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Tobin Enterprise Land 3.2 improves complex acreage reporting

Meeting between President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni

Elected to Statoil’s board

Tullow acquires a 50% interest of the East African Rift Basins of Kenya and Ethiopia

Husky Energy acquires foothills natural gas properties

Landmark advances upstream technology with groundbreaking Decisionspace Desktop suite

Noreco farms in to exploration well at Haltenbanken

State-of-the-art gas and petroleum Fortran Compiler released

Fugro integrates geotechnical services in North America

Nabors and Superior Well Services announce expiration of HSR waiting period

CGE completes Democratic Republic of Congo seismic program ahead of schedule

Bahamas offshore drilling ban

SMT identifies top geoscientists in India using kingdom

ExxonMobil Foundation donates to Pakistan flood relief, recovery efforts

Eni awards Halliburton contract to provide multiple energy services in Iraq

BHP Billiton Petroleum - $250,000 for Pakistan Flood Relief

Geokinetics announces project award valued in excess of $110 Million

$4 million achievement for Expro Equipment Sales team

Siemens Energy partners with OpenSpirit to support the Microsoft Oil & Gas Reference Architecture

Emerson launches Roxar RMS 2010.1 reservoir modeling solution

St. Croix Exploration Co. offering 29,000 net acres in the heart of the Niobrara play

Sercel releases MaxiWave

Resolute-Marathon JV to develop 19,000 acres in ND Bakken

Global Geophysical Services Inc. announces Global MicroSeismic Inc.

Shell and PetroChina complete Arrow Energy acquisition

Noreco farms in to upcoming exploration well at Dalsnuten

Capstone Turbine Corp. receives order for 18 C65s

Geokinetics names interim CFO following Scott McCurdy’s departure

Energetic ideas for the future

LUKOIL introduces a code of business ethics

Oil and gas discovery east of Gudrun

RBG and law firm set industry standard with new anti-bribery compliance system

ERF Wireless expands its oil & gas services division

BHP Billiton announces all-cash offer to acquire PotashCorp

TAM International to expand Aberdeen operations

Eni enters the Democratic Republic of Congo

Paradigm and Petrosys to collaborate in the development of Petrosys connectors

Houston Technology Center announces continuation of Texas Emerging Technology Fund

Gazprom signs access agreement with Paradigm

WGP starts BP LoFS survey at Valhall

Chevron announces natural gas discovery

Aker Solutions and KGNT Holding establish joint venture to target oil and gas opportunities in Kazakhstan

Apache completes acquisition of BP Permian Basin assets

Repsol discovers a new gas deposit in Bolivia

Alamo Energy Corp. completes analysis of UK onshore seismic data

Total launches CLOV development on Block 17, offshore Angola

Noble Energy receives government approval

Eni sells 100% of Padana Energia to Gas Plus

Anadarko announces pricing of $2.0 billion of senior notes

Chesapeake Energy Corp. announces offering of senior notes

Hyperdynamics to launch 3-D seismic survey offshore Guinea

MetaPower International Inc. receives purchase order

Alamo Energy Corp. expands West Virginia operations

ProSoft Technology releases industrial cellular service packages for US market

Polarcus receives Letter of Intent from OMEL

Black Dragon moves forward with Humble Project

Mainland Resources Inc. acquires second oil and gas target in Western Mississippi

Society of Exploration Geophysicists names executive director

Occidental Petroleum announces position changes

RPSEA awards US $3.2 Million to fund research and development projects

Turner Bros. LLC expands crane fleet

Doral Energy Corp. provides operations update

Chesapeake, Statoil, and Sasol secure permit to explore South Africa’s Karoo Basin

Expro creates a sonar metering Center of Excellence in Aberdeen

EMGS wins patent dispute launched by Schlumberger

Jaguar starts Pacific Rubiales seismic audit project in Colombia

INT Releases J/CarnacGIS 3.8

Tower Resources appoints Envoi to find an exploration partner for Block EA5 in Northern Uganda

Reservoir Group adds to succession of acquisitions

SMT announces KINGDOM Advanced now comprises majority of sales

CGGVeritas opens Luanda Geology & Geophysics Center

Geokinetics SVP, CFO to delay departure

CGGVeritas, Petrobras to jointly develop new seismic technologies

Open Inventor 3-D graphics toolkit released

iStore to launch digital oilfield software as a service

Hyperdynamics awards 3-D seismic processing contract

Chevron announces natural gas discovery in Australia

Utah oil and gas lease cancellation lifted

Quasar Geophysical Technologies’ Qmax Em3 Oceanbottom Em Receiver wins R&D 100 Award

In-progress exploration activities in Gulf of Mexico

BGP Marine shoots for Spectrum

INT releases INTViewer 4.1

PetrisWINDS ZEH Plot Express now supports iSys iTerra TL1290 multiple width log printer

