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Exploration & Discoveries

(3/14/2010) Jubilant's Cauvery Basin test well looks to be a dud

(3/14/2010) Blackhawk drilling 1st Bodo well in Provost, Alberta

(3/12/2010) OGX finds Aptian oil in shallow water Campos Basin

(3/12/2010) Oil Search's Yemen well finds more gas enroute to TD

(3/11/2010) Vinland drilling Chattanooga Shale test in Tennessee

(3/11/2010) Petrobras finds oil in Colombia's Llanos Basin

(3/11/2010) BG scores a wildcat discovery on Norway's Blabaer prospect

(3/10/2010) Petrobras chalks up another pre-salt find in Santos Basin

(3/10/2010) Wildcat spudded in Kansas McCracken Project

(3/10/2010) New Standard proceeding with Goldwyer Shale project

(3/9/2010) Kentucky USA Energy at TD in Hardison-1

(3/9/2010) Jupiter's Kazakhsan J-50 confirms Jurassic-XI hydrocarbons

(3/9/2010) Kea prepping to drill Taranaki deep gas test well

(3/9/2010) Krescent at TD in Texas Hercules Prospect probe

(3/9/2010) Egypt's Al-Amir SE-5 major oil & gas producer

(3/9/2010) Kalegran strikes oil in Iraqi Kurdistan Akri Bijeel Block

(3/9/2010) US Gulf Ship Shoal well a success at 10.4 million cf/d

(3/8/2010) Exoma spots extensive CSG plays in Queensland basin

(3/8/2010) Allied kicks off 1st horizontal well in Texas' Giddings Field area

(3/8/2010) New discoveries made on Colombia's Quifa Block

(3/8/2010) Tharwa strikes oil with Egypt Eastern Desert exploration well

(3/7/2010) Dana Gas scores 2 new gas discoveries in Egypt

(3/5/2010) IPR logs three discoveries in NE Syria

(3/5/2010) Forest Gate testing Green River, Utah discovery

(3/5/2010) AWE gearing up to drill Hiki-1 in New Zealand's Taranaki Bain

(3/5/2010) OGX finds large oil column in latest shallow water well

(3/5/2010) Lundin's Luno Extension test well proves non-commercial

(3/5/2010) Contango drilling Dude Prospect in US Gulf

(3/4/2010) Petroceltic picks drillsites for 2 Tunisia exploration wells

(3/3/2010) Empire testing onshore Western Australia wildcat

(3/3/2010) Nordic granted license to drill Alberta exploration well

(3/3/2010) ExxonMobil to drill 3rd exploration well in Sulu Sea

(3/3/2010) LLOG makes US Gulf Mississippi Canyon discovery

(3/2/2010) Extrem Energy gearing up to drill Turkey's Adana Basin

(3/2/2010) Junex drilling 2 Utica Shale wells on Quebec's Lyster Block

(3/2/2010) ANP chalks up its 1st discovery offshore Rio de Janeiro

(3/2/2010) Vinland gets okay to drill Tennessee test well

(3/2/2010) Bridge-Paramax spud 1st of 5 Idaho wells

(3/1/2010) Maurel & Prom's Syria & Congo wells dusters

(3/1/2010) Maurel & Prom's Syria & Congo wells dusters

(3/1/2010) Maurel & Prom confirm discovery onshore Gabon

(3/1/2010) Neptune plugs & abandons Uganda well

(3/1/2010) One of 3 new Sonatrach discoveries a major gasfield

(2/26/2010) Colombia's Llanos Basin Moriche discovery completed

(2/26/2010) Repsol-YPF to drill for oil offshore Islas Malvinas

(2/26/2010) Vanco & Lukoil make deepwater discovery off Ghana

(2/25/2010) Dana participating in 17 exploration wells this year

(2/25/2010) Det Norske drilling Draupne test well off Norway

(2/25/2010) Petrobras scores dual discovery in Brazil's Barracuda block

(2/24/2010) RWE Dea plugging & abandoning Quellenburg-1

(2/24/2010) Forest Gate makes oil discovery near Green River, Utah

(2/24/2010) CNOOC drilling East Africa's deepest well in Kenya's Anza Basin

(2/24/2010) PetroChina discovers major gas producer in Tarim Basin

(2/24/2010) Aurelian confirms Romania's Brodina Block Voitinel trend

(2/24/2010) OGX finds oil in shallow waters of Brazil's Campos Basin

(2/24/2010) Talisman scores 12 million cf/d with Quebec Lowlands well

(2/24/2010) Anadarko appraising its ultra-deepwater Wahoo discoveries

(2/23/2010) ConocoPhillips spuds Kronos-1 offshore Western Australia

(2/23/2010) Nexen drilling UK North Sea Bugle North Prospect

(2/23/2010) PTTEP finds new gasfield in Australian Timor Sea

(2/23/2010) Saudi Aramco makes gas discovery in northern Jalamid

(2/23/2010) Tethys tests of Doris discovery in Kazakhstan concluded

(2/23/2010) OGDC finds further gas in Pakistan's Sindh Province

(2/23/2010) Statoil makes small Tampen discovery in Norwegian North Sea

(2/22/2010) Salamander spuds Laotian exploration well

(2/22/2010) Desire's 1st Falkland test well drilling ahead (update)

(2/22/2010) AKG taps gas pay in Texas' Colorado County Brasher-1

(2/21/2010) NIOC gasfield discovery holds 12.4 Tcf

(2/21/2010) Desire starts drilling in contested Falklands waters (update)

