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Uganda faces ‘hefty exploration bill’
The Ugandan government owes oil companies including UK independent Tullow Oil at least $492.5 million for exploration activities along the country's western border with Congo, according to a report citing the country’s auditor general. Anadarko Successfully Completes Planned Appraisal Drilling Program In Discovery Area Offshore Mozambique
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that with the success of its Barquentine-4 appraisal well, the partnership has completed the drilling portion of its planned appraisal program in the discovery area offshore Mozambique. Heritage Oil Provides an Update on The Miran West-3 Well, Kurdistan
Heritage Oil Plc, an independent upstream exploration and production company, provides an update on the Miran West-3 well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Stoppage of Kurdish north oil exports confirmed
North Oil Company confirmed that the Kurdish government stopped exporting oil through the main Iraqi pipeline to Turkey. Sinopec and Sabic Joint Venture for a Large Scale Petrochemical Project in Tianjin
Sinopec SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Company (SSTPC) laid the foundation for a polycarbonate production complex with 260,000 metric tons per annum capacity, at a ground-breaking ceremony in the Tianjin Binhai New Area. Iraq says Kurdistan smuggling oil through Iran
Iraq's Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday. Pipeline attack to cut Yemen LNG cargoes
The closure of the Yemen liquefied natural gas terminal, after its feed pipeline was blown up last week, is expected to cut its super-cooled gas exports by about four cargoes. Obama Clears Way for Sanctions on Banks in Iran Oil Trade
U.S. President Barack Obama cleared the way for sanctions aimed at banks in countries that import Iranian oil, the latest U.S. step to ratchet up pressure on the government in Tehran over its nuclear program. 
