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Woodside ups

Morocco stake

Woodside entered into a 12-month contract for an exclusive Reconnaissance

License (RL) with the Of? ce

National des Hydrocarbures

R et des Mines, the national

JK oil company of Morocco, to explore the Rabat Ultra Deep

Offshore area. The block is just west of the Rabat

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Deep Offshore I-VI permits,

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H and covers 36,737sq km in 1700m-4400m water depths.

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Commitments under the RL

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Benthic in

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Mozambique survey

Anadarko Petroleum awarded

Benthic a contract for a deep-

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O water geotechnical investiga- tion in the Gol? nho ? eld off

Mozambique. Mobilization onto the Jaya Vigilant will begin in January 2015.

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Benthic’s PROD (portable remotely operated drill) will perform rotary rock coring

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A drill stem test resulted Cretaceous shelf carbonates. and piston coring in water

TGS, EMGS expand

Barents coverage in a combined ? ow rate of The SNE-1 well was drilled depths up to 2500m.

TGS and Electromagnetic more than 90 MMcf/d from using Transocean’s semisub-

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Masirah

Geoservices (EMGS) three Carboniferous intervals. mersible drilling rig Cajun orders 3D seismic agreed to further expand

The Pegasus West well has Express in 1100m water the companies’ previous been suspended to assess data about 100km offshore in the Masirah Oil picked Dolphin cooperation agreement in the and to make a decision on Sangomar block. The well was Geophysical to conduct a new

Barents Sea. TGS will partner development. drilled to 3000m TD. 3D seismic survey of Block

Centrica Energy operates 50, on the southeast coast with EMGS to acquire

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Pegasus with a 55% interest with Statoil drops of Oman, using the Artemis electromagnetic (EM) data out of Kwanza partners Third Energy (35%) and

Arctic vessel.

over approximately 10 new

Atlantic Petroleum (10%). Statoil is paying US$350

Block 50 covers 16,903sq blocks in the Nordkapp and million to take a “time-out” km, where non-commercial

Tiddly areas.

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Saturn comes up dry

The M/V Atlantic Guardian hydrocarbons were discov- in its Kwanza exploration

Statoil’s ? nal well in its will acquire the new 3D EM ered at the MNN#1 well in 4Q drilling program off Angola 2013-2014 drilling campaign, data, which will be available 2013, followed by a second affer disappointing drill- wildcat well 7227/10-1, has to clients through both EMGS exploration well which ing results. The Norwegian come up dry. The well was and TGS. discovered several formations giant canceled the