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April 14, 2017
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, minister of foreign affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, took place in Moscow. The parties expressed their appreciation for the Company’s efforts in Bangladesh.
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April 13, 2017
The Bossier and Haynesville Formations of the onshore and U.S. waters portion of the U.S. Gulf Coast contain estimated means of 4 billion bbl of oil, 304.4 Tcfg, and 1.9 billion bbl of natural gas liquids, according to updated assessments by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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April 13, 2017
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists has released a major update to the venerable SEG-Y workhorse seismic data exchange standard.
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April 12, 2017
Lukoil has completed a field 3D seismic survey at West Qurna-2 field in Iraq. The survey covered an area of about 450 km2.
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April 05, 2017
HOUSTON -- AAPG President-elect Charles Sternbach opened the society’s Annual Convention & Exhibition in Houston on Monday morning ,in the Discovery Thinking session, saying that “geology is a science” but “exploration is a business.” In 1917, the AAPG was originally conceived as a “technology transfer” society, with learnings captured in the field translated to paper media and distributed to the geological community for application in analogous situations.
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April 04, 2017
PJSC LUKOIL began drilling of the first 5,500 m prospecting and appraisal well (1P) in the Vostochno-Taymyrsky license area, Krasnoyarsk Territory, six months before the scheduled deadline.
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April 04, 2017
CGG has announced that Sercel has launched Sentinel HR, a high-resolution solid streamer designed to meet the specific imaging needs of shallow-target applications, such as oceanology, civil engineering and reservoir characterization, as well as high-resolution 3D (HR3D) seismic surveys for detailed mapping of geological features.
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April 03, 2017
Petro River Oil Corp., an independent oil and gas exploration company utilizing the latest 3D seismic technology, has announced the spudding of one of the four exploration wells in its Pearsonia West Concession.
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March 31, 2017
Rosneft has announced a new field in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The geological reserves of Anastasyinskoye field of C1+C2 category in the amount of 0.6 mmt were recommended by The State Commission on Reserves for state registration.
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March 30, 2017
CGG has been awarded a multi-year integrated geoscience study by Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) to identify resource growth potential in the onshore partitioned zone (PZ).
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March 22, 2017
Algeria’s state-run energy producer plans to boost crude oil output by 14% in the four years to 2019 and invest billions of dollars in exploration projects.
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March 22, 2017
The rally in global oil prices has stalled at the worst possible time for explorers, just as banks reassess credit lines crucial to their growth.
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March 21, 2017
A trio of Houston-based private-equity funds is sifting through the oil industry with a view to potentially reaching $4 billion of investments after the market crash created some bargains.
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March 20, 2017
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced the commencement of drilling operations on the SD-1X well at its South Disouq concession in the Nile Delta area of Egypt.
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March 14, 2017
It’s hard to tell where the world ends here on the Alaska North Slope.
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March 09, 2017
HOUSTON -- After two years of severely low levels of E&P activity in North America, the industry is starting to see signs of life.
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March 09, 2017
A pioneer of the U.S. shale revolution wants to take fracing to America’s final frontier. Success could help revive Alaska’s flagging oil fortunes.
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March 08, 2017
Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, is pleased to confirm that drilling of the Badile exploration well, onshore Italy, commenced on March 7, 2017.
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March 06, 2017
Oranto Petroleum will invest $500 million to develop South Sudan’s Block B3, launching a comprehensive exploration campaign starting immediately. The Ministry of Petroleum and Oranto Petroleum Company, South Sudan signed the exploration and production sharing agreement for the block today in Juba.
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March 03, 2017
Polarcus Limited has announced that the company has finalized a contract for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia. The program will deliver a broadband data-set utilizing one of the company's Polarcus X-bow vessels operating under the Polarcus Explore Green environmental agenda.
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March 01, 2017
Northern Petroleum, the AIM quoted oil and gas company focusing on production led growth, balanced with high impact exploration and appraisal opportunities, announced that Shell Italia E&P has initiated a local engagement program in relation to the Cascina Alberto permit, onshore northern Italy.
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