(2/21/2010) Hess resuming Western Australia 16-well exploration program

(2/19/2010) Gulfsands Zaman-1 in Syria a duster

(2/19/2010) Norwood to P&A all 3 of its Nicaragua test wells

(2/19/2010) Breitling well targeting Texas' Mississippian Chapel

(2/18/2010) Origin plugging & abandoning Rockhopper-1

(2/18/2010) Aminex spuds Olympia Minerals test in Louisiana

(2/18/2010) Eni chalks up 2 deepwater oil discoveries off Angola

(2/18/2010) Second discovery in Kazakhstan's Galaz contract area

(2/18/2010) Preliminary test of Pluspetrol's Castanha-1 shows 2,275 b/d

(2/18/2010) Western Potash finds gas in 9 Saskatchewan potash wells

(2/18/2010) Windjammer wildcat 1st deepwater find off Mozambique

(2/17/2010) Reliance drilling new Bay of Bengal test well

(2/17/2010) Brooks Range to set casing & test Alaska Sak River well

(2/17/2010) Petrobras sees oil shows in Colombia exploration well

(2/17/2010) Newfield chalks up a duster offshore China

(2/17/2010) EOG wildcat a major Weld County discovery in Colorado

(2/16/2010) Pemex scores 900-million bbl discovery offshore Campeche

(2/16/2010) Jubilant strikes gas in Assam, India discovery

(2/16/2010) OMV's scores southern Tunisia gas & condensate discovery

(2/15/2010) Salamander gearing up to drill onshore Laos

(2/15/2010) Yolboyu exploration well spudded in Edirne, Turkey

(2/15/2010) PDO scores new oil & gas field discoveries in Oman

(2/15/2010) Max makes 2nd discovery on Kazakh E Block

(2/15/2010) Neptune spuds exploration well in Uganda

(2/14/2010) OIL lines up rig for 8 Rajasthan wells

(2/14/2010) Iran drilling 1st exploration well in Caspian Sea

(2/12/2010) Maurel & Prom plugs & abandons offshore Congo well

(2/12/2010) E.On Ruhrgas sets date to drill Norway's Breiflabb prospect

(2/12/2010) New Standard drilling 1st of six wells in Texas project

(2/12/2010) Centrica spuds Fogelberg test well in Norwegian Sea

(2/11/2010) Petrobras makes shallow water Campos Basin find

(2/11/2010) Origin taps hydrocarbons in Tasmania Rockhopper test

(2/10/2010) South Korea targeting gas hydrates in East Sea

(2/10/2010) Anadarko set to drill 2 more deepwater Sierra Leone wells

(2/10/2010) Icon completes 1st of 4 new CBM wells in Queensland

(2/10/2010) Small Statoil discovery probably not viable

(2/10/2010) GDF Suez & Dana Petroleum score 2nd discovery off Egypt

(2/9/2010) Det Norske scores a dry hole in Norway's Frusalen prospect

(2/9/2010) Gastem gets test results from 2 St Lawrence Lowlands wells

(2/9/2010) Max gets go-ahead to drill test well on Astrakhanskiy Block

(2/9/2010) Alange taps pay with Colombia exploration well Barranquero

(2/9/2010) Exploration well underway in Hungary's Peneszlek Project

(2/9/2010) Quebec's Nicolet Permit gas-in-place put at 8.67 Tcf

(2/8/2010) WesternZagros' Kurdistan Iraq test well sees shows

(2/8/2010) Husky makes 3rd major South China Sea discovery

(2/8/2010) Petrobras revisiting Brazil's Reconcavo Basin exploration

(2/8/2010) PetroLatina testing new Colombia discovery Zoe-1

(2/8/2010) NIOC chalks up 2 new field discoveries in Iran

(2/8/2010) Pluspetrol finds pay with Angola exploration well

(2/7/2010) Tethys' AKD01 Kazakhstan discovery flows 5,400 b/d

(2/5/2010) Newly discovered Dubai field onstream by 2011 (update)

(2/5/2010) Five-well program set for Cairn block off India's east coast

(2/5/2010) Melrose scores with South Damas discovery onshore Egypt

(2/5/2010) Nexen plugging & abandoning North Sea duster

(2/4/2010) Amerisur gearing up to test Iguasa well in Colombia

(2/4/2010) Lundin spuds Luno High prospect in Norwegian North Sea

(2/4/2010) Poseidon-2 being plugged & abandoned off Western Australia

(2/4/2010) Oil discovery in Persian Gulf offshore Dubai

(2/4/2010) Apache discovers 198 ft of oil pay in Egypt's Western Desert

(2/3/2010) Petroceltic prepping to drill Adriatic test well off Italy

(2/3/2010) Magnum Hunter brings in Texas South Caesar Field test well

(2/3/2010) Dove meets PSA requirements in Yemen block, seeks farm-in

(2/3/2010) OGX Campos Basin well has 500-900 million bbl

(2/2/2010) Vision prepping for Tyler Austin Chalk well in March

(2/2/2010) Leed drilling US Gulf Ship Shoal test well

(2/2/2010) Medco's Sumatra CBM test shows high gas content

(2/2/2010) Ascent re-drilling Fontana-1 in Italy's Latina Valley

(2/2/2010) Sterling spuds Sangaw North in northern Iraq

(2/2/2010) CNPC drilling exploration in Sudanese Red Sea

(2/2/2010) Anadarko drilling 1st of 4 deepwater Mozambique wells

(2/2/2010) Extensive oil shows in Pungarayacu well in Ecuador

(2/1/2010) FOGL & BHP to drill South Atlantic Toroa prospect

(2/1/2010) Petrolifera rigging up to reenter & clear blocked Colombia well

(2/1/2010) Toreador's Paris Basin exploration well uncertain

(2/1/2010) InterOil's PNG Antelope-2 at TVD, horizontal extension set

(2/1/2010) Allied prepping to drill horizontal test in Giddings Field

(2/1/2010) OGX taps 200 million bbl oil in OGX-4 Campos Basin well

(1/31/2010) Dana drilling 3 exploration wells in Egypt

(1/31/2010) Forum testing gas in Philippines' Barangay Libertad field

(1/29/2010) Devon Itaipu sidetrack discovers more oil

(1/29/2010) OGDC-led JV finds gas in Pakistan's Guddu Block

(1/29/2010) Tatneft makes oil discovery in Libya's Ouen Kasa

(1/29/2010) Cobalt's deepwater US Gulf Criollo sidetrack finds Miocene pay

(1/29/2010) Ecopetrol discovers hydrocarbons with Tempranillo North-1

(1/28/2010) Testing underway on Poseidon well off Western Australia

(1/28/2010) Tower's Neptune to spud Avivi-1 in Uganda in mid-February

(1/28/2010) First deep test Parsons Pond well set for Newfoundland

(1/28/2010) Rosneft makes major oil discovery in Irkutsk

(1/28/2010) Kumluk-1 in Turkey's Edirne Block taps pay

(1/27/2010) Egdon reaches TD in Dukes Wood-1 well onshore UK

(1/27/2010) Gastem completes 1st shale gas well in New York

(1/27/2010) DONG sets appraisal drilling on Denmark's Svane Field

(1/27/2010) Anadarko confirms US Gulf Lucius major discovery

(1/26/2010) Indus encouraged by frac of Shingli-1 onshore India

(1/26/2010) Brooks Range spuds Sak River exploration well in Alaska

(1/26/2010) Chevron's Yellowglen-1 a Greater Gorgon gas discovery

(1/25/2010) Bowleven lines up rig to drill offshore Cameroon

(1/25/2010) Oilex exploration well in Timor Sea JPDA a dud

(1/25/2010) Stratic's Al Tayr well in Syria proves to be a duster

(1/25/2010) Woodside finds gas in Greater Pluto area Noblige-1 well

(1/25/2010) Tidewater to spud Utah Wingate test by month's end

(1/22/2010) Tower's Neptune gearing up to spud 2nd Uganda well

(1/22/2010) Dual exploration wells underway off Western Australia

(1/22/2010) Tullow scores another discovery in Uganda's Block 2

(1/22/2010) OGX finds significant pay in Campos Basin shallow waters

(1/21/2010) ExxonMobil makes discovery off Mindanao

(1/21/2010) Gastar Marcellus Shale well comes in at 1.5 million cf/d

