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Guatemala eyes Petrobras and Pemex 1 August 2008 - Upstream Gold Oil Place Shares to Fund Acquisition of Invepetrol, Colombian Assets 31 July 2008 - Rigzone Petro Vista Ups Working Interest in Colombia's Morichito Block 31 July 2008 - Rigzone Duo join in Colombia exploration gig 31 July 2008 - Upstream Bolivia maps out plan to boost natural gas 30 July 2008 - Upstream Gran Tierra's Costayaco Field Reserves Estimated at 20.5MM Barrels 29 July 2008 - Rigzone Barbados Oil-Rights Auction Includes Venezuelan Waters 29 July 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela Oil Minister Says 'No Need for OPEC to Increase Oil Output' 29 July 2008 - Rigzone Petroecuador to get help at Sacha 28 July 2008 - Upstream M/V SCAN Stigandi Surveys Caribbean Without A Hitch 25 July 2008 - Rigzone Gold Oil Completes Sand Zone Testing at Palmera-1 in Colombia 24 July 2008 - Rigzone Belarus and Venezuela to boost projects 23 July 2008 - Upstream Gazprom, PDVSA to Size Up Ayacucho-3 Block Reserves 23 July 2008 - Rigzone Trinidad and Tobago audit shows 30.8 tcf of gas reserves 22 July 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Interoil Discovers New Reservoir Potential in Colombia's Mana South 22 July 2008 - Rigzone TNK-BP Inks Joint Study Agreement with PDVSA 22 July 2008 - Rigzone Lukoil, PDVSA to Jointly Explore Junin-3 Block in Venezuela 22 July 2008 - Rigzone Russia trio eye Venezuela deals 22 July 2008 - Upstream Suroco to Secure O&G Interests in Colombia 21 July 2008 - Rigzone Ecopetrol Partners with Shell, Talisman in New Colombian Ventures 21 July 2008 - Rigzone Loon spuds Santana-1 well in Colombia 18 July 2008 - Upstream Pacific Rubiales gets blocks in Llanos 17 July 2008 - Upstream Venezuela's PdVSA Reports Successful Oil Drilling in Ecuador 17 July 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela, Ecuador again discuss building refinery 16 July 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Bolivian, Venezuelan Joint Energy Venture Ups Investment to $883MM 16 July 2008 - Rigzone Grampian Supporter heads for Trinidad 16 July 2008 - Upstream Pacific Rubiales Prepares More Tests for Colombian Well 15 July 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela rejigs oil supply pact terms 15 July 2008 - Upstream PetroLatina Optimistic About Colombian Operations, Plans to Drill 4 Wells 14 July 2008 - Rigzone Benchmark Seeks to Ammend Colombian Farm In 14 July 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela's Chavez Assigns Oil Block to PetroCaribe Countries 14 July 2008 - Rigzone Trinidad goes to bat for new round 14 July 2008 - Upstream Venezuela: Galp raises the stakes 11 July 2008 - Upstream PDVSA and Ecopetrol eye Orinoco venture 11 July 2008 - Upstream Trinidad sells barge drill rig for $54m 10 July 2008 - Upstream Trinidad: Bounty well undergoes flow testing 10 July 2008 - Upstream Honduras: Breathing new life into E&P 10 July 2008 - Business News Americas Canadian Superior to Flow Test Bounty Offshore Trinidad 9 July 2008 - Rigzone Maurel & Prom Issues Update on Colombian Wells 9 July 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA sends first rig to Bolivia 9 July 2008 - Upstream Pacific Rubiales to buy Kappa of Colombia 8 July 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Gold Oil to Buy 95% of Invepetrol's Shares 8 July 2008 - Rigzone Gold Oil Reports on Blocks Offshore Colombia and Peru 8 July 2008 - Rigzone InterOil Completes 4 Colombian Wells in Fracking Program 8 July 2008 - Rigzone Pacific Rubiales expands in Colombia 8 July 2008 - Upstream Infinity closer in Nicaragua 7 July 2008 - Upstream Petro Vista Completes Acquisition of Morichito Block in Colombia 2 July 2008 - Rigzone First quarter profits soar for PDVSA 2 July 2008 - Upstream Cuba to Sign Exploration Deal with Brazil's Petrobras 1 July 2008 - Rigzone Norwood Revises Maderas Negras Find Up, Appoints Klepacki 30 June 2008 - Rigzone Bogota to boost oil output tax 30 June 2008 - Upstream Petrobras and PDVSA in LNG deal 30 June 2008 - Upstream Suroco gets to work in Colombia 30 June 2008 - Upstream Gran Tierra Strikes Success with Popa-2 in Colombia 27 June 2008 - Rigzone Canadian Superior Logs Bounty Well Offshore Trinidad 26 June 2008 - Rigzone Saipem Scores $1.1B in Onshore Drilling Contracts 26 June 2008 - Rigzone Lukoil halts Cuba plan on Venezuela delays 26 June 2008 - Upstream PetroLatina 3P Reserves Valued at $165MM 25 June 2008 - Rigzone Franklin Mining to Provide Rigs with Cherokee and GTS 24 June 2008 - Rigzone Hupecol sells Caracara stake for $920m 24 June 2008 - Upstream Drillbit set to bite off Cuba 24 June 2008 - Upstream CEPSA Scores E&P Rights for Colombia's Caracara Block 23 June 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA adds one to LNG project 20 June 2008 - Upstream Amerisur Becomes Operator of Colombian Platanillo 19 June 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA Creates New JVs for Oil Supplies 19 June 2008 - Rigzone Solana Strikes Out Swinging at Palmitas-2 Exploration Well 19 June 2008 - Rigzone Osage gets extra time in Colombia 19 June 2008 - Upstream Solana rethink at Palmitas-2 19 June 2008 - Upstream PDVSA Eyes Drill Platform for Natural Gas Project 18 June 2008 - Rigzone Caracas pledges 8% output increase 18 June 2008 - Upstream Gran Tierra completes Costayaco-4 well in Colombia 17 June 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Suriname: Noble comes up dry 17 June 2008 - Upstream Trinidad and Tobago awards exploration licenses 17 June 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Loon Announced Positive Results for Delta-1 Well Tests 16 June 2008 - Rigzone Chavez names Rodriguez to finance post 16 June 2008 - Upstream Solana's Drilling Campaign on Costayaco Tests Positive 13 June 2008 - Rigzone Colombia floats windfall tax 13 June 2008 - Upstream Chaza partners chase Costayaco-4 pay 13 June 2008 - Upstream InterOil Experiences Continued Success in Peru, Colombia 12 June 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela's Chavez Sees 2008 Oil Revenues at $75B 12 June 2008 - Rigzone Suroco Snags Concession in Columbia 11 June 2008 - Rigzone M&P wins new Colombian playground 11 June 2008 - Upstream Colombia: Garibay probe comes up dry 10 June 2008 - Upstream Guyana: CGX Energy Awards Seismic Contract to Fugro-GeoTeam 9 June 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela Prepares to Bid Three Oil Blocks in Orinoco Belt 6 June 2008 - Rigzone Colombia set for mini round for 100 blocks 6 June 2008 - Upstream Pacific Rubiales Qualifies for Colombia Heavy Crude Round 5 June 2008 - Rigzone Boral-1 probe delivers the goods 3 June 2008 - Upstream Sonatrach, Weatherford form Caribbean E&P JV 30 May 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Pemex Completing 7th Deepwater Well 30 May 2008 - Rigzone Petro Vista Farms Into La Maye Block, Onshore Colombia 29 May 2008 - Rigzone Guatemala seeks new opportunities 23 May 2008 - Upstream Online Trinidad and Tobago offers five blocks for bid 22 May 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal PDVSA, Galp Energia plan LNG, oil projects 20 May 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Contract for Offshore Vigilant Signed 19 May 2008 - Rigzone Galp Energia and PDVSA Ink 5 Cooperation Agreements 14 May 2008 - Rigzone Pan Andean Collects Seismic, Plans Drilling for Colombian Block 14 May 2008 - Rigzone CNPC ‘takes stake in Orinoco block’ 13 May 2008 - Upstream Gran Tierra rolls in first quarter 12 May 2008 - Upstream Venezuela floats Argentina LNG plan 9 May 2008 - Upstream Canadian Superior's Bounty Well Offshore Trinidad Poised to Reach TD 8 May 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela reserves jump to 130 barrels 8 May 2008 - Upstream PDVSA ups Sinovensa output 8 May 2008 - Upstream Venezuela floats food from oil plan 8 May 2008 - Upstream Repsol, CGX To Launch 3-D Shoot Offshore Guyana 7 May 2008 - Rigzone Trinidad: Petrotrin workers walk off 7 May 2008 - Upstream OVL's bids approved in Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago 2 May 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Occidental primes Colombia pumps 1 May 2008 - Upstream PDVSA operations ‘normal’ after blackout 30 April 2008 - Upstream Colombia, Jamaica to seek oil off San Andres 29 April 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Oil, Natural Gas Found in Southern Colombia 29 April 2008 - Rigzone SCAN Geophysical Receives LOI from PetroVietnam 28 April 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA ready to reopen Petrocedeno taps 28 April 2008 - Upstream Colombia: Petrolatina Energy: Tribeca to Invest $25 Million in Company 25 April 2008 - Rigzone Colombia To Seek Oil Off San Andres Island With Jamaican Company 25 April 2008 - Rigzone Iran's Petropars, Venezuelan Oil Company to Expand Ties 23 April 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela