Shell and the UAEs Mubadala Petroleum have swapped equity stakes in two exploration blocks off Malaysia, the companies announced
Exploration & Production
Kurdistan Region of Iraq approves Maersk Oil’s purchase of two blocks
Maersk Oil has received approval from Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to buy 40 per cent stakes each in two exploration blocks from Repsol Oriente Medio SA
Total spuds exploration well offshore Libya
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
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