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Stratic Names Thomas CFO, Director
Stratic Energy Corp. has named Peter Thomas as Chief Financial Officer and Director with immediate effect. The appointment follows the recent management changes announced at the Company's Annual General Meeting on May 29, 2007.
8:00 PM EST | June 10, 2007
Govt Offers Blocks 2(ab), Guayaguayare to Hardman, Centrica
Trinidad & Tobago's government has offered a consortium led by Centrica the opportunity to enter into talks with the energy ministry for a PSC for shallow marine block 2(ab), the ministry said in a statement.
8:00 PM EST | May 02, 2007
Tullow Reports Record Results for 2006
Tullow Oil plc on Wednesday announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2006.
8:00 PM EST | March 20, 2007
Galp Energia Inks Portuguese Exploration Contracts
Galp Energia and its partners Hardman Resources and Partex Oil and Gas, signed three contracts for the exploration, development and production of oil in Portugal.
7:00 PM EST | February 01, 2007
Tullow Issues 2006 Trading Statement, Ops Update
Tullow Oil plc issued a trading statement with respect to its financial year to 31 December 2006 and an operational update with respect to its recent production, development and exploration activities.
7:00 PM EST | January 30, 2007
Court Approves Scheme for Tullow's Acquisition of Hardman
Hardman Resources Limited said that the Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday issued Orders approving the Scheme of Arrangement relating to the proposed acquisition of Hardman by Tullow Oil plc.
7:00 PM EST | December 18, 2006
Hardman Shareholders Vote in Favor of Acquisition by Tullow
Shareholders of Hardman Resources voted in favor of a resolution proposing agreement to the Scheme of Arrangement with its shareholders (excluding Tullow Oil plc) for the acquisition of Hardman Resources Limited by Tullow Oil.
7:00 PM EST | December 17, 2006
Hardman Completes 2006 Campaign
Hardman Resources, Ltd. said that the Atwood Hunter drilling rig has completed
abandonment of the Aigrette-1 exploration well in Block 7 offshore Mauritania and moved off location.
7:00 PM EST | December 11, 2006
Dana Discovers Oil Offshore Mauritania
Dana Petroleum has completed its deepwater drilling operations at the Aigrette-1 exploration well offshore Mauritania. The well encountered oil in the targeted Cretaceous sandstones, approximately 43 kilometers northwest of Dana's Pelican-1 gas find.
7:00 PM EST | December 04, 2006
Hardman Lodges Bids for Trinidad Blocks
Hardman Resources Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary Hardman Oil and Gas Pty. Ltd., has submitted bids for two blocks offered as part of the Trinidad 6th Exploration Licensing Round, which closed November 30.
7:00 PM EST | November 30, 2006
Hardman Issues Update on Aigrette-1 in Mauritania
Hardman Resources Limited said that the Aigrette-1 exploration well in Block 7 offshore Mauritania was drilled in the 8 1/2 inch hole section to a depth of 4,803 meters.
7:00 PM EST | November 27, 2006
Hardman and Gaz de France Sign Guyane Farm-out
Hardman Resources Limited has concluded a farm-out agreement with Gaz de France SA for a 20% participating interest share of the Guyane (French Guiana) Maritime Exclusive Exploration License (EEL) in South America.
7:00 PM EST | November 20, 2006
Tullow Issues Update on Uganda Project
Tullow Oil plc, which is a 50% partner in the Nzizi-1 exploration well in Uganda, said that operator Hardman Resources has completed logging operations and taken pressure measurements.
7:00 PM EST | November 15, 2006
Hardman Spuds Uganda Appraisal Well
Hardman Resources says the Nzizi-1 well has been spudded in Exploration Area 2 in Uganda, using the Eagle Drill-1 rig.
7:00 PM EST | November 06, 2006
Hardman Signs MOU with Ugandan Government
Hardman Resources says that the Government of the Republic of Uganda, Hardman and its co-venturer Tullow Oil plc, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to future investment plans and license obligations for Block 2.
8:00 PM EST | October 10, 2006
Dana Spuds Aigrette-1 Offshore Mauritania
The Atwood Hunter has commenced drilling the Dana-operated Aigrette-1 exploration well in Block 7 offshore Mauritania, West Africa.
8:00 PM EST | October 08, 2006
Tullow Oil to Acquire Hardman Resources
Tullow Oil has reached an agreement with the Board of Hardman Resources on the terms of a recommended scheme of arrangement to acquire all of the issued and to be issued ordinary shares in Hardman Resources.
