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Oil And Gas Exploration

OIL AND GAS

Tanzania to offer oil/gas exploration blocks in October

Tanzania plans to offer seven deep offshore blocks and one onshore block in October for oil and gas exploration, state-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) said, in a region that has become a hotbed for gas discoveries. TPDC said...

By: Reuters

15 May 13

OIL EXPLORATION

Lake Malawi may hold hydrocarbon riches, says geological department

Malawi’s Geological Survey Department (GSD) says investigations continue to unveil increased potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons in Lake Malawi and the lower Shire valley.

By: Marcel Chimwala

01 Jun 12

Cisco

Company Announcement: First Mile Wireless—Extending the Office Experience to the Wellhead

The oil and gas industry has been working toward the digital oil field of the future

African Petroleum Corporation Limited

Company Announcement: African Petroleum Corporation Limited awarded two Exploration Permits in Senegal

African Petroleum Corporation Limited, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, African Petroleum Senegal Limited, has entered into an agreement with the Société des Pétroles du Sénégal and the République du Sénégal to...

Energy

Technical portion of feasibility study on track

Engineering and construction contractor Foster Wheeler reports that the technical portion of a feasibility study for a planned gas-to-liquids (GTL) study, in Canada, is on track and is expected to be complete during the fourth quarter of this year.

Cooper Energy Limited

Company Announcement: Cooper Energy Farms out Bargou Tunisia to Dragon oil well scheduled for 2012

Cooper Energy Limited is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary, C. E. Tunisia Bargou Ltd has signed a Farm-in Agreement with Dragon Oil Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dragon Oil plc, under which Dragon Oil will acquire a 55% working...

Energy

Major develpments in West Coast oil and gas sector expected

Business-led think tank Accelerate Cape Town says it is important to push the growth of the West Coast economic corridor, including Atlantis and Saldanha Bay, where major developments are expected to occur in the oil and gas and transport sectors.

Target Energy

Company Announcement: Target to test 120 Bcf Louisiana prospect; Project Updates

Attached please find a press release on: US‐focussed oil and gas exploration and production company, Target Energy Limited (“Target”; ASX:TEX), is pleased to provide the following updates.

SHALE GAS

As shale gas concern rises in SA, Shell offers glimpse into N American operations

Operators in the Haynesville shale area of North America, which is located on the border of east Texas and western Louisiana, are rushing to secure leases and keep their foothold in the region. Global oil and gas producer Shell, which holds an...

By: Chanel de Bruyn

01 Apr 11

UNCONVENTIONAL GAS

As shale gas concern rises in SA, Shell offers glimpse into North American operations

Operators in the Haynesville shale area of North America, which is located on the border of east Texas and western Louisiana, are rushing to secure leases and keep their foothold in the region.

By: Chanel de Bruyn

01 Apr 11

GAS EXPLORATION

Sasol signs new onshore gas concession deal in Mozambique

Oil and gas exploration and development company Sasol Petroleum International (SPI), a unit of JSE-listed Sasol, has signed an agreement to explore another onshore gas concession in Mozambique Known as ‘Area A', the concession covers some 8...

By: Terence Creamer

22 Sep 10

Energy

Economic recovery of spill dependent on moratorium

The six-month moratorium on oil and gas exploration, issued by the Obama Administration on May 30, shortly after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, might trigger a loss of more than 8000 jobs, nearly $500-million in wages and more than...

By: Natasha Odendaal

03 Sep 10

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London Johannesburg Cape Town Haynesville	BG Group ExxonMobil Ophir Energy Statoil Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation Lake Malawi Lake Nyasa Lake Nyasa Group Cisco First Mile Wireless African Petroleum Corporation Limited African Petroleum Senegal Limited Eskom Foster Wheeler Sasol Talisman Energy C. E. Tunisia Bargou Ltd Cooper Energy Limited Dragon Oil Ltd. Dragon Oil Plc Jacka Resources Renewable Energy Target Energy Limited BHP Billiton EnCana Farrell Creek Karoo Action Group Renewable-Energy Shell Shell Upstream Americas WWF South Africa Empresa Sasol Petroleum International	Norway Tanzania United States Gambia Ghana Liberia Senegal Sierra Leone Canada Mozambique South Africa Tunisia Turkmenistan Angola Japan Namibia Australia Papua New Guinea	Square Km Duke University GTL Plant GTL Facility Square Kilometre Array
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