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ConocoPhillips Hits Oil, Gas In North Sea
Drilled by the Leiv Eirkisson drilling rig about 10 km (6 miles) northwest of the Balder Field, wildcat well 25/7-8 S hit several oil- and gas-bearing intervals, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate says.
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Apache, Total Make Significant Oil Discovery Offshore Suriname
Results from the Maka Central discovery prove “significant potential” for the entire 1.4 million acres that comprise Block 58 offshore Suriname, says Apache CEO John Christmann.
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Tullow Shares Drop On Doubts Over New Offshore Guyana Well
Tullow Oil said the Carapa well offshore Guyana had struck oil at about 4 m of net pay, which analysts believe is unlikely to be commercially viable.
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Shell Makes ‘Significant’ Gas, Condensate Find Offshore Australia
The discovery was located within title AC/P64 about 160 km (99 miles) northeast of the Shell-operated Prelude floating LNG facility.
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Exxon Mobil, Partners Strike Oil Offshore Guyana
The latest discovery was made by the Mako-1 well drilled about 10 km southeast of the Liza Field.
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DNO Makes Small Oil, Gas Discovery In Norwegian Sea
Preliminary estimates show the discovery west of Heidrun Field to hold between 6.3 million and 12.6 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said.
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Ghana Company Says It Discovers 1.5 Billion Barrels Of Oil Offshore
The discovery is a significant one in a country that currently produces about 200,000 barrels of oil per day.
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Mexico's Pemex Announces Discovery Of 'Giant' Crude Oil Deposit
Mexican state oil company Pemex said on Dec. 6 it has discovered a deposit in southeastern Mexico that could yield 500 million barrels of crude, calling it the largest such finding in more than 30 years.
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BP Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Trinidad
Plans are for the well, which was drilled into two untested fault blocks east of the Cashima Field, to be completed by the end of November, the company said.