Envoi seeks drilling partner for deepwater Offshore Senegal

ARKeX helps de-risk Uganda exploration

EMGS awarded contract by EnQuest in UK

LINN Energy to acquire properties in the Permian Basin for $90 million

Avenue enters into LOI for the development of Heletz

Grid Petroleum receives exploration proposal and looks to the future

GX Technology chooses Avere Systems FXT Series to optimize performance of storage network

FairfieldNodal sells NodalSeismic its second ZLand system

Reliance Industries Ltd. makes seventh oil discovery

Prequalification of CO2 capture suppliers begins

TGS announces new multiclient 3-D survey in the North Viking Graben

Shell and PGS develop game-changing fiber-optic seismic system

Petrobras and PGS sign agreement to perform in Brazil's deepwater Jubarte field

TGS commences high density multiclient 3-D data acquisition for Moray Firth survey

Integra and WesternGeco form land seismic joint venture

TGS acquires directional survey business, signs well header sharing agreement

Hydrocarbon discovery on the OML 136

Reliance Industries and Pioneer Natural Resources announce Eagle Ford shale joint venture

J. Ray McDermott is awarded upgrade work in Hazira

Sander geophysics acquires Twin Otter Survey aircraft

Brazil's OGX confirms discovery in Santos Basin

JOA announces release of Impala

Paradigm unveils roadmap to add support for Windows 7 to its geoscience interpretation solution

Spectraseis launches borehole tool for LF and Microseismic surveys

Statoil’s chief researcher Lasse Amundsen receives award

PGS East breaks Crystal III survey now complete

Devon Energy announces John Richels' election as chief executive officer

Petrophysical uncertainty introduced to formation evaluation software

Stingray Geophysical and Ikon Science enter agreement to develop time-lapse technologies

Absoft establishes new forum for oil and gas sector

OMNI Energy Services Agrees to be Acquired by Wellspring Capital Management

Falkland Toroa well spudded

An EAGE presentation will highlight ‘Redefining Interpretation’

New software for scientific and industrial data visualization and analysis released

Seismic confirms potential at Spanish Point

USGS survey highlights Nile Delta gas potential

Savoy Energy leases acreage in Austin Chalk formation

Baker Hughes, VSFusion complete microseismic fracture survey for Horn River Basin

Zion Oil & Gas obtains Israeli license extensions

Qatar Petroleum, Shell and Petrochina sign new E&P sharing agreement

Terra Energy & Resources Technology and PT sign Indonesian exploration deal

Statoil makes gas discovery in Mikkel field of Norwegian Sea

TTI Exploration to begin environmental surveillance in GoM

Alta Mesa Holdings completes merger with Meridian Resource Corp.

Searcher Seismic completes Halmahera 2D seismic survey

East Tybalt discovery for Valiant

Energas plans to test the Morrow

Tecpetrol announces merger with Erskine Energy Production

Aztec announces a successful well in Brown County, Texas

Sabine Surveyors purchases World Marine Associates

Stingray Geophysical expands its global presence to Mexico

Marathon Oil drills discovery well in Flying Dutchman prospect

Doral Energy to sell Permian Basin assets to Alamo Resources--EXPLORATION

SMU Poll finds investment in alternative energy lagging--EXPLORATION

Aztec completes drilling of two wells in Palo Pinto and Jones Counties, Texas--DRILLING

Breitling Oil and Gas acquires GoM leases--EXPLORATION

2-D surveys planned for offshore South America--EXPLORATION

ffA signs 3D seismic analysis application software agreement with Statoil--EXPLORATION

LUKOIL completes exploration well offshore Cote d’Ivoire--EXPLORATION

Global Geophysical Services prices IPO--EXPLORATION

Black Dragon Resource Companies announces third well on Humble Project--EXPLORATION

Spectrum's Levantine Basin seismic analysis validated by USGS assessment--EXPLORATION

Far East Energy names Bruce N. Huff CFO--EXPLORATION

Greater than expected 1Q loss for McMoRan--EXPLORATION

EMGS secures pre-funding from Statoil for Barents Sea campaign--EXPLORATION

Pemex discovers gas in Lakach area of GoM--EXPLORATION

Polarcus Arctic 3D Seismic vessel ready--OFFSHORE

Spectrum announces phase 4 of multi-client seismic program in GoM--EXPLORATION

Dana makes gas discovery offshore UK--EXPLORATION

ConocoPhillips agrees to sell Syncrude stake to Sinopec--EXPLORATION

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies signs Indonesian service contract--EXPLORATION

New discovery in the North Sea--EXPLORATION

Schlumberger acquires IGEOSS--EXPLORATION

EMGS awarded $7.5 million Caribbean contract--EXPLORATION

W&T Offshore to acquire offshore blocks From Total E&P USA--EXPLORATION

Eni and Statoil announce oil discovery offshore Angola--EXPLORATION

OMV participates in additional exploration licence in the Faroe--EXPLORATION

Desire Petroleum announces gas discovery in North Falkland Basin--EXPLORATION

SandRidge Energy Inc. to acquire Arena Resources Inc., creating $6.2 billion company--EXPLORATION

Seismic industry gives support to President's plan to expand drilling--EXPLORATION

Statoil and ExxonMobil reach agreement on Tanzania block--EXPLORATION

Statoil strengthens Marcellus position--EXPLORATION

Apache's latest Faghur Basin discovery in Egypt tests 4,554 bo, 10.1 MMcf of gas per day--EXPLORATION

Shell builds eastern Gulf of Mexico portfolio with significant new oil discovery--EXPLORATION

Deployment of Sercel DSU3-428 provides successful high-quality completion for Colombian 3-D/3-C survey--EXPLORATION

ASB acquisition gives Spectrum Australia's largest MC 2D seismic library--EXPLORATION

W&T Offshore apparent high bidder on five GoM blocks--EXPLORATION

Noreco purchases Barents Sea license from Discover Petroleum--EXPLORATION

Bids received for GoM Outer Continental Shelf lease sale--EXPLORATION

MMS Director to open Central GoM lease sale 213--EXPLORATION

Spectrum announces upgrades to 3D depth imaging technology--EXPLORATION

Schlumberger acquires Nexus Geosciences--EXPLORATION

Denver International Airport purchases 27 oil and gas wells on its property--EXPLORATION

MicroSeismic completes buried array in Williston Basin for Whiting Oil & Gas--EXPLORATION

Stingray adopts innovative approach to delivering integrated seismic PRM--EXPLORATION

Grizzly Oil Sands submits Algar Lake project application--EXPLORATION

Baron Energy to merge with Esconde Resources and Permian Legend Petroleum--EXPLORATION

ARKeX completes Gabon offshore gravity gradiometry survey--EXPLORATION

Lucas Energy announces joint venture in Eagle Ford Shale--EXPLORATION

Shell and IBM target oil and natural gas recovery--EXPLORATION

Minor oil discovery in the Tampen area of North Sea--OFFSHORE

Plateau Mineral Development to acquire MEI--EXPLORATION

Strategic American Oil Corporation Leases frio target In South Texas--EXPLORATION

Shell and HP to develop ultrahigh-resolution seismic

Emerson launches Roxar RMS 2010

EMGS launches multi-client 3D EM campaign in Norway

MicroSeismic awarded two contracts by Marathon Oil

Ikon Science and Tullow Oil sign global collaboration agreement

MMS issues final notice of Central Gulf lease sale 213

Husky Energy announces third discovery in South China Sea

Lucas Energy continues joint Venture for Development of properties in Texas

CNPC BGP successfully develops large-scale seismic acquisition apparatus

Spectrum sets sights on East Coast US geology

Dana awarded nine new blocks offshore Norway

MicroSeismic announces record growth for 2009

Anadarko announces Lucius appraisal well encounters more than 600 net feet of pay

Record acreage announced in latest licensing round for offshore oil and gas exploration

Spectraseis announces completion of survey for Shell Egypt NV

ffA and TerraSpark Geosciences agree to research and development deal

New Zealand’s Reinga Basin opened for oil and gas exploration

Noreco awarded four licenses in Norway

Statoil awarded eight exploration licenses on Norwegian continental shelf

CGGVeritas extends GoM three corners 3D wide-azimuth survey

Lundin Petroleum completes Luno field appraisal well

Apache's latest oil discovery in Egypt's Western Desert tests 5,085 b/d

McMoRan Exploration Co. announces major discovery at Davy Jones ultra-deep well in shallow water on the GOM shelf

Afren has successful completion of the Ebok-6 appraisal well offshore

CPC Corporation, Taiwan signs global access agreement with Paradigm

Geotrace completes data processing project for BP in Libya

Matrikon agrees to contract with Statoil

TN-K Energy Group completes drilling for four wells in Green County, KY

SMT, Jewelsuite, CMG announce seismic to simulation alliance

MMS approves $1.2 million grant for fringe marsh repair

Contango announces successful well at Ship Shoal 263

TGS begins the Justice Wide Azimuth project

MMS study probes mystery of loop current in Eastern GoM

Lucas Energy and Terra Energy & Resource Technologies announce development of properties in Texas

Paradigm secures $65 million investment

Fairfield sells seismic data acquisition system to Signal Hill Petroleum

Devon Energy announces pre-salt discovery offshore Brazil

Shell to study natural gas potential in South Africa

Statoil discovers gas near Norne field in Norwegian Sea

Royal Dutch Shell to take up Woodside share offer

Western GoM sale 210 nets $111 million in high bids

Chevron announces $21.6 billion capital and exploratory budget for 2010

Strategic American Oil expands Illinois waterflood target

Strategic American Oil adds 3D seismic expert

Hess announces successful well test

Geokinetics to acquire the global onshore seismic business of Petroleum Geo-Services

