11.   Joint exploration of feasibility and practical implementation, if possible, of pilot projects, seminars, collaborative research between Alliance and Russian specialists.

12.   The company controls the joint exploration rights in four parts of Pakistan, Rees said.

13.   They said Sinopec and CNOOC are yet to finalize the blocks for joint exploration and production in Xihu Trough with Shell and Unocal.

14.   But ambassador Li said Beijing would consider joint exploration and development of the contested zone.

15.   Clarke, for his part, was particularly pleased with the signing of an agreement allowing joint exploration and drilling for crude oil and natural gas off the Falklands.

16.   Cooperation may extend to a planned Earth-observation satellite called ADEOS and even joint exploration of the Moon, it said.

17.   Lebanese Electricity and Water Resources Minister Mohammad Abdel Hamid Baydoun and Cypriot Commerce Minister Nicos Rolandis met here to discuss the joint exploration of oil and gas reserves.

18.   Petro NAS will carry out four months of geological studies in vast areas in northern and central Jordan, after which it will decide on a joint exploration drive.

19.   PNOC-Exploration Co. president Rufino Bomasang said he will meet with officials of Petronas in Malaysia next month to discuss details of joint exploration activities.

20.   The daily Yomiuri Shimbun, quoting government sources, said that the joint exploration project with the Mexican government would be formally announced in January.