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Welcome to our February edition of Bright spots. This edition includes:
- Norwegian Awards in Predefined Areas 2007
- UK 25th offshore Licensing Round
- APPEX 2008 - London, March 5th-7th, 2008
- 2008 SPE Indian Oil and Gas - Mumbai, 4th-6th March, 2008
- Doing business in Turkmenistan
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Norwegian Awards in Predefined Areas 2007
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered a total of 52 licences under the Awards in Predefined Areas 2007 (APA 2007). 24 of the licences lie in the North Sea, with 21 in the Norwegian Sea and the remaining seven in the Barents Sea. The Ministry states that there is a large potential for proving new, smaller resources close to existing infrastructure in the mature areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf, which explains the extensive interest in the APA rounds.
A list of the companies, which have been awarded licences, is included in the Weekly Service (issue 07/08). A layer (called NO_OFS_APA07_AWD) has also been added to the PetroView North West Europe February dataset update. This shows the nominated blocks and can be accessed via PetroView's catalogue.
For more information, please visit the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy's website.
UK 25th offshore Licensing Round
The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has invited applications for licences in the 25th Seaward Licensing Round. The deadline for applications for Traditional and Frontier licences is May 21st, 2008 and the deadline for Promote licences is May 22nd, 2008.
BERR announced that a record breaking 2,297 blocks or part-blocks are on offer in the 25th Round. As in recent Rounds, three types of licences, Traditional, Frontier and Promote, are available in the 25th Round.
The licence types are restricted by the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) areas. Layers showing the blocks on offer, called UK_OFS_25RND_ANN, and the SEAs, called SEAs, are included in the PetroView North West Europe February dataset update and is accessible through the catalogue.
For more information, please visit BERR's website.
APPEX 2008 - London, March 5th-7th, 2008
We will be exhibiting, sponsoring and speaking at APPEX 2008 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. This event is an exclusive three-day forum focused entirely on international upstream negotiations.
The event allows members of the industry to meet, discuss and negotiate deals with global players, new ventures, farm-outs, farm-ins, asset swaps and new regions.
Please visit us at stand number 22, for a chance to meet us and review our products.
For more information, please visit the APPEX website.
2008 SPE Indian Oil and Gas - Mumbai, 4th-6th March 2008
We will be exhibiting at the SPE Indian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition in Bandra Kurla Complex, MMRDA Ground, Mumbai, India.
The conference theme is "The Changing Landscape: Emerging Opportunities in the Indian E&P Industry". Please visit us at stand F-30 to review the latest release of our products and pick up a free copy of our updated PetroView South Asia wall map.
For more information, please visit the SPE Indian Oil and Gas website.
Date: Wednesday March 12th, 2008
Venue: The Deloitte Academy, 1 Stonecutter
Street, London EC4A 4TR
Turkmenistan’s profile in the upstream oil and gas sector has risen considerably as a result of recent political changes. This land-locked nation is endowed with substantial hydrocarbon deposits with, probably, the fourth largest reserves of natural gas in the world. These are of particular significance when set against a backdrop of increasing global demand for access to larger reserves, together with higher oil and gas prices.
Historically, political uncertainty and a simple lack of information have deterred major international oil and gas company activity. Disputes with neighbouring countries over national delineations and export routes add a further layer of complexity. In order to participate in this region, potential players require more insight in terms of geology, long-term investment opportunities and export conditions.
With this in mind, we invite you to attend our seminar during which we will discuss key issues related to operating in this oil and gas sector.
Seminar agenda
16:00 - Registration and refreshments
16:30 - Welcome
16:40 - Turkmenistan in context - Murad
Dovodov, Deloitte, London
17:00 - Tax perspective – Ovezmurad Agayev,
Deloitte, Ashgabat
17:20 - Petroleum law – John McIntyre,
Deloitte, Almaty
17:40 - A sub-surface perspective – Chris
Rachwal, Gaffney Cline & Associates, Bentley
18:00 - Case study - Tim Johnson and Anna
Andersen, Deloitte, London
18:20 - Drinks and canapés
RSVP
To confirm your attendance at the seminar, please contact Carly Beaver.
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Updated PetroView Field and Licence Notes
The January 2008 edition of the PetroView Field and Licence Notes for Asia Pacific and South Asia are now available for download.
Clients subscribing to the Field and Licence Notes may download the latest release from our PetroSphere portal.
We are pleased to present our latest Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East wall and pocket maps, which were updated this month with data from PetroView.
(Screenshot of South Asia wall map)
These maps form part of our popular series of
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.