WesternGeco commences wide-azimuth Q-Marine survey in the Central GoM

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. announces additional discovery in the Shaikan-1 well in Kurdistan

Total discovers oil in Block 15-1/05 offshore Vietnam

MicroSeismic Inc. awarded buried array contract

MMS disburses $10.68 billion in FY 2009

Lundin Petroleum finds oil in the greater Alvheim area

EMGS enters data-lcensing agreement with Rocksource

Victoria makes Cameroon find

Tethys oil testing operations on Omani oil discoveries to commence

OGX and MPX partner to explore blocks in Northern Brazil

Shell adds deep water acreage off coast of French Guiana

RIL makes oil discovery in Cambay Basin, India

HB Rentals completes delivery for Seabird Exploration in Angola

New Spectrum multi-client project offshore Madagascar

OMV has first exploration success as operator on the UK Atlantic Margin

Three leading E&P learning companies launch Plato Alliance

Spectraseis announces Joint Industry Project for low frequency seismic research

NVIDIA and VSG release 3D graphics tool kit

StatoilHydro makes discovers oil in Block 15/06 offshore Angola

Recruitment activity in O&G heats up

Hurricane Exploration discovers light oil in basement prospect, West of Shetlands

Avro Energy continues work programs in Northern Louisiana

Santos signs enterprise access agreement with Paradigm

Total to develop the Timimoun Gas Project in Algeria

Gorgon project MEG contract awarded to Aker Solutions

Avro Energy announces commencement of recompletion two wells of the Muslow lease

TGS acquisition on the Freedom Wide Azimuth Project completed

Petroceltic International announces gas discovery in Algeria

Lucas Energy announces Wilson County acquisition

WellPoint Systems releases IDEAS 5.0

Spectrum inks DGH reprocessing deal for Andaman Islands

GeoPressure Technology to undertake pressure study of Niger Delta

StatoilHydro makes oil and gas discovery in Nona prospect in Norwegian Sea

Tracerco expanding North Sea operations

BP announces giant oil discovery at its Tiber Prospect in GOM

Brazilian government announces new development model for pre-salt oil fields

CGGVeritas Expands Aberdeen Center

CGGVeritas announces inauguration of Saudi Arabia technology center

EMGS awarded 3D EM survey by TOTAL E&P NORGE

Spectrum commences seismic survey in eastern Gulf of Mexico

HB Rentals names regional director and sales manager

CGGVeritas signs Western Australia R&D agreement

GE and FANUC announce agreement to dissolve joint venture

Ernst & Young survey finds oil and gas executives optimistic

MMS Director Liz Birnbaum to Host Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 210

Avro Energy announces successful recompletion of the Herring No. 2 Well

Ascend Geo announces first US-based sale of ultra cable-free seismic acquisition system

Emerson's Deltav connect solution for Bailey Systems saves Groupement Berkine $25 Million

Adventure Energy, Inc. acquires three previously drilled wells and 104 acre leasehold in Hart County, Kentucky

Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc. CEO Frank Ingriselli projects $1 billion growth opportunity in China CBM industry at Singapore conference

Avro Energy announces commencement of work program on its two oil and gas wells near Hosston, Louisiana

USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate-Hydrates Interactions

New training programs delivered in Kazakhstan as first graduates enter the industry

EMGS awarded 3-D EM survey offshore Greenland

Petrobras and Baker Hughes sign technology agreement to address Brazil pre-salt challenges

Holloman Energy pursues Gippsland Basin Seismic

Tendeka strengthens team with key senior appointments

Fugro Robertson appoints Barry Ringer Far East Regional Manager

Hyperdynamics expands its technical staff with the addition of former BP Chief Geologist David Roberts and Exploration Manager Edward Shaw

Chevron announces significant discovery offshore Angola

Lucas Energy, Inc. Mills Oil Unit No.1

Adventure Energy Inc. acquires two previously drilled Knox Wells in Green County, Kentucky

Hays Oil & Gas strengthens its global position

Foster Wheeler-Led JV receives British Safety Council Five Star Health and Safety Award

LINN Energy to acquire properties in the Permian Basin for $118 Million

MMS approves $383,000 grant for Coastal Database Project

MMS approves $377,000 grant for Mississippi Coast Species Control

Bolivia: Total files declaration of commerciality for the Itau field

IEEE members tackle smart grid at 2009 FORTUNE Brainstorm: TECH

Oilex secures farm-out of key Timor Sea block

Ikon Science releases 64 bit RokDoc plug-in for Petrel 2009

Black Elk Energy announces the success of their charity event, Empowering the Community

GeoStreamer gives Mediterranean more momentum

WesternGeco acquires new 3D survey in the Barents Sea

North American Energy Resources, Inc. acquires 37 acre leasehold and well interest from CLM Oil Production, Inc.

