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Gulf Keystone Cites ‘Huge Hydrocarbon Potential’ in Kurdistan
Gulf Keystone announced the completion of drilling and testing operations on its Shaikan-3 shallow appraisal well. This well was designed to drill and test the Cretaceous intervals in the immediate vicinity of the Shaikan-1 discovery well. Aker Solutions awarded Angola FPSO installation contract
MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd. has awarded Aker Solutions' wholly owned subsidiary Aker Marine Contractors a mooring installation contract for hook-up of the Bourgogne FPSO offshore Angola. BP to delay Libya offshore drilling
BP PLC said it would delay its plans to drill offshore Libya, citing a decision not to use its original drill rig for ''operational reasons.'' Kosmos resolves ”issues” with Ghana
Texas-based Kosmos Energy said it signed an agreement with the government of Ghana and Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) to ''amicably resolve'' several issues between them. BG Group hits second Tanzanian gas discovery
BG Group announced that its second Tanzanian exploration well, Chewa-1, has also discovered gas. The well, located in Block 4 approximately 80 kilometers offshore southern Tanzania in a water depth of around 1 300 meters, is some eight kilometres north-west of BG Group's Pweza-1 gas discovery announced in last October. Africa Oil signs Ethiopia block study agreement
Africa Oil Corp. signed a definitive agreement with the Government of Ethiopia to jointly study the Rift Valley Block. TPAO announces Oil Discovery in Murzuq Basin
TPAO reported a new oil discovery in the Murzuq Basin (Fizan Desert), Libya. Saipem wins $1.2 billion Middle East contracts
Saipem has been awarded new onshore contracts with a total value in excess of $1.2 billion. 