(1/21/2010) Sirte Oil makes discovery onshore Libya's Sirte Basin

(1/21/2010) ONGC & Rocksource await okay to drill 3rd Cauvery well

(1/21/2010) Tullow's Tweneboa proves major new Ghana field

(1/20/2010) Det Norske's Storklakken well on hold for rig repair

(1/20/2010) Oil found in InterOil's major PNG Antelope-2 gas discovery

(1/20/2010) Vegas' Geyad discovery sidetrack in Egypt taps 2 pay zones

(1/20/2010) McMoRan sees added pay in shallow water ultra-deep find

(1/19/2010) Coastal temporarily abandons Thai Gulf test well

(1/19/2010) Norwest sets targets for Australia Perth Basin drilling

(1/18/2010) Qara Dagh Block estimated at 2.7 billion bbl oil

(1/18/2010) Testing completed on Oman's East Saiwan-2

(1/18/2010) Det Norske drilling Frusalen North Sea prospect

(1/17/2010) Maersk makes far west Danish North Sea discovery

(1/17/2010) Inconclusive results in Poseidon-2 appraisal

(1/15/2010) Exoil's Browse Basin Braveheart-1 well disappoints

(1/15/2010) Max spuds Borkyldakty-1 well in Kazakh Block E

(1/15/2010) Circle puts Morocco Sebou well on extended test

(1/15/2010) Gulf Keystone's Kurd Iraq find holds 4.2 billion bbl oil

(1/15/2010) Dana Gas southern Egypt appraisal a discovery

(12/15/2009) MOL sub spuds Kurd Iraq exploration well

(12/15/2009) Icon tapping more coal measures in Queensland program

(12/15/2009) Rockhopper adds to enviro statement for 2010 drilling

(12/14/2009) Chevron's Satyr-1 off Western Australia a large gas find

(12/13/2009) Apache to invest $1 billion in Egypt's Western Desert

(12/11/2009) Vicpet drilling Airacobra-1 in South Australia

(12/11/2009) Circle to drill 5 test wells in Morocco's Sebou Permit

(12/10/2009) AuDax to drill Tunisia's onshore Sidi Daher prospect

(12/10/2009) GeoPark find more gas in Chilean Patagonia block

(12/10/2009) Poseidon-2 off Western Australia passes planned TD

(12/10/2009) Ivanhoe gearing up to drill Ecuador's Pungarayacu appraisal

(12/10/2009) Anadarko makes ultra-deepwater US Gulf discovery

(12/9/2009) Timor Sea JPDA exploration well looking like a duster

(12/9/2009) Tethys testing & appraising deep Kazakhstan exploration well

(12/9/2009) Owowo exploration well offshore Nigeria an oil discovery

(12/9/2009) Tethys set to test Oman heavy oil in East Saiwan well

(12/9/2009) Addax drilling Oki East exploration well in JDZ

(12/9/2009) Iara area test well proves 3-4 billion bbl recoverable oil

(12/8/2009) Trans-Orient taps down 1st stage of New Zealand east coast well

(12/8/2009) Toreador's Paris Basin test well finds 50-meter oil column

(12/8/2009) Husky makes another major gas discovery offshore China

(12/8/2009) US Interior Dept okay's Shell exploratory drilling in Chukchi Sea

(12/8/2009) Kosmos appraisal of Ghana's Odum oil discovery finds pay

(12/7/2009) Westech drilling Albacore-1 offshore New Zealand

(12/7/2009) Anadarko set to drill Mozambique 4-well exploration program

(12/7/2009) Newfoundland gas discovery flows to surface in Bay St George

(12/7/2009) OGX keeps adding pay in shallow water Campos Basin well

(12/7/2009) RWE Dea drilling 1st of 3 test wells in northern Germany

(12/6/2009) Central spuds 1st of 5 CBM test wells in central Australia

(12/6/2009) Blackfeet Tribe hosting three exploration projects

(12/4/2009) Petrobras drills a duster in Bolivia's Ingre concession

(12/4/2009) Europa sees oil in its UK onshore Hykeham test well

(12/4/2009) Primeline in 2nd exploration phase on East China Sea block

(12/4/2009) Kansas' Rooney Project well set for completion

(12/3/2009) Oman's Farha South-3 tests good quality oil

(12/3/2009) OGX finds more pay in its shallow water Campos Basin well (update)