Puguang Gas Field: Germanischer Lloyd awarded project management consultancy contract in China

The Society of Women Engineers announces WE09 Keynote Speaker

Optelligent Solutions joins Building Enterprises Selling PODS

MMS Gulf Region observes 20th anniversary of Spill Drill Program

Expro awarded subsea contract on Ghana’s first deepwater field development

Spectrum commences seismic survey in eastern Gulf of Mexico

Occidental Petroleum announces significant California oil and gas discovery

Foster Wheeler awarded feed contract by Santos for GLNG Upstream Project in Australia

DeLorme releases its latest topographic dataset for use with XMap GIS Software Suite

Patrice de Viviès appointed senior vice president, Northern Europe, Total Exploration & Production

Transocean Ltd. announces ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Cajun Express awarded contract by Petrobras

GE Oil & Gas: riding a pacific wave of deals

Weatherford acquires Secure Drilling

Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems at Texas A&M University

Former US Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez elected to Occidental Petroleum board of directors

MMS issues final notice of Western Gulf lease sale 210

Readout of Secretary Chu meetings on carbon capture and sequestration and state grid

10 industry leaders join UH president Khator’s energy advisory board

12 companies plan establishment of a Desertec Industrial Initiative

Rainchief completes oil & gas acquisition

Gray Wireline announces Mark Harris as new president and chief executive officer

Enventure Global Technology announces world record SET installation

Avro Energy, Inc. announces agreement for acquisition of oil leases in Louisiana, US

Holloman Energy selects seismic survey advisor

Noble Energy announces successful Tamar appraisal in Israel and increases resource size

CGGVeritas records first data on the shale gas tri-parish 3-D multi-client survey in Haynesville

First and only award of Iraq Licensing round is of global significance says Wood Mackenzie

Central Gulf of Mexico sale nets $690 million in high bids

Major release of RokDoc Version 5.4 the industry leading quantitative interpretation software system

Sercel announces a major award for its Unite cable-free acquisition system in Mexico

Mainland Resources, Inc. enters agreement for acreage to test expanded Haynesville shale area in Mississippi

Wide-azimuth surveys benefit from RIL’s 4-D technology

Tendeka and FloQuest enter exclusive agreement

Rex Energy Corp. enters into exploration agreement with Williams in the Marcellus shale

Halliburton’s GEM tool offers a clearer picture

New board member in StatoilHydro

Holloman Energy announces results of oil reserve study

SCAN Geophysical commences 3-D seismic operations in South America

American Energy Resources discovers mid-continent oil in Gove County, Kansas

BP selects GE Oil & Gas to conduct two Foinaven oil field engineering studies

Petroleum Society of Canada completes merger agreement with SPE

Room for young energy

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited announced seismic program on offshore Namibia

Hege Kverneland to be NOV’s senior vice president and chief technology officer

API President Jack Gerard statement on passage of Dorgan amendment

Fugro Gravity & Magnetic Services names Crabb business development manager for Australia/Asia region

Hampson-Russell opens Mexico office to expand global support

GX Technology Extends Sub-salt Imaging Capabilities

SEA 3-D Pro 2009: ffA’s latest Stratigraphic Analysis Software now available under Linux

Schlumberger Awards Scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Outstanding Student Chapters

CGGVeritas completes multi-client survey offshore Jamaica

Spectrum quadruples seismic processing capacity in Egypt

Schlumberger Launches Ocean for Academia Program with Rice, Stanford, Texas A&M, and Unicamp Universities

Idea Integration to add OpenSpirit Data Integration to Constellation 2.0 GIS Solution, Consulting and Project Services Offerings

Gazprom and StatoilHydro sign MoU for exploration and production

Polarcus achieves milestone recruitment objective

Aker Solutions secures contracts for deck machinery

IHS to distribute Valtus US ortho imagery

Bull and ffA (Foster Findlay Associates Ltd) have entered into a partnership agreement

IHS to distribute Valtus US Ortho Imagery

PGS selects acquisition optimization services from Ion to enhance 4-D surveys in-field specialists

Aker Solutions sets up geo business in Australia

North Sea Taxation - value allowance impact on small fields

Total awards CGGVeritas major 4-D Inversion Project

Aker Solutions granted engineering license in China

Consafe Engineering’s near- £10 million contracts mean increased employment

Eagle Geophysical, Inc. announces filing of chapter 11 bankruptcy

Knowledge Reservoir Wins Major Consulting Contract with OMV

DONG Energy joins the ITF fold

Spectrum and ASB reprocess Australian seismic survey

Svenska Petroleum Exploration announces Ivory Coast and Republic of Congo exploration farm-ins

