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Statoil to use Seadrill's drilling rig for exploration in Canada
15 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Statoil will use Seadrill's deepwater drilling rig, West Aquarius, for its 2012-2013 exploration activities offshore Newfoundland, Canada.
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WPX Energy completes $306m sale of natural gas assets in US
15 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
WPX Energy has completed the $306m sale of its drilling properties in Texas and Oklahoma, US to a joint venture group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co.
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Chesapeake Energy secures $3bn loan in US
14 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
US based Chesapeake Energy Corp has secured a $3bn loan from Goldman Sachs Bank USA and affiliates of Jefferies Group, which will be used to repay the company’s debts.
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TGS starts multi-client 3D seismic survey on UKCS
14 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company has commenced acquisition of a multi-client 3D survey in the Erlend Basin on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), West of Shetlands.
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BreitBurn Energy acquires oil and gas properties in Texas
11 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
BreitBurn Energy Partners has inked two separate deals to acquire oil and natural gas properties located in the Permian Basin in Texas, US for about $220m.
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Exoma Energy spuds exploration well in Australia
11 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Exoma Energy has spudded Alma-1, an exploration well to test coals seam gas (CSG) and shale oil/gas in the Galilee basin, Longrach Queensland, Australia.
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Leighton wins $900m LNG contracts in Queensland
10 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Leighton Holdings subsidiary, Leighton Contractors, has secured nearly $900m worth of liquefied natural gas contracts in Queensland, Australia.
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Tsay Keh Den, Taseko Mines sign exploration agreement in Canada
10 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Taseko Mines has signed an agreement with Tsay Keh Den to explore and assess the feasibility of developing a mine on Aley Creek in British Columbia, Canada.
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P1 Energy discovers oil at Colombian prospect
08 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
P1 Energy has intercepted net pay of more than 50ft of oil at Maniceño-1 well located in the Llanos 32 Block in Colombia.
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Oilex JV to suspend operations at Cambay Field, India
07 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Oilex joint venture (JV) has suspended operations at Cambay-76H well located in the Cambay Field, onshore Gujarat, India.
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Argentina's Congress nationalizes Spanish energy firm
04 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Argentina's Congress nationalized the country's energy company, YPF, controlled by Spanish Repsol, after the lower house vote approved the legislation on Thursday.
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Offshore Technology Conference sets record with highest attendance
04 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
The Offshore Technology Conference 2012 (OTC 2012), an annual offshore oil and gas industry event, held from 30 April - 3 May this year at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, US has set the record with highest attendance of 89,400.
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LRR Energy to acquire oil and gas assets in US
03 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
LRR Energy has agreed to acquire certain oil and natural gas properties in the US from its sponsor Lime Rock Resources for $67m.
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Denbury to acquire interest in US oil field for $360m
02 May 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Oil and natural gas company Denbury Resources said it will acquire interests in Thompson Field in Texas, US from a private seller for $360m and a production payment.
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Rialto Energy updates Cote d’Ivoire well drilling program
30 April 2012 | By EBR Staff Writer
Rialto Energy said it has spud the Gazelle-P3 ST well on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig and the well is drilling ahead at 1,302m depth on 23 April with the next casing point at 1,538m depth.
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