• Royal Dutch/Shell, The Hague, The Netherlands, plans to buy London-based independent Enterprise Oil Plc for cash and notes, at the selling shareholder's option. For more on this deal, see the feature article in this issue. • An Apiva Ventures Ltd., Vancouver, agreement to acquire a 10% working interest in the East Wadi concession in Egypt has been terminated. The company intends to continue to identify and review opportunities in the technology or resource sectors. • The Transmeridian Exploration Inc., Houston, license area for the company's South Alibek Field in Kazakhstan was increased to incorporate all of the identified potentially oil-bearing reservoirs associated with the field. • BHP Billiton Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, has acquired deepwater acreage off the coast of Brunei Darussalam in southeast Asia. The government awarded Block J to a joint venture of BHP Billiton (25%), TotalFinaElf (60%) and Amerada Hess Corp. (15%). • Heritage Oil Corp., Calgary, has sold its interests in six properties in Gujarat, India, to Hardy Oil & Gas Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Hardy is operator and already holds various onshore and offshore interests in India. -Crystal Cleveland-Kappes