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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=82707&rss=trueThe Lore-1 well, the first well of a 2 well program in the Timor Sea contract area JPDA 06-103, was spudded on November 20, 2009.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82706&rss=truePetro Vista has reached TD at its Noellia #1 (the first of several planned wells) recently drilled in the Lower Magdalena Valley Basin Colombia, La Maye Block.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82705&rss=trueNigeria has renewed three of ExxonMobil's operated oil leases that pump more than 550,000 barrels of oil per day.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82692&rss=trueMaurel & Prom reported that the Onal 1002 well has reached a vertical depth of 1,195 meters, and has encountered 82 meters of hydrocarbon-impregnated reservoirs in the Kissenda Sandstone.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82678&rss=trueBrinx Resources reports that the second well from the 09-2 Oklahoma Project drill program appears to be another new discovery well.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82675&rss=trueHouston-based Marathon is joining other big oil companies in tapping the eastern European oilpatch.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82669&rss=trueBOS has confirmed the award of two large frontier 3D surveys offshore Mozambique and Tanzania on behalf of Statoil.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82660&rss=trueBrazil's oil regulator, the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said it will start drilling in a promising offshore oil patch in the first week of December.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82658&rss=trueOrigin Energy, on behalf of the T/18P Joint Venture, advised that the Trefoil 2 well had reached total depth on Thursday, November 19, 2009 and the current operation is running wireline logs.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82657&rss=trueNordic Oil and Gas has received the first of its anticipated 10 new well licenses in Lloydminster, Alberta. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82638&rss=trueAn Alaskan delegation has delivered a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar urging him to finalize any necessary revisions to the current five-year plan for offshore oil and natural gas leasing in Alaska. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82634&rss=trueDuring the interim reporting period, Dana has drilled four exploration prospects and also drilled appraisal sidetrack wells on two of these discoveries (Tornado and Jetta).Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82632&rss=trueZambia's government is set to award exploration licenses for 11 oil and gas blocks in the northwest, west and east of the country, the minister of mines and minerals development said Thursday.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82629&rss=trueAn oil column was encountered at well 25/4-10S on the Viper prospect in the Norwegian North Sea. The discovery will likely be developed as a subsea tieback to the Alvheim FPSO.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82610&rss=trueIvanhoe Energy's subsidiary will merge with PanAsian Petroleum Inc., which holds oil and gas exploration and production rights to a large, highly prospective block in central Mongolia.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82597&rss=trueTrans Energy has begun drilling the Whipkey No.1H well in Marshall County, West Virginia. The Whipkey No.1H will be drilled and completed horizontally in the Marcellus shale.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82587&rss=trueChevron has dropped a program to develop more oil from aging Cook Inlet oil fields and plans to reduce its Alaska Cook Inlet production workforce by 10 percent.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82585&rss=trueSK Energy, South Korea's leading refiner, has discovered an oil deposit at a jointly owned offshore field in Vietnam, the Seoul government said Wednesday. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82577&rss=trueBeach Petroleum reported to its partner Drillsearch Energy that a flow test on the Chiton-1 oil discovery well has been successfully completed.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82576&rss=trueThe Redback South 1 well will be flare tested over a 3-4 day period and then shut-in for a 7 day pressure build-up.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT