes; Tender Offer Expires
     Seitel, Inc. , a leading provider of seismic data to the oil and gas industry, announced that at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 2, 2005 its offer to purchase up to $4,759,000 principal amount of its 11.75-percent Senior Notes due 2011 had expired. (Source)


365. Thu, 05 May 2005 2:03 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - ONGC Strikes Three Times Offshore India
     ONGC has registered three oil and gas finds, one in shallow waters on West Coast and two in deep waters in Krishna Godavari (KG) Basin on East Coast. In western offshore, ONGC has made a significant Oil and Gas find at a location 60 km south, southwest of Mumbai High Field. (Source)


366. Thu, 05 May 2005 5:19 AM PDT - (Kurdish Media) - KurdishMedia News - Daily Kurdish news updates
     As growing concerns about dwindling global reserves help maintain oil prices close to the $50 a barrel mark, a major supply route linking newly developed oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea with western markets is due to be opened. (Source)


367. Thu, 05 May 2005 08:52 PM (PDT) - (Hindu Business Line - India) - ONGC reports 3 oil, gas finds on west coast, KG Basin
     statement said that in the western offshore region, the ... had opened up a new exploration opportunity in ... The integrated interpretation of 3D seismic data and... (Source)


368. Fri, 06 May 2005 9:29 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Falkland identifies 130 leads
     Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd. (FOGL) has identified 130 leads since the completion and interpretation of its 9,450 km 2D seismic data acquisition program over most of its licence area. (Source)


369. Fri, 06 May 2005 03:25 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - ATP OilGas Corporation Announces Record Revenue and First
     at the Central Gulf of Mexico Offshore Lease Sale ... not only the 3-D seismic, but also ... also being evaluated for possible drilling, development or exploration... (Source)


370. Fri, 06 May 2005 03:25 PM (PDT) - (SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA) - State mineral rights bill likely to pass
     National Seashore to oil and gas exploration and drilling ... to explore and tap the state's offshore oil and ... 1970s, and has the right to perform seismic testing in... (Source)


371. Sat, 07 May 2005 01:06 PM (PDT) - (Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA) - LOCAL EARNINGS
     earnings included a $4.5 million write-off of seismic costs related ... WT Offshore eked out ... is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused... (Source)


372. Sat, 07 May 2005 01:06 PM (PDT) - (Harold Doan and Associates - Rocklin,CA,USA) - An international Coalition denounces energy company Kerr-McGee
     Morocco, in May the 5th, to conduct oil exploration offshore the occupied ... campaigns against other companies, in particular against the seismic survey companies... (Source)


373. Sun, 08 May 2005 02:08 PM (PDT) - (Falkland Islands News Network - Stanley,Falkland Islands) - Caught in the Net with Rendell and Luxton
     Falkland Islands Government will prosper now from exploration, probably through tax paid by companies operating offshore. Just having seismic ships operating... (Source)


374. Mon, 09 May 2005 2:28 AM PDT - (The Telegraph) - Essar in oil hunt deal with Myanmar
     Mumbai, May 9 : Essar Oil has signed a production sharing contract with the government of Myanmar for oil exploration in two blocks one onshore and the other offshore in the western region of Rakhine. (Source)


375. Mon, 09 May 2005 9:29 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Kazakhstan
     HOUSTON, May 9 -- CanArgo Energy Corp., London, said the Kazakh Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources last week signed and registered the production contract for Kyzyloy field on the 411,749-acre Akkulkovsky exploration contract area west of the Aral Sea in the North Ustyurt basin. (Source)


376. Mon, 09 May 2005 02:30 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Test Operations to Commence at Cardiff Gas Well
     PEP 38330 and will shortly be acquiring onshore-offshore seismic in its ... release that address future production, reserve potential or exploration drilling, are... (Source)


377. Mon, 09 May 2005 02:30 PM (PDT) - (Business Standard - India) - Essar to scout in Myanmar
     which will include collection of geological, seismic and well ... EOL is carrying out exploration work in India and ... blocks in Rajasthan and one in Mumbai offshore... (Source)


378. Mon, 09 May 2005 02:30 PM (PDT) - (Sunday Business Post - Dublin,Ireland) - New offshore potential for Ireland
     opening up major opportunities for offshore exploration in the ... used for prospecting and exploration, as each ... Extensive seismic and other surveys of the outer... (Source)


379. Tue, 10 May 2005 04:28 PM (PDT) - (Bangkok Post - Klong Toey,Bangkok,Thailand) - PTTEP in acquisition mode
     potential in the block, where seismic surveys and ... while infrastructure for petroleum exploration and production ... in the Benjamas and Tantawan offshore fields of... (Source)


380. Tue, 10 May 2005 04:28 PM (PDT) - (Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA) - Meeting set on offshore drilling
     hearing on the Coast regarding offshore drilling ... it to MDA with instructions to promote exploration ... in Jackson concerns rules about seismic collections, not... (Source)


381. Tue, 10 May 2005 04:28 PM (PDT) - (Webindia123 - India) - Essar bags two exploration blocks in Myanmar:-
     had bid for two contiguous blocks in offshore (Block A2 ... company to bag stakes in exploration fields in ... and reinterpret the available 2D seismic and geological... (Source)


382. Wed, 11 May 2005 01:49 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Roc Oil Company Enters Farmin Deal With BHP Billiton
     water portion of the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia ... the cost of the Jacala-1 exploration wildcat well ... As defined by 2D seismic, the Jacala Prospect... (Source)


383. Wed, 11 May 2005 01:49 PM (PDT) - (The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK) - OHM sure its shares will rise to surface
     RES in Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plunged more than 12 ... Until recently exploration and production firms had relied almost entirely on seismic surveys which... (Source)


384. Thu, 12 May 2005 03:41 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - MedOil Awarded Prospecting Permit in Tunisia
     four identified structures for future exploration drilling. Acquisition of the 3-D seismic survey is ... this extremely prospective acreage offshore Tunisia, with... (Source)


385. Thu, 12 May 2005 03:41 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Stratic Energy Corporation Announces Commencement of a Three-Well
     announce that its three-well offshore drilling program ... of the newly acquired 3D seismic survey program ... active in the acquisition, exploration and development... (Source)


386. Fri, 13 May 2005 02:40 PM (PDT) - (Kommersant - Moscow,Russia) - Oil Industry 1999-2000
     geological data and later in seismic exploration and exploratory ... has yet undertaken serious exploration there ... experience in developing the offshore fields of... (Source)


387. Fri, 13 May 2005 02:40 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - GX Technology Expands International Operations; Opens Advanced
     reservoirs and well locations, both onshore and offshore ... in-country services for exploration, development, and ... and has operated a seismic services center for... (Source)


388. Fri, 13 May 2005 02:40 PM (PDT) - (Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta) - New oil drilling deal signed
     been awarded, in partnership with seismic outfit TGS-NOPEC, a two-year prospecting permit for the El Louza Block offshore Tunisia. Exploration activity in... (Source)


389. Sun, 15 May 2005 00:36 PM (PDT) - (TrinidadTobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago) - The seismic connection
     ran to bid-rigging and the payment of bribes for seismic exploration contracts ... 2000 or early 2001, Khan helped him secure a $3 million offshore platform repair... (Source)


390. Mon, 16 May 2005 09:12 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Sterling farms out interest in offshore UK block and updates
     TSXV: SLG) Offshore UK ----- Sterling ... Onshore Romania ----- The Cetatuia exploration well, onshore ... by acquiring further seismic and integrating... (Source)


391. Mon, 16 May 2005 09:12 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Pogo Reports Record Quarterly Revenues; Results Spurred By High
     Other offshore exploration opportunities are now being studied for ... covering all of the remaining exploration acreage within ... New 3-D seismic data has been shot... (Source)


392. Tue, 17 May 2005 01:52 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Sterling Farms Out Interest in Offshore UK Block and Updates
     The Cetatuia exploration well, onshore Romania, which has been delayed due ... Concession which will be evaluated by acquiring further seismic and integrating... (Source)


393. Thu, 19 May 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Cardiff Gas Well Interim Test Operations Report
     Seismic surveys have been successfully completed over ... An onshore-offshore survey over Inaha Prospect ... production, reserve potential or exploration drilling, are... (Source)


394. Fri, 20 May 2005 02:44 PM (PDT) - (Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia) - Santos lifts stake to $170m for oil and gas search
     They're not going to come down to Australia to drill a small exploration program," Mr ... The seismic data from the Jeruk discovery in offshore Indonesia was... (Source)


395. Fri, 20 May 2005 02:44 PM (PDT) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Setbacks for two Nova Scotia wildcat wells
     growing scarce in Nova Scotia's offshore, with the ... Boston, and hopes to advance a seismic program to ... on its Marauder and Marconi exploration lands covering... (Source)


396. Mon, 23 May 2005 08:02 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Strong Opening Quarter for Santos
     In Indonesia, a total of 1614 square kilometres of 3D exploration and delineation offshore seismic was acquired in the Sampang and Madura PSCs including the... (Source)


397. Mon, 23 May 2005 08:02 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - SOCO Report Successful Vietnam Well Test
     structure on Block 9-2 offshore Vietnam, the ... the complexities of Basement exploration and development ... rigorous adherence to enhanced seismic reprocessing and... (Source)


398. Mon, 23 May 2005 08:02 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - NNPC Audits $2.9bn Bonga Oil Field
     of the multi-billion naira Bonga Deep Offshore oil project ... to the funding of oil and gas exploration and production ... license, to the time we took seismic boats to... (Source)


399. Mon, 23 May 2005 08:02 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Kerr-McGee Announces Deepwater Agreement in Angola
     "Obtaining interest in this offshore Angola block is ... responsible for oil and gas exploration and production ... through an extensive 3-D seismic program covering... (Source)


400. Mon, 23 May 2005 08:02 PM (PDT) - (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany) - VAALCO Energy Results of EAVSM-1 Well and Award of Platform
     depth on the EAVSM-1 exploration well offshore Gabon and ... receipt of the processed 3-D seismic over the ... will also be looking at other exploration prospects to... (Source)


401. Tue, 24 May 2005 00:17 PM (PDT) - (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany) - Forum Receives Shareholder Approval on Sterling Transaction
     transfer of its 66.67% interest in Forum Exploration Inc ... Philippines is underway commencing with a seismic survey of the Central Tanon prospect offshore SC40... (Source)


402. Wed, 25 May 2005 01:13 PM (PDT) - (Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA) - Large crowd attends hearing on drilling off Miss. barrier islands
     The law shifted the responsibility for regulating offshore exploration and seismic testing from the state Department of Environmental Quality to the... (Source)


403. Wed, 25 May 2005 01:13 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - Don't drill here' resonates at Coast meeting
     The bill moved the responsibility for regulating offshore exploration and seismic testing from the state Department of Environmental Quality to the Mississippi... (Source)


404. Fri, 27 May 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA) - Cochran stands behind proposal on drilling near barrier islands
     The new state law directed the governor and the MDA to hire research firms to aggressively pursue seismic exploration of the state's offshore natural gas... (Source)


405. Fri, 27 May 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - New Zealand
     earning a further 40% by drilling an exploration well ... working interest in the 680,000-acre offshore portion of ... least 200 line-km of 2D seismic over previously... (Source)


406. Fri, 27 May 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - - Overall plans include a total of 17 exploration and appraisal
     policy of farming out its higher risk exploration areas ahead ... concluded with Wintershall, ahead of a 3D seismic survey in Block 8 offshore Mauritania, and... (Source)


407. Fri, 27 May 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Thai PTTEP, Bahrain Petroleum To Study Blocks Off Bahrain
     on the hydrocarbon potential of two blocks offshore Bahrain ... extensive petroleum systems assessment and a seismic reprocessing test, PTT Exploration said in... (Source)


408. Fri, 27 May 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan) - Bahrain sign oil deal with Thailand's PTTEP
     iland's PTT Exploration and Production Public Company ... Both blocks are situated offshore in the North ... petroleum systems assessment, seismic reprocessing test... (Source)


409. Fri, 27 May 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - PTTEP Signs Technical Evaluation Agreement with Bahrain
     Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP ... Both blocks are situated offshore in the ... petroleum systems assessment, seismic reprocessing test... (Source)


410. Fri, 27 May 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (New York Sun - New York,NY,USA) - Oil Industry's Labor and Drilling Costs Are Soaring
     including labor, equipment, and seismic testing - cost ... Mary LandExploration Company, a Denver ... Transocean, the world's largest offshore driller, GlobalSantaFe... (Source)


411. Sat, 28 May 2005 00:24 PM (PDT) - (AME Info - United Arab Emirates) - Technical innovation tops agenda at Siemens' Oil and Gas CIO
     and SAP, we are delivering technology to improve seismic exploration, capturing huge ... and cost-effective to deploy at onshore and offshore locations,' concluded... (Source)


412. Sun, 29 May 2005 04:32 PM (PDT) - (Business Day, Thailand - Bangkok,Thailand) - PTT joins Bahrain in evaluating oil prospects
     in blocks one and two offshore the Kingdom of ... extensive petroleum systems assessment, seismic reprocessing testing ... and expanding its exploration of development... (Source)


413. Mon, 30 May 2005 03:17 PM (PDT) - (Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA) - Michael Peltier: Judge: Florida does not owe Coastal Petroleum
     until 1990, when state lawmakers banned oil exploration from Florida ... and money on legal fees then seismic testing, a ... to uphold the 1990 ban on offshore drilling... (Source)


414. Tue, 31 May 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (Morocco Times - Casablanca,Morocco) - Oil Exploration Australian company signs MOU with ONHYM
     and if appropriate negotiate an exclusive exploration and development ... available 2-D and 3-D seismic data, to ... he believes that the Cap Juby offshore tenement is... (Source)


415. Tue, 31 May 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Baraka Evaluates Oil Reserves Off Morocco
     ONAREP to examine the Cap Juby offshore tenement ... and if appropriate negotiate an exclusive exploration and development ... of available 2-D and 3-D seismic data, to... (Source)


416. Tue, 31 May 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (ShareCast - London,UK) - Medoil signs Tunisian contract
     DON (SHARECAST) - Shares in oil exploration group MedOil ... the Tunisian authorities for the offshore Louza Permit ... km 3-D seismic acquisition work programme... (Source)



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417. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:09 PM (PDT) - (Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand) - Oil rigs planned for north Canterbury
     gas exploration company TAG Oil for seismic exploration of a ... sums had been spent on oil exploration off the ... 18 months there could be one offshore," Mr Radford... (Source)


418. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:09 PM (PDT) - (MarketWatch - USA) - Repsol YPF to invest $129 mln in Argentina offshore surveys
     Repsol YPF SA (REP) plans to invest $129 million for offshore seismic surveys in ... of which some 74% will be earmarked for oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


419. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:09 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice - UK) - Falkland Oil and Gas Announce Placing of New Ordinary Shares
     Hardman Resources Ltd is also a party to the new 2D seismic contract. FOGL was formed in May 2004 to invest in an offshore oil exploration programme in licence... (Source)


420. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:09 PM (PDT) - (Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa) - S.Africa's Sasol invests in Mozambique gas survey
     UTO (Reuters) - South African petrochemicals company Sasol will invest $19 million in an offshore seismic survey of natural gas in Mozambique from the end... (Source)


421. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:09 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice - UK) - Toreador's Akkaya-1 Well Produces Natural Gas Offshore Turkey
     way to developing the first offshore gas field on ... outstanding potential for further exploration and development ... kilometers of 3-D seismic, completed engineering... (Source)


422. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:09 PM (PDT) - (Moneyweb - Johannesburg,South Africa) - Sasol to explore for gas in Mozambican waters
     The exploration and production concession contract (EPCC) agreement for ... to be also exploring in offshore Mozambican waters ... us to acquire a seismic survey after... (Source)


423. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:58 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Cardiff Gas Well Interim Test Operations Report
     The onshore-offshore seismic survey over Inaha Prospect in ... Early results from last month's seismic survey over ... reserve potential or exploration drilling, are... (Source)


424. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:58 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - Drilling issue demands less, not more secrecy
     of events that has put our offshore waters and ... representatives to draft new regulations for seismic testing -- the ... step in oil and gas exploration -- in the... (Source)


425. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:58 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice - UK) - Equator Explorations Announce Award of Allocation in JDZ
     ed on a 3D seismic survey funded by Petroleum Geo-Services ("PGS ... a block in this highly prospective deep water exploration basin offshore Nigeria and... (Source)


426. Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:03 PM (PDT) - (Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA) - Protected Gulf Islands National Seashore park faces drilling
     exploration of gas deposits beneath the ground. The lines would be attached to high-pressure air guns placed just offshore. Scientists suspect that seismic... (Source)


427. Sat, 04 Jun 2005 05:48 PM (PDT) - (PakTribune.com - Pakistan) - PEL gets two petroleum exploration licences over Larkana Kasral
     wells and acquire 160 km seismic involving an ... was also informed that Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Ltd is ... in the capital-intensive realm of offshore exploration... (Source)


428. Sat, 04 Jun 2005 05:48 PM (PDT) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Explorers choke on salt
     gas fields beneath the massive, seismic image-distorting ... s senior vice-president of exploration and production ... that compared to many offshore areas, including... (Source)


429. Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:17 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - The world is watching
     a bill through the Legislature placing energy exploration under the ... How does that square with offshore rigs in ... consider the impact of even seismic testing on... (Source)


430. Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:17 PM (PDT) - (Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia) - Petroleum search changes needed: APPEA
     "Lateral thinking has revolutionised seismic and geophysical ... He said oil exploration could generate $44 to ... South East Asia Australia Offshore Conference (SEAAOC... (Source)


431. Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:17 PM (PDT) - (Los Angeles Times - CA,USA) - Well-Oiled Turnaround
     Shell Group, ConocoPhillips, China National Offshore Oil Corp ... that included using 3D seismic surveys to ... Besides seeking new exploration tracts, Occidental also... (Source)


432. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:12 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Seitel, Inc. Announces Resignation of Board Member
     used by oil and gas companies to assist in the exploration for and ... has ownership in an extensive library of proprietary onshore and offshore seismic data that... (Source)


433. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:12 PM (PDT) - (INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines) - Canadian-UK energy firm eyes $27M for exploration
     GSEC) 101, for oil and gas exploration over offshore ... is underway commencing with a seismic survey of the Central Tanon prospect offshore Service Contract 40... (Source)


434. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:12 PM (PDT) - (ABC Online - Australia) - East Timor to open gas reserves to investors
     eismic survey presented to the South-East Asian ... legislation will clear the way for offshore reserves in ... world we are ready for petroleum exploration and we... (Source)


435. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:12 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice - UK) - Rockhopper Exploration Awarded Licences in North Falkland Basin
     khopper Exploration Limited has announced that it has been awarded two licences offshore the Falkland Islands ... A 3D seismic survey and two-well drilling... (Source)


436. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:12 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews - Toronto,ON,Canada) - Centurion Awarded Allocation of Interest in Block 4 of Nigeria-Sao
     Block 4 is a 857 square km offshore block that ... Exploration on the block is to be conducted in three ... Based on the interpretation of 3D seismic several large... (Source)


437. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:12 PM (PDT) - (Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand) - Resources sector steps up action
     spending $1 million to carry out seismic surveys from ... to the searches and to the new exploration companies being ... a 15 per cent stake in the offshore Kupe gas... (Source)


438. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:12 PM (PDT) - (Newhouse News Service (NNS) - USA) - Era of Cheap Oil Is Over; Scramble Is On to Avert a Crisis
     Computerized three-dimensional seismic imaging makes finding oil ... said Stuart Strife, Anadarko's exploration manager for ... in the Rockies or offshore plays out... (Source)


439. Tue, 07 Jun 2005 05:17 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - Oil Exploration: Time for New Players - DPR
     to spend a lot of investment on exploration ... particularly in deepwater as well as shallow offshore ... then obtaining data from Nigeria, seismic, well, gravity... (Source)


440. Tue, 07 Jun 2005 05:17 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews - Toronto,ON,Canada) - Talisman Granted Additional Acreage for Block PM-3 CAA Between
     the Block PM-3 Commercial Arrangement Area (CAA) offshore Malaysia and ... Malaysia Limited will acquire a new 3D seismic survey and drill one exploration well... (Source)


441. Wed, 08 Jun 2005 02:42 PM (PDT) - (Oil Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Talisman gains acreage offshore Malaysia, Vietnam
     148,000 acres for the block PM-3 Commercial Arrangement Area offshore Malaysia and Vietnam ... will acquire a 3D seismic survey and drill one exploration well... (Source)


442. Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:50 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Offshore International Group Announces Peruvian Discovery
     and Production companies, PTP in Lima, Peru and Fairways Exploration in Houston ... PEPESA (a Peruvian offshore drilling company) and Offshore Seismic Surveys Inc... (Source)


443. Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:50 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire - Canada) - Stratic Announces Award of Reconnaissance License in Morocco
     Improvements in seismic processing and an understanding of the ... active in the acquisition, exploration and development ... the Middle East and offshore UK Stratic's... (Source)


444. Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:50 PM (PDT) - (AltAssets - USA) - Investment director Mark Kerr joins 3i's oil and gas team
     Macgregor Energy Services and Mach-Ten Offshore ... project manager EDP, Norwegian exploration and production ... Energy, and Norwegian 4C seismic technology company... (Source)


445. Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:50 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice - UK) - Swift Energy Announces Joint Venture on Permit 38495 in New
     in SENZ's new offshore permit, Petroleum Exploration Permit ("PEP ... data relating to the offshore permit, the ... of additional three-dimensional seismic data in the... (Source)


446. Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:00 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - HK Bourse: Release from China PetroChina On Connected Deal -26
     Company holds both onshore and offshore licenses but ... The seismic commitment has already been fulfilled earlier ... A total of twenty-four exploration and appraisal... (Source)


447. Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:43 PM (PDT) - (St. John's Telegram - St. John's,Newfoundland,Canada) - Optimistic offshore outlook
     times in Newfoundland's offshore -- but the latest round of early stage exploration in the Orphan and Laurentian basins is encouraging. Seismic surveys of... (Source)


448. Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:17 PM (PDT) - (Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA) - Va. to study offshore potential
     synthetic fabrics, fertilizer and other products, support offshore development ... and beaches from spills, they worry that the seismic exploration, which involves... (Source)


449. Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:17 PM (PDT) - (Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA) - A Proven High Impact Oil Gas Explorer Without the Froth
     high expense of shooting seismic onshore, where ... and other obstacles pose problems not encountered offshore ... in a deal regarding shared exploration of this... (Source)


450. Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:42 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire - USA) - Landmark to Leverage New Technology From SGI and Intel to Optimize
     system in the oil and gas exploration field ... 3D interactivity on multiple volumes of seismic data at a ... explore large numbers of deepwater offshore blocks using... (Source)


451. Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:23 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - County supervisors say no' to offshore drilling
     Offshore drilling discussions recently intensified along South Mississippi because of ... the way for oil and gas exploration, including seismic testing... (Source)


452. Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:22 PM (PDT) - (Newstalk ZB - New Zealand) - Tax rules change for offshore banks
     environmental costs. In a move to boost gas exploration, it gives tax breaks for non-resident offshore drilling rigs and seismic ships. (Source)


453. Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:22 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Newfield Signs Production Sharing Contract on PM 323 Offshore
     and is located about 185 miles offshore Kemaman, Terengganu ... The partners will also drill five exploration and appraisal ... kilometers of 3-D seismic on the block... (Source)


454. Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:22 PM (PDT) - (Oil Online - TX,USA) - PERENCO growing in Turkey and Egypt, divesting in USA
     A seismic survey will be acquired later this year, and in ... will be responsible for drilling an exploration well ... In Egypt's offshore Nile Delta basin Perenco has... (Source)


455. Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:22 PM (PDT) - (Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA) - Florida's Senators Unite Against Oil Prospecting
     to study and exploration. Martinez said the key breakthrough in a decades-old struggle to shield from seismic tests and oil rigs Florida's offshore waters was... (Source)


456. Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:22 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - Digging deeper
     resolution opposed "any type of offshore drilling," and we erred by ... have come to the fore recently, namely seismic testing, exploration and drilling... (Source)


457. Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:22 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice - UK) - Northern Petroleum Announce Senior Netherlands Appointment
     of The Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production ... and produce hydrocarbons both on and offshore in the ... discovery well and a 3D seismic survey acquired... (Source)


458. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA) - Coming Soon To America's Coasts: More Drilling?
     While more offshore drilling would be a cash cow for oil and gas ... in the Senate bill would allow damaging high-intensity seismic exploration within sensitive... (Source)


459. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (Harold Doan and Associates - Rocklin,CA,USA) - Argentina Presses the Falklands/Malvinas Dispute
     The UK and Argentina signed a Joint Declaration of Cooperation over Offshore Activities in the ... Currently, seismic exploration for oil is moving full-steam ahead... (Source)


460. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:42 PM (PDT) - (Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA) - Offshore drilling fight not done yet, Fla.'s Nelson, Martinez say
     an inventory could open the door to offshore drilling in protected areas and be harmful to the environment, particularly the seismic exploration surveys that... (Source)


461. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:42 PM (PDT) - (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany) - Seismic Shoot Completed Over Key Offshore Philippines Prospects
     portfolio of forthcoming production and exploration interests in ... The seismic survey, completed by the Veritas ... also include known onshore and offshore gas and... (Source)


462. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:42 PM (PDT) - (Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam) - PetroVietnam surges ahead in crude oil, gas exploration
     of gas from Viet Nam's offshore areas over the ... and a subsidiary of PetroVietnam Exploration and Production ... will commit to investing in seismic research, well... (Source)


463. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:42 PM (PDT) - (Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK) - Seismic boost for BowLeven
     of its reserves in an exploration update to ... has been concentrating on a series of offshore fields it ... a recently completed a three-dimensional seismic survey of... (Source)


464. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:42 PM (PDT) - (Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA) - Investment banker Matthew Simmons says an oil shortage chain
     Aramco's recently retired head of exploration and production ... fields with complete 3-D seismic coverage," wrote ... Safaniya, the world's largest offshore oil field... (Source)


465. Sat, 18 Jun 2005 02:43 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - National Oil Company Sign Contracts With Three Companies to
     will accelerate further exploration in Liberia's offshore area and ... expressed their desire to undertake oil exploration in Liberia ... km of the 2-D seismic from TGS... (Source)


466. Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:10 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - National Oil Company Sign Contracts With Three Companies to
     will accelerate further exploration in Liberia's offshore area and ... expressed their desire to undertake oil exploration in Liberia ... km of the 2-D seismic from TGS... (Source)


467. Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:06:07 AM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - National Oil Company Sign Contracts With Three Companies to
     will accelerate further exploration in Liberia's offshore area and ... expressed their desire to undertake oil exploration in Liberia ... km of the 2-D seismic from TGS... (Source)


468. Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:14:44 AM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - National Oil Company Sign Contracts With Three Companies to
     will accelerate further exploration in Liberia's offshore area and ... expressed their desire to undertake oil exploration in Liberia ... km of the 2-D seismic from TGS... (Source)


469. Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:52:55 AM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - National Oil Company Sign Contracts With Three Companies to
     will accelerate further exploration in Liberia's offshore area and ... expressed their desire to undertake oil exploration in Liberia ... km of the 2-D seismic from TGS... (Source)


470. Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:53 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - National Oil Company Sign Contracts With Three Companies to
     will accelerate further exploration in Liberia's offshore area and ... expressed their desire to undertake oil exploration in Liberia ... km of the 2-D seismic from TGS... (Source)



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471. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 02:34 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Aramco official outlines plans for increased production
     also plans an ambitious domestic exploration program targeting ... oil and gas that will move offshore for the ... 90 delineation wells, using seven seismic crews and... (Source)


472. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Austral Pacific Cardiff Gas Testing; Corporate and Operations
     Prospect with a well deviated offshore from an ... A seismic survey is presently underway in onshore ... production, reserve potential or exploration drilling, are... (Source)


473. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (HoweStreet.com - Canada) - The Daily Reckoning
     New exploration concepts using plate tectonic models, as well as improved seismic processing, drilling ... Anticosti Island and the adjacent offshore regions... (Source)


474. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (Rediff - India) - 'Gujarat's gas find is a jackpot'
     to avoid disqualification while bidding for an offshore energy exploration ... it applied for the area for exploration in KG ... in only after the 3-D seismic data of... (Source)


475. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Stranded gas contract by end of the year
     remote resources in NPR-A and offshore," he said ... cost of dry holes, land, seismic" and development ... at participating "in a number of exploration wells next... (Source)


476. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - MedOil Signs Offshore Malta Exploration Study Agreement
     additional seismic or drill exploration wells. David M Thomas the CEO of MedOil plc stated: "We are very excited about the oil potential in our permit offshore... (Source)


477. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (Australian Financial Review - Australia) - BHP venture in Gulf of Mexico
     Woodside Energy 20 per cent and Maxus Exploration 15 per cent ... were in deep water and a long way offshore ... to justify the expense of putting seismic together and... (Source)


478. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa) - Mauritania hopes for new oil discoveries
     of crude per day from its offshore Chinguetti field ... said Neil Hodgson, general manager of exploration at Britain's ... on, Woodside shot 3-D seismic survey over... (Source)


479. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:11:08 AM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Anadarko joins Australian group off Malta
     Perth, to explore Pancon's offshore Malta exploration study area. Anadarko can earn as much as 65% interest in the area by running a 2D seismic survey and then... (Source)


480. Sun, 03 Jul 2005 04:33 PM (PDT) - (MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA) - Permian Basin oilmen watch effort to craft new energy policy
     important to note that the offshore inventory can be ... Seismic technology is used safely today throughout the ... where oil and natural gas exploration is permitted... (Source)


481. Sun, 03 Jul 2005 04:33 PM (PDT) - (The Observer - UK) - When the oil wars blow
     smic change is afoot ... CNOOC's full name is telling; the China National Offshore Oil Company - an organisation committed to offshore exploration... (Source)


482. Mon, 04 Jul 2005 7:43 AM PDT - (Interactive Investor) - (AFX UK Focus) 2005-07-04 15:18 GMT: Shell, Chevron win exploration licences for Australia's Carnarvon prospect
     LONDON (AFX) - Chevron Corp and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group have secured licences to explore four deepwater blocks in the Carnarvon oil and gas basin in offshore western Australia. Chevron is the operator of the blocks with a 50 pct stake. Shell will hold the remaining 50 pct. (Source)


483. Mon, 04 Jul 2005 6:00 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Chevron Awarded New Acreage Offshore Australia Chevron Named Operator and Awarded 50 Percent Interest in Four Blocks
     Chevron Corporation today announced that its Australian subsidiary has successfully bid for the exploration rights to four deepwater blocks with significant natural gas potential in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. (Source)


484. Mon, 04 Jul 2005 7:29 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Chevron Awarded New Acreage Offshore Australia Chevron Named Operator and Awarded 50 Percent Interest in Four Blocks
     SAN RAMON, Calif. (Source)


485. Mon, 04 Jul 2005 05:57 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Chevron Awarded New Acreage Offshore Australia Chevron Named
     on the heels of our successful exploration offshore Western Australia ... 3,521 km2) of three-dimensional seismic and the drilling of two exploration wells... (Source)


486. Mon, 04 Jul 2005 05:57 PM (PDT) - (Webbolt Business News - Toronto,ON,Canada) - Webbolt Global Business News, ResearchIntelligence
     north America, offshore communications, offshore, offshore technology, oil exploration, oil industry ... rig, Russia, China, seismic, surveys, shipyards... (Source)


487. Tue, 05 Jul 2005 8:45 AM PDT - (Cape Breton Post) - No reason to exclude oil, gas exploration from Misaine Bank: report
     Sydney - A draft strategic environmental assessment released Tuesday by the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board determined no reason could be found to exclude oil and gas exploration from the Misaine Bank area. (Source)


488. Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:42 AM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Santos to expand exploration off Tassie
     Oil and gas producer Santos is to expand its exploration in the Sorrel Basin off Tasmania after being granted a new permit. (Source)


489. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 2:32 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Santos Strengthens Sorell Basin Exploration Position
     Santos Limited has further expanded its oil and gas exploration acreage in the Sorrell Basin, offshore Tasmania. The Company has been awarded a permit by the Commonwealth and Tasmanian governments to explore for oil and gas in Block T/40P, located 100 kilometers off Tasmania's north western coast. (Source)


490. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 4:42 AM PDT - (Canada.com) - Cape Breton energy exploration report evaluates environmental consequences
     HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board has released a draft assessment of the potential impact of oil and gas exploration off the coast of Cape Breton. (Source)


491. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 1:57 AM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - Santos steps up search for new resources
     Oil and gas producer Santos is to expand its exploration in the Sorrell Basin off Tasmania as it continues to ramp up its efforts to acquire new resources. (Source)


492. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 8:26 AM PDT - (Trinidad Express) - T&T signs US$80m oil deal
     For the second straight day yesterday, Energy Minister Eric Williams placed his signature of approval on a new production sharing contract involving private energy companies and millions of dollars in investment to explore for gas and oil offshore Trinidad. (Source)


493. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:21:22 AM (PDT) - (East Bay Business Times - Contra Costa,CA,USA) - Chevron awarded acreage offshore Australia
     gas potential in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia ... 1,359 square miles of three-dimensional seismic and the drilling of two exploration wells... (Source)


494. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:21:22 AM (PDT) - (Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA) - Survey could be first step to coastal drilling
     moratorium on oil and gas exploration and drilling ... The issue of offshore drilling pits environmentalists and ... Seismic testing for the entire outer continental... (Source)


495. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:21:22 AM (PDT) - (Cape Breton Post - Sydney,Nova Scotia,Canada) - No reason to exclude oil, gas exploration from Misaine Bank
     potential environmental effects associated with offshore oil and ... habitat and its relation to seismic effects are ... most other areas where exploration has occurred... (Source)


496. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:21:22 AM (PDT) - (Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand) - Go-ahead for seabed gold hunt
     Act to extend the prospecting further offshore in three ... off the West Coast, their exploration methods were ... the Seafield proposal, detailed seismic surveys will... (Source)


497. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:21:22 AM (PDT) - (Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA) - Local effect of oil search not yet clear
     Critics say the seismic blasts could harm marine ... Offshore drilling platforms generally can be seen ... represents companies involved in exploration and production... (Source)


498. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:21:22 AM (PDT) - (San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA) - East Bay biotech strikes African distribution deals
     has successfully bid for the exploration rights to ... deepwater blocks in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia ... Seismic work will begin later this year on... (Source)


499. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:08 PM (PDT) - (San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA) - SAN FRANCISCO Lawmakers push larger ocean sanctuaries
     The underwater acoustic effects of seismic surveys have been blamed by scientists for whale ... "If they do move ahead with offshore oil exploration, this will... (Source)


500. Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:08 PM (PDT) - (Canada East - Canada) - Potash Corp. nearing end of test hole drilling
     to Brazil, the Potash Corp.'s largest offshore customer and ... The exploration on the site began last fall with one ... "By combining the results of seismic data and... (Source)


501. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 7:46 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Petro-Canada Signs 80m Dollar Deal With Trinidad
     Excerpt from report by Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) news agency on 6 July Port of Spain, Trinidad: Petro-Canada, one of Canada's largest integrated oil and gas companies, operating here as Canada Inc, on Wednesday [6 July] signed three production sharing contracts for offshore exploration with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. (Source)


502. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 7:59 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Dana gains additional North Sea assets
     All three blocks lie directly to the east of the Cleeton and Neptune field gas transportation and production infrastructure. (Source)


503. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 03:17 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Shell Secures New Deepwater Acreage in the Carnarvon Basin
     Australia (Shell) has been awarded exploration rights to ... deepwater blocks in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia ... "The planned 3D seismic and drilling... (Source)


504. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 03:17 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Santos Strengthens Sorell Basin Exploration Position
     area, covering approximately 315 square kilometres, is the fifth offshore exploration permit held ... up to $23 million being invested in 2D and 3D seismic and the... (Source)


505. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 03:17 PM (PDT) - (Record-Searchlight - Redding,CA,USA) - High oil prices boost prospects for drilling firms
     to surgery, energy companies use seismic data to ... where the growth is in exploration and production in ... a two-year contract to drill offshore Nigeria potentially... (Source)


506. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 03:17 PM (PDT) - (The Moscow Times - Moscow,Russia) - Rosneft Inks $23Bln Kazakh Deal
     after the onshore Tengiz and Karachaganak fields and the offshore Kashagan field ... after failing to drill three wells and carry out seismic exploration as promised... (Source)


507. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 03:17 PM (PDT) - (TrinidadTobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago) - TT signs US$80m oil deal
     said plans are well advanced to begin shooting the seismic on blocks ... For his part, Petro-Canada vice president, offshore exploration, international, Nick Maden... (Source)


508. Thu, 07 Jul 2005 03:17 PM (PDT) - (RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA) - Petro-Canada Signs 80m Dollar Deal With Trinidad
     Nick Maden, Vice President offshore exploration of Petro-Canada said that two 3D seismic surveys would be carried our and six exploration wells drilled over... (Source)


509. Fri, 08 Jul 2005 2:31 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Kerr-McGee Awarded Block Offshore Trinidad and Tobago
     Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp., through its Trinidad and Tobago affiliate, has completed contract negotiations and has been awarded block 3(b) in a proven geologic trend offshore Trinidad and Tobago. (Source)


510. Fri, 08 Jul 2005 2:32 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - W & T Offshore Acquires GoM Block from Marathon Oil
     W&T Offshore completed the acquisition of East Cameron 321 from Marathon on June 28, 2005, with an effective date of May 1, 2005. W&T estimates the acquired reserves, at the effective date, to be approximately 9.0 Bcfe. The property acquired is currently producing approximately 1,300 gross barrels of oil and 6,000 mcf of gross gas per day. (Source)


511. Fri, 08 Jul 2005 7:45 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - W&T Offshore Announces Acquisition, Provides Operational Update and Exploratory Successes and Schedules Earnings
     HOUSTON, July 8, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) today announced that it has closed on an agreement to acquire oil and gas properties and provided an update on its current operations and exploratory success. (Source)


512. Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:17 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Kerr-McGee Awarded Block Offshore Trinidad and Tobago
     3(b) in a proven geologic trend offshore Trinidad and ... president responsible for oil and gas exploration and production ... and evaluation of 3-D seismic of this... (Source)


513. Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:17 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - WT Offshore Announces Acquisition, Provides Operational Update
     we are on track with both our exploration and development ... de Geophysique (CGG) to acquire additional seismic data ... 262-2141 and ask for the WT Offshore call at... (Source)


514. Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:17 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Voyager and ARC Merger Update
     Greater exposure to the exploration areas around ... driven from the Denison 3D seismic survey ... Voyager's comprehensive portfolio of prospective offshore Perth Basin... (Source)


515. Mon, 11 Jul 2005 8:14 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Australia
     HOUSTON, July 11 -- Santos Ltd. was awarded an exploration block in the Sorell basin off Tasmania, bringing its position in the Otway and Sorell basins to 8 blocks. (Source)


516. Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:44 PM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Kerr-McGee wins Trinidad block
     Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. has completed contract negotiations through its Trinidad and Tobago affiliate for block 3(b) offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Block 3(b) encompasses nearly 160,000 acres in 130-3,000 ft water depth. (Source)


517. Mon, 11 Jul 2005 1:14 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - W&T Offshore Announces Acquisition, Provides Operational Update and Exploratory Successes and Schedules Earnings
     HOUSTON, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:WTI) today announced that it has closed on an agreement to acquire oil and gas properties and provided an update on its current operations and exploratory success. (Source)


518. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 0:29 AM PDT - (Interactive Investor) - (AFX UK Focus) 2005-07-12 08:10 GMT: Dana Petroleum wins 8-yr exploration licence in Safi, Morocco
     LONDON (AFX) - Dana Petroleum PLC said it has been awarded an eight year exploration licence in the North West Safi are, offshore Morocco. Seismic data at the site has confirmed the hydrocarbon potential of the area. (Source)


519. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 8:14 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Dana wins Moroccan offshore license
     Dana Petroleum (E&P) Ltd. has signed a petroleum agreement for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation in the North West Safi area offshore Morocco. The exploration phase of the eight-year agreement covers 6,540 sq km. (Source)


520. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:05:33 AM (PDT) - (CA State Assembly Democratic Caucus- Sacramento,CA,USA) - State Legislature Declares Opposition to Offshore Oil Drilling
     US House and Senate energy bills including an invasive seismic exploration plan, the now ... Oregon , and other US coastal states from expanded offshore drilling in... (Source)


521. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:05:33 AM (PDT) - (Oil Online - TX,USA) - Kerr-McGee awarded block offshore Trinidad and Tobago
     3(b) in a proven geologic trend offshore Trinidad and ... Kerr-McGee to conduct research and exploration," said Hager ... Following evaluation of the seismic, we expect... (Source)


522. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:05:33 AM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Pogo to Acquire Northrock Resources Ltd.
     Based on existing seismic data, Pogo believes there are ... a Canadian oil and gas exploration and production ... Gulf of Mexico lease blocks offshore from Louisiana... (Source)


523. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Dana wins Moroccan offshore license
     in the North West Safi area offshore Morocco ... The exploration phase of the eight-year agreement covers ... the interpretation of 1,000 km of 2D seismic data acquired... (Source)


524. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (Forbes - USA) - London shares easier early on ahead of CPI; oil higher in Asian
     3 pence at 684 after the oil explorer said it has been awarded an eight year exploration licence in the North West Safi area, offshore Morocco. Seismic data at... (Source)


525. Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:21 PM (PDT) - (INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines) - Consortium allowed to drill wells in Visayas
     to undertake oil and gas exploration activities in the ... undertake a new 250-kilometer seismic program over ... Villaba-1 gas discovery in offshore Northwest Leyte... (Source)


526. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 8:14 AM PDT - (News From Bangladesh) - Russian co keen on exploration for gas in Bay
     Russia--s state-owned monopoly, Gazprom, has proposed to explore in the deep sea of the Bay of Bengal. Sources in the Energy and Mineral Resources Division said Gazprom, last week, sent a letter proposing exploration in the offshore blocks of 19, 20, 21 and other areas in the deep sea. (Source)


527. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA) - Bill would allow survey for oil, gas offshore
     an inventory and analysis of offshore oil and ... largely with the use of seismic equipment -- powerful air ... looking at opening up more territory to exploration... (Source)


528. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Forum Energy Plc Raising Up to 12 Million Pounds Sterling on
     will assist us in pursuing planned exploration, appraisal and ... for the acquisition of 2D seismic data over ... prospects in the Tanon Strait offshore Cebu Island... (Source)


529. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA) - Mitcham Industries Acquires Seamap; Expands Marine and Global
     for the seismic, hydrographic and offshore industries with ... include a next generation marine seismic source synchronizer and ... for oil and gas exploration, and a... (Source)


530. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (Vanguard - Lagos,Nigeria) - Five insurers, Nigeria Re lead blocs for oilgas business
     recourse to reinsurance by way of treaty or facultative offshore ... in oil and gas insurance as seismic acquisition; exploration and exploitation of... (Source)


531. Thu, 14 Jul 2005 5:48 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Range Provides Operations Update
     RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION (NYSE:RRC) today provided an update on its operations. In addition, the Company announced that it had completed the previously announced Permian Basin acquisition for a total consideration of $116 million, net of adjustments. (Source)


