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R leave DEA holding a remain- using the Key Gibraltar jackup 3D seismic with a view to

Vietnam’s ? rst deepwater well ing 17.25%. rig. The well lies 2.25km drilling on 2016-17.

Ophir is also in the process of

Gazprom and PetroVietnam north of the Niramai oil

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Qatar seeks Al agreed to explore offshore discovery, in the 4696sq km acquiring two additional PSCs

Shaheen partner .

Vietnam later this year. G10/48 license from Niko: North Makassar

Qatar Petroleum is looking Vietgazprom, the joint operat- Strait and North Ganal.

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Indonesian PSC shuf? e for a partner to undertake ing company of both ? rms,

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AziPac acquired 50% interest

Oz blocks up for bid the future development of will preside over explora- in the North Madura deepwa- the Maersk Oil-operated Al tion activities in blocks 112, Australia has total of 29 ter production sharing contract

Shaheen ? eld, as the current 129-132. Block 129 will see offshore blocks across eight (PSC) located offshore Java Sea, agreement expires mid-2017. Vietnam’s ? rst deepwater basins up for bid in its from MitraEnergy (25%) and

Al Shaheen is located off well, with sea depth exceed- annual Offshore Petroleum

North Madura Energy (25%). the northeast coast of Qatar in ing 1600m, in 2H 2015. Exploration Acreage Release.

In Eastern Indonesia; Ophir the Persian Gulf, 180km north Vietgazprom has contracted Twenty-three areas are

Energy has acquired four PSCs of Doha. Maersk Oil has been the Deepsea Metro I drillship available for work program from Niko Resources. operator of the Al Shaheen to operate on Blocks 130 and bidding and six areas are ? eld since 1992. 131 offshore starting mid-3Q Azipac’s acquisition in available for cash bidding.

2015, for about 20 weeks, North Madura, covering These blocks are located

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Lundin awarded including options for two well 1850sq km, is located offshore in the offshore areas of

Caspian license testing periods. East Java in 45m water depth. the Northern Territory, the

Lundin Petroleum won a Operator AWE, holding 50% Territory of Ashmore and

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Rayrai-1 hits oil production license for the interest, acquired 1000km of Cartier Islands, Western

Morskaya ? eld in the northern KrisEnergy hit oil at Rayrai-1 2D seismic over the block’s Australia, South Australia,

Caspian Sea. in the Wassana ? eld off southern area, and follow- Victoria and Tasmania.

Ranging in various water The license, in the Thailand in the southern ing analysis, expects the ? rst depths and sizes, investment

Lagansky Block, will be valid Pattani basin. Rayrai-1 explorative well in 2016.

opportunities are open in the until 2035 and covers about intersected about 50ft of net Ophir will operate its PSC’s,

Bonaparte, Browse Carnarvon, 50sq km. The Morskaya dis- oil-bearing sandstones after West Papua IV, Aru, Ko? au

Roebuck, Ceduna, Otway, covery was made on the ? eld reaching a total depth of and Halmahera-Ko? au, which •

Gippsland and Sorrell basins.