Sets Up PDVSA to Build Rigs, Tankers 23 April 2008 - Rigzone Dominican Republic Gears Up for E&P Possibilities 23 April 2008 - Rigzone Players eye Dominican Republic 23 April 2008 - Upstream Maurel et Prom Completes 2 Wells In Colombia, Abandons 3rd 16 April 2008 - Rigzone New Seismic Ready For Barbados 1st Offshore Licensing Round 16 April 2008 - Rigzone Colombia: Costayaco-3 flow test cheer 16 April 2008 - Upstream Cumbia duster for M&P 16 April 2008 - Upstream Feelin' Irie: DMT's Ocean Pioneer Heads to Trinidad 15 April 2008 - Rigzone Colombia: Osage snaps up Cimarrona 15 April 2008 - Upstream Caracas counts on $9bn windfall tax cash 15 April 2008 - Upstream Colombia: Mugello-1 sends out positive signals 15 April 2008 - Upstream Colombia: Osage Acquires Producing Field, Pipeline Assets 14 April 2008 - Rigzone Solana Ready To Test Palmitas 2 Exploration Well In Colombia 14 April 2008 - Rigzone Colombia: Lukoil bit bites at Lengupa-1 14 April 2008 - Upstream Mugello bottoms out in Colombia 14 April 2008 - Upstream Chavez: Yes, Give ONGC 2 More Orinoco Blocks 11 April 2008 - Rigzone Colombia: Gold Oil: Nancy Burdine, Maxine March Production Slightly Down 10 April 2008 - Rigzone Production Enhancement Group Announces Intl Contract Award 9 April 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA teams up with India’s ONGC 9 April 2008 - Upstream Nicaragua hands oil keys to US player 9 April 2008 - Upstream India To Invest $400M In Venezuela Oil Project 8 April 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA in deal with Reliance 8 April 2008 - Upstream PetroFalcon Signs Deal To Acquire Anadarko Venezuela Affiliate 7 April 2008 - Rigzone Colombia: Omega spins Mugello bit 7 April 2008 - Upstream ONGC earmarks $450m for Venezuela field 7 April 2008 - Upstream Colombia shortlists 20 firms for heavy oil projects 4 April 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Colombia woos foreign investors 4 April 2008 - Upstream Colombia Plans to Auction New Pacific Oil Blocks in 2009 3 April 2008 - Rigzone Venezuelan Congress OKs New Oil Tax On First Reading 3 April 2008 - Rigzone Colombia offers 43 blocks in licensing round 3 April 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Colombia Eyes Oil Output of 1 Million Barrels/Day by 2020 2 April 2008 - Rigzone Cuba's Cienfuegos refinery on line; expansion mulled 2 April 2008 - Oil and Gas Journal Ecopetrol counts on output boost 1 April 2008 - Upstream Petrobras cautious on Carabobo 31 March 2008 - Upstream PDVSA profits $6.3bn 28 March 2008 - Upstream Colombia ‘cranking 2008 output’ 27 March 2008 - Upstream PdVSA to Launch Orinoco Oil Tender in 1 to 2 Months 26 March 2008 - Rigzone United Energy Expands Product Sales with Trinidad's National Oil Co. 25 March 2008 - Rigzone Monza-1 comes up dry in Colombia 25 March 2008 - Upstream New well boosts Rubiales flow 25 March 2008 - Upstream CEPSA Acquires Block in Colombia, 40 Million bbls of Oil Reserves 24 March 2008 - Rigzone Costayaco Production Infrastructure Beefed Up by Gran Tierra 24 March 2008 - Rigzone Gran Tierra Initiates Testing of Costayaco-3, Drilling of Costayaco-4 24 March 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA refinances oil debt 20 March 2008 - Upstream Nod given for OVL investments in Venezuela, Qatar 18 March 2008 - Oil & Gas Journal Colombia: Caracara prospect sells for $920m 17 March 2008 - Upstream Vinccler farms into Gulf of Venezuela 14 March 2008 - Offshore Trinidad profits pinched 14 March 2008 - Upstream Osage adds to Colombian brood 14 March 2008 - Upstream Maurel & Prom Spies 'Oil-Bearing Level' in Colombia 12 March 2008 - Rigzone Solana: Potential Oil Discovery in Llanos Basin 12 March 2008 - Rigzone Venezuela Plans New 'Sudden Gains' Oil Tax Soon 12 March 2008 - Rigzone M&P cheers Colombia flows 12 March 2008 - Upstream Solana hopeful in Colombia 12 March 2008 - Upstream Chicuaco spin bit at Monza-1 11 March 2008 - Upstream InterOil Receives Altair License in New Colombian License Round 10 March 2008 - Rigzone PDVSA and Enarsa firm up Orinoco venture 6 March 2008 - Upstream Canadian Superior's Bounty Offshore Trinidad 'On Schedule, in Budget' 5 March 2008 - Rigzone Global Energy's Rio Verde Program Still Immobile 5 March 2008 - Rigzone Black Rock Hits Oil with Acacia Este 2 in Colombia 4 March 2008 - Rigzone Eni to Develop a Block in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt 3 March 2008 - Rigzone