Total E&P has announced that it has spud an exploration well at Libya’s A1-16/3 concession, east of the Libyan-Tunisian offshore territorial line in the Pelagian Basin
Exploration & Production
Dana Petroleum wins two new blocks in Egypt’s Western Desert
Dana Petroleum has been awarded two new oil blocks — West Dakhla 1 and West Dakhla 2 — in Egypt’s Western Desert
Gazprom Neft produces first oil at Badra oilfield in Iraq
Gazprom Neft, operator of the Badra oilfield, Iraq, has reported the successful completion of well-testing at its BD4 appraisal well at the end of December, 2013
Hibiscus Petroleum begins drilling oilwell in Oman’s Block 50
Hibiscus Petroleum has announced that Masirah Oil Limited and partners have began drilling an oil exploration well in GA-South (GAS#1) located offshore Oman’s Block 50 concession
KOC to increase crude output to 3.15 million bpd next year
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) will raise its crude output up to 3.15mn bpd by 2015 with the drilling of around 300 oilwells this year in the country