(12/3/2009) Rockhopper-1 spudded in Australia's Bass Strait

(12/3/2009) Amerisur's Iguasa-1 onshore Colombia taps 9 pay sands

(12/3/2009) Greymouth makes Kowhai condensate discovery

(12/3/2009) Oil Search drilling test well in Yemen's Shabwa Province

(12/3/2009) Oilex sets casing & moves on in Timor Sea probe

(12/2/2009) Pan Orient taps 40-meter oil payzone in Thailand

(12/2/2009) Hess confirms offshore Libya gas discovery

(12/2/2009) Petrobras to drill beyond Iara in Brazil's Santos Basin

(12/2/2009) Marathon Norge wildcat near Alvheim a dud

(12/1/2009) Repsol's YPF discovery in Argentina's Neuquen confirmed

(12/1/2009) Walloon Coal Measures 15 meters thick in ATP626P

(12/1/2009) InterOil's Antelope-2 achieves world record flowrate

(12/1/2009) ExxonMobil logs pay off southern Philippines

(12/1/2009) Talisman confirms major Peruvian Amazon discovery

(12/1/2009) ERT scores deepwater US Gulf discovery

(11/30/2009) Sterling preparing to drill Iraqi Kurdistan well

(11/30/2009) Brooks Range readying for Alaska North Slope winter drilling

(11/30/2009) Det Norske drilling Skardkollen exploration well

(11/30/2009) Comet Ridge completes New Zealand Macdonald CSG well

(11/30/2009) Ranken's makes discovery in south-central Oklahoma

(11/30/2009) OGX taps more pay in shallow Campos Basin

(11/30/2009) Metgasco scores major gas discovery in New South Wales

(11/29/2009) Paramax spudding 1st of 2 Fincastle test wells in Alberta

(11/27/2009) Cinch scores gas discovery in Dawson, BC

(11/27/2009) Basic Earth chalks up a dry hole in Montana

(11/27/2009) PetroChina & Shell jointly exploring China shale block

(11/26/2009) Origin plugging & abandoning Tasmania Bass Strait well

(11/26/2009) Heritage appraising Miran West find in Kurdish Iraq

(11/26/2009) CPC & CNOOC score dry hole in joint Tainan wildcat

(11/25/2009) Lundin's Petrovskaya-1 in Russian Caspian all wet

(11/24/2009) Vulcan at TD in western Newfoundland farm-in well

(11/24/2009) Sonatrach drilling 1st of 7 test wells in Rhourde Yacoub

(11/24/2009) Comet Ridge spuds 1st exploration well in Galilee Basin

(11/24/2009) Woodside makes strategic gas discovery near Pluto

(11/23/2009) Jubilant finds new gasfield in Assam

(11/23/2009) Caspian sees good oil shows in Kyrgyz Mailisu III well

(11/23/2009) Norwood drilling 2nd sidetrack at Nicaragua's San Bartolo

(11/23/2009) Wahoo-2 in Brazil's Campos pre-salt finds 90-ft oil column

(11/23/2009) Husky finds more pay in Canada's White Rose area

(11/23/2009) Soco's Viodo Marine 4 appraisal a winner off Congo

(11/22/2009) CGX preparing to drill on Guyana's Corentyne Block

(11/20/2009) New Horizon at TD in La Maye well in Colombia

(11/20/2009) Maurel & Prom finds new Kissenda reservoir in Gabon

(11/20/2009) Oilex drilling 1st of 2 test wells in Timor Sea JPDA

(11/19/2009) ANP sets December for start of pre-salt drilling

(11/19/2009) CNPC scores new oil discovery in Algerian Sahara well

(11/19/2009) Salamander to drill exploration well in Laos

(11/19/2009) Trefoil-2 appraisal reaches TD in Australia's Bass Strait

(11/19/2009) Caliph exploration well off Libya plugged & abandoned

