CGGVeritas has announced that it is set to resume land seismic acquisition operations in Algeria after being awarded a 3D vibroseis survey in the country by Groupement Timimoun (GTIM)
Exploration & Production
Oil reserves discovered in Iran
Iranian oil minister Rostam Qasemi has said that oil reserves of up to six billion barrels have been discovered around the Yadavaran oilfield in Khuzestan province in southwest Iran
DNO completes testing of Peshkabir well
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO International has announced that testing of its Peshkabir-1 well, located west of Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has struck oil
Calvalley restarts drilling in Yemen
Canadian-based Calvalley Petroleum has resumed drilling in Yemen after it spudded the Ras Nowmah-5 development well on Block 9 in the Masila basin
Gulf Keystone completes Shaikan-5 drilling
Bermuda-based Gulf Keystone Petroleum has recorded solid preliminary results at its latest well in Kurdistan region of Iraq