Pernambuco
Pernambuco , state (1991 pop. 7,127,855), 37,946 sq mi (98,280 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Recife (also called Pernambuco).
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IRAN - The Exploration Blocks.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 3/29/1999; 460 words
; ...to 25,000 b/d (see Part Two). A 10,000 sq km offshore area in the southern Caspian...consortium was to shoot at least 10,000 sq km of 2D seismic and acquire seabed cores...up to four E&P blocks of about 2,000 sq km each. It will include in its work an area...
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EGYPT - 13 GoS Blocks Offered.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 1/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...extended by up to five years on EGPC and government approval. They are: South-East Warda, 317 sq km; Ezz el-Orban offshore, 338 sq km; Ezz el-Orban onshore, 537 sq km; West Bitter Lakes, 2,614 sq km; East Cairo, 5,068 sq km; W. Darag onshore, 5,323 ...
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YEMEN - Recent Exploration.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 6/19/2006; 510 words
; ...follows. Block 11, al-Khadrah, covering 10,438 sq km in the Rub' al-Khali basin; Block 12, North Sanau, covering 7,867 sq km in the Rub' al-Khali basin; Block 17, Aden/Abyan, covering 19,385 sq km in the Aden-Abyan basin; Block 19, al-Jawf, covering...
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VENEZUELA - The Auction.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 11/19/2001; 642 words
; ...awarded. Only one onshore block - the 900 sq km Yucal Placer Sur in eastern Venezuela...Repsol-YPF and Otepi also won the adjacent 900 sq km Yucal Placer Norte block, with a 32.15...Repsol-YPF was the sole bidder on the 1,970 sq km Barrancas block in the south-west and it...
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ALGERIA: OPEC Prepares For Oil Price Roller Coaster In 2001.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Oil Market Trends; 11/13/2000; 681 words
; ...exploration wells have been drilled per 10,000 sq km in Algeria. In North America there are 500 wells per 10,000 sq km. The number of foreign oil companies operating...offer are as follows: -Block 406b, 2,781 sq km, in the Berkine Basin in the south-west...
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Snapshot of all APEC member economies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Business Asia; 5/1/2002; 552 words
; AUSTRALIA Area (sq km) 7.69 million Population (million) 19.4...Minister John Howard BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Area (sq km) 6000 Population (million) 0.34 GDP 3...Bolkiah Mu`izzaddin Waddaulah CANADA Area (sq km) 9.97 million Population (million) 30.8...
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OMAN - New E&P Offerings.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 1/28/2002; 610 words
; ...major operator in Yemen, got the 22,245 sq km Block 50 off the east coast under a four-ye...got Block 38 in the south-west, 18,000 sq km, under a 10-year PSA, and was to spend...Total on July 9, 1995 got Block 4, 26,000 sq km, at Saiwan in central Oman near the giant...
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EGYPT - Exploration.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 1/3/2000; 245 words
; ...1999 with 5 companies on areas of about 73,000 sq km and about $1.1 bn commitments to drill 40 wells...tracts: (1) Block A, Matruh Deep Marine 20,812 sq km; (2) Block C, El Arish West, 1,955 sq km; (3) Block D, N-W Mediterranean Deep Marine...
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Algeria - Other Foreign Operators.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 2/8/1999; 525 words
; ...in three blocks with a total of 12,770 sq km around Touggourt just north of Hassi Messaoud...internal reasons. It had a PSA for 4,822 sq km in Blocks 212 and 243 at El Ouar, in the...an E&P deal with Sonatrach for 7,570 sq km in Blocks 210 and 235 in the Timissit region...
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ABU DHABI - Exploration.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Oil Market Trends; 1/8/2001; 239 words
; ...1980 has decreased substantially - to about 60,400 sq km in 1984, 51,600 in 1986, 43,700 in 1987, and 41...licenced for exploration rose from about 25,400 sq km in 1984 to about 30,000 sq km in the first quarter of 1990, when a new Japanese...
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Recife
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1991 pop. 1,298,229), capital of Pernambuco state, NE Brazil, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is also called Pernambuco by foreigners. The chief urban center...replaced Olinda as capital of the Pernambuco captaincy. During World War II...
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Olinda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, city (1991 pop. 341,394), Pernambuco state, E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded in 1537, it was captured by the Dutch in the 1630s and burned to the ground. The...
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Caruaru
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, city (1991 pop. 213,697), Pernambuco state, NE Brazil, on the Ipojuca River. It is a commercial center in an agricultural and cattle-raising area.
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Luiz Inácio da Silva
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, 1945-, Brazilian labor leader and politician, known as Lula, b. Vargem Grande (now Caetés), Pernambuco. Born into a poor family, da Silva worked as a child to help support the household. After becoming a metalworker in 1966, he became...
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Brazil
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...successful of these captaincies were Pernambuco in the northeast and S ã o Vicente...visitations in 1591 – 1595 (Bahia and Pernambuco), 1618 (Bahia), and 1763 – 1769...mostly from sugar production, were Pernambuco and Bahia (the two having more than...
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