532. Thu, 14 Jul 2005 8:34 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - PanOcean announces commercial oil production from Tsiengui field onshore Gabon
     Pan-Ocean Energy Corporation Limited announced that it has commenced commercial oil production operations at its Tsiengui field onshore Gabon. Nine months after the Tsiengui discovery, the first two wells, TST-2H and TST-3H, have been brought onstream through early production facilities at a combined stabilized rate of 2,400 barrels per day gross . (Source)


533. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 2:45 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Petro-Canada signs contracts for work off Trinidad and Tobago
     LOS ANGELES, July 15 -- Petro-Canada has signed three production-sharing contracts with Trinidad and Tobago for offshore exploration. (Source)


534. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:19 AM PDT - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - Oilexco Updates UK North Sea Activities
     CALGARY, CANADA-- - Oilexco Incorporated is pleased to update its activities in the UK North Sea. Oilexco's operations in the UK North Sea, through its wholly owned subsidiary Oilexco North Sea Limited, are currently focused on the development of the Brenda and Nicol Paleocene oil accumulations located in Blocks 15/25b and 15/25a respectively, and on drilling new exploration/appraisal (Source)


535. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:39:19 AM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Sequoia OilGas Trust and Avery Resources Announce Signing of
     the Katandra discovery in the Vulcan Sub-Basin offshore Australia and ... be used to enable Avery to fund ongoing seismic and exploration drilling expenditures... (Source)


536. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:39:19 AM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Range Provides Operations Update
     the quarter, the Company expects to recognize exploration expense of ... 86 square miles of 3-D seismic was recently ... Offshore, the West Cameron 295 #2 (15% working... (Source)


537. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:39:19 AM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - Sierra Club steps up drilling attacks
     that Coast residents opposed to offshore drilling are ... learning "where we are" with seismic studies years ... big picture" regarding leases and exploration and that... (Source)


538. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:39:19 AM (PDT) - (Metro Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada) - Nexen plans gas project as profit jumps 40 pct
     America, the North Sea, Yemen and offshore west Africa ... result of interpretation of 3-D seismic data that ... charges of C$170 million for exploration expense and... (Source)


539. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:46 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Oilexco Updates UK North Sea Activities
     channel sand that is defined with 3D seismic ... evaluating a number of additional exploration/appraisal drilling ... in the current 23rd UK Offshore Licencing Round... (Source)


540. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:46 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Petro-Canada signs contracts for work off Trinidad and Tobago
     3D seismic surveys will be shot and six exploration wells drilled over the next 5 years, said Nick Maden, Petro-Canada's vice-president, offshore exploration... (Source)


541. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:46 PM (PDT) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Senate energy bill chock full of bennies
     capable of production to extend the leases if exploration, including seismic testing, has ... s resource, 600 tcf on-shore and 32,000 tcf offshore... (Source)


542. Sat, 16 Jul 2005 4:16 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - DEVELOPMENT
     The Espoir oil field, a leading producer of oil & natural gas for Cote d--Ivoire, is located in the block CI --“26. The block is located 19 km offshore south of Jacqueville, 60 km southwest of Abidjan, in water depths ranging from 100m to 600m. (Source)


543. Sun, 17 Jul 2005 01:52 PM (PDT) - (Los Angeles Times - CA,USA) - China Courts the World to Slake a Thirst
     owned by state-controlled China National Offshore Oil Corp ... used gunboats to force Japanese seismic ships out ... this month called for joint exploration to exploit... (Source)


544. Sun, 17 Jul 2005 01:52 PM (PDT) - (Australian - Australia) - Aussie gas juniors firing well in US
     Gulf of Mexico and other offshore zones, abandoning ... the advent of 3D seismic testing has ... an established producer with significant exploration targets, Nuenco... (Source)


545. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 1:21 AM PDT - (Business News Americas) - Rockhopper to raise US$53mn for exploration in early Aug - Falkland Islands
     UK company Rockhopper Exploration plans to raise 30mn pounds sterling (US$52.6mn) on the London AIM stock exchange in early August for exploration offshore the Falkland Islands, a consultant at Rockhopper's PR firm Aquila Financial, William Davidson, told BNamericas. (Source)


546. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 9:29 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Papua New Guinea
     HOUSTON, July 18 -- InterOil Corp., Toronto, plans to acquire more seismic data around its Black Bass-1 well, an indicated wet gas discovery on PPL 236 in the eastern Papuan basin 100 miles northwest of Port Moresby. (Source)


547. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - FX Energy Updates Status of Poland Operations
     In addition, this seismic will cover prospects in the ... The Company holds exploration rights to over 1.7 million ... to the Southern Gas Basin offshore England, and... (Source)


548. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (Business News Americas - Santiago,Chile) - Rockhopper to raise US$53mn for exploration in early Aug
     stock exchange in early August for exploration offshore the Falkland ... AIM to obtain financing for exploration in the ... which carried out a 3D seismic survey and... (Source)


549. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (Forbes - USA) - Total's ELF unit signs new production sharing agreement offshore
     agreement covers the OPL 223 block deep offshore South East Asia, just east of ... has taken a 90 pct stake in the block and will start seismic studies there... (Source)


550. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 1:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Sibneft Begins Offshore Seismic Work in Chukotka's Anadyr Bay
     Sibneft has begun carrying out geophysical exploration work on the Tumanskiy license block, located in the Anadyr Bay section of the Bering Sea. The company plans to collect 3000 kilometers of seismic data at the site. (Source)


551. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 6:50 AM PDT - (Oil Online) - Industry News - E&P Hotline - InterOil Provides Black Bass and Exploration Update InterOil Provides Black Bass and
     InterOil Corporation has provided the following drilling and exploration update. The Black Bass - 1 is the first onshore well in the Eastern most portion of the Papuan Basin to be drilled since the late 1960's and is located in Petroleum Prospecting License ("PPL") 236 in Papua New Guinea. (Source)


552. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 7:05 AM PDT - (Oil Online) - Industry News - Mergers & Acquisitions - Rocky Mountain Minerals sells interest in WA-329-P Rocky Mountain Minerals
     Rocky Mountain Minerals Inc. and its Joint Venture partners (Strata Resources N.L. and Octanex N.L.) have entered into an agreement with BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd and Apache Energy Limited for the sale of a 100% working interest in WA-329-P, a petroleum exploration permit in the offshore Exmouth Sub-basin of Australia. (Source)


553. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 1:48 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Sterling Farms-Out Stake in Madagascar Licenses to ExxonMobil
     Sterling has signed a farm-out deal with ExxonMobil for the Ambilobe and Ampasindava offshore licenses in Madagascar. (Source)


554. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 1:59 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Total signs PSC off Nigeria
     Total's Nigerian operating subsidiary, Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. signed a production-sharing contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. for oil prospecting license (OPL) 223 offshore southeast Nigeria. (Source)


555. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Sibneft Begins Offshore Seismic Work in Chukotka's Anadyr Bay
     received a five-year geological exploration license for ... built geological models of the offshore portion of ... gas basin based on drilling and seismic work carried... (Source)


556. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - William Restrepo to Join Seitel as Executive VP, CFO and Secretary
     used by oil and gas companies to assist in the exploration for and ... has ownership in an extensive library of proprietary onshore and offshore seismic data that... (Source)


557. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (MercoPress - Uruguay) - Falklands at Calgary oil conference
     are well advanced in their seismic exploration programmes ... the biggest worldwide oil exploration conference and ... sector of onshore and offshore minerals worldwide... (Source)


558. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - NNPC, Elf Sign Agreement On New Oil Block
     for the development of a deep offshore oil block ... Exploration activities are planned to start soon with the implementation of a seismic survey programme... (Source)


559. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Afren Announce Acquisition of Licence Interests in Gabon
     cover two shallow water exploration concessions offshore Gabon ... of 2D seismic and 332 km2 of 3D seismic ... in November 1999 and comprises two exploration terms of... (Source)


560. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (Oil Online - TX,USA) - Rocky Mountain Minerals sells interest in WA-329-P
     a petroleum exploration permit in the offshore Exmouth Sub ... and its Exmouth partners sold exploration permit WA ... undergoing a large, multi-permit seismic assessment... (Source)


561. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (The Moscow Times - Russia) - GDP Growth Slows in H1
     exploration work on an offshore region that may hold more than 1 billion tons (7.3 billion barrels) of oil reserves. The company plans to collect seismic data... (Source)


562. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:38 PM (PDT) - (Taipei Times - Taiwan) - Taiwan needs Spratly-deal details
     the Philippines -- including China National Offshore Oil Corp ... Oil Co, signed a joint exploration agreement to ... and agreed to conduct a seismic survey program in... (Source)


563. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 2:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Devon to Invest up to US$20mn in BM-C-32 Exploration
     US oil company Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) plans to invest US$15mn 20mn next year on exploratory drilling in the BM-C-32 block in the Campos basin, local daily Gazeta Mercantil reported. (Source)


564. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 3:08 AM PDT - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - Avery Resources to Acquire Interest in Highly Prospective Australian Licence
     CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Avery Resources Inc. : Avery Resources Pty. Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Stuart Petroleum Limited of Australia to earn a 35% interest in a 52 square kilometre sub-block in the highly prospective Petroleum Exploration Licence 113 in the South Australian sector of the Cooper Basin. (Source)


565. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 1:15 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - E&P takes off offshore Madagascar
     Independent E&P company, Sterling Energy Plc, signed a farm-out deal with Exxon Mobil Corp. for the Ambilobe and Ampasindava licenses offshore Madagascar. (Source)


566. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 2:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Falkland Oil & Gas to Begin Multi-Well Drilling Program in 2007
     John Armstrong, Falkland Oil & Gas chairman had the following comments at the company's annual general meeting: "FOGL has made considerable progress in the nine months since admission to AIM. We have more than doubled the size of our licence area and now have a vast acreage position of approximately 79,000 sq km which is equivalent to 312 North Sea style blocks. (Source)


567. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:50 PM (PDT) - (Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA) - Miss. coast anti-drilling group plans forum
     The new state law directed the governor and the MDA to hire research firms to aggressively pursue seismic exploration of the state's offshore natural gas... (Source)


568. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:50 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Vulcan Minerals Inc. - Exploration Update
     Based on existing seismic data the Storm Structure ... petroleum activities, both onshore and offshore Newfoundland ... Vulcan is a junior exploration company focused... (Source)


569. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:50 PM (PDT) - (Business Today Egypt - Cairo,Egypt) - July 2005
     About 150 kilometers offshore, a free floating rig is kept in ... way to compete, Eichler says, is to maximize exploration ... You can have the best seismic, the best... (Source)


570. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:50 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Total signs PSC off Nigeria
     for oil prospecting license (OPL) 223 offshore southeast Nigeria ... A seismic survey will kick-off exploration activities soon. (Source)


571. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 7:59 AM PDT - (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - La. company runs seismic tests south of Horn Island for possible drilling
     OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - A Louisiana company is running seismic tests about three miles south of Horn Island along the border between Mississippi and federal water boundaries in preparation for drilling, an official says. (Source)


572. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 6:49 AM PDT - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Eritrea Taps TGS-NOPEC To Promote Zula Exploration Block
     (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2005--Eritrea's Ministry of Energy and Mines has reached an agreement with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) to promote a licensing opportunity in the nation's Zula block. Zula, measuring 7,000 square kilometers, is located in the shallow waters (<60 meters) of the Red Sea offshore central Eritrea. The region (Source)


573. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 4:44 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Oil, Gas Testing Off Mississippi Coast Angers Offshore Drilling Opponents
     Jul. 21--Even as Coast business, tourism, environmental and local government leaders form ranks to fight offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling, a company is preparing to drill. (Source)


574. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 1:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Managing Director's comment:
     ARC Energy reports that the exploration well Evandra 1, operated by ARC and located in the onshore Perth Basin Production License L1, has been spud using the Century 11 rig. (Source)


575. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 8:43 AM PDT - (KATC3) - La. company runs tests south of Horn Island for possible drilling
     OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. A Louisiana company is running seismic tests about three miles south of Horn Island along the border between Mississippi and federal water boundaries in preparation for drilling. (Source)


576. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 1:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Stuart Petroleum has agreed to farmout a 35% interest in part of PEL113 in the South Australian sector of the Cooper
     license to the west. "Stuart Petroleum is pleased to be able to facilitate the entry of a new international player into the Cooper Basin which is recognized as a prospective exploration destination" Mr. Tino Guglielmo, Managing Director of Stuart Petroleum said. (Source)


577. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:05 PM (PDT) - (Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA) - La. company runs tests south of Horn Island for possible drilling
     The 2004 law directed the governor and the MDA to hire research firms to aggressively pursue seismic exploration of the state's offshore natural gas reserves... (Source)


578. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:05 PM (PDT) - (Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa) - US company to challenge oil drill decision
     bal Offshore Oil Exploration (South Africa) - whose holding ... with United Kingdom-based Jebco Seismic expired. Jebco and another oil exploration company, Pan... (Source)


579. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:05 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Eritrea Taps TGS-NOPEC to Promote Zula Exploration Block
     located in the shallow waters (<60 meters) of the Red Sea offshore central Eritrea ... has created a data room at its Houston office to display seismic data, well... (Source)


580. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:05 PM (PDT) - (RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA) - Perenco Grows in Turkey, Egypt; Departs US
     A seismic survey will be acquired this year, and in ... will be responsible for drilling an exploration well ... to develop Tao gas field on the Offshore North Sinai... (Source)


581. Fri, 22 Jul 2005 1:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Valkyries Petroleum Acquires Offshore Caspian Block
     Valkyries Petroleum has acquired a 70% interest in the Lagansky exploration block located offshore in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. The Lagansky Block is directly adjacent to the Caspian Field project operated by the Company onshore Kalmykia. (Source)


582. Sun, 24 Jul 2005 8:36 AM PDT - (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - Thai PTTEP to explore Myanmar oil block
     BANGKOK, July 25 (Reuters) - Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production PCL (PTTEP) said on Monday a wholly-owned subsidiary will sign a contract to explore for oil and gas in Myanmar's offshore M-11 block. (Source)


583. Sun, 24 Jul 2005 02:23 PM (PDT) - (Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica) - Three bids for oil exploration licence
     selected contractor will do further seismic and geo ... special arrangement linked to results of the exploration ... scale in respect of offshore drilling, decreasing... (Source)


584. Mon, 25 Jul 2005 2:32 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Avery Resources has exercised its option to enter into an agreement with Australian company Innamincka Petroleum
     Basin. PEL 103 was a highly sought-after license that was announced as a part of compulsory relinquishments of leases that were long held by a Santos-led consortium. (Source)


585. Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:25 PM PDT - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - Avery Resources Enters Exploration Agreement in Australia's Cooper Basin
     CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Avery Resources Inc. : Avery Resources Pty. Ltd. has exercised its option to enter into an agreement with Australian company Innamincka Petroleum Limited and US company Vernon E. (Source)


586. Mon, 25 Jul 2005 6:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - PTTEP Awarded Block M-11 Offshore Myanmar
     PTTEP will sign a Production Sharing Contract to become the Operator, with 100% interest, in petroleum exploration project Block M-11, Union of Myanmar. The block is located in the Gulf of Martaban, covering a total area of approximately 7,200 square kilometers. (Source)


587. Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:38 PM (PDT) - (Analytical Information Agency - Moscow,Russia) - Valkyries Petroleum acquired Offshore Caspian Block.
     Company has mobilized a 2D offshore seismic program of ... be integrated into the existing seismic interpretation and it is expected that exploration drilling will... (Source)


588. Thu, 28 Jul 2005 3:23 AM PDT - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Global Petroleum: Mapping Shows Offshore Kenya Leads
     DJ Global Petroleum: Mapping Shows Offshore Kenya Leads Edited Press Release LONDON (Dow Jones)--Global Petroleum Ltd said Thursday that survey mapping has revealed several leads at offshore Kenya locations. In a quarterly report, Chairman John Armstrong said the company has a holding of 20% in three blocks L-5, L-7, and L-11 offshore Kenya. In regard to the fourth Block L-10 which is held by (Source)


589. Thu, 28 Jul 2005 2:16 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - The deals announced by Oil Minister Zeidane Ould H'meida expand the breadth of the northwest African state's commitment
     Mauritania on Thursday signed new contracts with Spain's Repsol YPF SA, Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd, and Canada's Energem Resources to expand exploration and drilling operations in the oil fields offshore in its Atlantic coastal waters. (Source)


590. Fri, 29 Jul 2005 0:08 AM PDT - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Meridian Petroleum: Milford 36 Well Hydrocarbon Discovery
     DJ Meridian Petroleum: Milford 36 Well Hydrocarbon Discovery Edited Press Release LONDON (Dow Jones)--Meridian Petroleum PLC, an oil & gas exploration and production company with key assets in the U.S. and Australia, said Friday that the Milford 36 well located in the Southern Reef Trend in the Michigan Basin is an important hydrocarbon discovery. The well reached total depth on May 19, 2005 and (Source)


591. Fri, 29 Jul 2005 1:16 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Vulcan Sub-Basin
     Bounty Oil is moving forward with its exploration program offshore Australia. Due to tight rig availability the timing of some wells has been pushed back. (Source)


592. Fri, 29 Jul 2005 9:43 AM PDT - (BizJournals) - TGS to promote E&P licensing for block offshore Eritrea
     Eritrea's Ministry of Energy and Mines has reached an agreement with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. to promote licensing for oil and gas exploration and production in the nation's Zula block. (Source)


593. Fri, 29 Jul 2005 0:08 AM PDT - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News) - Meridian Petroleum: Milford 36 Well Hydrocarbon Discovery
     LONDON (Dow Jones)--Meridian Petroleum PLC, an oil & gas exploration and production company with key assets in the U.S. and Australia, said Friday that the Milford 36 well located in the Southern Reef Trend in the Michigan Basin is an important hydrocarbon discovery. (Source)


594. Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:31 PM (PDT) - (Times of India - India) - ONGC needs Rs 1,200cr to rebuild platform
     team operating from the seismic exploration vessel Academic Arkhangelsky during mapping of the Gulf of Cambay in 1964-1967. The first offshore well was sunk in... (Source)


595. Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:31 PM (PDT) - (MSNBC - USA) - Energy bill raises pollution, fraud worries
     Betty Anthony, director for exploration and production at ... Lawmakers also authorized seismic blasting in sensitive marine areas to gauge offshore oil reserves... (Source)


596. Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:42 PM (PDT) - (PakTribune.com - Pakistan) - OGDCL plans to drill 113 exploratory wells by 2007
     They said that the company's exploration, appraisal and development programmes for ... km, 4-D seismic survey of 200 sq ... km and 3-D offshore Seismic Survey of 1880 Sq... (Source)


597. Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:42 PM (PDT) - (Houston Chronicle - United States) - HoustonChronicle.com
     will acquire 4,350 miles of 2-D seismic data in ... deep-water discovery in Block 31 offshore from Angola ... Block 31 along with operator BP Exploration Angola, with... (Source)


598. Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:42 PM (PDT) - (WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA) - South Mississippians Concerned About Federal Energy Bill
     mandates an inventory of all offshore oil and ... Mississippi Congressional Delegation say domestic exploration is a ... and they essentially do the seismic test there... (Source)



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599. Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:19 PM PDT - (The Age) - Market fired up by AWE gas find
     Australian Worldwide Exploration has shot to record levels after notching up a third gas field discovery in permit Vic/P44 in the Otway Basin offshore from Port Campbell in Western Victoria. (Source)


600. Mon, 01 Aug 2005 2:55 AM PDT - (The Christian Science Monitor) - New energy probe may harm sea life
     US quest to find offshore oil and gas reserves raises concerns about 'sound blasting' marine animals. (Source)


601. Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:01 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Pioneer Expands Alaska Program, Acquires Interest in Cook Inlet
     operatorship of the Cosmopolitan Unit located offshore in the ... The new 3-D seismic survey is expected ... a large independent oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


602. Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:01 PM (PDT) - (The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia) - Market fired up by AWE gas find
     Vic/P44 in the Otway Basin offshore from Port ... report that the Henry 1 wildcat exploration well had ... data together with three-dimensional seismic has indicated... (Source)


603. Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:07 PM (PDT) - (Christian Science Monitor - USA) - New energy probe may harm sea life
     that do offshore energy production and exploration. Mr. Kearns also notes healthy whale and fish stocks in the Gulf of Mexico where seismic testing has been... (Source)


604. Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:07 PM (PDT) - (Falkland Islands News Network - Stanley,Falkland Islands) - Governor's Report on July EXCO Meeting
     from 20 December 2005 the exploration licence held by Geophysical Service Incorporated, under which they are entitled to acquire offshore seismic data under... (Source)


605. Wed, 03 Aug 2005 2:17 AM PDT - (RedNova) - The Exploration Company Updates Maverick Basin Operations
     The Exploration Company (Nasdaq:TXCO) today provided an operations update on its Maverick Basin acreage block in Southwest Texas. Operating highlights include: -- Four rigs currently drilling on TXCO projects. (Source)


606. Wed, 03 Aug 2005 9:54 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - The Exploration Company Updates Maverick Basin Operations
     The Exploration Company today provided an operations update on its Maverick Basin acreage block in Southwest Texas. (Source)


607. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 4:10 AM PDT - (Business Recorder) - PPL abandons Pasni X-2 exploration ARIF RANAISLAMABAD (August 05 2005): The Pakistan Petroleum Limited-led (PPL) joint
     ISLAMABAD (August 05 2005): The Pakistan Petroleum Limited-led (PPL) joint venture for Pasni X-2 offshore exploration has turned out to be a bleeding wound for the nation, as after spending $31 million, its end result is zero. (Source)


608. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 8:15 AM PDT - (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Bayou City Exploration Announces the Addition of Consulting Geophysicist
     Bayou City Exploration, Inc. announces the addition of Melinda Sisk to the Geophysical team. Ms. Sisk is an expert in the analysis of 3D seismic using the AVO and other acoustic impedence techniques. Some of Melinda's accomplishments include finding the one billion barrel Cusiana field in Columbia, South America, as well as significant finds in the Gulf of Mexico, the Permian Basin and onshore (Source)


609. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 5:29 AM PDT - (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - I/O Signs Multi-Year Agreement With Reservoir Exploration Technology; Demonstrating Increased E&P Industry Acceptance
     Input/Output, Inc. and Reservoir Exploration Technology , a marine seismic contractor headquartered in Oslo, Norway, jointly announced today the signing of a multi-year agreement for the purchase of I/O's VectorSeis Ocean system. (Source)


610. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:46 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - AWE Identifies Several Large Canterbury Basin Prospects
     Several large prospects in the Canterbury Basin have been identified from reprocessed seismic data, Sydney-based, Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd says in its report for the quarter to June 30. (Source)


611. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:46 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Aminex Signs Production Sharing Agreement in North Korea
     Aminex and its wholly-owned subsidiary Korex Ltd. have signed a formal Production Sharing Agreement with the authorities in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea covering the West Sea offshore basin, a part of the East Sea offshore basin, the onshore Anju basin, the onshore Jaeryong basin and the onshore Pyongyang basin. (Source)


612. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:26 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - I/O Signs Multi-Year Agreement With Reservoir Exploration
     full-wave data over several offshore fields for a US ... About RXT Reservoir Exploration Technology is a marine ... was formed originally as Terra Seismic Services in... (Source)


613. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:26 PM (PDT) - (Finance24 - Cape Town,South Africa) - Gold Fields Limited - Interim Results
     of adding 1.5 million ounces of offshore production to ... seen an increase in seismic events at ... Exploration expenditure Exploration expenditure increased from R43... (Source)


614. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:26 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Toreador Reports Second-Quarter 2005 ResultsUpdates Operational
     can be used to lay the offshore pipeline ... $1.5 million of the geophysical and exploration costs on ... Sea coast, Toreador is evaluating reprocessed seismic in order... (Source)


615. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:26 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Aminex Sign Production Sharing Agreement in North Korea
     part of the country's onshore and offshore territory considered ... in the first period consists of new seismic acquisition and one new exploration well... (Source)


616. Fri, 05 Aug 2005 7:50 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Gulf Exploration Stays on Energy Bill
     Aug. 5--PANAMA CITY -- A petition signed by about 10,000 Floridians was not enough to prevent offshore oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, but it did help, a representative from U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson's office said Thursday. (Source)


617. Fri, 05 Aug 2005 8:49 AM PDT - (Oil Online) - OilOnline - The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry
     édegaard is playing a key role in offering specially enhanced seismic data to E&P companies considering applications for exploration acreage in Denmark--s eagerly anticipated 6th Offshore Licensing Round closing on 1 November this year. (Source)


618. Fri, 05 Aug 2005 9:19 AM PDT - (Manila Bulletin) - Australian firm to drill in Palawan
     Perth-based Nido Petroleum Philippines Pty Ltd. will be pouring in fresh investment of US$24.4 million (roughly P1.342 billion at prevailing peso-dollar exchange rate) for exploration and drilling of four wells on offshore Northwest Palawan. (Source)


619. Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA) - Lott says oil, natural gas inventory no impact on barrier islands
     The new state law directed the governor and the MDA to hire research firms to aggressively pursue seismic exploration of the state's offshore natural gas... (Source)


620. Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (Unison.ie - Ireland) - Aminex shares rise on North Korea plan
     Sea offshore basin, a part of the East Sea offshore basin, the ... in the first period consists of new seismic acquisition and one new exploration well, the... (Source)


621. Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (Boston Globe - United States) - Exploration on Georges Bank OK'd
     than a blueprint for massive new offshore drilling," said ... Comprehensive seismic surveys are expected to cost between ... could choose to fund exploration only on... (Source)


622. Sat, 06 Aug 2005 3:55 AM PDT - (Cape Cod Times) - Energy bill hid offshore interests
     In 1979, oil interests paid the federal government $816.5 million to drill on eight tracts of land in the Georges Bank shoals, about 125 miles southeast of Nantucket. (Source)


623. Mon, 08 Aug 2005 3:21 AM PDT - (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - Avery Resources Adds to Australian Cooper Basin Portfolio
     CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Avery Resources Pty. Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Australian companies Victoria Petroleum N.L. and Bow Energy Ltd. to earn an interest in the highly prospective oil and gas exploration permit ATP 752P in the Queensland sector of the Cooper Basin. (Source)


624. Mon, 08 Aug 2005 2:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Tui Oil Project Final Investment Decision within Two Months
     A final investment decision (FID) for the NZ$220m Tui area oil field project in offshore Taranaki is on track to be made by September or October, according to one of the joint venture partners, New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd (NZOG). (Source)


625. Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:08 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News- USA) - Source: Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc.
     Bois d'Arc has drilled twelve offshore wells (10.2 net ... All of the exploration wells were successful and six ... of 13,500 feet to test a seismic amplitude thought... (Source)


626. Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:08 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Australia's Ottoman To Get Philippine Oil Prospect Stake
     440,000-hectare prospect that covers both offshore and onshore areas in central Philippines, in exchange for footing the bill of acquiring new seismic data and... (Source)


627. Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:08 PM (PDT) - (Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA) - Bush will give OK today to sweeping energy bill
     allowing an inventory of the nation's offshore oil and ... the blasting needed for a seismic inventory will ... US energy industry, much of it to promote exploration... (Source)


628. Tue, 09 Aug 2005 3:18 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Barta Block
     Avery Resources (Australia) Pty. Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Australian companies Victoria Petroleum N.L. and Bow Energy Ltd. to earn an interest in the highly prospective oil and gas exploration permit ATP 752P in the Queensland sector of the Cooper Basin. (Source)


629. Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:31 AM PDT - (Yahoo! India News) - Wednesday August 10, 10:24 AM By Lola Nayar, Indo-Asian News Service
     New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) In its continuing search for newer oil sources, India's ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) is expecting to pick up 50 percent equity stake in an exploration block in Kazakhstan in the oil-rich Caspian Sea region. (Source)


630. Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:20 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - CGX Energy Inc.: Onshore Drilling Update
     of CGX stated that, "In the offshore, during the ... progress in the re-interpretation of seismic in the ... a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company focused... (Source)


631. Wed, 10 Aug 2005 3:53 AM PDT - (Daily Times) - Premier Oil to invest $40m in offshore drilling
     ISLAMABAD: Premier Oil with its Shell Partner would drill an exploratory well by next weather window in offshore Indus 'E' Block with an estimated investment of over US $40 million. (Source)


632. Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:43 PM (PDT) - (Vero Beach Press-Journal - Vero Beach,FL,USA) - Editorial: Florida still faces threat of drilling
     ban on underwater drilling and seismic exploration for oil ... a ban on drilling and exploration, but that ... Similar concerns about drilling offshore from Florida... (Source)


633. Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:43 PM (PDT) - (Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan) - Premier Oil to drill offshore exploratory well by next year
     Shell-has completed extensive 3D seismic survey, the ... Oil-Kufpec (Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company) were ... that Premier Oil Pakistan offshore BV has... (Source)


634. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 1:28 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Exploration & Development - Quick Takes
     China, Vietnam eye joint South China Sea work Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Vietnamese counterpart, Phan Van Khai, agreed on July 4 that their countries, together with the Philippines, should jointly explore several disputed areas of the South China Sea. (Source)


635. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 1:27 AM PDT - (RedNova) - China Pushes Domestic Upstream Development
     China's national and international oil companies are actively involved in exploration and development projects on and offshore China. Commentaries attribute China's quest for overseas petroleum to its lack of domestic oil and gas resources. (Source)


636. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 1:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Niko Resources Updates Operations in India
     Niko says the fourth and fifth new wells drilled on the offshore platform in Hazira were put on production during the quarter resulting in a total of six wells, including an appraisal well, currently producing on the platform. (Source)


637. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (Albany Great Southern Weekender - Albany,Australia) - Scientists tip offshore oil reserve
     "frontier territory", 50km offshore in the Bremer Sub ... Companies which take up an exploration licence could start searching with their own seismic surveys as... (Source)


638. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA) - ExplorationDevelopment - Quick Takes
     Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) and China National Offshore oil Corp ... 2D seismic data, 3,521 sq km of 3D seismic data, and the drilling of two exploration wells... (Source)


639. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA) - China Pushes Domestic Upstream Development
     China's offshore resources include the fields in the South ... andViet Nam have reportedly agreed to limited joint exploration ... atolls in a 3-year seismic survey.2... (Source)


640. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan) - Premier Oil to invest $40m in offshore drilling
     venture has completed extensive 3D seismic survey, the ... Oil-Kufpec (Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company) were ... that Premier Oil Pakistan Offshore BV has... (Source)


641. Fri, 12 Aug 2005 1:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - PERTH, Aug 12, 2005 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex)
     Australia's Santos Ltd. (STOSY) said Friday that it still believes its Jeruk field offshore Indonesia may contain more than 170 million barrels of oil, despite concerns by broker UBS about recent "disappointing" test results. (Source)


642. Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:09 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - DMR: State has authority over drilling near islands
     The topic of the state's authority in federal waters came during a discussion of DMR's authority to regulate seismic exploration and offshore drilling south of... (Source)


643. Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:09 PM (PDT) - (Los Angeles Times - CA,USA) - Coastal Panel Fights Drilling Plans
     inventories of all of the untapped offshore reserves as ... said, to conduct a thorough exploration of the 36 ... Doing so would involve seismic surveys involving the... (Source)


644. Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:46 AM PDT - (Financial Express) - Cairn to drill three exploratory wells in the offshore
     The Cairn Energy, a Scotland -based international oil company (IOC) having operations in Bangladesh, will drill at least three exploratory wells in the offshore Block 16 by May 2008, official sources said. (Source)


645. Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:20 PM (PDT) - (The Financial Express - Bangladesh) - Cairn to drill three exploratory wells in the offshore
     The Cairn last month concluded seismic surveys in Block 16 that covers Kutubdia and its ... The Cairn intends to go for exploration in the offshore block by... (Source)


646. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:46 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Barents Sea Exploration Celebrates 25 Years
     This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea. In spite of several large discoveries, the Barents Sea remains the least explored area of the Norwegian continental shelf. There is a large resource potential, however. (Source)


647. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 2:36 AM PDT - (Business News Americas) - Petrobank, ANH in talks for exploration contract, 3 TEAs - Colombia
     Canadian oil company Petrobank (TSE: PBG) is in talks with Colombia's hydrocarbons regulator ANH for a new exploration contract and three technical evaluation agreements (TEAs) in the Llanos basin, the company said in its Q2 earnings statement Monday. (Source)


648. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 2:31 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Talisman Announces First Oil Production From South Angsi Field in Malaysia
     Talisman Malaysia Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM) (NYSE:TLM), announced first oil production was achieved on August 14 from the South Angsi field in Block PM-305 offshore Malaysia. (Source)


649. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:36 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - GeoGlobal Announces Award of Two NELP V Blocks
     kms of 3-D seismic and drill a total of 24 ... the outcome of those activities on the exploration block in ... the Company owns an interest in located offshore on the... (Source)


650. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:36 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Rockhopper Exploration Placing and First Day of Dealing on AiM
     Exploration plc, the oil and gas exploration company with ... owns a 100 per cent interest in four offshore production licences ... km.) seismic programme is planned... (Source)


651. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:36 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Talisman Announces First Oil Production From South Angsi Field in
     the South Angsi field in Block PM-305 offshore Malaysia ... In addition, a recently completed seismic survey has identified further exploration potential close... (Source)


652. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:36 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Afren Signs Agreement for Participation in the Development of the
     itself as the leading pan-African exploration and production ... Ogedeh is fully covered by 3D seismic and technical ... Ogedeh is located offshore in 40ft of water... (Source)


653. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 1:17 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Petrobank, ANH in Talks for Exploration Contract, 3 TEAs
     Canadian oil company Petrobank (TSE: PBG) is in talks with Colombia's hydrocarbons regulator ANH for a new exploration contract and three technical evaluation agreements (TEAs) in the Llanos basin, the company said in its Q2 earnings statement Monday. (Source)


654. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 3:50 AM PDT - (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Cairn Energy Signs Deal for Exploration
     The Cairn Energy PLC, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, signed a deal with Bangladesh government on Tuesday to explore oil and gas from the nation's offshore facilities, officials said. (Source)


655. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:21 AM PDT - (Business News Americas) - Petrobras hopeful about new Amazon oil finds - Brazil
     Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) expects to find oil and natural gas in coming days in the onshore Amazonian exploratory block BT-SOL1 in the Soliméµes basin, Soliméµes basin exploration assets manager Calso Murakami told BNamericas. (Source)


656. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:00 PM (PDT) - (Euronext - Netherlands) - (Euronext Amsterdam) - Fugro announces voluntary offer for all
     operate a joint venture whereunder Fugro markets and operates and provides seismic operations for four of Exploration Resources' offshore seismic vessels... (Source)


657. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:00 PM (PDT) - (Market Wire- USA) - Harken Energy Provides Domestic Operations Update
     primarily along the onshore and offshore Texas and ... of cataloging and prioritizing the seismic data ... two significant Coalbed Methane Exploration and Development... (Source)


658. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:00 PM (PDT) - (MSN Money - USA) - Cairn Energy Signs Deal for Exploration
     getting positive results from initial seismic surveys in three prospective offshore plants, Bangladesh's ... to carrying out further exploration in Bangladesh... (Source)


659. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:00 PM (PDT) - (Unison.ie - Ireland) - Explorer Afren up 23pc on Nigerian deal
     a deal to participate in an offshore Nigerian oil ... Shell and worked as international exploration manager with ... "Seismic analysis suggests the Ogedeh licence area... (Source)


660. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:00 PM (PDT) - (The Edge Daily - Malaysia) - First oil production at South Angsi field, T'ganu
     South Angsi field at Block PM-305, about 100km offshore Terengganu ... A recently completed seismic survey had identified further exploration potential close... (Source)


661. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 1:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - ANH to Accept Bids Sep 21-22 to Shoot 1,528km 2D Seismic in Colombia
     Colombia's hydrocarbons regulator ANH will receive bids September 21-22 from companies interested in contracts to shoot and interpret a total 1,528km of 2D seismic in four frontier basins, an ANH source told BNamericas. (Source)


662. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - WSG Group Systems Inc. Announces Reverse Takeover With Duinord
     high-risk, high-reward wildcat exploration programs ... Additional seismic work is expected to be completed on ... also located in the shallow water offshore North East... (Source)


663. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (Scotsman - United Kingdom) - Cairn signs Bangladesh exploration deal
     deal was struck in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, after positive results from initial seismic surveys in three prospective offshore plants, said Bangladesh's... (Source)


664. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (Carlow Nationalist - Carlow,Ireland) - Shell accepts licence for Donegal field
     an interest in five exploration licences offshore Ireland ... is in line with our global exploration strategy, which ... Shell will carry out a 3D seismic survey early... (Source)


665. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (Falkland Islands News Network - Stanley,Falkland Islands) - FINN(COM) Daily Record: Monday, 15 August 2005
     a 100 per cent interest in four offshore production licences ... km.) seismic programme is planned ... That exploration proved the existence of a world class source rock... (Source)


666. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14 PM (PDT) - (ChemicalEngineering News - USA) - The Ice Meth Cometh
     In a $5 million study, BP Exploration Alaska, along with ... More detailed seismic and well ... kind of onshore drilling platform modeled after offshore platforms and... (Source)


667. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 2:09 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Exploration Picks Up Off Several Countries in the Mediterranean
     Recent events point toward acceleration of exploration off several countries in the central and eastern Mediterranean Sea. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, took a farmout from Pancontinental oil & Gas NL (Pancon), Perth, to explore Pancon's offshore Malta exploration study area. (Source)


668. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:15 AM PDT - (RedNova) - ACOR Estimates Possible $500,000,000 in Reserves From Just One of Six Prospects on Offshore Australia VIC/P60; Come See
     Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. (herein called ACOR) (OTCBB:AUCAF) is pleased to announce that ACOR has been extremely busy on the seismic program on VIC/P60 in conjunction with its partners. (Source)


669. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 1:45 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Timor-Leste launches first offshore bid round
     MELBOURNE, Aug. 18 -- Mari Altakiri, prime minister of Timor-Leste, announced the country's first oil exploration bidding round for the Timor Sea. Altakiri said the round would be competitive and transparent in an accountable process, with details available early next month. (Source)


670. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 1:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - "We have drilled 1,600 meters and in another 80-90m we will be crossing the stratum where we expect reserves to be," he
     Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) expects to find oil and natural gas in coming days in the onshore Amazonian exploratory block BT-SOL1 in the Soliméµes basin, Soliméµes basin exploration assets manager Calso Murakami told BNamericas. (Source)


671. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 8:46 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - ACOR Estimates Possible $500,000,000 in Reserves from Just One of Six Prospects on Offshore Australia VIC/P60
     Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. is pleased to announce that ACOR has been extremely busy on the seismic program on VIC/P60 in conjunction with its partners. ACOR owns a 25% interest in the 339,700 acre offshore Australia petroleum permit VIC/P60, located in the prolific Bass Strait. (Source)


672. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 2:17 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - EnerGulf Exercises NAMCOR Option in Namibia
     EnerGulf Resources has exercised its option granted to it by The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) for a 25% working interest in Block 1711, offshore Namibia. (Source)


673. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:01 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Stratic Announces Successful Results of Black Sea Drilling and
     the block and hope to commence seismic acquisition in ... gas company active in the acquisition, exploration and development ... in Africa, Middle East and offshore UK... (Source)


674. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:01 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Canadian Natural Resources Limited Announces Commencement of
     drilled in 2002 and extensive 3D seismic mapping ... Canadian Natural is a senior exploration and production company ... Canada, the North Sea and offshore West Africa... (Source)


675. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:01 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - ACOR Estimates Possible $500,000,000 in Reserves from Just One of
     a 25% interest in the 339,700 acre offshore Australia petroleum ... New players have entered the exploration scene and the amount of seismic data, particularly... (Source)


676. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:01 PM (PDT) - (San Jose Mercury News - United States) - Sen. Lott says war in Iraq has shift money away from shipbuilding
     the governor and the Mississippi Development Authority are hiring research firms to aggressively pursue seismic exploration of the state's offshore natural gas... (Source)


677. Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:01 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - EnerGulf Exercises NAMCOR Option in Namibia
     a 25% working interest in Block 1711, offshore Namibia ... Two separate exploration prospects have been identified by extensive modern seismic data on... (Source)


678. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:46 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Origin to Acquire additional Stake in BassGas & Offshore Otway Basin
     Origin Energy has entered into conditional agreements to acquire an additional 5% interest in the BassGas project and a 1% interest in the Offshore Otway Basin and nearby exploration acreage from CalEnergy Gas (Australia) Limited. (Source)


679. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 1:16 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Mississippi Governor to Allow More Public Input for Offshore Drilling
     Gov. Haley Barbour on Thursday offered some olive branches to opponents of offshore drilling, including a study that would, at the very least, slow the process and allow more public input. (Source)


680. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:45 PM (PDT) - (Jobwerx - Seattle,WA,USA) - Engineering Plastics Aide Offshore Oil Exploration
     USA--(Jobwerx News)--Engineering stock shape plastics help improve speed and sensitivity of marine seismic measurements for offshore oil and gas exploration... (Source)


681. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:45 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - Barbour seeks impact study on seismic testing
     impact of any energy development offshore as set ... regulations and rules, permits for seismic testing, leases ... does not specifically limit exploration and drilling... (Source)


682. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:45 PM (PDT) - (SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA) - Barbour calls for study
     a bill aimed at promoting drilling and exploration in state ... to the DMR asking for an offshore drilling impact ... No seismic testing or drilling will take place on... (Source)


683. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:45 PM (PDT) - (Greeneville Sun - Greeneville,TN,USA) - Congressman Urges Oil Drilling In ANWR
     and the Alaskan white fish caught offshore there are ... Refuge was established in 1960, exploration in the ... aeromagnetic surveys and two winter seismic surveys in... (Source)


684. Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:40 PM (PDT) - (Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA) - Anti-drilling coalition to host rally Sunday
     the state's three-mile boundary to offshore drilling ... member of a small, independent exploration company in ... issue, although she agrees with seismic testing off... (Source)


685. Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:10 PM (PDT) - (MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA) - Energy Bill allows seismic survey on Georges Bank
     than a blueprint for massive new offshore drilling," said ... Comprehensive seismic surveys are expected to cost between ... could choose to fund exploration only on... (Source)


686. Mon, 22 Aug 2005 9:12 AM PDT - (News From Bangladesh) - Bids for seismic surveys in deep sea likely
     The government is likely to invite international bidding to conduct seismic surveys in the country's economic zone, extending deep into the Bay of Bengal. (Source)


687. Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:27 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - EnerGulf Expands Technical Support
     Saudi Arabia, offshore Madagascar, offshore Republic of ... Dr. Davis' specialties include seismic stratigraphy, regional ... Energy and Davis Exploration Consulting... (Source)


688. Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:27 PM (PDT) - (Pressbox.co.uk- London,UK) - SmallCapReview Introduces Gulfmark Offshore and Mitcham Industries
     to companies involved in the offshore exploration, and production ... Sea, offshore southeast Asia, offshore India, Brazil ... leasing and sale of seismic equipment to... (Source)


689. Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:27 PM (PDT) - (Sun Star - Philippines) - Search shifts to Bohol Strait; Bogo supply not enough
     Bohol-Cebu offshore oil exploration. The exploration will be conducted next week or in the first week of September, depending on when the seismic survey is done... (Source)


690. Tue, 23 Aug 2005 2:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Origin Energy Awarded New Exploration Permit Offshore New Zealand
     Origin Energy Resources NZ Limited advises that it has been awarded a new exploration permit in the offshore Canterbury Basin, South Island, New Zealand. (Source)


