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Pemex’s Abkatún Permanente

Shell’s Arctic plans move forward platform, resulting in four

The US Department of the workers killed. 301 workers

Interior (DOI) is review- were evacuated to other plat- ing Shell’s Arctic drilling forms, and production was plans. In March, DOI issued ceased. Production has since a record of decision af? rming been restored.

Shell’s Arctic leases from the Pemex is expecting to reach

Chukchi Sea OCS oil and gas its original production goal of lease sale 193 from 2008. The 646,000 b/d of crude oil and decision paved the way for 1.442 MMcf/d of gas. Abkatún

B C the Bureau of Ocean Energy is part of Pemex’s Abkatún-

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Management (BOEM), part of Pol-Chuc complex, which is

DOI, to begin a formal review located 132km northeast from of Shell’s exploration plan. the Port of Dos Bocas between

Shell has spent US$1 billion the states of Campeche and

E preparing for its return to the Tabasco.

Arctic this summer, following

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BPZ suspending a two-year hiatus.

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Corvina well drilling rig. Karoon is the

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Houston-based BPZ Energy operator with 65% interest

Statoil makes

Yeti discovery is suspending its Corvina while Paci? c Rubiales Energy

CX15-9D well off Peru after Statoil hit oil at its Yeti Corp. holds 35%.

G failing to produce oil. The exploration well in Walker

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Premier con? rms

Ridge Block 160, 15km south well, located in Block Z-1,

Sea Lion extension was drilled to 7730ft. BPZ of Chevron’s Big Foot ? eld, in sharing agreement govern- areas previously known as says that 35ft of gas pay was deepwater Gulf of Mexico, at Premier Oil’s 14/15b-5 ing L10B. Pancontinental D-8, D-9, and portions of C-10, found in the upper Zorritos 5890ft of water. It was drilled Zebedee exploration well, in holds a 25% interest in L10B, C-11, B-10, B-11. ExxonMobil non-associated gas reservoir to 25,575ft by the Maersk exploration license PL004, while BG holds 75%. L10B holds a participating inter- in the CX15-9D well. Since Developer semisubmersible. con? rmed the extension of is immediately south of area est of 71.25%, GEPetrol has the well failed to produce It expands the proven sub-salt the giant Sea Lion discov- L10A, where operator BG 23.75% and the Equatorial oil, BPZ is reevaluating the Miocene play further south ery. The well intersected Group holds 50% interest, Guinea government holds the geologic model. BPZ is the and west of Big Foot. 79ft of oil-bearing reservoir Pancontinental holds 18.75% remaining 5%.

operator of Block Z1 with a in Zebedee sands and 55ft and PTTEP of Thailand holds

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Hadrian South Big hit 51% interest. Partner Paci? c of gas-bearing reservoir in 31.25%.

J onstream offshore Tanzania

Rubiales Energy holds the previously undrilled Hector “The blocks have simi- remaining 49%. ExxonMobil began production sands, in multiple Cretaceous lar geological features that Statoil has made its eighth at Hadrian South, 230mi off- formations. One of six wells in some cases straddle the discovery off Tanzania at the

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Karoon hits shore in the Keathley Canyon planned using the Eirik permit boundary, while Mdalasini-1 exploration well, offshore Brazil area in 7650ft water. It has Raude