8:00 PM EST | September 24, 2006
Drilling Resumes at Flamant-1
Since the last report on the Flamant-1 exploration well, repairs have been made to the Blow Out Preventer (BOP) and it has been re-run to the seabed.
8:00 PM EST | September 04, 2006
Oil Drilling to Start in Uganda by 2010
Uganda is expected commence oil drilling by 2010 following the recent impressive exploration results by Australian-based Hardman Resources Ltd. (HDR.AU), Minister for Energy and Minerals Development Daudi Migereko told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday.
8:00 PM EST | September 04, 2006
Drilling Suspended at Flamant-1 Offshore Mauritania
The Flamant-1 exploration well in Block 8 remains at its previously reported depth of 1,867 meters due to stormy weather conditions and mechanical difficulties resulting in the BOP being pulled to surface for repair.
8:00 PM EST | August 28, 2006
Hardman Pleased with Mputa-1 Tests
Hardman Resources Limited provided the following update on its flow testing and exploration drilling operations:
8:00 PM EST | August 21, 2006
Hardman Reports Mputa-1 Flow Test Results
Hardman Resources Limited said that oil was successfully flowed to surface on Sunday from the sands tested from DST #2 in the
Mputa-1 exploration well, yielding an average flow rate of 300 barrels of oil per day of 32° API oil through
a 32/64" choke.
8:00 PM EST | August 14, 2006
Flamant-1 Spuds Offshore Mauritania
The Atwood Hunter drilling rig spudded the Flamant-1 well offshore Mauritania in Block 8, at 1:15am on
11 August 2006, Hardman Resources Limited said Tuesday.
8:00 PM EST | August 14, 2006
Hardman Commences Mputa-1 Flow Tests
Tullow Oil Plc, which is a partner in the Mputa-1 discovery well in Block 2 in Uganda, said that operator Hardman Resources issued the following update:
8:00 PM EST | August 07, 2006
Roc Reports Dry Hole Offshore Mauritania
Roc Oil Co. Limited said that the Colin-1 exploration well in PSC Area A offshore Mauritania has been drilled to a total depth of 2,322 meters below rotary table without encountering significant hydrocarbons.
8:00 PM EST | July 31, 2006
Colin-1 Wildcat Spudded Offshore Mauritania
Hardman Resources said that the first well in its 2006/2007 Mauritanian
exploration campaign, Colin-1, was spudded at 6 p.m. GMT on July 21, 2006, using the
Atwood Hunter drill rig.
8:00 PM EST | July 24, 2006
Heritage Oil Mobilizes Rig to Kingfisher-1 Wellsite in Uganda
Heritage Oil Corp. on Wednesday announced that the mobilization of the drilling rig to the Kingfisher-1
wellsite in Block 3A, Uganda has commenced.
8:00 PM EST | July 18, 2006
Tower Reports on African Projects
Tower Resources plc, which has exploration licenses in Uganda
and Namibia, on Tuesday released an update on its African projects.
8:00 PM EST | July 17, 2006
Waraga-1 Testing Concludes
Tullow Oil Plc, which has a 50% stake in the Waraga-1 discovery test well in Uganda, said that operator Hardman Resources has completed testing of the third and final interval of the three
hydrocarbon bearing zones at the Waraga-1 location.
8:00 PM EST | July 09, 2006
Hardman Says Waraga-1 Tests Exceed Expectations
Hardman says flow rates from all zones tested to date have exceeded expectations.
8:00 PM EST | July 03, 2006
Hardman Continues Production Testing on Waraga-1 in Uganda
Hardman has continued to test the lowermost zone over the weekend on the Waraga-1 well in Uganda. Following a shut-in period the well was flowed through a 1 choke at a sustained flow rate of approximately 4,200 barrels of oil per day.
8:00 PM EST | June 26, 2006
Hardman Issues Waraga-1 Testing Update
Hardman Resources Limited provides the following update on the production testing of its Waraga-1 oil discovery in Uganda: Hardman confirms that the lowermost zone in the Waraga-1 well was successfully
perforated at 9 a.m. on June 22.
8:00 PM EST | June 22, 2006
Hardman Resources: Remediation Plan in Place for Chinguetti Output
Woodside proposes drilling three new producer wells in the southern sector as being the most effective way to restore oil deliverability at the Chinguetti oil field offshore Mauritania.
