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December 2007
 

Welcome to our December edition of Bright spots. May we take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

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New Zealand's 2007 onshore Taranaki petroleum blocks offer

New Zealand's Associate Energy Minister, Harry Duynhoven, announced one of the largest onshore blocks offers in recent years, by opening the Onshore Taranaki Petroleum Blocks Offer on December 3rd, 2007. 11 petroleum permits are available for bidding in the Taranaki basin with applications being accepted up until 5.00 p.m. on Friday May 30th, 2008. These petroleum permits will be available in the PetroView Asia Pacific December update.

For further information regarding application procedures, please contact Crown Minerals, Ministry of Economic Development.

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India launches NELP-VII licensing round

India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has announced the seventh New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP-VII) licensing round. A total of 57 blocks are on offer for exploration of oil and gas, comprising of 19 deep-water blocks, nine shallow-water blocks and 29 onland blocks. Roadshows for the round have been tentatively planned in Mumbai, London, Houston and Calgary throughout January 2008. The schedule for roadshows in Dubai, Perth and Singapore will be released at a later date. Companies will need to submit their bids by April 11th, 2008.

The provisional block shapes for the NELP-VII round can be accessed via the OPENBLOCKS layer in the PetroView South Asia dataset. For a comprehensive overview of the fiscal, regulatory and contractual terms applicable to upstream petroleum operations in India, our Fiscal and Regulatory Guide for India is now available. Our off-the-shelf discounted cash-flow model, PetroScope, is also available for India. To find out more about these products, please contact us.

For more information about the NELP-VII licensing round, please visit the official website

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GEO 2008 - Manama, Bahrain, March 3rd-5th, 2008

We will be exhibiting at GEO 2008 in Manama, Bahrain at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre. A diverse collection of exploration and development products, services, technology and techniques will be on display at more than 150 booths.

Please visit us at booth number 267, for a chance to meet us and review our products.

For more information, please visit the GEO 2008 website.

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Updated wall and pocket maps

We are pleased to present our latest South America wall map, which we updated in November with data from PetroView. In addition to this map, we have updated the Alaska, Gulf of Mexico and South America pocket maps.

These maps form part of our popular series of wall and pocket maps, which are available for you to download and print at no cost.
Alternatively, to request a printed copy please fill in our contact us form stating clearly which maps you require.


(Screenshot of South America map)

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