Palantir Solutions hires senior management for Houston offices

Schlumberger acquires Techsia

2008 UK exploration and appraisal drilling highest since 1997

Total awarded block in Nile Basin

U.S. Energy enters participation agreement with Houston Energy

Geotrace releases new version of geographical integration system

PGS and TGS announce MultiClient 3D survey in North Sea

StatoilHydro finds oil and gas south of Grane in North Sea

EMGS announces corporate restructuring and workforce reduction

Spectrum announces WEM seismic survey results in GoM

Knowledge Reservoir completes management buyout of Ziebel AS

UBS values ATI Petroleum’s Vietnamese holdings at $309 million

Global Geophysical Services to do seismic work in Colombia

ARKeX signs long term agreement with Sonatrach for airborne gravity surveys

Total makes gas discovery offshore Congo

6 companies interested in Uruguay offshore blocks

StatoilHydro transfers assets on Danish continental shelf to Bayerngas

StatoilHydro awarded production licenses in Barents and Norwegian Sea

EMGS multi-client uplift will generate revenue from Barents Sea license awards

GDF SUEZ and Total team up for the EPR project in Penly

Total and INPEX launch the offshore FEED for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia

StatoilHydro exploration well in Veslefrikk field in North Sea finds gas

Colbalt International Energy announces deepwater offshore Angola deal

StatoilHydro discovers oil in Corvus prospect in North Sea

Repsol makes new oil discovery in Libya

SCAN to deliver 3D/2D vessel to Gold Oil Peru

Shell awards 3D EM survey in Senegal to EMGS

Size of Norwegian continental shelf to the north clarified

Leed Petroleum acquires GoM block lease from Mariner Energy

India launches eighth licensing round

BG Group finds oil in Santos Basin offshore Brazil

BJ Services awarded casing and tubing services contract in India

SCAN signs 2D seismic contract with Petrobras

Seismic Source names Bob Heath as international sales manager to support growth initiatives

Heritage Oil sells Oman unit to RAK Petroleum Limited

StatoilHydro makes discovery offshore Newfoundland

Hyperdynamics signs agreement to sell its working interest in Louisiana oil and gas leases for $2.67 million

StatoilHydro and Lundin Petroleum sign North Sea exploration license agreement

Foster Findlay announces US subsidiary

StatoilHydro board sanctions GoM Caesar Tonga Project

Total signs 20-year extension with Abu Dhabi Gas

Terraspark and True Oil sign interpretation software agreement

EMGS signs electromagnetic services agreement with Shell

StatoilHydro discovers oil by Vigdis East field in North Sea

DONG Energy adopts Paradigm geolog as corporate standard

W&T Offshore is apparent high bidder on four Gulf of Mexico blocks

Fairfield Industries releases new seismic data acquisition system

TETRA Technologies President and CEO to step down

StatoilHydro high bidder in Gulf of Mexico lease sale

Secretary Salazar announces bid totals for MMS Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale

Paradigm launches Sysdrill 2009

Schlumberger releases new imaging and monitoring system

StatoilHydro discovers gas in Asterix prospect of Norwegian Sea

Marathoil Oil taps Christie Digital for immersive room

MEO Australia gets approval for seismic survey offshore Western Australia

CGGVeritas vessel breaks 3D seismic record

SCAN awarded seismic program offshore Chile

Sensornet announces new VP of Europe

Total signs sharing agreement with SOCAR for the Absheron block in Azerbaijan

Gulftex Operating completes negotiations with Devon Energy for Barnett Shale acreage

Dana Gas discovers 100 billion cubic feet of gas in Egypt

Frontera Resources makes new field extension discovery in Georgia

Chevron will delay offshore Cambodia field

Gulftex Operating to acquire additional Barnett acreage

iStore introduces oil and gas field visualization tool

MMS approves $61.8 million plan for Mississippi coastal restoration

Aker Solutions signs geology services contract with Lundin Petroleum

SeaBird awarded Agbami field node survey by Chevron

OMV gets exploration license in Barents Sea

Nexon exploration well in North Sea finds oil

MMS announces upgrade to Environmental publications database

Cararvon Petroleum reports appraisal well in Thailand finds oil

Petrobras to bid on Uruguay's offshore blocks

El Paso and RWE Dea AG enter into joint exploration in Egypt

Total signs agreement with Libya’s NOC to renew EPSAs for blocks

Exploration Interview: John W. Gibson, CEO, Paradigm

Roxar releases redesigned reservoir modeling user interface

Exploration by the numbers: Seismic crew counts

Chevron announces oil discovery in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Exploration Notebook: News in exploration you might have missed

