http://news.rigzone.comThe latest upstream oil and gas news from around the world.Copyright 2009 Rigzone.com Inc. All rights reserved.http://www.rigzone.com/images/logo_rigz_131x20.gifhttp://www.rigzone.com/news/13120http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77882&rss=trueThree new wells have been drilled at Rubiales and the Quifa I-9 exploration well has been spudded.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77880&rss=trueCanacol was awarded the Pacarana Technical Evaluation Area by the National Hydrocarbon Agency of Colombia.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77879&rss=trueTAG Oil's binding offer to acquire Austral Pacific Energy's 66.67% interest in the 7,910 acre exploration permit PEP 38748 has been accepted. TAG will now control 100% of this Permit.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77877&rss=trueThe deadline for international and regional companies to submit bids for oil exploration blocks in the northern and central regions of Jordan ends today.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77865&rss=trueSpecialists of Turkmengeologia have discovered new large reserves of natural gas at the Minara field, located in eastern Turkmenistan.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77864&rss=trueAn act of the Venezuelan Oil and Energy Ministry assigning three new oil wells to the Belarusian-Venezuelan joint oil extraction venture, Petrolera BeloVenesolana, has been signed in Minsk.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77854&rss=trueThe Transocean Shelf Explorer jackup started drilling on the Veninsky Block at the Sakhalin-3 project as part of a scheduled drilling program of two exploration wells.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77853&rss=trueGastar has entered into definitive agreements with Santos for the sale of all of Gastar's interest in Petroleum Exploration License 238, 433 and 434 in New South Wales, Australia.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77850&rss=trueArgentina's YPF has won a bid to explore for oil in offshore blocks near the coast of Uruguay with Petrobras and GALP.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77848&rss=trueMatra applied for and has now received formal approval from the relevant Russian authorities for an area extension to the north of the pre-existing Arkhangelovskoe license boundary.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77845&rss=trueSan Leon's wholly owned Polish subsidiary was awarded the Braniewo oil and gas exploration license in the Baltic Basin onshore northern Poland.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77827&rss=trueUzbekneftegaz and CNPC reportedly met in Uzbekistan to discuss prospects for joint activities on expanding exploration work and increasing oil and gas extraction.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77826&rss=trueSpectrum has acquired and processed seismic data in the eastern Gulf of Mexico which allows oil companies to evaluate the prospectivity of this region ahead of proposed lease sales.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77821&rss=trueAWE is preparing to drill ahead to deeper targets within the Apium North-1 well since no significant hydrocarbons were encountered in the primary target.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77820&rss=truePPP confirmed that operations at the Ca Rong Do exploration discovery well offshore Vietnam are currently under way to plug and abandon the well, as planned.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77815&rss=trueThe seismic survey vessel Ocean Explorer started acquisition of seismic data north of Senja, on Troms II, on June 29.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77813&rss=trueNPD has granted VNG Norge a drilling permit for wellbore 35/3-7 S, which will be drilled by the Bredford Dolphin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77802&rss=trueLundin was given governmental consent to conduct exploration drilling in the southern part of the North Sea with the Songa Dee semisub.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77787&rss=trueAmerican Petro-Hunter has announced that the next prospective oil well in the Company's project development drilling schedule will be at the Brinkman Prospect in Clark County, Kansas.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=77774&rss=trueEndeavour announced that the Tesla exploratory well 22/24c-11 in the United Kingdom Central North Sea has been plugged and abandoned after failing to encounter gas condensate in commercial quantity.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT