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N of doubling production BG Group completed a second

Tanzania discovery

Contract Briefs to 4000b/d by year end. drill stem test in Block 1 off Tanzania. The test was in the

It will also help start the Mzia-2 well and fowed at a maximum rate of 57MMcfd.

Epsilon development plan, This is the frst test of a Cretaceous reservoir in Tanzania’s

Technip awarded a 32MMbbl satellite feld to deep water. Mzia-2 is 4km from the Mzia-1 discovery, in fowline work the Prinos feld. 1620m of water about

Husky Oil Operations 45km off the coast of awarded Technip two con-

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Noble discovers gas tracts for the planned subsea

Noble Energy found “sig- tieback of the South White nifcant signs of gas” in

Rose Extension feld off the Karish 1 well 75km

Newfoundland and Labrador northwest of Haif in Israeli in the Jeanne d’Arc basin. waters, according to part-

Contracts include gas injec- ners. Delek Group said that tion fowlines, umbilicals, 60ft of natural gas bearing and subsea structures.

sands were found after drill- ing reached 4790m below off the Cabo Delgado coast. and development (E&D) of

Saipem wins sea level in license area The well opened 214m of oil and gas felds. It includes installation work

Alon C/366. gas pay in Oligocene and engineering and construc-

Saipem was awarded new

Eocene reservoirs. tion, fnancing, LNG trans- contracts in Latin America

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Petroceltic and worth about US$500 million.

O equipment and machinery

Edison gain acreage Tanzania

In Venezuela, Saipem signed licensing round

Petroceltic International supply), and LNG marketing with Cardon IV to develop the is participating in a joint Tanzania Petroleum to Japanese utilities.

Perla EP Project, in the Gulf venture with Edison Development Corporation of Venezuela.

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International Spa, which (TPDC) announced the 4th Viking Offshore

In Brazil, Petrobras was the successful bid- Tanzania Deep Offshore opens R&D center assigned an EPCI contract der for two blocks, North and North Lake Tanganyika Viking Offshore & Marine to Saipem for the Sapinhoa

Thekah and South Idku, Licensing Round. The Ltd. will invest up to S$15

Norte and Iracema Sul in the Egyptian Natural round will launch on million to set up a dedi-

Projects in the Santos Basin,

Gas Holding Co. 2012 Oct. 25, 2013, during the cated innovation hub in 300km off Rio de Janeiro

International Bid Round. 2nd Tanzania Oil and Gas Singapore.The center will be state.

North Thekah (Block 7) Conference, and Exhibition an enterprise hub for com- is located off the Nile Delta. (23-25 October 2013 in Dar panies, and will combine

Noble to drill

South Idku (Block 1) is es Salaam) and close on May research and development, at Mariner onshore in the Nile delta. 15, 2014. It includes seven collaboration, innovation,

Noble Corp. was awarded a deepwater blocks averag- technology test-bedding, and four-year drilling contract

L ing 3000sq km in water incubation of new concepts, Farmout of OPL 310 from Statoil for work on

Afren farmed-out 17.14% 2000m-3000m deep. including clustering some the UK North Sea Mariner interest in the OPL 310 companies into product project using a new Cat J

P license off Nigeria to Lekoil groups to prepare them for IVB opens jackup. The contract is worth (subject to Nigerian Minis- the market.

Abu Dhabi offce $655 million and includes terial consent). Optimum Growth by Inspection a two-year option. Work will

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Petroleum Development Verifcation Bureau Ltd.

AWE discovery start in 2016.

Ltd. (60%) will operate with (IVB) has prompted it to AWE Ltd. reported a sec- partners Afren (22.86%) open a new offce in Abu ond successful drillstem

Boskalis awarded and Lekoil (17.14%). The Dhabi and set up a joint test (DST) at the Lengo-2

Philippines work frst exploration well will be enterprise in Kuwait. IVB appraisal well 25 miles

Shell Philippines Exploration drilled on the Ogo prospect, will open an offce with north-northwest of Tuban,

B.V. awarded Royal Boskalis targeting 78MMboe, and two staff, but has plans to Indonesia, with a maximum

Westminster N.V. a con- will include a sidetrack, expand the offce to as many gas fow rate of 21.2 MMcfd. tract to install a Depletion targeting 124MMboe. as 12 employees. Gas samples were gathered

Compression Platform for for analysis. Partners in the the Malampaya Project off

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Bulu PSC are: KrisEnergy Mozambique Rosneft, Marubeni the coast of Palawan Island, sign E&P pact discovery Eni found gas Satria Limited (operator) in The Philippines. The con- in the Mamba South 3 well, Rosneft and Marubeni Corp. 2.5%, AWE Ltd. (via sub- tract value is about US$60 which was drilled in 1571m signed a memorandum of sidiaries) 42.5%, PT. Satria million; to run early-late of water to 4948m TD. The cooperation for an LNG Energindo 10.0%, and PT. 2014. well is in Area 4 about 50km project and joint exploration Satria Wijaya Kusuma 5.0%.

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