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Tullow Oil plc announces that the Gharabi-1 well, Mauritania, was Unsuccessful
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Gharabi-1 well, located in Block 6 offshore Mauritania, was unsuccessful and has been plugged and abandoned.

BG Group, New oil discovery, offshore Brazil
BG Group today announced a new discovery of oil (approximately 26˚API) in Block BM-S-10 in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.

Heritage Oil Announces the Discovery of a Major Gas Field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Heritage Oil Plc (LSE: HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces a major gas discovery in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (“Kurdistan”). Following completion of the deepening and testing of the Miran West-2 well, management estimates that the Miran West structure has P90-P50 gross in-place volumes of gas of between 6.8-9.1 trillion cubic feet (TCF) with 42-71 MMbbls of condensate and 53-75 MMbbls of oil.

Tweneboa-3 appraisal well confirms Greater Tweneboa Area resource potential
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Tweneboa-3 appraisal well in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana has successfully encountered gas condensate in excellent quality sandstone reservoirs. Results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of reservoir fluids, together with the well's down-dip position confirms the Greater Tweneboa Area resource base potential.