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Gazprom agrees to take stake in Eni’s project
Russia's Gazprom has agreed with Italy's Eni on conditions to take a stake in the Elephant oil project in Libya, RIA Novosti reported. Kasamene and Wahrindi North exploratory appraisal results
Tullow Oil plc announced that the Kasamene-3 and Kasamene-3A wells in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2 have successfully delineated the extent of oil in the Kasamene field and discovered oil in the Wahrindi North fault block. Total and Partex eye Oman prizes
France's Total and Portugal's Partex both plan to bid for oil and gas exploration blocks that Oman plans to auction, according to an executives from the companies. Sonatrach cheers double strike
Algerian state energy group Sonatrach unveiled two more oil and gas finds, bringing to five the number of hydrocarbon discoveries made by the company this year. Halliburton snaps up Boots & Coots
Halliburton and Boots & Coots jointly announced today that Halliburton has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Boots & Coots in a stock and cash transaction Dockwise secures USD 40 million in near-term contracts and variation commitments
Dockwise Ltd. announced seven near-term contract wins for the transportation of four jack-up rigs, jack-up construction vessels, supply boats and a floating crane barge, to be transported to Egypt, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sharjah, UAE, Singapore, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Chabahar, Iran; and Trinidad, respectively. BG Group: successful Tupi field step-out appraisal well in the Santos Basin
BG Group (25%) and partners, Petrobras (65% and operator) and GALP (10%), have successfully completed drilling a Tupi field appraisal well (3-RJS-666) in the BM-S-11 license area, Santos Basin pre-salt, offshore Brazil. Lion Energy provides operations update in East Africa
Lion Energy Corp. provided an update regarding its ongoing exploration activities in East Africa, Kenya, Somalia (Puntland). 