Seismic Ventures Selects SMT Kingdom’s New Forward Modeling Technology

MMS awards $10.6 Million to Louisiana for coastal restoration

Helix Energy Solutions exploratory well in Gulf of Mexico discovers gas

MCS announces increased presence in Australia

Chevron announces $22.8 billion capital spending program

JSC Gazprom Neft to use Paradigm software in CIS Region

Geotrace granted patent for well-log technology

Spectrum announces improved sub-basalt imaging off Iceland

Mitsubishi discovers oil in offshore Gabon

MMS issues final notice of Central Gulf lease sale

Landmark releases new seismic interpretation software

SMT signs software agreement with India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

StatoilHydro announces non-commercial gas discovery in the Barents Sea

Jaguar Exploration awarded 3D seismic survey services contract by Qatar Petroleum

ExxonMobil submits development plan for offshore Indonesia

Two East African metocean contracts awarded to Fugro

Frontera Resources announces commencement of Mirzaani #2 well in Georgia

Expro awarded well testing contract extension in giant Karachaganak field

Test results show fluid in giant oil and gas field offshore Guinea

Noble Denton acquires Standard Engineering and Brevik Engineering

New president for Aker Solutions' geo business

EMGS launches EM survey vessel

Algeria awards exploration blocks

EMGS awarded contract to perform 3D EM surveys in Malaysia

Australia begins offshore licensing round

Bass Strait Oil set to explore in Gippsland Basin offshore Australia

Petrobras discovers oil and gas in Potiguar Basin, Brazil

More prospective licenses awarded in Faroes

ExxonMobil announces Wavefield will do seismic survey offshore Norway

StatoilHydro awarded operatorship license in Faroe Islands

BG and KMG announce exploration plans in Kazakhstan

Zulu Energy announces unexpected natural gas find in Botswana

CGGVeritas announces extension of Oman processing contract

ExxonMobil to expand Black Sea exploration

Newfoundland and Labrador offshore bid results annouced

Conoco Phillips and University of Kansas announce nanotechnology research program

CGGVeritas awarded a groundbreaking 3D seismic survey by PDVSA of Venezuela

Heritage Oil plans more exploration wells in Uganda

Circle Oil discovers gas on Sebou permit in Morocco

GTI announces two new board members

Wave imaging technology formed for oilfield depth imaging

Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Mubadala Development sign EPSA to develop gas fields in Oman

ExxonMobil to explore two deepwater blocks in Black Sea

Paradigm previews subsurface modeling

StatoilHyrdo awarded interest in two licenses offshore Newfoundland

Ikon Science releases pressure study of North Sea

Sterling Resources exploration well in North Sea hits oil

Sensornet has record temperature resolution in horizontal well

Serica awarded three exploration licenses in North Sea

Exploration rights awarded in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore

CGGVeritas to acquire Wavefield Inseis ASA

Dana Petroleum awarded 29 block in North Sea licensing round

Murphy Oil, Inpex, and PTTEP win exploration rights offshore West Papua

SCAN Geophysical receives LOI for large-scale 2D project offshore Argentina

171 offshore oil and gas licenes available in North Sea

Paradigm unveils imaging and interpretation technology at SEG

MMS initiates oil and gas leasing process for offshore Virginia

Eastern Star Gas and Gastar Exploration exploration well in South Wales finds gas

Schlumberger launches land seismic system

Fugro Gravity & Magnetic Services names western hemisphere business development team

PGS announces new 3D seismic survey in the Gulf of Mexico

Pacific Rubiales awarded six blocks in the Colombia

Baker Hughes launches high-speed telemetry service

Spring Energy acquires 30% stake in exploration license offshore Norway

Aker awarded deepwater exploration and production license offshore Ghana

Bergen Group awarded $102 million contract for seismic vessel from Volstad Maritime

Devon Energy completes asset exchange with Chevron

Wavefield Inseis win major 3D seismic survey for TPAO

Sasol and Petronas in partnership

StatoilHydro Barents Sea exploration well hits gas

Dyas to buy Ithaca Energy's development assets in North Sea

Valiant Petroleum will develop Crawford field in North Sea

Earth Decision Sciences consulting contract with Dubai Petroleum Establishment extended

Sibir's Koltogorsky blocks evaluated for recoverable resources

AGM announces reseller agreement with GeoQuasar Energy Solutions

StatoilHydro considering tie-back of Noatun to Njord field in Norwegian Sea

Paradigm signs software agreement with InnoCentive

WesternGeco announces contract with GAZPROM Libya B.V.

