Ireland’s Circle Oil has announced that it has won the onshore Grombalia permit located in Tunisia’s Cap Bon Peninsula
Exploration & Production
GDI and JX Nippon sign offshore rig contract
Gulf Drilling International (GDI) has signed a contract to drill JX Nippon’s offshore exploratory well in Qatar using its hi-spec premium jack-up rig Al Khor in 2014
Total signs agreement for ultra deep block offshore Oman
Total has announced that it has signed an exploration and production sharing agreement for block 41 offshore Oman
Oryx Petroleum spuds oilwell in Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s Demir Dagh
Oryx Petroleum has announced that it has spud its first appraisal oilwell at Demir Dagh in the Hawler License area in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Oryx Petroleum discovers oil in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Middle East-focused exploration company Oryx Petroleum has made its third oil discovery in the Hawler License area at the Zey Gawra prospect in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq