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November 03, 2015

West Africa drawing oil interest
Melbourne (UPI) Nov 2, 2015
West Africa continues drawing interest from explorers, with Australia's FAR Ltd. announcing the start of work in a basin in Senegal described as world class. Far Ltd. said it started an appraisal program in three wells in what it categorized as the SNE oil discovery off the coast of Senegal. The company said it was evaluating the potential for commercial operations in a basin said to hold at least 200 million barrels of oil. "This drilling program has the potential to create considerable ... read more

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GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles

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Shell mulls options offshore Alaska		Norway looks for silver lining in weak oil climate		Eni: $55 per barrel oil what we need		New oil production begins in Gulf of Mexico		Oil mixed after Fed decision
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Technip to provide pipeline for Libra oil field offshore Brazil

BP retooling for new market climate

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Iran lays out future upstream investment expectations

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Oil prices drift lower in signs of weakness

Expect more oil from United Arab Emirates

OMV: Iran not quite ready for investors

Crude oil loses ground in early Friday trading

Murkowski: Why no oil swaps with Mexico?

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