8:00 PM EST | May 30, 2006
Hardman Resources Suspends Mputa-2 as Potential Producer
Hardman Resources says that the Mputa-2 has been cased and suspended as a potential future oil producer. This follows the completion of extended wireline logging activities after some equipment malfunctions.
8:00 PM EST | May 29, 2006
Hardman Resources Say Mputa-2 Appraisal Well Confirms Lateral Extension
Hardman Resources says the Mputa-2 reached a total depth of 1,344 over the weekend, shallower than the planned depth for the well of 1,500 meters, as all horizons were intersected high to prognosis.
8:00 PM EST | May 22, 2006
Hardman Spuds Mputa-2 Appraisal Well
The Mputa-2 appraisal well spudded on May 7, 2006, 3 kilometers northwest of the Mputa-1 discovery well and 19 kilometers southwest
of the Waraga-1 discovery.
8:00 PM EST | May 08, 2006
Woodside & Hardman Finalizing Development Plans for Tiof
During the first quarter of 2006 Woodside and Hardman have carried out further geoscience, reservoir engineering and facilities studies, in order to develop a commercially and technically robust phased development plan Tiof.
8:00 PM EST | April 25, 2006
Hardman Acquires New Venture in Suriname
Hardman has signed Heads of Agreement with Suriname's State Oil Company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Surinam N.V. and its affiliate, Paradise Oil NV, to acquire a 40% working interest in the onshore Uitkijk and Coronie concessions in Suriname.
8:00 PM EST | April 23, 2006
Hardman Announces First Cargo from Chinguetti
Hardman Resources reports that the first cargo of its share of production from the Chinguetti field offshore Mauritania has been loaded.
8:00 PM EST | April 04, 2006
Hardman Acquires Tanzania Exploration Interest
Hardman Resources has signed a Farmin Agreement with Ndovu Resources Limited that will result in Hardman acquiring an interest in the onshore and nearshore Tanzania portion of the Ruvuma Basin.
7:00 PM EST | March 23, 2006
Waraga-1 Suspended Ahead of Testing
The Waraga-1 well has been cased and suspended at a total depth of 2,010 meters pending the commencement of a well testing program.
7:00 PM EST | March 20, 2006
Hardman Resources to Suspend Waraga-1 for Future Testing
The Waraga-1 well will now be cased and suspended ready for future testing. Planning of that testing program is underway and equipment is being sourced and mobilized.
7:00 PM EST | March 12, 2006
Hardman's Waraga-1 Encounters Oil
Hardman Resources says the Waraga-1 well has been drilled to a depth of 1,768 meters. Wireline logs were run at this depth to investigate hydrocarbons encountered in the well (elevated gas readings and oil shows).
7:00 PM EST | March 06, 2006
Chinguetti Project Produces First Oil
Production has begun from the Woodside-operated Chinguetti oil project in Mauritania, West Africa.
7:00 PM EST | February 26, 2006
Hardman Resources Spuds Waraga-1 Wildcat in Uganda
On February 12th, Hardman Resources spudded the Waraga-1 Wildcat Well in Block 2 onshore Uganda.
7:00 PM EST | February 13, 2006
Hardman to Spud Waraga-1 Soon
Hardman Resources says the Waraga-1 exploration well in Uganda is expected to spud next week.
7:00 PM EST | February 06, 2006
Mauritanian Government Disputing Amendments to Woodside PSCs
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has been advised by the Mauritanian Government that it disputes amendments to four offshore production sharing contracts operated by the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd.
7:00 PM EST | February 02, 2006
Hardman Inks Deal for Sale of Chinguetti Crude
Hardman Resources has entered into a term sales contract for its crude oil production entitlement from the Chinguetti field offshore Mauritania, West Africa with Vitol S.A., a major oil trading
company.
7:00 PM EST | January 31, 2006
Dore-1 Exploration Well a Duster
ROC Oil reports that the Dore-1 exploration well in located in PSC B offshore Mauritania reached a total depth of 2,266 meters and the well wil plugged and abandoned after failing to encounter hydrocarbons.
7:00 PM EST | January 29, 2006
Hardman Resources to Suspend Mputa-1 Wildcat
The joint venture partners in the Mputa-1 wildcat well have decided to case and retain the well. Current operations are suspending the well prior to running casing.
7:00 PM EST | January 19, 2006