(11/19/2009) Marathon makes small oil discovery in North Sea

(11/19/2009) Petrobras' Iracema tests at record output rates

(11/18/2009) Origin to test Redback South-1 discovery

(11/18/2009) Petrovietnam & partners find oil with new well off Vietnam

(11/18/2009) South Australia's Chiton discovery passes flowtest

(11/17/2009) QGC starts Queensland CBM drilling project

(11/17/2009) Vicpet drilling Fury-1 in South Australia

(11/17/2009) Pluspetrol spuds South Cabinda exploration well

(11/17/2009) Algeria's Illizi Basin Isarene well tests positive

(11/17/2009) Ebok-5 appraisal off Nigeria at TD with multiple pay zones

(11/17/2009) Det Norske plugging & abandoning dry wildcat

(11/17/2009) Petrobras makes important Angola discovery

(11/16/2009) Petrobras makes light oil discovery in Campos Basin

(11/16/2009) Amerisur at TD & testing 1st well in Colombia's Fenix

(11/16/2009) BP extends US Gulf deepwater Kaskida Field

(11/16/2009) Basic Earth drilling Montana's South Flat Lake

(11/16/2009) Statoil makes North Sea gas & condensate discovery

(11/15/2009) OGX to drill 3 more wells in Brazil's Campos Basin block

(11/15/2009) Hungary's Mako Trough gas future uncertain

(11/13/2009) Europa drilling UK East Midlands test well

(11/13/2009) Det Norske draws a duster in Norwegian Sea

(11/13/2009) CCED testing Farha South well onshore Oman

(11/13/2009) M&P's Mohoro-1 offshore Tanzania all wet

(11/13/2009) Petrobras confirms 5-8 billion bbl in Tupi pre-salt discovery

(11/13/2009) Logs confirm reservoir quality in PNG Antelope-2

(11/12/2009) Pan Orient tests confirm Thailand's Bo Rang B well commercial

(11/12/2009) TAMM's Manning heavy oil estimated at 3.14 billion bbl

(11/12/2009) Appraisal of US Gulf ultra-deep discovery set for 2010

(11/12/2009) BP's Gulf of Suez well fails to find hydrocarbons

(11/12/2009) Det Norske discovery sidetrack confirmed

(11/12/2009) Drilling underway on Kansas' Rooney Prospect

(11/11/2009) European Gas resumes testing Folschviller appraisal

(11/11/2009) Brinx kicks off new Oklahoma exploration programs

(11/11/2009) Norwood to log and test the San Bartolo sidetrack well

(11/10/2009) OGX & MPX Parnaiba blocks may hold 1.7 Tcf

(11/10/2009) Petrobras makes onshore Brazil Alagoas Basin discovery

(11/10/2009) Reliance scores Cambay Basin discovery in India

(11/9/2009) Colombia's Quifa Block gives up another discovery

(11/9/2009) Seneko preparing to drill Rodnikovskogo well in Saratov

(11/9/2009) Tower gets okay for 2nd Uganda exploration well

(11/9/2009) Petrovietnam planning yearend wells in Vietnam & Malaysia

(11/9/2009) Addax drilling exploration well in Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ

(11/9/2009) CNOOC drilling exploration well in Kenya's Anza Basin

(11/8/2009) Talisman oil discovery in Peru's Maranon Basin confirmed

(11/8/2009) CBM well in South Australia plugged & abandoned

(11/8/2009) Woodside's Somerset-1 found all wet

(11/8/2009) Sunpec makes oil discovery in Madagascar

(11/6/2009) Melrose drilling 6 exploration wells in Egypt

(11/6/2009) Petrobras confirms Peru Amazon gas discovery (update)

