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Sonangol, Maersk Oil and partners strike oil with their first deepwater pre-salt well offshore Angola

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Maersk Oil and other partners declared the Azul-1 deepwater exploration well, located in Block 23 in the Kwanza Basin, a discovery well. The condition of the well prevented an assessment of flow capacity by a conventional test; this was performed as a mini-Drill Stem Test that enabled the recovery of two good quality oil samples.

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Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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A breach in ExxonMobil’s Pegasus crude oil pipeline occurred late Friday afternoon near Mayflower, AR (about 20 miles north northwest of Little Rock and at the southeastern end of the Lake Conway reservoir). Efforts are being made to keep oil away from Lake Conway. Route of the Pegasus pipeline. Source: ExxonMobil. Click to enlarge.

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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China energy end use by sector (Mtce), 1980-2011. Shares of energy end use by sector in China, 1980-2011. Like the United States, China has become among the world’s largest importers of oil, gas and coal. Compared to 2005-2006, it has probably doubled its presence. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.