Consafe and Jutal International agreement to develop modular buildings markets

EMGS awarded $ 4.6 million contract to license multi-client EM data in the Gulf of Mexico

Total to farm into onshore exploration block in Yemen

BP makes sixteenth oil discovery in Ultra Deepwater offshore Angola

Foster Wheeler awarded engineering contract by BP for fields in Algeria

Petronas awarded exploration and production concession contracts for two blocks in Mozambique

Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike activity statistics update

Norway to spend $32 million on seismic mapping

SAIC gets $5.5 million to study Gulf of Mexico Loop Current

Double shelf-slope break discovered offshore Guinea

Earthworks launchs ultra fast seismic inversion software

Wavefield Inseis awarded 3-year seismic contract by ONGC

Ingrain second round of funding for measurement technology

U.S. Energy Corp. announces spudding of second well with PetroQuest Energy

CGGVeritas awarded contract extension by Petroleum Development Oman for seismic acquisition

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited completes offshore seismic tendering in Namibia

Tracerco awarded contract from StatoilHydro and Aker Solutions for subsea measurement system

SCAN Geophysical successfully completes challenging seismic shoot for PDVSA

New Zealand's awards nine blocks offshore

Pertamina to invest $500 million in Banya Urip field

Sensornet unveils Oryx DTS for monitoring in harsh environments

Geotrace launches time-saving E&P tool

Tierra Geophysical completes SEAM quality tests

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited secures onshore exploration blocks in Peru

Geotrace gets Bangladesh contract

Total signs three oil and gas agreements in Syria

Study finds record Oil and Gas development spending

Hurricane Gustav Thursday activity statistics update

Mubadala and Petrofac establish a new joint venture

Intelligent Developments: 4-D seismic ‘illuminates’ completions

Halliburton to acquire Pinnacle Technologies

Potential oil fields being opened for exploratory drilling in the Atlantic Northeast of Iceland

CGGVeritas gets contract from Qatar Petroleum for ultra high-density land seismic survey

India to spend $102 million to boost exploration and production

Gold Point Energy announces Ohio seismic program

Schlumberger, Grande Energy Exploration, and Mitsubishi announce deal for financing and development of unconventional shale plays

Victoria Petroleum strikes oil in South Australian Cooper Basin

Gassco gives Marine Matteknikk AB survey contract

Eurogas discovers oil in Tunsia

Canadian Superior Energy announces significant natural gas discovery in Trinidad

EMGS completes multi-client electromagnetic survey in Barents Sea

Challenger Energy and Canadian Superior make gas discovery in Trinidad & Tobago

Roc Oil exploration well begins drilling in Angola

Aker Exploration not expected to turn profit until 2010

Pan Andean has completed a 60km 2D seismic survey in Colombia

US Coast Guard to survey the Arctic

OMV acquires two exploration licenses in Pakistan

Shell in negotiations with Jordan

Toreador Resources agrees to $80m deal to sell off interest in the Turkish Black Sea project

OMV awarded equity in two blocks in southwest Pakistan

ODIM gets 12.3 million contract for the delivery of a 3D seismic handling system

StatoilHydro’s exploration well near the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea is dry

Inpex has made a gas discovery in the Browse Basin offshore Australia

E.ON Ruhrgas to develop the Babbage gas field in UK Southern North Sea

Endeavour revenues up 273% for the second quarter

Geotrace involved in largest onboard data processing project worldwide

Study finds existing U.S. natural gas supply extends into the 22nd century

Mar Ked Mineral Exploration acquires North American Energy Exploration

ExxonMobil announces $1.1 billion Turrum field development

BP to develop deepwater oil discoveries in Angola

Ingrain introduces 3-D NanoXCT imaging system

SCAN Geophysical commences large seismic program for Petrobras offshore Portugal

Origin Energy discovers hydrocarbon seepage offshore of Kenya

Petro Gas FZE gets 170 million dollar contract from Dragon Oil

Eni makes gas discover in Sicilian Strait

Ithaca Energy has succesful production well test in North Sea

Hess hits Aussie gas

Lundin Petroleum has discovery in North Sea

Dynamic Offshore Resources announces acquisition of Northstar Exploration and Production

Third licensing round for Faroes

Range shoots in Somalia

OMV - new exploration success in Tunisia

Spectrum signs 12 month offshore acquisition contract with GXT

ION agrees to acquire ARAM Systems Ltd

Revus Energy reports discovery in well 34/3 – 1S Jordbær

Mustang provides concept study for project

Repsol, IBM team in supercomputing

Spectrum signs contract with GX Technology

Harvest Natural Resources announces lease acquisition - Bay Exploration Area

Oromin announces prospective oil resources at its Santa Rosa prospect in Argentina

AGM to provide BP with high-end geological tools

IHS Acquires Log Assets of Reservoir Visualization Inc.

AGM to provide BP with high-end tools

ConocoPhillips to develop the Shah Gas Field

Spectrum floats as seismic growth continues

Arkex raises US $30 million

Park Place Energy Corp announces new director

Gran Tierra Energy successfully drills in the central Colombia

New bid round targets Barents and Norwegian Seas

Program ramps up offshore Norway

Gulf Petroleum Investment finds oil in Indonesia

Black Sea deal completed

Heritage Oil provides Uganda drilling update