(11/6/2009) Questar kicks off 6-well Utah Johnson Bottoms campaign

(11/5/2009) Sterling starts 8-well Romania & UK exploration program

(11/5/2009) Petrobras makes gas discovery in Peruvian Amazon

(11/5/2009) Crown Point scores 3rd Argentina El Valle Field discovery

(11/5/2009) OIL lining up dual exploration program onshore eastern India

(11/5/2009) Triple Diamond scores Seminole discovery in Oklahoma

(11/5/2009) Caza makes 2 more New Mexico discoveries

(11/5/2009) Oil Search makes gasfield discovery in Yemen

(11/4/2009) Petrobras chalks up 3 oil & gas discoveries

(11/4/2009) Newfoundland's Port au Port well in flowtest

(11/4/2009) Anadarko spuds deepwater pre-salt Wahoo well

(11/4/2009) Vicpet sees oil shows in Snatcher-3

(11/4/2009) Gas & condensate discovery in Kurd sector of Iraq

(11/4/2009) Another big gasfield said found off Venezuela

(11/3/2009) Reliance spuds Krishna Godavari deepwater test well

(11/2/2009) ExxonMobil's frac of Hungary's Foldeak-1 fails

(11/2/2009) One Colombia Guatiquia well completed, another drilling

(11/2/2009) Niko gearing up to drill 1st of 3 test wells on Kurd block

(11/2/2009) OMV's Tornado a UK West of Shetlands discovery

(11/1/2009) Statoil concludes Iran 2D but no plans to drill

(10/30/2009) Vipetro sees oil in onshore Brazil exploration well

(10/30/2009) BG's Corcovado-1 discovery in Brazil's pre-salt not large

(10/30/2009) Petrolia Tar Point-1 spudded in Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula

(10/30/2009) BHP scores 2 oil discoveries on US Gulf Shenzi Field

(10/30/2009) Westech to spud its Albacore-1 off New Zealand

(10/29/2009) Marathon spuds Viper prospect in Norwegian North Sea

(10/29/2009) Husky encouraged by 2 new BC shale gas wells

(10/29/2009) CNOOC drilling Kenya's deepest oilwell

(10/29/2009) Green Star completing Texas' Eberle-1 as producer

(10/29/2009) Caspian plugs & abandons Kyrgyz test well

(10/29/2009) Galp sees oil shows in Brazilian exploration well

(10/29/2009) Golden Gate sub prepping to drill Fausse Point test well

(10/29/2009) Hess drilling 6th of 12-well program off Western Australia

(10/29/2009) Important deepwater oil discovery offshore Angola

(10/28/2009) Det Norske discovers oil in Norway's Jetta Prospect

(10/28/2009) Ascent drilling Fontana-1 onshore Italy

(10/27/2009) Appraisal underway in Russia's Arkhangelovskoye Block

(10/27/2009) Aminex testing Egypt well after oil & gas shows

(10/27/2009) Vegas drills & tests Egypt's Al-Amir SE appraisal well

(10/27/2009) Hurricane discovers light oil west of Shetlands

(10/26/2009) Trans-Orient at 1st stage of Boar Hill wildcat in New Zealand

(10/26/2009) Petro-Reef's Alberta test well tests 1.5 million cf/d

(10/26/2009) Aurelian sees significant gas in Romanian test well

(10/26/2009) Europa prepping to complete drilling UK Hykeham well

(10/26/2009) Volga drilling deep subsalt well in Russia's Karpenskiy area

(10/26/2009) Vicpet drilling Snatcher-3 exploration well in South Australia

(10/26/2009) PNR makes significant Eagle Ford Shale discovery in Texas

(10/26/2009) StatoilHydro wildcat near Oseberg a dry hole

(10/25/2009) Sinopec completes Nigeria-Sao Tome JDZ test well

(10/25/2009) Norwood drilling sidetrack to Nicaragua well

(10/25/2009) Anadarko spuds 1st well in Mozambique's Rovuma Basin

(10/23/2009) Reliance plugging & abandoning 1st D9 well off India

(10/23/2009) Sonatrach makes gas discovery in Algeria's Illizi Basin

(10/23/2009) Total makes deepwater oil discovery off Angola

(10/22/2009) Petrolia's Gaspe, Quebec well intersects 474-meters pay

(10/22/2009) Gulfsands hits pay with Yousefieh appraisal in Syria

(10/22/2009) Gulf Keystone evaluation of Kurdish Iraq discovery well