691. Tue, 23 Aug 2005 3:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Location
     Tap Oil Limited advises that the Takahe-1 exploration well spudded on 23 August 2005 utilising the ODE Rig 19. The Takahe-1 well is located onshore in the New Zealand Taranaki Basin Permit PEP38744 with a surface location of latitude 39°06' 37.216" S and longitude 174°09' 11.76" E. (Source)


692. Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:38 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Bolt Technology Corporation Reports Fiscal Year 2005 Results
     is a leading worldwide developer and manufacturer of seismic energy sources and underwater connectors used in the offshore seismic exploration for oil and gas... (Source)


693. Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:38 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - PrimeEnergy Corporation Forms OilGas Partnership with GE
     The Company's offshore operations in the Gulf of ... its wholly owned subsidiary, FW Oil Exploration LLC In ... inexact nature of interpretation of seismic and other... (Source)


694. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 4:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - The rig will target the Bilabri-1 well, which the company said has encountered several gas zones which 3D seismic
     LONDON (AFX) - Equator Exploration Ltd said it expects to start drilling its first well at block OML 122, located offshore Nigeria, in November, after it issued a letter of intent to take five well slots for a semi-submersible rig from Fred Olsen Energy ASA's Dolphin Drilling Co. (Source)


695. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 2:39 AM PDT - (Channel NewsAsia) - SPC bags 30% stake in Cambodian oil exploration programme
     SINGAPORE : Singapore Petroleum Company has acquired a 30 percent interest in an oil exploration programme off Cambodia. The exploration field is located 250 kilometres off the Cambodian coast, to the south-east of the Khmer Basin, where a number of oil and gas discoveries have been made. (Source)


696. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 5:56 AM PDT - (ShareCast) - Equator to drill Nigeria in November
     LONDON (SHARECAST) - Equator Exploration gushed higher today as it announced plans to drill appraisal and exploration wells offshore Nigeria in November after signing up to take five well slots for the Bulford Dolphin semi-submersible rig. (Source)


697. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 4:10 AM PDT - (Daily Times) - PPL, SP for offshore drilling
     KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) was negotiating with Shell Pakistan for offshore drilling in Indus Delta basin. Managing director PPL, Syed Munsif Raza said this at a workshop on Wednesday. (Source)


698. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:27 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - PRESS RELEASE: Singapore Pete In Cambodia Oil Block Deal
     in the Block B Petroleum Agreement, offshore Cambodia, with ... will comprise the drilling of one exploration well and ... of 200 square kilometres of 3D seismic data... (Source)


699. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:27 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - FX Energy Updates Status on Sroda-5 and Lugi-1 Wells
     a separate high feature identified on seismic approximately 4 ... The Company holds exploration rights to over 1.7 ... to the Southern Gas Basin offshore England, and... (Source)


700. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:27 PM (PDT) - (ShareCast - London,UK) - Equator to drill Nigeria in November
     to drill appraisal and exploration wells offshore Nigeria in ... of existing discoveries, the exploration of prospects ... oil per day, while 3D seismic also indicates... (Source)


701. Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:27 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Canadian Natural Resources Limited Announces Pipeline
     of the North Sea and Offshore West Africa ... implement its business strategy, including exploration and development ... availability and cost of seismic, drilling and... (Source)


702. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 2:46 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Bulford Dolphin Lands Contract Offshore Nigeria
     Equator Exploration announced that it has issued a Letter of Intent to Dolphin Drilling Company, a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Energy ASA, to take five well slots for the Bulford Dolphin semisubmersible rig. (Source)


703. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 0:55 AM PDT - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Singapore Petroleum Grabs Slice Of Cambodian Oil Venture
     Regional oil and gas player Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) has grabbed a 30 per cent stake in an offshore oil exploration project in Cambodia. (Source)


704. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 6:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Petrolifera to Start Neuquén Drilling
     Calgary-based oil company Petrolifera Petroleum plans to start drilling on its Argentine Puesto Morales and Rinconada blocks in the Neuquén basin in October pending rig availability, the company said in its Q2 earnings statement. (Source)


705. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Equator Exploration Outlines Drilling Plans
     122 is located 25-60 km offshore in water ... encountered several gas zones which 3D seismic indicates are ... The exploration well will target the Owanare prospect... (Source)


706. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - SOCO Announces Participation in New License Area Offshore Republic
     interest in the Marine XI block, offshore the Republic ... By employing the modern seismic techniques that the ... As exploration in West Africa moves into ever deeper... (Source)


707. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan) - PPL, SP for offshore drilling
     "We have completed seismic surveys in these areas and plan ... Referring to offshore exploration activities near Gwadar, he said the quality of gas was not good... (Source)


708. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (International Herald Tribune - France) - Rising oil prices lift Santos net in first half
     10 percent, helped by five new offshore projects scheduled ... at Jeruk and plans further seismic work at ... in decline with new assets and exploration," said Stuart... (Source)


709. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (Kenai Peninsula Online - Kenai,AK,USA) - Favretto says task force needs new mission
     facilities in the Cook Inlet Basin be promoted; that 3-D seismic surveys be conducted both onshore and offshore; that an offshore jack-up exploration drill rig... (Source)


710. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:06 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Unicorp Acquires Additional Interest in Abbeville Field
     in a 2,572 acre tract located offshore in the ... gas properties with the intent of exploration and development or by ... such as horizontal drilling and 3-D seismic... (Source)


711. Fri, 26 Aug 2005 1:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China's largest offshore oil producer, announced here Friday that
     BEIJING, Aug 26, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China began cooperation with the Philippines and Vietnam in a joint marine seismic undertaking in the disputed South China Sea area, and a ceremony for the project was held on Friday. (Source)


712. Fri, 26 Aug 2005 7:01 AM PDT - (RedNova) - New Images Reveal Different Magma Pools Form the Ocean's Crust
     For the first time, scientists have produced images of the oceanic crust and found that the upper and lower layers of the crust are likely formed from different magma pools. (Source)


713. Fri, 26 Aug 2005 1:18 AM PDT - (Newswise) - New Images Reveal Different Magma Pools form the Ocean's Crust
     For the first time, scientists have produced images of the oceanic crust and found that the upper and lower layers of the crust are likely formed from different magma pools. The images begin to answer some lingering questions about where new ocean crust comes from and whether it is all formed the same way. (Source)


714. Sat, 27 Aug 2005 4:49 AM PDT - (AngolaPress) - China, Philippines, Vietnam work on disputed in South China Sea area
     BEIJING, 08/27 - China began cooperation with the Philippines and Vietnam in a joint marine seismic undertaking in the disputed South China Sea area, and a ceremony for the project was held on Friday. (Source)


715. Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:55 PM (PDT) - (Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines) - China firm to explore for oil in Spratlys
     national oil companies have also agreed to a "three-dimensional seismic exploration project," but ... Kong in 2002, the COS is China's largest offshore oil field... (Source)


716. Sun, 28 Aug 2005 6:00 AM PDT - (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - CNOOC unit wins deal to explore contested sea
     BEIJING, Aug 29 (Reuters) - A unit of Chinese oil major CNOOC has won a contract from the national oil companies of China, the Philippines and Vietnam to explore part of the disputed South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. (Source)


717. Sun, 28 Aug 2005 9:24 AM PDT - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - CHINA, PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM BEGIN OIL RESEARCH IN S.CHINA SEA
     Technology China began cooperation with the Philippines and Vietnam in a joint marine seismic undertaking in the disputed South China Sea area, and a ceremony for the project was held on Friday. (Source)


718. Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:53 PM (PDT) - (INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines) - CNOOC unit wins joint oil contract to explore Spratlys
     COS would handle a two-dimensional seismic exploration project, Xinhua ... The exploration award was announced only weeks ... COS is China's largest offshore oil field... (Source)


719. Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:17 PM (PDT) - (Hindustan Times - India) - India to tap frozen methane from under sea
     Seismic surveys and exploration activities in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, the Andaman offshore and Goa have revealed gas hydrate reserves, experts said... (Source)


720. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 4:29 AM PDT - (The Star Online) - Petronas signs accord on gas exploration, production in Sudan
     PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has been awarded an offshore gas exploration and sharing block in Sudan, said the national oil company in a statement yesterday. (Source)


721. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 5:00 AM PDT - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Malaysia Petronas Awarded 1st Offshore Gas Block In Sudan
     DJ Malaysia Petronas Awarded 1st Offshore Gas Block In Sudan KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia's Petronas (PET.YY) Tuesday said it has been awarded its first offshore gas exploration block in Sudan. The deal marks the company's entry into offshore operations in Sudan, after being active in onshore exploration since 1997, Petronas said in a statement. Block 15 covers an area of 28,655 square (Source)


722. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 3:32 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - First Sudan Offshore Block Award for Petronas
     Petronas has been awarded Sudan's exploration Block 15 with the signing of the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) for the block, the first gas EPSA in Sudan. (Source)


723. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 5:00 AM PDT - (Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News) - Malaysia Petronas Awarded 1st Offshore Gas Block In Sudan
     KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia's Petronas (PET.YY) Tuesday said it has been awarded its first offshore gas exploration block in Sudan. (Source)


724. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 8:06 AM PDT - (The Edge Daily) - Petronas awarded offshore Sudan block
     Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), and its production sharing partners, has been awarded exploration and production rights to the Block 15 gas block offshore Sudan. (Source)


725. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 6:57 AM PDT - (Bernama) - Petronas Awarded First Offshore Block In Sudan
     KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Petronas has enhanced its presence in Sudan after being awarded Sudan's exploration Block 15 with the signing of the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) for the block today. (Source)


726. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:55 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo News - USA) - Malaysia Petronas Awarded 1st Offshore Gas Block In Sudan
     deal marks the company's entry into offshore operations in ... after being active in onshore exploration since 1997 ... of 3,500 line kilometers of 2D seismic and 500... (Source)


727. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:55 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Grant Geophysical Egypt Awarded 3D Dual Sensor Transition Zone
     Zone / OBC survey in the El Burg Offshore Concession Area ... and marketing services of 2D and 3D seismic data used by oil and gas exploration and development... (Source)


728. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 1:29 AM PDT - (Interactive Investor) - (AFX UK Focus) 2005-08-31 09:08 GMT: UK smallcap opening - BowLeven off on post-update profit-taking
     LONDON (AFX) - An exploration update triggered profit-taking in recently-firm BowLeven, 32-1/2 pence off at 782-1/2. The oil exploration group said seismic evaluation of its Cameroon offshore block shows "significant potential". (Source)


729. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 0:28 AM PDT - (Interactive Investor) - (AFX UK Focus) 2005-08-31 08:06 GMT: Bowleven's Cameroon block shows 'significant potential'
     LONDON (AFX) - Oil exploration group BowLeven PLC said seismic evaluation of its Cameroon offshore block shows "significant potential". It said it has selected two drilling targets: one for oil and one for gas. newsdesk@afxnews.com jm/ COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2005. All rights reserved. (Source)


730. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 7:20 AM PDT - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - PETRONAS AWARDED FIRST OFFSHORE BLOCK IN SUDAN
     Petroleum Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has been awarded Sudan's exploration Block 15, marking the Malaysian state-owned oil giant's entry into the offshore operation in the country. (Source)


731. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:12 AM PDT - (Sydney Morning Herald) - NZ offers oil, gas exploration blocks
     New Zealand will tender four offshore petroleum exploration blocks off the east coast of the North Island, the government said. The government is also offering free recent seismic data to attract bidders to the under-explored region and said it expected strong interest. (Source)


732. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:51 AM PDT - (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - NZ offers oil, gas exploration blocks
     New Zealand will tender four offshore petroleum exploration blocks off the east coast of the North Island, the government says. (Source)


733. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:29 PM (PDT) - (Malaysia Star - Malaysia) - Petronas signs accord on gas exploration, production in Sudan
     The EPSA marks Petronas' entry into the offshore operations in the country after being ... km of 2D seismic and 500 square km of 3D seismic exploration, and to... (Source)


734. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:29 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - ACOR's VIC/P60 Offshore Australia A-1 Prospect May Have Two (2)
     New players have entered the exploration scene and the amount of seismic data, particularly 3D ... was overwhelmed with the interest in our OffshoreOnshore... (Source)


735. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:29 PM (PDT) - (Outer Banks Sentinel - Nags Head,NC,USA) - Part 3: As the late Yogi Berra said, it's 'deja vu all over again'
     Offshore exploration and drilling have come to the forefront ... by 23 other Senators to leave "seismic inventory" out ... a first step for further exploration off of... (Source)


736. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:29 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Pan Orient Energy Corp.: New Name, New Vision, New Oportunities
     in numerous basins both onshore and offshore Indonesia ... an active 2005 and 2006 exploration and development ... of approximately 300 square kilometres of 3D seismic... (Source)


737. Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:29 PM (PDT) - (ShareCast - London,UK) - Punters trouser profits at BowLeven
     latest exploration update this morning. The group, whose shares have soared almost 200% since early June, said 3D seismic data taken from its Cameroon offshore... (Source)



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738. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:39 PM PDT - (The Monitor) - Results of Semliki oil exploration due
     HERITAGE Oil & Gas, the Canadian petroleum exploration company prospecting for oil in the L. Albert basin in South Western Uganda is later this year expected to release the results of its tests on the extent of carbon dioxide traces in the natural gas reserves encountered in December 2004. (Source)


739. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (TVNZ - New Zealand) - Govt lures oil explorers
     for bidders for four offshore petroleum exploration blocks off the east coast of the North Island. The government is also offering free recent seismic data to... (Source)


740. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Gryphon Exploration Company Acquired by Woodside Petroleum
     Gryphon has licensed approximately 2,300 offshore blocks (19,350 ... 3-D pre-stack time-migrated seismic data ... The company currently has four exploration wells in... (Source)


741. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Toreador Announces Revised Capital Budget and Provides Operational
     success in the western Black Sea offshore Turkey and ... 2006 plan includes $8 million in 2D seismic acquisition programs on two exploration permits and... (Source)


742. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK) - Energy Watch
     company of CNOOC Ltd., China's largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


743. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:05 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Cheniere Energy Venture - Gryphon Exploration Company Acquired by
     to fund Cheniere's exploration program in the Offshore Louisiana Area ... Terminals and Gulf of Mexico ExplorationProduction ... square miles of PSTM 3D seismic data... (Source)


744. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 1:07 AM PDT - (NZCity) - Oil and Gas in Hawke's Bay?
     Oil explorers are excited about the possibility of discovering oil and gas in Hawke's Bay. A seismic survey of the ocean floor has shown the potential the area holds. Petroleum Exploration and Production Association spokesman Mike Patrick says any discovery would be very significant for New Zealand. (Source)


745. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:24 PM (PDT) - (Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa) - Angola seeks foreign help to find oil onshore
     onshore area would start next year with seismic surveys before ... shown a high success rate for exploration so far ... with most of that coming from offshore fields... (Source)


746. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:24 PM (PDT) - (Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand) - Hawke's Bay in oil hunt
     One option would be for exploration companies to ... Minerals, said explorers usually gathered seismic data for ... One spot 30km offshore from Napier, was "considered... (Source)


747. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:24 PM (PDT) - (Channel News Asia - Singapore) - Timor Leste seeks bids for oil, gas exploration
     oil companies to bid for offshore exploration rights in ... The seismic study looks promising, so Timor Leste is inviting oil companies to start exploration in its... (Source)


748. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:24 PM (PDT) - (Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica) - CGX pulls out of Guyana
     Suriname Basin as attractive for high-risk exploration for hydrocarbons ... The following May, CGX conducted a seismic programme over the offshore portion of... (Source)


749. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:24 PM (PDT) - (Press Information Bureau- India) - INDO-NORWEGIAN HYDROCARBONS COOPERATION STRENGTHENED WITH
     the two countries in each other's exploration and production ... for Enhanced Oil Recovery using Fractals and 4D Seismic ... in the on-shore and offshore areas in... (Source)


750. Mon, 05 Sep 2005 6:13 AM PDT - (The New Zealand Herald) - Higher oil prices will spark interest in Northland exploration
     Soaring oil prices are expected to boost interest in vast untapped oil and gas reserves thought to lie below Northland. The Northland basin, a 120,000sq km block lying mainly off shore, was opened up for prospecting last year. (Source)


751. Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (Webbolt Business News - Toronto,ON,Canada) - Webbolt Global Business News, ResearchIntelligence
     north America, offshore communications, offshore, offshore technology, oil exploration, oil industry ... rig, Russia, China, seismic, surveys, shipyards... (Source)


752. Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA) - Work is Not Yet Over for Agrium Task Force
     and facilitate the mobilization of an offshore jack-up ... government should facilitate and promote the seismic surveys to spur new oil and gas exploration in the... (Source)


753. Tue, 06 Sep 2005 8:31 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - Origin Awarded Deepwater Offshore Canterbury Basin Permit
     Origin Energy, which holds a majority interest in Contact Energy, has been awarded a large exploration permit in the offshore Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. (Source)


754. Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:56 PM (PDT) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - Firms Step Up Search for Oil in Kenya
     In the offshore Lamu basin in Kenya, Woodside Energy (K ... PTY Ltd set the pace for exploration by entering ... bought 3,600 kilometres (km) of 2D seismic data aboard... (Source)


755. Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:56 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - EnerGulf Awarded Nigeria Block 252
     Detailed analysis of the seismic data will be targeted ... class discoveries from the deep offshore is estimated ... high-impact oil and gas exploration opportunities... (Source)


756. Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:56 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Sheer Energy Inc. Provides Update on Reverse Takeover Transaction
     years of experience in international oil and gas exploration ... in the shallow Adriatic Sea, offshore East-Central ... Seismic data is available on all three permits... (Source)


757. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 7:07 AM PDT - (RedNova) - The Exploration Company Reports Continued Success in Glen Rose Porosity Play; Reserve Growth Continues
     The Exploration Company (Nasdaq:TXCO) today reported continued Glen Rose porosity oil play success on its Maverick Basin acreage block in Southwest Texas. TXCO also reported higher proved reserve estimates at midyear 2005. (Source)


758. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 6:38 AM PDT - (The Herald) - Independents day celebrated at Aberdeen oil licensing round
     Aberdeen-based independents did well in the latest North Sea licensing round, picking up a clutch of exploration permits despite unprecedented competition from around the world. (Source)


759. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 8:02 AM PDT - (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Grove Awarded Six North Sea Blocks
     Grove Energy Limited the oil and gas exploration Company with primary assets in Europe and the Mediterranean Margin, is pleased to advise that it has been awarded six blocks in the recent UK Offshore 23rd Licence Round in the Southern and Central North Sea. (Source)


760. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 8:13 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - EnerGulf Awarded Deepwater Block 252 Offshore Nigeria
     EnerGulf Resources' EnerGulf/Derock Joint Venture has been awarded deep water Block 252 by the Nigerian government at the Nigeria 2005 Bid Round held in Abuja, Nigeria. The joint venture is owned 60% by EnerGulf and 40% by Derock Nigeria Ltd. (Source)


761. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 6:37 AM PDT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. Awarded Licenses Covering 6 Blocks In North Sea
     TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. announces it that its wholly owned subsidiary, TransAtlantic Worldwide Ltd., has been awarded licenses covering six blocks in the U.K North Sea 23rd Seaward Licensing Round. (Source)


762. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:15 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Dana Awarded 20 New UK Offshore Blocks
     the UK Government's 23rd Offshore Licensing Round ... field and the Colden Parva exploration gas prospect ... of acquiring and reprocessing 3D seismic data, following... (Source)


763. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:15 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Licence Award For Black Rock OilGas in UK 23rd Round
     Carrizo") in the 23rd Round of Offshore Licensing ... and Black Rock are committed to purchasing seismic data to ... 'The award of this exploration block demonstrates... (Source)


764. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:15 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - FX Energy Provides Seismic Program Update
     have already been identified on existing seismic lines and is ... The Company holds exploration rights to over 1.7 ... to the Southern Gas Basin offshore England, and... (Source)


765. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:15 PM (PDT) - (Planet Ark - New York,NY,USA) - FEATURE - Beaufort Sea Oil Plans Raise Hopes and Fears
     big ideas," Chandler Wilhelm, Alaska exploration manager for ... And noise from seismic surveys and other industrial ... The push for offshore development has caused... (Source)


766. Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:15 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Grove Awarded Six North Sea Blocks
     AIM: GRV) the oil and gas exploration Company with ... six blocks in the recent UK Offshore 23rd Licence ... general involve the purchase of existing seismic data and... (Source)


767. Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:39 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Stratic Energy Awarded Four North Sea Blocks in UK 23rd
     The work programme is to acquire seismic data over the ... gas company active in the acquisition, exploration and development ... in Africa, Middle East and offshore UK... (Source)


768. Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:39 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo! News- USA) - CGG: Strong Increase in Operating Result at EUR15.4M
     The acquisition of Exploration Resources, which will increase our offshore production capacity ... of 2006, to reap the benefits of a seismic market entering... (Source)


769. Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:39 PM (PDT) - (This Day - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria) - Operators Warn on Nigeria's Depleting Oil Reserves
     Nobody is concentrating to do exploration wells to meet the ... funding problem, if you wanted to shoot seismic of 20 ... more easy to operate in deep offshore and get... (Source)


770. Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:39 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Grove Awarded Six North Sea Blocks
     Energy Limited, the oil and gas exploration Company with ... six blocks in the recent UK Offshore 23rd Licence ... involve the purchase of existing seismic data and... (Source)


771. Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Bow Valley Energy Ltd. announces acquisition of North Sea
     block was originally awarded in the 4th Offshore Licensing Round ... kms of 3-D seismic and continue with its ... The exploration block 9/28b is within the South Viking... (Source)


772. Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (Australian - Australia) - There's an oil revival, but nothing to gush about
     In the March quarter, offshore exploration activity surged 87 per cent from levels a year ago. 3-D seismic surveys technology were expected to more than double... (Source)


773. Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates) - OMV sees further growth in UK
     in Central Europe, is expanding its offshore activities in ... Board Member responsible for Exploration and Production ... involves acquisition of 2D seismic data and... (Source)


774. Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:07 PM (PDT) - (Webindia123 - India) - Bangladesh to launch seismic survey in Bay of Bengal gas blocks:-
     launch a seismic survey in the Bay of Bengal to reallocate the offshore gas blocks before it goes for third round bidding for gas exploration, the country's... (Source)


775. Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:07 PM (PDT) - (Houston Chronicle - United States) - Shell looks to Beaufort Sea for its Alaskan ambitions
     exploration rights, is looking at offshore oil prospects ... big ideas," Chandler Wilhelm, Alaska exploration manager for ... And noise from seismic surveys and other... (Source)


776. Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (Canada.com - Canada) - East Coast accounted for 12 per cent of Canadian oil production
     Seismic work got underway in the Laurentian Sub-basin and the Orphan ... well was sunk after a year with no exploration activity in the Newfoundland offshore... (Source)


777. Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (Energy Business Review - USA) - OMV wins new exploration licenses off Scotland
     group OMV is expanding its offshore activities in ... re-processing of existing 3D seismic data ... executive board member responsible for Exploration and Production... (Source)


778. Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:09 PM (PDT) - (Philippine Information Agency - Philippines) - Gov't records show Bohol oil exploration in $94M contract
     This week, newpaper reports that the seismic testing is set within the ... the latest awarded contract for oil and gas exploration over offshore Sulu covering... (Source)


779. Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:09 PM (PDT) - (Business Standard - India) - BG India to bag three ONGC oil blocks
     offered one block in Kerala Konkan offshore and one ... ONGC has access to the seismic data and has ... for companies with experience in deepwater exploration to get... (Source)


780. Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:50 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Tullow Oil plc Announces Record Interim Results
     the giant Kudu gas field offshore Namibia via ... would have very positive implications for further exploration. In Pakistan, a seismic programme was completed on... (Source)


781. Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:50 PM (PDT) - (Myiris.com - India) - BG India to bag three ONGC oil blocks
     had offered one block in Kerala Konkan offshore and one ... at the terms laid down by the New Exploration and Licencing ... ONGC has access to the seismic data and has... (Source)


782. Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:50 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Delta Petroleum Corporation Announces 198% Increase in FY2005 Net
     $38.55 per barrel for offshore oil production ... depletion and amortization ("DDA") and exploration expense ... incurred higher than normal seismic expense primarily... (Source)


783. Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:46 PM (PDT) - (Globe and Mail - Canada) - EnCana strikes oil near Brazil despite NA focus
     that's barely been explored, but recent seismic data suggest that there is a large sedimentary basin offshore ... for partners to share the exploration risk in a... (Source)


784. Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:46 PM (PDT) - (Reuters India - Mumbai,India) - Reliance's offshore gas find up to 5.5 tcf - Niko
     In the year to March 2006, Reliance will drill four exploration wells and start ... combine is credited with more than 21 discoveries in an offshore deepwater gas... (Source)


785. Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:46 PM (PDT) - (Engineering News - Garden View,Eastern Cape,South Africa) - SA acquisition doubles London oil firm's size
     of the giant Kudu gasfield offshore through a gas ... six wells are 'snuggle exploration prospects' which ... Major three-dimensional seismic acquisition programmes are... (Source)


786. Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:46 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Caspian Services, Inc. Appoints New Business Development Manager
     Baker Hughes and China National Offshore Oil Company ... The Company provides geophysical and seismic data acquisition ... in oil and gas exploration and development... (Source)


787. Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:29 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - EnerGulf Awarded Nigeria Block 252
     Detailed analysis of the seismic data will be targeted ... class discoveries from the deep offshore is estimated ... high-impact oil and gas exploration opportunities... (Source)


788. Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:29 PM (PDT) - (St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA) - Drilling for gulf oil gains support
     on offshore oil and gas exploration was tantamount ... Allowing drilling even 100 miles offshore would endanger ... the Florida coast, which includes seismic testing... (Source)


789. Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:29 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - PetroWorld Corp. Announces Listing on TSX Venture Exchange
     has, to date, managed to secure two exploration/appraisal assets ... a 50% equity interest in the offshore block which ... May that it has secured a seismic option to... (Source)


790. Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:49 PM (PDT) - (Canada Free Press - Canada) - Canada's Richest Poor Province
     Exploration will be taking place over the next few ... the Jeanne d'Arc Basin and seismic work is ... reasonable portion of revenues from the offshore, however this... (Source)


791. Mon, 19 Sep 2005 2:23 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Compagnie Generale De Geophysique : CGG Wins New Seismic Survey Offshore India
     PARIS, September 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compagnie Generale de Geophysique ("CGG" 0000120164 - GEPH.PA - NYSE: GGY) announced that it has been awarded a major 3D seismic offshore acquisition contract by ONGC for the third consecutive year in India. (Source)


792. Mon, 19 Sep 2005 02:02 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Compagnie Generale de Geophysique : CGG Wins New Seismic Survey
     These large-scale offshore operations and the related data ... providing a wide range of seismic data acquisition ... in the oil and gas exploration and production... (Source)


793. Mon, 19 Sep 2005 02:02 PM (PDT) - (New Europe - Athens,Greece) - Chevron, OMV successful in UK's 23rd licensing round
     in order to expand its offshore activities in ... and re-processing of existing 3D seismic data ... executive board member responsible for exploration and production... (Source)


794. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (Black Enterprise - New York,NY,USA) - BowLeven Looks for Exploration Funding Placing Aimed at Oil and
     complete a six well drilling programme offshore Cameroon ... the company said interpretation of seismic data covering ... the placing to drill two exploration wells on... (Source)


795. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (Houston Chronicle - United States) - Gulf's energy lures a deal from Norway
     of its oil and gas still comes from offshore Norway ... an impressive array of 3-D seismic images from ... became one of the most successful exploration companies around... (Source)


796. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Providence Resources Acquires 10% Stake in West Lennox Field
     producing areas in the Liverpool Bay area, offshore UK ... to evaluate the most recent 3 D seismic data over ... Irish Sea area, so leveraging our exploration potential... (Source)


797. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Providence Awarded 25% Interest in UK Offshore Block in 23rd Round
     Detailed evaluation of existing 3D seismic data over the area has revealed the ... in the Block are Midmar Energy (55%, Operator) and Sosina Exploration (20%). (Source)


798. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (Webindia123 - India) - OVL acquires stake in Cuban exploration blocks:-
     has acquired 30 percent stake in five offshore blocks in ... of 3,000 sq km of three-dimensional seismic data ... prospects will be decided in the next exploration phase... (Source)


799. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (Scotsman - United Kingdom) - BowLeven's ВЈ55m share sale
     discoveries in the 1970s, using 2-D seismic techniques ... in the southern area of the offshore block MLHP ... of the most attractive oil and gas exploration regions in... (Source)


800. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (Scotsman - United Kingdom) - Cairn to strike it rich as oil estimates increase
     Rajasthan in India, where further seismic operations, drilling ... month extension to an exploration licence for ... the Krishna-Godavari deepwater offshore basin was... (Source)


801. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:22 PM (PDT) - (WAM - Emirates News Agency - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates) - Senegal oil deal for Dubai firm
     has signed an oil exploration and production concession in the offshore waters of ... km of 3D seismic studies, to be followed by three exploration wells, with... (Source)


802. Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:22 PM (PDT) - (Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong) - China, Philippines, Vietnam begin oil survey
     COS won the two-dimensional seismic exploration project in ... in processing the two-dimensional seismic data collected ... COS is China's largest offshore oil field... (Source)


803. Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:22 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Equator Signs Contract With Dolphin Drilling Ltd to Drill
     122 is located between 25-60 km offshore in water ... After the Balabri appraisal well an exploration well will ... Owanare is covered by the 3D seismic data acquired... (Source)


804. Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:22 PM (PDT) - (Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India) - ONGC Videsh enters Cuba
     acquisition of the offshore blocks 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 36 and part ... 3-D seismic data ... wells on selected prospects will be decided in the next exploration phase... (Source)


805. Thu, 22 Sep 2005 5:06 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Compagnie Generale de Geophysique : CGG Wins New Seismic Survey Offshore India
     PARIS, September 19/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compagnie Generale de Geophysique ("CGG" 0000120164 - GEPH.PA - NYSE: GGY) announced that it has been awarded a major 3D seismic offshore acquisition contract by ONGC for the third consecutive year in India. (Source)


806. Thu, 22 Sep 2005 2:54 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - KazMunaiGaz Mulls Exploration in Northern Sector of Caspian Sea
     Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz thinks exploration at the Abai and Isatai hydrocarbon sections in the northern part of Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea would be viable. (Source)


807. Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:45 PM (PDT) - (Bohol Chronicle - Bohol,Philippines) - $94M contract for oil exploration here
     This week, newspaper reports that the seismic testing is set within ... the latest awarded contract for oil and gas exploration over offshore Sulu covering... (Source)


808. Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:45 PM (PDT) - (United Press International - USA) - UPI Energy Watch
     for an offshore exploration and production concession. During the initial phase of work, Kampac will conduct 3D seismic studies to drill three exploration wells... (Source)


809. Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:45 PM (PDT) - (The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA) - VK Mathur: To prevent fuel shortages, we must drill for more
     in Alaska beneath federal land or in offshore waters ... New technologies for exploration and production -- such as three-dimensional seismic and satellite... (Source)


810. Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:32 PM (PDT) - (Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India) - OVL pays maiden dividend of Rs 105 cr
     data for Najwat Najem oil structure in offshore Qatar is ... and interpretation and processing of seismic data is ... interest in the deepwater exploration blocks 25... (Source)


811. Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:32 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Sterling Energy 2005 Interim Results
     Major farmout of offshore Madagascar interests ... with a 30% interest carried through seismic and up ... Africa and Gulf of Mexico exploration drilling programmes... (Source)


812. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:15 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - EastCoast Energy announces Tanzanian farm-in
     an agreement with Aminex plc to farm-in to its offshore Nyuni Production ... gas sales and infrastructure and we have our own seismic exploration programme underway... (Source)


813. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:15 PM (PDT) - (Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India) - ONGC springs BG stake offer
     sea exploration blocks on the eastern offshore for an ... Interestingly, of the eight new exploration blocks for ... state-owned company's 3D seismic techniques are... (Source)


814. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:15 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Aminex Announces Tanzania Farm-Out
     Nyuni Production Sharing Agreement ("PSA") offshore Tanzania, subject to ... A". Upon completion of seismic PAT will ... to participate in an exploration well in... (Source)


815. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:15 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse) - Canada) - Canadian Superior Energy Inc. Provides Update on Western Canadian
     of a 27 square kilometer 3D seismic shoot to ... Alberta based oil and gas exploration and production ... with operations in Western Canada, offshore Trinidad and... (Source)


816. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:15 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Dragon Oil 2005 Interim Results
     gon, an international oil and gas exploration and production ... in the eastern Caspian Sea offshore Turkmenistan ... completed the marine 3-D seismic survey in... (Source)


817. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:15 PM (PDT) - (egoli.com.au - Australia) - egoli Resources: AAM, AGC, ARM, AZZ, HDN
     $1.48 per share to Australian and offshore institutions, raising ... it was missed by previous exploration companies ... prospects are mapped using 3D seismic and have... (Source)


818. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:30 PM (PDT) - (Daily Independent - Ikeja,Lagos,Nigeria) - Equator, Peak Petroleum contract drilling of OML 122 offshore to
     is located between 25-60 km offshore in water ... Owanare is covered by the 3D seismic data acquired ... The Chief Executive Officer of Equator Exploration, Mr. Wade... (Source)


819. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:30 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Vietnam offshore Block awarded to Keeper
     the most recent bid round, nine blocks offshore of Central ... A 3D seismic program will commence as soon as ... is an oil and gas exploration company with operations... (Source)


820. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:30 PM (PDT) - (Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India) - Gail signs production sharing contract
     a deepwater block located in Andaman offshore area to ... The exploration activities in the block will be ... covering three phases, which includes seismic survey and... (Source)


821. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:30 PM (PDT) - (Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA) - Lawmaker's oil fantasy a nightmare for Florida
     harm can be caused by exploration, drilling and ... using federal moratoriums to block offshore oil and ... potentially devastating practices as seismic surveys, which... (Source)


822. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:30 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Panama block awarded
     Oil one of the largest offshore acreage holders ... Much exploration activity in the area has provided ... In addition, various regional seismic studies indicate that... (Source)


823. Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Triangle Announces Geo-Science Team
     on projects involving international areas, offshore Eastern Canada ... a focused natural gas exploration company developing a ... the art 3-D seismic interpretations to... (Source)


824. Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Strike Oil Expands US Drilling and Project Activity
     be participating in a deep Wilcox Formation exploration well to ... in areas where little or no new seismic has been ... In the Offshore Carnarvon Basin the company is... (Source)


825. Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (Global Public Media - Vancouver,BC,Canada) - Roscoe Bartlett Energy Conference
     And the thing that is labeled exploration is the ... we used the concept 3-D seismic, which has ... China -- Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation chief economist... (Source)


826. Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (Reuters - USA) - From peat to petroleum, post-war Falklands prosper
     If major oil deposits are found offshore, as many ... not to get carried away after exploration plans for ... Canadian engineers are due to finish seismic surveys at... (Source)


827. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 5:30 AM PDT - (India Infoline) - ONGC wins exploration block in Vietnam
     Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) said on Thursday that ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) has won Block 127 in Phu Khanh Basin with a 100% participating interest. It will also be the operator for the block. (Source)


828. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:53 PM PDT - (Rigzone) - RIGZONE - ONGC Videsh Awarded Operatorship of Block 127 Offshore Vietnam
     Petro Vietnam had invited global competitive bids for 9 offshore exploration blocks in the 2004 Licensing Round. These blocks are located in Phu Khanh Basin, Eastern Cuu Long Basin and Nam Con Son Basin. (Source)


829. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:04 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - Irish independent takes Panama Caribbean block
     HOUSTON, Sept. 29 -- The Panama government awarded Circle Oil PLC, Limerick, Ireland, exploration rights to Block A covering 30,000 sq km in the Caribbean Sea off El Porvenir. (Source)


830. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 7:34 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - India
     HOUSTON, Sept. 29 -- GeoGlobal Resources Inc., Calgary, signed contracts for two onshore exploration blocks won in fifth round licensing. DS-ONN-2003/1, or Block 12, covers 3,155 sq km in the Deccan Syneclise basin in northern Maharashtra. (Source)


831. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:53 PM (PDT) - (Sacramento Bee - CA, USA) - Panel backs offshore gas drilling
     congressional and presidential moratoriums blocking new offshore leasing, it ... Both involve seismic exploration with underwater explosions that are disruptive... (Source)


832. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:53 PM (PDT) - (Myiris.com - India) - ONGC's OVL awarded 100% offshore exploration block as operator in
     that PetroVietnam had invited global competitive bids for nine offshore exploration blocks in the 2004 ... basin with more than 14000 km of 2D seismic data already... (Source)


833. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:53 PM (PDT) - (SARTMA.com - Stanley,Falkland Islands) - Falkland Oil and Gas: The Story Thus Far
     was formed in May 2004 to invest in an offshore oil exploration programme south ... Later that year, FOGL commenced a 2 D seismic survey, which identified the... (Source)


834. Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:53 PM (PDT) - (AzerNews - Azerbaijan) - LUKoil to continue exploration on Azeri field
     part of the largest Yalama offshore field located ... company decided to conduct additional seismic surveys in ... confirming its plans to continue exploration on the... (Source)


835. Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:16 PM (PDT) - (Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica) - Gov't selects oil bidders
     Jamaica had originally offered 22 offshore and four onshore ... applications were received for 10 exploration zones as at ... would have to carry out seismic work and... (Source)


836. Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:16 PM (PDT) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Attention Business Editors:
     work program commitments including completion of seismic surveys and ... an upstream oil and gas exploration, exploitation and ... award of the Marine XI offshore block... (Source)


837. Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:16 PM (PDT) - (Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa) - Madagascar says to become oil producer in 3-4 years
     A promising seismic study conducted in 2004 by privately held US exploration company Vanco ... have somewhere near 50,000 barrels a day offshore and another... (Source)


838. Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:16 PM (PDT) - (Scotsman - United Kingdom) - Odyssey over as sleuth 'finds Homer's island'
     out more tests, including seismic acquisition - shooting ... of Geology and Mineral Exploration (IGME) in ... torrents, fountains, caves, cliffs, offshore islets, bays... (Source)



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839. Sat, 01 Oct 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (Unison.ie - Ireland) - BUSINESS IN BRIEF : Ramco sees ВЈ1.6m first half loss as turnover
     had tabled offers for this field and the company's offshore services arm ... final stages, the business is again focused on exploration: a 3D seismic survey in... (Source)


840. Sat, 01 Oct 2005 01:19 PM (PDT) - (Mongabay.com - USA) - Madagascar announces oil discovery; island nation to start
     Further, "a promising seismic study conducted in 2004 by privately held US exploration company Vanco Energy ... near 50,000 barrels a day offshore and another... (Source)


841. Sun, 02 Oct 2005 1:10 AM PDT - (The Daily Star Lebannon) - Lebanon could meet its energy needs and generate $3 billion yearly
     Lebanon could meet all of its energy needs and generate revenue of about $3 billion a year if the government proceeds with the appropriate legislation to set the ground for oil and gas companies to come and drill for its hydrocarbon offshore reserves. "Lebanon could have estimated oil or gas reserves of 70,000 and 90,000 barrels per day. (Source)


842. Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:45 PM (PDT) - (United Press International - USA) - UPI Energy Watch
     Bates are some of the companies that have bought these offshore seismic studies and ... Eni SpA were among several companies to receive oil exploration rights in... (Source)


843. Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:45 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse) - Canada) - Vanco Announces PSC's Signed Covering Blocks CI-401 and CI-101
     has already conducted a new 2D seismic survey over the ... of the eastern Cote d'Ivoire offshore area and ... oil and gas company engaged in international exploration... (Source)


844. Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:53 PM PDT - (The Daily Star Lebannon) - Egypt to help Lebanon in oil-and-gas exploration
     Egypt signed an agreement Wednesday to open talks on providing Lebanon with technical expertise and know-how to prepare the country for oil-and-gas offshore exploration. "This will probably involve delineating sea blocks for companies to buy, defining the legal framework of the subsequent purchase-sharing agreements. (Source)


845. Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:15 PM (PDT) - (Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon) - Egypt to help Lebanon in oil-and-gas exploration
     would need a higher quality 3D seismic study in ... studies were conducted by all regional offshore oil and ... price in the bidding round for possible exploration... (Source)


846. Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:15 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Libya completes second licensing round
     million acres, is located in the Cyrenaica Basin offshore in water ... work obligation for both blocks involves acquiring seismic and one exploration well on... (Source)


847. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 3:20 AM PDT - (Bloomberg.com) - Ecuador Plans 1st Offshore Oil Contracts in 20 Years (Update2)
     Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- PetroEcuador, the country's state oil company, will sign two contracts with U.S. companies to explore for oil and gas off Ecuador's south coast, marking a return to offshore exploration after 20 years, a spokesman said. (Source)


848. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 1:33 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - PennWell Petroleum Webcasts
     HOUSTON, Oct. 6 -- Contact Exploration Inc., Calgary, will attempt to restore and enhance oil and gas production from idle Stoney Creek field in the Moncton subbasin south of Moncton. (Source)


849. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 5:23 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Serica Energy Finds Gas with Kambuna-2 Appraisal Well
     Serica Energy reports that its Kambuna-2 appraisal well, offshore North Sumatra, Indonesia, has successfully tested gas and condensate. (Source)


850. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:49 PM (PDT) - (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA) - Emerging deal to allow offshore drilling in Gulf divides Fla.
     any of the tracts now excluded from energy exploration ... does not bar an inventory of offshore oil and gas reserves, which would include seismic testing, and... (Source)


851. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:49 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Serica Energy Announces Success at Kambuna-2 Well, Offshore North
     leave Kambuna-2 to commence drilling the Togar-1 exploration well in ... the acquisition of up to 1,500 line kilometers of 2D seismic in the Asahan Offshore PSC... (Source)


852. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 4:23 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Maersk Prepares to Drill First Exploration Well Offshore Brazil
     Danish oil company Maersk is preparing to drill its first oil well in Brazil in the coming weeks, an official at the company's Brazil office told BNamericas. (Source)


853. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 4:24 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Petroecuador, Sundown-Clipper to Sign E&P Contract October 9
     Ecuador's state oil company Petroecuador will finally sign an exploration and production contract with Texas-based consortium Sundown-Clipper for onshore block 4 and offshore block 5 in Guayaquil on October 9, Petroecuador said in a statement. (Source)


854. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:51 AM PDT - (PhysOrg) - Nuke test detectors might warn of tsunami
     Hydrophone stations in the world's oceans used to detect nuclear testing might help in an early warning system for tsunamis, say U.S. researchers. (Source)


855. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - - Overall plans include a total of 17 exploration and appraisal
     policy of farming out its higher risk exploration areas ahead ... concluded with Wintershall, ahead of a 3D seismic survey in Block 8 offshore Mauritania, and... (Source)


856. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (Bloomberg - USA) - Ecuador Plans 1st Offshore Oil Contracts in 20 Years (Update2)
     coast, marking a return to offshore exploration after 20 ... date for development and exploration in the ... impact study before running seismic studies, Petroecuador... (Source)


857. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Rosneft-BP Joint Venture Makes Second Discovery In Sakhalin
     structure located about 40 kilometers offshore, in water ... Alliance also conducted a 3D seismic acquisition program ... Shmidt and East-Shmidt exploration licences... (Source)


858. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 02:24 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Mart Resources, Inc., Announces Closing of Private Placement
     common shares to US and offshore institutional investors ... and gas fields, acquisition of seismic data for ... acquisition of oil and gas exploration concessions in... (Source)


859. Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:33 PM (PDT) - (SARTMA.com - Stanley,Falkland Islands) - Desire Petroleum to Conduct Environmental Impact Assessment in
     companies to go drilling for exploration wells, drilling ... in those sort of developments -- offshore developments would ... We see the 3D seismic but until we drill... (Source)


860. Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:33 PM (PDT) - (Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia) - Pertamina's Libya oil blocks could contain 1b barrels
     Sabrata offshore block may contain 690 million ... was ready for drilling with the seismic tests already ... prompted oil companies to boost exploration activities... (Source)


861. Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:56 PM (PDT) - (Business Standard - India) - ONGC plans Rs 4,000 cr vessel acquisition
     48 per cent of ONGC's fleet of offshore support vessels ... plans to acquire other special vessels used for exploration assistance and seismic surveys... (Source)


862. Mon, 10 Oct 2005 2:55 AM PDT - (Oil & Gas Journal) - PennWell Petroleum Webcasts
     (Brazil)- Danish oil company Maersk will drill its first oil well offshore Brazil in the BM-S-29 block of the Santos basin. The drilling will commence after Canadian oil company EnCana finishes with the rig it is using to drill a well in Campos basin. (Source)


863. Mon, 10 Oct 2005 2:19 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Todd's Terrace-1 Targets Kapuni Sands 2 km Offshore Near Pohokura
     Todd Energy's 100% owned and operated Terrace-1 well is making good progress from its onshore pad to a target over 2 km offshore and west of the Pohokura gas-condensate field. (Source)


864. Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:04 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo! News- USA) - FX Energy Begins Drilling Lugi-1 Well
     The seismic program will establish drillsites on Rotliegend ... The Company holds exploration rights to over 1.7 ... to the Southern Gas Basin offshore England, and... (Source)


865. Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:04 PM (PDT) - (Malaysia Star - Malaysia) - High prices catalyst for oil and gas globally
     in West Natuna, Eastern Java, offshore Lampung, Makassar ... undertaken by the group's seismic vessel, Odin ... The group's exploration (geophysical services) and... (Source)


866. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 3:48 AM PDT - (Business News Americas) - Govt postpones signing Sundown-Clipper contract - Ecuador
     Ecuador's government has delayed signing an exploration and production contract with Texas-based consortium Sundown-Clipper for onshore block 4 and offshore block 5 in Guayaquil, an energy and mines spokesperson told BNamericas, confirming local press reports. (Source)


867. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:32 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Transco and CEP International Petroleum Ltd. Agree to Combine
     Offshore regional seismic data shows that the very good ... and reprocessed all of the existing seismic, potential field ... are the focus of CEP's exploration effort... (Source)


868. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:32 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Maersk prepares Brazil exploration well
     Maersk has four additional exploration licenses in Brazil ... It has been studying seismic data on the ... is optimistic about the offshore exploration potential in... (Source)


869. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:32 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Global Express Shares to Recommence Trading on October 12, 2005 as
     Marine Area, approximately 80 kilometres offshore Trinidad in ... based on 2-D seismic and variations ... Challenger anticipates that initial exploration by Challenger... (Source)


870. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:32 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - JKX OilGas Interim Review
     to the 8,900 sq.km exploration license offshore Georgia (JKX ... anticipated that a plan for further exploration of the ... A 32 km 2D seismic programme is planned to... (Source)


871. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:32 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse) - Canada) - WSG Group Systems Inc. Announces Successful Completion of
     2 location to commence drilling the Togar #1 exploration well in the Asahan Offshore Production Sharing ... of up to 1,500 line kilometers of 2D seismic data in... (Source)


872. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:32 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Pertamina bullish on Libyan blocks
     offshore Libya and 300-400 MMbbl in the onshore Sirt block. Pertamina president director Widya Purnama said the Sirt block was ready for drilling and seismic... (Source)


873. Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:28 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Black Rock OilGas - Overview of Operations
     to participate in moderate risk exploration wells ... Black Rock was granted four offshore Republic of ... the Company must negotiate either seismic acquisition or... (Source)


874. Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:28 PM (PDT) - (Turkmenistan.ru - Turkmenistan) - British-Arab "Dragon oil" doubles oil production in Turkmen
     programme provides for expansion of exploration areas of ... is drilling based on 3D seismic information provided by ... oil is transported from the offshore fields to... (Source)


875. Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:28 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo! News - USA) - UPDATE: Gas Costs To Take Gloss Off NZ Contact's Growth
     of uncertain gas supply as the major offshore Maui gas ... that it will become more active in gas exploration ... coast, and it will shortly begin seismic work to... (Source)


876. Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:28 PM (PDT) - (Business News Americas - Santiago,Chile) - Govt postpones signing Sundown-Clipper contract
     ador's government has delayed signing an exploration and production ... Clipper for onshore block 4 and offshore block 5 in ... US$10mn in shooting seismic on the... (Source)


877. Thu, 13 Oct 2005 4:18 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Providence Commences Major Irish Offshore Seismic Survey
     Providence Resources has commenced a major new Irish offshore seismic survey using a new 'long offset' technique, which can vastly improve imaging and hydrocarbon detection. (Source)


878. Thu, 13 Oct 2005 5:33 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Exploration in Alaska's Nenana Basin May Stall
     A consortium hoping to drill for natural gas this winter in the Nenana Basin west of Fairbanks is having difficulties finding a drill rig suitable for the job. (Source)


879. Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:41 PM (PDT) - (Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada) - Oil rush is on in NWT
     Pembina in Alberta, and Hibernia and Terra Nova offshore of Newfoundland ... New seismic exploration surveys and consultations with the Sahtu aboriginal population... (Source)


880. Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:41 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Asian, European firms dominate Libya's Round 2
     The company will shoot 2D and 3D seismic surveys and drill two exploration wells ... in acquiring a license area in Round 2. It acquired four offshore blocks in... (Source)


881. Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:41 PM (PDT) - (Mondaq News Alerts - World) - FMC's Overview of Significant Developments in the Canadian
     The drilling and seismic program will be used ... transportation for 150,000 bpd of offshore condensate supply ... Valley corridor to aid exploration and development... (Source)


882. Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA) - Ascent Still Ascendant
     s first step will be to evaluate existing seismic data over ... put in an application for the exploration rights to a sizable tranche of offshore acreage that... (Source)


883. Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (Resource Investor - Herndon,VA,USA) - Cambrian OilGas Acquires an interest in Elko Energy Inc
     granted a 5,000 sq km offshore exploration licence in ... recently acquired intermountain basin exploration licence area ... completion of the 2D seismic program which... (Source)


884. Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (Petroleum News - USA) - Week of October 16, 2005
     and we're looking forward to further exploration," he said ... Production from the federal offshore in Alaska is "still somewhat ... is doing a 3-D seismic program... (Source)


885. Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (United Press International - USA) - UPI Energy Watch
     share in a joint venture to explore acreage offshore Sakhalin Island ... Rosneft is using 2-D seismic data to pick the spot for the first exploration well next... (Source)


886. Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - FX Energy Begins Drilling Lugi-1 Well
     The seismic ... The Company holds exploration rights to over 1.7 million acres in western ... is a direct analog to the Southern Gas Basin offshore England, and... (Source)


887. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 8:46 AM PDT - (RedNova) - Parallel Petroleum Enters into Agreement to Acquire Permian Basin Reserves
     Parallel Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: PLLL) today announced that its subsidiary, Parallel, L. (Source)


888. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (Forbes - USA) - Amsterdam AFX market data at 10.00 am - AEX up, Philips sparkles
     SBM Offshore put on 1.54 pct to 62.70. -Fugro went 1.53 pct higher to 23.19 after the company said it has chartered a new vessel for seismic exploration from... (Source)


889. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Range Announces Record Production
     includes over $4 million of seismic purchases ... Gulf Coast division successfully completed three exploration wells during ... Offshore, Range participated in two wells... (Source)


890. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:03 PM (PDT) - (RedState.org - Mclean,VA,USA) - Paying the Price for Cheap Oil
     them horizontal drilling, three-dimensional seismic, and improved ... wisdom held that a deepwater exploration could target ... Shell Offshore, a domestic arm of the... (Source)


891. Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:22 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - CNOOC Teams Up with TARC to Explore the Potential of Pearl River
     its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation ... TARC will acquire 3D seismic data within ... and General Manager of the Exploration Department commented... (Source)


892. Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:35 PM (PDT) - (Xinhua - China) - CNOOC teams up with US firm in oil exploration
     It will fund 100 percent exploration expenditure, while China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC ... TARC will acquire 3 dimensional seismic data within... (Source)


893. Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:35 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Centurion Energy International Inc.: Egyptian Production Poised To
     The spudding of the Amira 1 well offshore in the ... prepared to drill the Abu Monkar #3 Exploration Well ... The 3D seismic acquisition program is well underway with 60... (Source)


894. Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:33 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Schlumberger Announces Third-Quarter 2005 Results
     by production platforms and mobile offshore drilling units ... Recent seismic, logging, and well-testing contracts show a renewed interest in exploration in new... (Source)


895. Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:33 PM (PDT) - (Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom) - Senior Geoscientist
     fields in the Danish North Sea, offshore Qatar, Algeria ... Exploration, appraisal and development activities are ongoing in ... you will use well and seismic data to... (Source)


896. Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:33 PM (PDT) - (MSN Money - USA) - Energy prices boost Schlumberger
     was a phenomenal quarter for seismic (unit WesternGeco ... would indicate that the exploration and production ... damage to platforms and mobile offshore drilling units... (Source)


897. Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:33 PM (PDT) - (United Press International - USA) - UPI Energy Watch
     said its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corp ... period and will fund the entire exploration expenditure ... Resources Co to acquire 3D seismic data within... (Source)


898. Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:12 PM (PDT) - (Daily Journal - Caracas,Venezuela) - STATOIL ASA: Bringing North Sea experience to Venezuela
     government, that the natural gas produced offshore will be ... There is always a substantial exploration risk, so Statoil is ... on our analysis of 3-D seismic of the... (Source)


899. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 1:48 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Repsol YPF Processing Seismic Data from Block 30 Offshore Suriname
     The seismic data collected by Staatsolie and Maersk Oil during the end of last year and the beginning of this year is now being processed. (Source)


900. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 1:49 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Karoon Gas Contracts PGS for 3D Survey Offshore Western Australia
     Karoon Gas has signed a contract with PGS Exploration Ltd to utilize their seismic vessel Ramform Victory for an 840 sq. km. 3D Seismic Survey over Western Australian permits WA-314-P and WA-315-P. (Source)


901. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 1:48 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Staatsolie Awards Occidental Block 32 Offshore Suriname
     Staatsolie and Occidental have completed negotiations for offshore block 32. This block lies in water depths of primarily 1500 to 3000 meters and is located to the north of the Repsol YPF's Block 30. Occidental would like to begin seismic exploration as soon as possible to be able to make use of the big dry season. (Source)


902. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 5:30 AM PDT - (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Tekoil & Gas Corporation Announces Completion and Filing of Documentation for the Permitting of an Extensive $8 Million
     Tekoil & Gas Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to announce that it has filed both the offshore and onshore permitting applications for the purpose of completing a detailed 245 km2 3D seismic survey, for the first of three prospects in Eastern Canada. (Source)


903. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 1:47 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Pogo Awarde Exploration License Offshore Vietnam
     Pogo was the highest bidder on License Block 124 in the Phu Khanh Basin on Vietnam's coastal shelf. This license block, covering some 1.48 million acres abuts the eastern coastline of Vietnam, northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. (Source)


904. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 1:49 AM PDT - (Rigzone) - Oil Quest Acquires Additional 5% stake in Cleveland Basin
     Oil Quest Resources has entered into an agreement with Sterling Resources (UK) Limited to acquire a further 5 percent interest in UK onshore hydrocarbon exploration license PEDL 068, increasing the equity holding in this license to 20 percent. (Source)


905. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:38 PM (PDT) - (Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers - Tulsa,OK,USA) - Greater Tulsa Reporter
     EM technology is similar to the EM technology used offshore by ExxonMobil ... virtual drilling to be a cost-efficient tool that complements seismic exploration... (Source)


906. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:38 PM (PDT) - (Yahoo! News- USA) - Thailand Sale Proceeds Drove Pogo's Quarterly Income;
     of Pogo's ambitious 2005 offshore exploration drilling program ... This seismic acquisition program could begin as ... to internally fund exploration and development... (Source)


907. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:38 PM (PDT) - (Market Wire- USA) - TekoilGas Corporation Announces Completion and Filing of
     OTC: TKGN), an oil and gas exploration and production ... that it has filed both the offshore and onshore ... of completing a detailed 245 km2 3D seismic survey, for... (Source)


908. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:38 PM (PDT) - (CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse) - Canada) - Eurogas Corporation: News Release
     in Tunisia, the 348 km2 3D seismic program that ... is a Canadian oil and gas exploration and development ... of a major underground storage facility offshore the east... (Source)


909. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:38 PM (PDT) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Kerr-McGee to continue work off Morocco
     geophysical and geological research in the offshore area, as ... using only methods such as seismic data acquisition ... At the time the exploration rights were granted... (Source)


910. Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:12 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Murphy Oil Announces Quarterly Earnings
     Exploration expenses were $32.9 million in the 2005 quarter compared to $70.2 ... This was partially offset by higher 3-D seismic costs offshore Malaysia in... (Source)


911. Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:12 PM (PDT) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Record Quarterly Revenue for Santos
     of the Jeruk oil discovery offshore Indonesia, including the ... flow testing and interpretation of seismic data; * A ... the Sole gas field and exploration permit VIC... (Source)


912. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (Engineering News - Garden View,Eastern Cape,South Africa) - New exploration offshore Mozambique
     Pande and Temane fields -- to guide its offshore ex- ploration ... From the existing 2 800 km seismic, two promising ... In its first onshore exploration phase in 2001... (Source)


913. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand) - NZ offers seven new areas for energy exploration
     sq km are all in the offshore Taranaki area ... but also wanted to attract aggressive exploration for quick ... The government has offered free recent seismic data to... (Source)


914. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Serica Energy Announces Gas Discovery at Togar-1A Well, Indonesia
     in its Asahan and Glagah/Kambuna offshore blocks and ... 1A, as predicted from our analysis of seismic data, encourages the further exploration of the... (Source)


915. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Range Reports Record Results
     of leasehold additions, $4.2 million of seismic purchases and ... In the Gulf Coast region, three exploration wells were ... Offshore, the West Cameron 295 #2 well (15... (Source)


916. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (OilVoice- UK) - Thailand Sale Proceeds Drove Pogo's Quarterly Income
     The balance of Pogo's ambitious 2005 offshore exploration drilling program, including ... Preliminary analysis of existing seismic data indicates the presence of... (Source)


917. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:16 PM (PDT) - (Unison.ie - Bray,Ireland) - Nothing left to chance as Providence leads the field
     It is an impressive exploration package, and one which ... structure jumps out on the seismic survey and ... alone could transform the fortunes of the Irish offshore... (Source)



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918. Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:51 PM (PST) - (Bradenton Herald - FL, United States) - Decades of dumping chemical arms leave a risky legacy
     He said he feared that recent congressional approval for offshore gas and oil ... Seismic exploration is conducted by setting off huge airguns on the ocean surface... (Source)


919. Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:51 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA) - Williams Reports Third-Quarter 2005 Financial Results
     Offshore, the Devils Tower deepwater spar at Mississippi ... estimated hydrocarbon reserves and seismic data; and ... the company's reserves in Exploration Production... (Source)


920. Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:51 PM (PST) - (OilVoice - UK) - Sterling Resources Provides North Sea and Romania Operations
     The recognition as an exploration operator is a milestone ... Blocks in the UK 23rd Offshore Licensing Round ... recently completed a 185 kilometer seismic program in... (Source)


921. Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:48 PM (PST) - (Homer News - Homer,AK,USA) - Exploration work continues off Anchor Point
     smic exploration of an oil and gas prospect off Anchor Point started early in October ... The 62-square-mile area is in state and federal offshore lease areas... (Source)


922. Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:27 PM (PST) - (Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India) - Petroleum Ministry set to fine-tune NELP
     Ministry is working on rationalising the exploration blocks so ... more on the work programmes (seismic surveys and ... that deep onshore blocks and offshore blocks do... (Source)


923. Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:37 PM (PST) - (Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA) - EnerGulf Offered 17% Interest in Namibia Offshore Block 1711
     interest in Block 1711 offshore Namibia exploration ... is a detailed technical review, seismic reprocessing and ... surveys, with a minimum exploration expenditure of... (Source)


924. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:37 PM (PST) - (ShareCast - London,UK) - Offshore Hydrocarbon soars on new service launch
     DON (SHARECAST) - Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping rocketed over 40% today as the seismic testing group ... service at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in... (Source)


925. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:37 PM (PST) - (Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria) - Total to deepen knowledge of deep offshore at NAPE conference
     to be delivered by experts from Total include: "Deep Play Seismic Imaging: Total ... barrels per day, is Total's first major success in offshore exploration... (Source)


926. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:37 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA) - Delta Petroleum Corporation Announces 16% Increase in Proved
     Nasdaq: DPTR), an independent energy exploration and development ... production, $49.23 per barrel of offshore oil production ... 50 square mile 3D seismic survey in... (Source)


927. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:37 PM (PST) - (East African - Nairobi,Kenya) - US firm protests terms of oil concession
     work such as the processing of seismic data ... Typically, the government now wants exploration companies to ... Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation has also put... (Source)


928. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:37 PM (PST) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - When Maritime Stakeholders Brainstormed on Port Concessioning
     that the multinational oil exploration and production ... and other materials to offshore locations with ... prospecting and drilling include seismic vessels, house... (Source)


929. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:37 PM (PST) - (ShareCast - London,UK) - London close: Footsie flat as US struggles
     Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping rocketed over 50% as the seismic testing group launched its shallow water remote sensing service at the Society of Exploration... (Source)


930. Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:52 PM (PST) - (YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA) - Coastal Drilling Scheme Threatens Beach Communities, Coastal
     Lethal assault on whales and dolphins: Seismic exploration -- explosive blasts that ... coastal landscapes: Onshore infrastructure associated with offshore oil or... (Source)


931. Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:52 PM (PST) - (Financial Express.bd - Bangladesh) - Policy on deep sea hydrocarbon exploration goes to PMO
     firms having experiences in conducting seismic survey into ... have already expressed their interests for exploration in Bangladesh offshore blocks, Petrobangla... (Source)


932. Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:52 PM (PST) - (Yahoo! News - USA) - Norsk Hydro Begins Gulf of Mexico Energy Exploration Using SGI
     and train both onshore and offshore personnel in ... ranks of many leading energy exploration companies that are able to accelerate their seismic processing and... (Source)


933. Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:52 PM (PST) - (NewsCentralAsia - Asia) - Important Information about Caspian Sector of Turkmenistan
     Petronas has drilled seven wells in its offshore prospect; all ... studies, including 2D and 3D seismic surveys, as well as drilling exploration and appraisal... (Source)


934. Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:52 PM (PST) - (Oil Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Namibia offers offshore exploration license to EnerGulf
     interest in block 1711 offshore Namibia exploration ... a detailed technical review, seismic reprocessing, and ... surveys, with a minimum exploration expenditure of... (Source)


935. Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:08 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA) - Demand for emgs' Seabed-Logging Technique Drives New Vessel
     Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in ... in regions as varied as offshore west Africa ... every promising structure seen by seismic surveys contains... (Source)


936. Sun, 13 Nov 2005 02:44 PM (PST) - (Malta Independent - St. Julians,Malta) - Mediterranean Oil and Gas to float on AIM
     group holds the benefit of an Exploration Study Agreement ... abutting the boundary with the Libyan offshore area 44 ... area has been subjected to 3D seismic and three... (Source)


937. Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:07 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA) - PanOcean announces record Q3 production of 10,108 bopd, record
     Sterling Energy operated Iris Marin Permit offshore Gabon, Iris ... With the seismic data from the Ebouri/Themis 3 ... An exploration commitment well is planned for the... (Source)


938. Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:07 PM (PST) - (OilVoice - UK) - Zari Resources PLC to be re-named Genesis Petroleum Corporation
     The sixth project is offshore Brazil where the ... is to capitalize on its unique seismic database advantage ... to include: high risk exploration; production combined... (Source)


939. Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:24 PM (PST) - (Oil Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Falklands drilling delayed
     February farmed into the Falklands offshore licenses, has ... to gain exposure to early exploration drilling, but ... of GSI's planned 2D seismic acquisition campaign... (Source)


940. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:58 PM (PST) - (Yahoo! News - USA) - TAG Oil Moving Rapidly on New Zealand Exploration Wells
     TAG currently has 14 drillable exploration prospects in its ... We are continuing to acquire seismic over our ... discoveries to date, but four offshore wells drilled... (Source)


941. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:58 PM (PST) - (AllAfrica.com - Africa) - Obiora: Our Role in Sao Tome
     from the interpretation of regional seismic surveys point to ... Bonga and Agbami deep offshore discoveries amongst ... the right to conduct exploration activities in... (Source)


942. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:58 PM (PST) - (WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA) - Mexico's Cantarell Field caused by meteor impact
     by the platform-margin collapse due to seismic shaking resulting ... meteor impact sites merited oil exploration, especially if the impact area was offshore... (Source)


943. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:58 PM (PST) - (Business Standard - India) - OVL to concede equity to Cuban firm
     this period includes acquisition of 3-D seismic data over ... will be decided on in the next exploration phase ... Rio province and not in deep offshore Cuban waters... (Source)


944. Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:19 PM (PST) - (People's Daily Online - Beijing,China) - First Phase of joint marine seismic cooperation in South China Sea
     na National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) Limited announced that the first phase of the seismic exploration project jointly operated by companies from China... (Source)


945. Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:19 PM (PST) - (China Daily - China) - First phase of joint marine survey complete
     two-dimensional and three-dimensional seismic data in the 140,000-square kilometres offshore area of ... owned oil companies in the exploration partnership, and... (Source)


946. Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:19 PM (PST) - (Yahoo! News - USA) - Roc Oil: Activity Level Remains "Very High"- CEO
     as the crayfishing season started offshore Dongara ... 3D seismic and 505 km 2D seismic were acquired ... surveys represent the first substantial exploration activity to... (Source)


947. Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:19 PM (PST) - (CCNMatthews - Toronto,ON,Canada) - Oromin Explorations Ltd.: Agreement Reached for Drilling Santa
     in onshore exploration in the Thrace Basin in Turkey and offshore exploration in the ... The exploration work comprises some further seismic modelling and the... (Source)


948. Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:19 PM (PST) - (Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA) - US can't afford not to drill for natural gas
     entirely off-limits to gas exploration and production ... oil and gas onshore and offshore with little ... For instance, seismic, three-dimensional imaging now enables... (Source)


949. Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:19 PM (PST) - (Oil Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - India's NELP VI likely format's last round
     of mixed size equally distributed between onshore and offshore ... a more diverse group of exploration companies and ... commitment to include 2D seismic surveys but... (Source)


950. Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:26 PM (PST) - (The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas) - Another License For Oil Exploration Approved
     oil exploration license for Bahamas Offshore Petroleum Limited ... of an Australian oil exploration company with ... while the company conducts its seismic testing, he... (Source)


951. Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:26 PM (PST) - (Oil Gas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - ONGC to acquire interest in offshore Cuba
     blocks 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 36 offshore Cuba ... The blocks are in the third exploration period ... The work program includes acquisition of 3D seismic data on 3,000 sq... (Source)


952. Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:26 PM (PST) - (MSN Money - USA) - Statoil teams with Chevron
     were among 24 firms that applied for new offshore oil and gas ... "Chevron's global exploration experience, particularly its seismic imaging capability... (Source)


953. Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:06 PM (PST) - (The Financial Express - Bangladesh) - PM approves policy on third round bidding for deep-sea oil
     a pragmatic step for deep-sea hydrocarbon exploration in the Bay ... on its gas discovery in the offshore sites at ... the government to go for seismic surveys before... (Source)


954. Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:09 PM (PST) - (Malta Independent - St. Julians,Malta) - Offshore Maltese oilfields estimated to have 648m barrels
     Oil and Gas which holds an exploration study agreement ... abutting the boundary with the Libyan offshore area 44 ... area has been subjected to 3D seismic and three... (Source)


955. Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:09 PM (PST) - (People's Daily Online - Beijing,China) - China, Philippines and Vietnam conclude seismic data acquisition
     vice- president of China National Offshore Oil Corporation ... partner in the joint exploration responsible for ... agreement in March to conduct seismic work programs... (Source)


956. Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:22 PM (PST) - (Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK) - Energy Watch
     8000 km of 2D, 3300 square km of 3D seismic and 68,000 ... on the ground for this major integrated gas exploration and production ... China National Offshore Oil Corp... (Source)


957. Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:22 PM (PST) - (OilVoice - UK) - New Zealand Oil Gas Announces Go-ahead For Tui Oil Field
     venture signed a contract with Diamond Offshore in May ... Patriot to drill up to three exploration wells ... been identified on the existing 3D seismic grid, within... (Source)


958. Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:22 PM (PST) - (OilVoice - UK) - VAALCO Energy Acquires New Concession in West Africa
     our strengths as an independent exploration and production ... and circumstance to our existing offshore Etame Permit ... believe that with our seismic depth imaging... (Source)


959. Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:22 PM (PST) - (OilVoice - UK) - Hydro Invests in New Geophysical Technology
     of discovery and helps improve exploration efficiency by ... The company's seismic expert group is working ... the technology internationally, both offshore and onshore... (Source)


960. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:11 PM (PST) - (Business Standard - India) - ONGC, BG India tie up to operate blocks
     in 1999, on the terms of new exploration and licensing ... ONGC has access to the seismic data and has done ... had offered one block in Kerala Konkan offshore and one... (Source)



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961. Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:54 PM (PST) - (The Business Today - Malta) - Myths and fallacies about striking oil
     Maltese Government started mapping out offshore areas for ... Previous seismic work by the Maltese Government ... the possibility of cooperation for oil exploration... (Source)


962. Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:54 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - New Zealand
     Eight offshore wells were drilled in 1976-84 ... Reprocessed seismic data are available, and the government plans to acquire 3,300 km of 2D seismic data in the... (Source)


963. Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:17 PM (PST) - (Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA) - Philippines, Indonesia eye join oil search with Malaysia
     countries, but Yusgiantoro suggested joint exploration nonetheless, Lotilla ... and Vietnam to conduct seismic research over ... PNOC), China National Offshore Oil Corp... (Source)


964. Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:30 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Nexen to Invest $2.9 Billion in Capital Projects in 2006
     in 2006. Offshore West Africa, we expect to drill two deep-water exploration wells and conduct seismic work in 2006. We have drilling... (Source)


965. Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:30 PM (PST) - (Halifax Herald - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada) - Numbered NS firm buys interest in Newfoundland offshore
     deposit of $128,000 for the offshore licence, representing ... and gas company to begin an exploration program on ... About 1,200 line kilometres of seismic data has... (Source)


966. Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:30 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Tullow Oil plc - Drilling and Acquisition Update
     on the Ngueve-1 well in Block 10 offshore Angola are in ... has been defined by the 2005 onshore seismic survey ... The exploration well on the Equata prospect in the... (Source)


967. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:10 PM (PST) - (Xinhua - China) - CNOOC signs pact with American company in South China Sea
     Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China's largest offshore oil producer ... to conduct a 3-D seismic surveys and wildcat drilling during the exploration period... (Source)


968. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:10 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - BPZ Energy Updates Exploration Activities and Oil Development
     to a License Contract for the exploration and development ... kilometers of existing 2-D seismic data, conducted ... of the Albacora oil field, located offshore in the... (Source)


969. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:10 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - TGS Acquires Exclusive Sales Rights to Reprocessed Seismic Data
     approximately 131,000 kilometers of reprocessed 2D seismic in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea, offshore Norway ... effective and quick start to exploration of the... (Source)


970. Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:38 PM (PST) - (Maltamedia Daily News - Valletta,Malta) - Petroleum study on Malta --Area 3' positive
     petroleum prospectivity of Malta by Exploration Consultants Ltd ... area of 5,600 km of seismic data, splitting ... fields in southern onshore and offshore Sicily can... (Source)


971. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (Xinhua - China) - CNOOC to explore oil fields with US-based company
     Located about 180 kilometers offshore Hong Kong in the Pearl ... committed to conducting a 3-D seismic survey and wildcat drilling during the exploration period... (Source)


972. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Serica Energy announces first day of unconditional dealings on AIM
     of the Kambuna-2 well, offshore Northern Sumatra ... require further evaluation, including seismic and drilling ... assembled a portfolio of exploration properties, in... (Source)


973. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK) - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Waiting for the oil boom
     its first offshore exploration well in block one of a Joint Development Zone (JDZ) shared with Nigeria during the first half of January. The seismic data... (Source)


974. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Pertamina signs contracts for Libyan blocks
     and develop two blocks, one onshore and the other offshore ... initially spend $49.1 million to conduct seismic tests and ... Block over a 5-year exploration period... (Source)


975. Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:17 PM (PST) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Scottish Equity Partnership - ARKeX Secures Contract with Major
     proprietary technology, the EGG (Exploration Gravity Gradiometer ... Oil companies typically use seismic reflection surveys to ... be applied both onshore and offshore... (Source)


976. Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:16 PM (PST) - (The Sunday Times - UK) - Hopes of Western Isles bonanza as Shell starts searching for oil
     Detailed geophysical seismic survey work has already been ... A previous exploration about four miles from the site ... to operate in remote offshore locations where... (Source)


977. Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:11 PM (PST) - (MSNBC - USA) - 'Tis the season for wave of CFO departures
     Houston Exploration has launched a search for a new ... 5, the oil and gas seismic provider said CFO ... Houston-based Offshore Logistics announced early last month... (Source)


978. Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:35 PM (PST) - (Organiser - New Delhi,India) - Offshore exploratory drilling: Threat to Olive Ridleys
     life is adversely affected by offshore exploration, according to a ... on the effects of oil exploration on the ... Seismic surveys, which are used to generate loud... (Source)


979. Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:35 PM (PST) - (AScribe - USA) - New Analysis Reveals 3-5 Kilometer Displacements on Recently
     West of Point Dume, Southern California," is the first to be published using seismic-reflection data collected to support offshore oil exploration and recently... (Source)


980. Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:35 PM (PST) - (Yahoo! News - USA) - Hardman Resources Drills Faucon-1 To Depth 4,170 Metres
     the Faucon-1 exploration well in Block 1 offshore Mauritania ... for the drilling of the Zoule-1 exploration well ... was defined by the 2005 onshore seismic survey and... (Source)


981. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:08 PM (PST) - (CJAD - Canada) - NL energy industry has good prospects in '06, but premier talking
     also contemplating investing in offshore exploration projects in ... Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore energy industry ... Meanwhile, seismic work on the Laurentian... (Source)


982. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:08 PM (PST) - (Urethanes Technology - UK) - Trelleborg to double its offshore/subsea sales with CRP buy
     CRP is strong in the oil exploration, drilling and ... CRP makes products for seismic surveys, drilling operations ... and marketing offices in important offshore areas... (Source)


983. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:08 PM (PST) - (Africast - Westport,CT,USA) - Dana completes Faucon-1 well offshore Mauritania
     December 21 -- Drilling of the Faucon-1 exploration well in Block 1 offshore Mauritania has ... core samples and the shooting of a vertical seismic profile (VSP... (Source)


984. Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:39 PM (PST) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Corridor Releases Independent McCully Reserves Report
     area of assessment once additional 3-D seismic has been ... is a junior oil and gas exploration and production ... Prince Edward Island and Quebec, and offshore in the... (Source)


985. Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:39 PM (PST) - (The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA) - Rigs setting up shop
     And with some offshore production still shut in after ... However, the 3-D seismic study gave companies the ... they needed to feel more confident about exploration... (Source)


986. Fri, 23 Dec 2005 02:56 PM (PST) - (El Universal - Venezuela) - Pdvsa modifies offshore gas block in gulf
     II and Cardéіn III for gas exploration and exploitation ... as Venezuela intends to exploit offshore gas blocks ... D of such project until 2007, while seismic data are... (Source)


987. Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:34 PM (PST) - (Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India) - Gail starts drilling in Bay of Bengal block
     a highly prospective gas block in offshore Bay of ... Extensive study of 2D/3D seismic data was carried ... extremely tight with a spate in exploration and production... (Source)


988. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - Nido Commits to Exploration Well in the Philippines
     Paul Quaife, Nido's Head of Exploration, said "The ... in offshore Mauritania and by Murphy in offshore Sabah ... Additional seismic may be required to mature these... (Source)


989. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (PakTribune.com - Pakistan) - PPL gets petroleum exploration licence for Balochistan
     and geophysical studies, 200 Km 2D seismic data acquisition ... data and experience in exploration and field ... in seven onshore and two offshore exploration licences... (Source)


990. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia) - Origin seeks oil out of Africa
     oil and gas, would initially fund $4 million of seismic work in the offshore Lamu Basin to earn a 50 per cent interest in two exploration permits, Perth-based... (Source)


991. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Dana takes Suez equity
     Feiran concession in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt ... A 3D seismic survey is planned over the concession's eastern ... Exploration drilling could follow in 2007... (Source)


992. Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:54 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - Equator Exploration Updates Drilling operations on Exploratory
     Peak") and Equator Exploration Ltd ... OML 122 is located 25-60 km offshore in water depths ... several gas zones, which recently reprocessed 3D seismic suggests are... (Source)


993. Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:54 PM (PST) - (Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan) - PPL granted petroleum exploration licence
     geophysical studies, 200 km 2D seismic data acquisition ... data and experience in exploration and field ... in seven onshore and two offshore exploration licences... (Source)


994. Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:54 PM (PST) - (The Business Today - Malta) - Myths and fallacies about striking oil
     Maltese Government started mapping out offshore areas for ... Previous seismic work by the Maltese Government ... the possibility of cooperation for oil exploration... (Source)


995. Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:54 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - New Zealand
     Eight offshore wells were drilled in 1976-84 ... Reprocessed seismic data are available, and the government plans to acquire 3,300 km of 2D seismic data in the... (Source)


996. Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:17 PM (PST) - (Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA) - Philippines, Indonesia eye join oil search with Malaysia
     countries, but Yusgiantoro suggested joint exploration nonetheless, Lotilla ... and Vietnam to conduct seismic research over ... PNOC), China National Offshore Oil Corp... (Source)


997. Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:30 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - Nexen to Invest $2.9 Billion in Capital Projects in 2006
     in 2006. Offshore West Africa, we expect to drill two deep-water exploration wells and conduct seismic work in 2006. We have drilling... (Source)


998. Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:30 PM (PST) - (Halifax Herald - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada) - Numbered NS firm buys interest in Newfoundland offshore
     deposit of $128,000 for the offshore licence, representing ... and gas company to begin an exploration program on ... About 1,200 line kilometres of seismic data has... (Source)


999. Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:30 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - Tullow Oil plc - Drilling and Acquisition Update
     on the Ngueve-1 well in Block 10 offshore Angola are in ... has been defined by the 2005 onshore seismic survey ... The exploration well on the Equata prospect in the... (Source)


1000. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:10 PM (PST) - (Xinhua - China) - CNOOC signs pact with American company in South China Sea
      Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China's largest offshore oil producer ... to conduct a 3-D seismic surveys and wildcat drilling during the exploration period... (Source)


1001. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:10 PM (PST) - (PR Newswire- New York,NY,USA) - BPZ Energy Updates Exploration Activities and Oil Development
      to a License Contract for the exploration and development ... kilometers of existing 2-D seismic data, conducted ... of the Albacora oil field, located offshore in the... (Source)


1002. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:10 PM (PST) - (Business Wire- San Francisco,CA,USA) - TGS Acquires Exclusive Sales Rights to Reprocessed Seismic Data
      approximately 131,000 kilometers of reprocessed 2D seismic in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea, offshore Norway ... effective and quick start to exploration of the... (Source)


1003. Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:38 PM (PST) - (Maltamedia Daily News - Valletta,Malta) - Petroleum study on Malta --Area 3' positive
      petroleum prospectivity of Malta by Exploration Consultants Ltd ... area of 5,600 km of seismic data, splitting ... fields in southern onshore and offshore Sicily can... (Source)


1004. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (Xinhua - China) - CNOOC to explore oil fields with US-based company
      Located about 180 kilometers offshore Hong Kong in the Pearl ... committed to conducting a 3-D seismic survey and wildcat drilling during the exploration period... (Source)


1005. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (Canada NewsWire- Canada) - Serica Energy announces first day of unconditional dealings on AIM
      of the Kambuna-2 well, offshore Northern Sumatra ... require further evaluation, including seismic and drilling ... assembled a portfolio of exploration properties, in... (Source)


1006. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK) - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Waiting for the oil boom
      its first offshore exploration well in block one of a Joint Development Zone (JDZ) shared with Nigeria during the first half of January. The seismic data... (Source)


1007. Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:33 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Pertamina signs contracts for Libyan blocks
      and develop two blocks, one onshore and the other offshore ... initially spend $49.1 million to conduct seismic tests and ... Block over a 5-year exploration period... (Source)


1008. Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:17 PM (PST) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Scottish Equity Partnership - ARKeX Secures Contract with Major
      proprietary technology, the EGG (Exploration Gravity Gradiometer ... Oil companies typically use seismic reflection surveys to ... be applied both onshore and offshore... (Source)


1009. Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:16 PM (PST) - (The Sunday Times - UK) - Hopes of Western Isles bonanza as Shell starts searching for oil
      Detailed geophysical seismic survey work has already been ... A previous exploration about four miles from the site ... to operate in remote offshore locations where... (Source)


1010. Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:11 PM (PST) - (MSNBC - USA) - 'Tis the season for wave of CFO departures
      Houston Exploration has launched a search for a new ... 5, the oil and gas seismic provider said CFO ... Houston-based Offshore Logistics announced early last month... (Source)


1011. Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:35 PM (PST) - (Organiser - New Delhi,India) - Offshore exploratory drilling: Threat to Olive Ridleys
      life is adversely affected by offshore exploration, according to a ... on the effects of oil exploration on the ... Seismic surveys, which are used to generate loud... (Source)


1012. Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:35 PM (PST) - (AScribe - USA) - New Analysis Reveals 3-5 Kilometer Displacements on Recently
      West of Point Dume, Southern California," is the first to be published using seismic-reflection data collected to support offshore oil exploration and recently... (Source)


1013. Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:35 PM (PST) - (Yahoo! News - USA) - Hardman Resources Drills Faucon-1 To Depth 4,170 Metres
      the Faucon-1 exploration well in Block 1 offshore Mauritania ... for the drilling of the Zoule-1 exploration well ... was defined by the 2005 onshore seismic survey and... (Source)


1014. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:08 PM (PST) - (CJAD - Canada) - NL energy industry has good prospects in '06, but premier talking
      also contemplating investing in offshore exploration projects in ... Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore energy industry ... Meanwhile, seismic work on the Laurentian... (Source)


1015. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:08 PM (PST) - (Urethanes Technology - UK) - Trelleborg to double its offshore/subsea sales with CRP buy
      CRP is strong in the oil exploration, drilling and ... CRP makes products for seismic surveys, drilling operations ... and marketing offices in important offshore areas... (Source)


1016. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:08 PM (PST) - (Africast - Westport,CT,USA) - Dana completes Faucon-1 well offshore Mauritania
      December 21 -- Drilling of the Faucon-1 exploration well in Block 1 offshore Mauritania has ... core samples and the shooting of a vertical seismic profile (VSP... (Source)


1017. Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:39 PM (PST) - (CCNMatthews- Toronto,ON,Canada) - Corridor Releases Independent McCully Reserves Report
      area of assessment once additional 3-D seismic has been ... is a junior oil and gas exploration and production ... Prince Edward Island and Quebec, and offshore in the... (Source)


1018. Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:39 PM (PST) - (The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA) - Rigs setting up shop
      And with some offshore production still shut in after ... However, the 3-D seismic study gave companies the ... they needed to feel more confident about exploration... (Source)


1019. Fri, 23 Dec 2005 02:56 PM (PST) - (El Universal - Venezuela) - Pdvsa modifies offshore gas block in gulf
      II and Cardéіn III for gas exploration and exploitation ... as Venezuela intends to exploit offshore gas blocks ... D of such project until 2007, while seismic data are... (Source)


1020. Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:34 PM (PST) - (Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India) - Gail starts drilling in Bay of Bengal block
      a highly prospective gas block in offshore Bay of ... Extensive study of 2D/3D seismic data was carried ... extremely tight with a spate in exploration and production... (Source)


1021. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - Nido Commits to Exploration Well in the Philippines
      Paul Quaife, Nido's Head of Exploration, said "The ... in offshore Mauritania and by Murphy in offshore Sabah ... Additional seismic may be required to mature these... (Source)


1022. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (PakTribune.com - Pakistan) - PPL gets petroleum exploration licence for Balochistan
      and geophysical studies, 200 Km 2D seismic data acquisition ... data and experience in exploration and field ... in seven onshore and two offshore exploration licences... (Source)


1023. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia) - Origin seeks oil out of Africa
      oil and gas, would initially fund $4 million of seismic work in the offshore Lamu Basin to earn a 50 per cent interest in two exploration permits, Perth-based... (Source)


1024. Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:59 PM (PST) - (OilGas Journal - Houston,TX,USA) - Dana takes Suez equity
      Feiran concession in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt ... A 3D seismic survey is planned over the concession's eastern ... Exploration drilling could follow in 2007... (Source)


1025. Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:54 PM (PST) - (OilVoice- UK) - Equator Exploration Updates Drilling operations on Exploratory
      Peak") and Equator Exploration Ltd ... OML 122 is located 25-60 km offshore in water depths ... several gas zones, which recently reprocessed 3D seismic suggests are... (Source)


1026. Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:54 PM (PST) - (Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan) - PPL granted petroleum exploration licence
      geophysical studies, 200 km 2D seismic data acquisition ... data and experience in exploration and field ... in seven onshore and two offshore exploration licences... (Source)


1027. Fri 30 Dec 2005 10:02 PM PST - (News From Bangladesh) - MARITIME BOUNDARY DEMARCATION-Dhaka far from settling disputes with Delhi, Yangon
      Dhaka is far from initiating a move to settle disputes with New Delhi and Yangon over the demarcation of maritime boundary, delaying the exploitation of marine resources and exercise of the country’s sovereignty in specific areas of the Bay of Bengal. (Source)


1028. Sat 31 Dec 2005 10:20 AM PST - (News From Bangladesh) - Gas reserve to last till 2011
      As new figures forecast a serious gas crisis from as early as 2011, the government should immediately open up the existing oil and gas blocks for international oil companies instead of going for a time consuming deep sea data collection, officials and experts say. (Source)


1029. Sat, 31 Dec 2005 03:21 PM PST - (Malayala Manorama - India) - ONGC finds traces of gas in Sunderbans delta after drilling 4,400
      ... are finding great difficulty in installing the offshore rigs because ... they were now engaged in more seismic survey in ... open a new vista in the exploration of map... (Source)


1030. Sat 31 Dec 2005 06:23 PM PST - (Alaska Journal of Commerce) - Interest heats up over Chukchi Sea prospects
      U.S. Minerals Management Service geologists are increasingly bullish on the Chukchi Sea, a remote area between northwest Alaska and Russia's Chutotsk Peninsula that is infested with ice and polar bears. (Source)