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Eni restarts exploration drilling activities in Libya
The well, operated by the fully owned subsidiary Eni North Africa, will reach a total depth of 14,500 feet and will test a new geological play in the EPSA IV 2008 Contract Area A. TAQA acquires operating interest in Kurdistan block
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has signed an agreement to acquire a 53.2% interest in the Atrush block in the Kurdistan region of Iraq from General Exploration Partners, Inc., an affiliate of Aspect Holdings, LLC. Dana Gas Signs Gas Field Agreements with Sharjah and Ajman
Dana Gas the Middle East's first and largest regional and private-sector natural gas company has signed a set of agreements with the Sharjah and Ajman Governments to jointly develop the shared field located around 40 kilometers off the two coasts. DNO International Hits Record Production Offshore Oman
DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced that production from Block 8 offshore the Sultanate of Oman has climbed to a record daily rate of 20,000 barrels of oil and condensate and 60 million cubic feet of gas following completion of a two-well drilling program in the West Bukha field. Gulfsands Expands its Interests in Tunisia
Gulfsands Petroleum announced that it has expanded its interests in Tunisia after agreeing to acquire additional 30-percent and 10-percent interests in the Chorbane and Kerkouane joint ventures respectively. Tullow strikes more oil deposits in Kenya
Tullow Oil plc announces that the Twiga South-1 exploration well in Block 13T, onshore Kenya, has encountered 30 metres of net oil pay with further potential to be assessed on test and has also encountered a tight fractured rock section with hydrocarbon shows over a gross interval of 796 metres. ExxonMobil looks to exit West Qurna
Iraqi officials claim ExxonMobil has told the government it wants to sell its share in the West Qurna-1 oilfield, the first official confirmation the US giant is looking to pull out of the project in southern Iraq. Yemen pipeline to be fixed in a week
A gas pipeline feeding Yemen's only liquefied natural gas export terminal will take about one week to be repaired following an attack on it last week, Reuters quoted the country's oil minister as saying. 
