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GeoGlobal awaits rig for Israel commitments

GeoGlobal Resources expects to receive the drilling rig Noble Homer Ferrington by late March or mid-April.

ATP works to complete MC 942 #2 well in the GoM

ATP Oil & Gas Corp. has completed drilling the Mississippi Canyon 942 #2 well in the Gulf of Mexico at the Telemark Hub.

NZOG reveals Taranaki basin drilling options

New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) is aiming to drill the Kakapo prospect offshore New Zealand’s Taranaki basin.

Buccaneer lines up deal to operate Cosmo offshore Alaska

Buccaneer Energy has agreed to acquire the two main productive leases in the former Cosmopolitan Unit (Cosmo) from Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska.

Wintershall takes further look at Maria

The semisub Borgland Dolphin has spudded an appraisal well for Wintershall on the Maria discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

Borders and Southern starts Falkland drilling campaign

The semisubmersible Leiv Eiriksson has spudded the first-ever exploration well south of the Falkland Islands for UK independent Borders & Southern (B&S) Petroleum.

Pacific Scirocco at work offshore Nigeria for Total

Pacific Drilling’s Pacific Scirocco ultra-deepwater drillship has started work offshore Nigeria for Total under a one-year contract.

First production flows from Waimea offshore Brazil for OGX

OGX Petróleo e Gás has announced first oil with the beginning of the extended well test (EWT) in the Waimea accumulation.

GDF Suez finds gas in Faraday in North Sea

GDF SUEZ E&P UK has confirmed a high-pressure/high-temperature gas discovery in the Faraday prospect in the UK central North Sea.

Shell engages Expro for North Sea well services

Shell UIE has awarded Expro a five-year, multi-discipline well engineering program.

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