On September 1, 2009, Libya lavishly celebrated the 40 years in power of its leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Once qualified as the mad dog of the Middle East by President Ronald Reagan, Gaddafi has demonstrated a sheer ability to make of his once pariah country of 6 million people, one of the most assiduously courted both by countries and companies.

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Chevron has acquired exploration rights for four shale gas concessions in southeastern Poland, the U.S. oil giant said in a recent SEC filing, joining other international companies in the hunt for unconventional gas reserves in Europe in the hopes of duplicating the production boom in the U.S.

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American Petro-Hunter advised that events are underway and momentum is building in the development of the newly discovered Kansas oil reservoir and an the immediate intent to drill the next in the planned series of wells at the Rooney Project.

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EMGS received a Letter of Award from an oil and gas company to provide 3D EM data acquisition services offshore West Africa.

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Allied Energy has begun drilling its first horizontal location in the Giddings Field Area of East Texas.

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JayHawk Energy has commenced drilling the first well of the Company’s initial two well vertical oil development program located at its Crosby Field in Divide County, North Dakota.

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