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07/06/2001 -- Nuevo says development off California again delayed
Nuevo Energy Co., Houston, said a court ruling has again delayed plans to develop its leases off California. It said this type of delay reinforces the need to implement rule-streamlining outlined in the White House's National Energy Policy plan.
07/05/2001 -- Chevron makes seventh find on Angola Block 14
Chevron Corp. said it made a seventh find on Angola Block 14 with Tombua field. The discovery well, in 925 ft of water 19 miles south of Kuito field, was drilled to 10,535 ft depth. It tested 10,022 b/d of 39°-gravity crude from two zones.
07/05/2001 -- Eni produces Congo offshore field in record time
Eni SPA began production from Foukanda field off Congo (Brazzaville) in record time for that area, company officials said Thursday.
07/05/2001 -- PanCanadian confirms 'world class' Buzzard find off UK
PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. Wednesday said a sidetrack well drilled on its Buzzard discovery in the UK central North Sea has confirmed a hydrocarbon accumulation "on par with the top tier" in the province with between 200-300 million bbl of oil. The sidetrack from the discovery well encountered hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir sands that matched those of the original wellbore.
07/03/2001 -- Pioneer buys into Anaguid permit in Tunisia
Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Irving, Tex., and two partners in Anaguid permit in the Ghadames basin in southern Tunisia agreed to jointly acquire a 45.83% interest in the permit from a subsidiary of Coho Energy Inc., Dallas.
07/02/2001 -- Bongkot consortium looks to other concession reservoirs
The Bongkot consortium is considering developing its three other gas reservoirs in southern Gulf of Thailand as part of a strategy to boost overall gas and condensate output. However, lack of gas demand in Thailand will likely delay production starts for Ton Nok Yoon, Ton Koon, and Bongkot South until 2007-08, when gas demand is expected to increase.
06/29/2001 -- Exploration/Development news briefs, June 29
Osprey Energy ... CMB Energy ... Cairn Energy ... Videocon Petroleum ... Oiltec Resources
06/29/2001 -- Carigali-Triton delays start-up of Cakerawala field in JDA
Carigali-Triton Operating Co. has deferred for a few months the mid-2002 start-up Cakerawala field in the South China Sea. The delay was advised by the gas buyers, Malaysian state oil company Petronas and Petroleum Authority of Thailand.
06/29/2001 -- Cairn Energy has multiple-zone gas discovery off India
A well on Cairn Energy PLC's Block KG-DWN-98/2 off Andhra Pradesh, India, flowed 80 MMscfd on a 1-in. choke from two zones at a combined stabilized rate, constrained by equipment limitations.
06/27/2001 -- Statoil says discovery off Denmark made in record speed
Norway's Statoil said Wednesday it made a small North Sea oil discovery in record time. The Noble George Sauvageau rig drilled the Stine Segment II discovery well in less than 10 days, including coring and logging. The hole is in 60 m of water 7 km east of Siri field, which Statoil operates on the Danish shelf.
06/26/2001 -- China outlines 5-year oil, gas development plan
China this week released a comprehensive oil and gas development plan for 2001-05. China plans to produce 170 million tons/year of crude oil and 50 billion cu m/year of gas by 2005, up from 162 million tons and 25 billion cu m, respectively, in 2000.
06/26/2001 -- UK government launches strategic review of energy policy
The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Monday announced that the Performance and Innovation Unit would undertake a strategic review of the country's longterm energy policy to consider the roles coal, gas, oil, and renewables would play in meeting the UK's future energy supply needs. Newly appointed Energy Minister Brian Wilson will chair a group leading the review.
06/26/2001 -- Perupetro notes interest in redesignated blocks
Peruvian state oil agency Perupetro said oil companies are visiting its data room for information on redesignated blocks. The agency declined to say which companies are reviewing the information.
06/25/2001 -- Apache participates in five Gulf of Mexico discoveries
Apache Corp., Houston, said it has participated in five recent discoveries and 13 development wells on the US Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Apache also said it ranks fourth among shelf producers with current net production of 345 MMcfd of natural gas and 34,000 b/d of oil.
06/25/2001 -- Conoco gets clearance for CMS III in southern North Sea
Conoco UK Ltd. has received UK government approval for its £200 million development of a cluster of five natural gas discoveries in the southern North Sea. Conoco plans to tie back the 5-field complex -- Hawksley, McAdam, Murdoch K, Boulton H, and Watt -- through subsea wellheads to the existing Murdoch platform.
06/25/2001 -- Enterprise gets okay to develop Bijupirá and Salema fields off Brazil
Brazil has approved Enterprise Oil PLC's plans to develop Bijupirá and Salema fields off Brazil. Drilling operations are scheduled to start in the next few weeks, said Enterprise, with first oil expected in the third quarter of 2003 via a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel.
06/25/2001 -- Gwyn Morgan striving to make Alberta Energy a global competitor
Gwyn Morgan, president and CEO of Alberta Energy Co. Ltd., sees a solid future for Canadian natural gas production despite the obstacles of tax and lands access problems.
06/22/2001 -- CNOOC, Sinopec to develop Xihu trough with foreign partners
China Petroleum & Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) and China National Offshore Oil Corp. said Friday they will likely develop natural gas reserves in the Xihu trough of the East China Sea with foreign oil and gas companies.
06/22/2001 -- Moon and sky
It's likely Congress and the White House will be wrestling with energy policy all summer. Public lands access, environmental standards, and electricity price caps will all be battlegrounds. Yet one area of consensus appears to be oil and gas research.
06/21/2001 -- Statoil awards FMC contract for Mikkel field in Norwegian North Sea
Statoil AS and its partners in the Mikkel gas and condensate field in the Norwegian North Sea have awarded FMC Energy Technologies Inc., a unit of FMC Corp., a $40 million contract to provide equipment and technology solutions for the development project.

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