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" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 10:40 PM" + "

" + "Army Corps of Engineers denies ANS permit" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --The US Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit application from ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. to construct a drill pad identified as CD-5 west of the Colville River Delta to expand the Alpine petroleum field on the North Slope....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 10:30 PM" + "

" + "Eni bows to Tullow, pulls out of Uganda agreement" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Heritage Oil PLC said ENI International BV terminated “with immediate effect” its previous agreement to buy with Heritage’s interest in Blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda....." + "

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" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 10:20 PM" + "

" + "Argentina protests new Falklands exploration program" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Argentina’s government lodged a protest with UK’s government over plans by UK firms to begin oil exploration off the north coast of the long-disputed Falkland Islands....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 10:15 PM" + "

" + "Niko to buy Trinidad player Voyager Energy" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, will buy Voyager Energy Ltd., which has interests in Trinidad onshore blocks....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 9:40 PM" + "

" + "Senate bill would extend chemical security rules" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Four members of the US Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee introduced bipartisan legislation to extend by 5 years existing federal regulations on chemical plant security....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 9:35 PM" + "

" + "Schlumberger appoints chief operating officer" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Schlumberger Ltd. appointed Paal Kibsgaard as chief operating officer, effective immediately....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 9:30 PM" + "

" + "EV Energy buying Ohio assets from Range Resources" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --EV Energy Partners LP and institutional partnerships managed by EnerVest Ltd. agreed to buy a stake in tight gas sands properties in Ohio from Range Resources Corp. for $330 million, Range Resources announced....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 7:55 PM" + "

" + "PIIGS trample energy prices" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Energy prices flopped with crude down 5% for its biggest 1-day loss in 6 months Feb. 4, then tumbled below $70/bbl to a 7-week low before “bottom pickers” bid prices back above $71/bbl Feb. 5 on the New York market, amid growing glo......." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 7:15 PM" + "

" + "Aussie firm to get largest French land permit" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Elixir Petroleum Ltd., Sydney, will acquire East Paris Petroleum Development Ltd., which holds France’s largest onshore exploration block....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 6:45 PM" + "

" + "MARKET WATCH: Energy prices fall in uncertain markets" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Energy prices continued to tumble Feb. 5 with front-month crude at one point selling below $70/bbl at a 7-week low before “bottom pickers” bid prices back above $71/bbl in the New York market....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 5:15 PM" + "

" + "Partners advance Athena field development" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Partners in Athena oil field in the Outer Moray Firth of the UK North Sea have approved spending to begin development, expecting production to start in the second quarter of 2011....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 5:00 PM" + "

" + "Kurdistan well hits pressure below Shiranish" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Well control measures are being implemented at the Kurdamir-1 indicated discovery in the northern part of the 2,120 sq km Kalar Bawanoor Block 44 in the southern part of Iraq’s Kurdistan region....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:30 PM" + "

" + "Shtokman partners delay production start" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Citing “changes in the market situation and particularly in the LNG market,” Shtokman Development AG has delayed by 3 years the start-up of production from Shtokman gas-condensate field in the Barents Sea....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:10 PM" + "

" + "Papa Terra FPSO topsides contract let" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --AMEC PLC selected the Brazilian company QUIP to perform basic engineering services for the topsides of the P-63 floating production, storage, and offloading for the Papa Terra heavy 14-17° gravity oil field in the Campos basin off Brazil, o......." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:00 PM" + "

" + "Indonesia\'s PT Pertamina to spend $1 billion on blocks" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Indonesia’s state-owned PT Pertamina has allocated 10.2 trillion rupiah ($1 billion) for acquisition of new oil and natural gas blocks this year out of a total upstream budget of 29.5 trillion rupiah, according to Pertamina President Dire......." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 3:55 PM" + "

" + "Bontan says Israeli fields hold 5.7 tcf of gas" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Bontan Corporation Inc., citing an evaluation report by Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd., said its Mira and Sarah prospects off Israel hold 5.7 tcf of natural gas....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 3:45 PM" + "

" + "Kazakh Ustyurt basin gets light oil discovery" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Tethys Petroleum Ltd., Guernsey, UK, tested a discovery well in Kazakhstan at a combined rate of more than 6,800 b/d of light oil and said the well could do better with larger tubulars and larger stock tanks....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 3:35 PM" + "

" + "Dubai announces offshore oil discovery" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced an oil discovery east of Rashid field 70 km offshore in the Persian Gulf (see map, OGJ, Nov. 5, 2007, p. 66)....." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 2:30 PM" + "

" + "Guyana" + "

" + "February 8,2010 --Canadian independents Groundstar Resources Ltd. and Canacol Energy Ltd. plan to appraise the Karanambo-1 discovery well in the Guyana part of the Takutu basin in mid-2010....." + "