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Welcome to our March edition of Bright spots. This edition includes:
- Egyptian Licensing Round
- Events:
- APPEX 2008 - A review of E&P activity in Africa
- 2007 Oil & Gas Conference - summary report
- Doing business in Turkmenistan
- Petroleum Services' relocation
Technical
- Topical -
GANOPE announced the opening of its 2008 bidding round for Upper Egypt on March 24th, 2008. 12 blocks will be put up for auction (seven onshore and five offshore) and data on the blocks will be available to purchase from April 1st, with bids to be submitted by July 15th, 2008. The blocks are located in the north of the Red Sea, the southern part of the Gulf of Suez and onshore in the eastern and western deserts.
The GANOPE bid round is expected to attract significant interest after the oil discovery by Dana Gas from the El Baraka 1 well on Kom Ombo B block in Upper Egypt.
The latest block coordinates and historical exploration activities are available in the March release of PetroView North Africa. A table within the catalogue (EGYPT_GANOPE_BID_ROUND_2008) highlights the blocks on offer.
For more information, please visit the GANOPE website.
APPEA
2008 - Perth, April 6th-9th, 2008
We will be exhibiting at
APPEA at the Perth Convention Centre in Perth,
Western Australia. This event is the 48th annual
conference, representing the largest gathering of
Australia's oil and gas exploration and production
industry in the southern hemisphere.
Over 2000 participants are expected to attend this
event.
For more information, please visit the
APPEA website.
AAPG 2008 - San
Antonio, April 20th-23rd, 2008
We will be exhibiting at
AAPG at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Centre,
Texas.
The exhibition is host to more than 200 exhibitors
showcasing their latest cutting-edge technologies
and innovations in the upstream petroleum field;
from well-logging to mapping, seismic data to GIS,
geological to geophysical modelling, training
courses to exploration/prospect software.
Please visit us at stand number 2412, for a chance
to meet us and review our products.
For more information, please visit the
AAPG website.
APPEX 2008 - A review of E&P activity in Africa
This month, at the 2008 AAPG Prospect and Property
Expo (APPEX) forum in London, we presented an
overview of recent upstream activity across the
African continent, including: licensing rounds,
seismic and surveying, exploration drilling,
discoveries, developments and M&A deals.
To view the
presentation, please visit our website. (34
pages)
2007 Oil & Gas Conference - summary report
The 2007 Deloitte Oil & Gas Conference, recently
held in Houston, Texas, addressed the theme
"Strategies for Sustainability". The presentations
emphasised ways oil and gas companies can continue
to address the world's energy challenges while
sustaining profitable growth. The conference
provided an excellent forum for discussing what
leadership will look like in the years to come
within an ever-changing world economy.
This report highlights the major themes and provides
a synopsis of the speakers' views and sessions.
To download the report, please visit our
website. (933 KB)
Doing business in Turkmenistan
This month, we hosted a seminar to outline some of
the challenges companies may face when operating in
Turkmenistan's upstream oil and gas sector.
The event, which was attended by more than 20
industry players, provided insight in terms of
geology, long-term investment opportunities and
export conditions.
To review the
presentations from the event, please visit our
website. (60 pages).
Petroleum Services' relocation
Please note that we have moved offices. Our new
address from March 21st, 2008 is:
Petroleum Services Group
Deloitte
2 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3BZ
United Kingdom
Direct dial, fax numbers and email addresses remain
the same.
- Technical -
We are pleased to present our latest Russia, South America, North West Europe and Gulf of Mexico wall maps, which were updated this month with data from PetroView.
(Screenshot of Russia 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.
