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Exploration Development 2002 P
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11/15/2002 -- Canada's Niko finds onshore gas in India
Canada's Niko Resources Ltd. has discovered natural gas on its block near Surat, Gujarat, India. -
11/14/2002 -- Smackover oil, gas find reported in Northeast Texas
A Dallas independent operator said it will begin drilling more wells right away near a Jurassic oil and gas discovery in Hopkins County. -
11/12/2002 -- RWE DEA increases interest in Egypt deepwater concession
RWE DEA AG signed an agreement to acquire from BP Egypt an additional 6.667% participating interest in the deepwater portion of the West Mediterranean (Block I) concession. -
11/11/2002 -- Jacket installation completed for Bayu-Undan gas recycle project
J. Ray McDermott said it has completed the fabrication, transportation, and installation work as part of the Bayu-Undan gas recycle project being developed in the Timor Sea. -
11/11/2002 -- Guyana plans to resume land exploration
Prevented from pursuing offshore oil exploration by border disputes with both Suriname and Venezuela, Guyana is resuming its 76-year land search for commercial oil deposits. -
11/08/2002 -- Woodside awards subsea installations for second NW Shelf trunkline
Woodside Energy awarded a $55 million contract to Technip-Coflexip's and Subsea 7's Australian units to install part of the subsea installations for the second North West Shelf trunkline project. -
11/08/2002 -- CanArgo wins tender for new acreage in eastern Georgia
CanArgo Norio Ltd., a unit of London-based CanArgo Energy, has been awarded the oil and gas exploration and production rights to Block XI(G) (Tbilisi) and Block XI(H) (Rustavi) in eastern Georgia. -
11/07/2002 -- Brazil schedules fifth licensing round under new bidding method
Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) scheduled its fifth licensing round for oil and natural gas exploration and production for June under a new bidding method. -
11/06/2002 -- Alaska oil pipeline being restarted
The trans-Alaska pipeline was in the process of being restarted Wednesday after having been shut since an earthquake of 7.9 magnitude rocked central Alaska Sunday. -
11/06/2002 -- Spanish firms negotiating Iranian oil exploration contracts
Spanish oil firms Repsol-YPF SA and Cepsa are negotiating contracts with Iran covering oil exploration and development. -
11/05/2002 -- ConocoPhillips awards Powell Industries GOM development contracts
ConocoPhillips has awarded Powell Electrical Manufacturing Co. two contracts valued at $7.5 million for power and control modules to be used in ConocoPhillips' deepwater development program. -
11/01/2002 -- Norsk Hydro awards FMC Vigdis extension EPC contract
Norsk Hydro AS awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction contract valued at 370 million kroner to FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS, to supply subsea systems for the field's extension program. -
10/28/2002 -- Murphy Oil reports discovery off Malaysia
Murphy Oil said it found oil with its Congkak well, which was drilled on Block SK 309 in 136 ft of water off Sarawak, Malaysia. It's the second Murphy-operated oil discovery drilled in that area. -
10/28/2002 -- Tullow, OMV units win JV license to explore in Pakistan
Pakistan issued an oil exploration license for Block 2568-11 to a joint venture of Tullow Pakistan (Developments) Ltd. and Tullow Pakistan Private Ltd., 25%, and OMV AG unit OMV Exploration GMBH 30%. -
10/25/2002 -- Pioneer Natural Resources plans first wells in Alaska this winter
Pioneer Natural Resources signed an agreement with Armstrong Resources that will give 70% working interest and operatorship in 10 state leases covering 14,000 acres on Alaska's North Slope to Pioneer. -
10/23/2002 -- Carrizo successfully drills, tests Liberty County well
Houston-based Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. has successfully completed and tested its Hankamer No. 1 exploratory well, drilled to 12,500 ft TD in the company's Liberty Project area in Liberty County, Tex. -
10/22/2002 -- North Louisiana
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is pressing activity in and around giant Vernon gas field in Jackson Parish. -
10/22/2002 -- Agip KCO makes Kalamkas discovery in North Caspian Sea
Agip KCO operator of the North Caspian Sea production-sharing agreement, reported that hydrocarbons have been encountered in the Kalamkas well in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea. -
10/21/2002 -- Canary Islands
An exploration group is gearing up to acquire a 3,000 sq km 3D seismic survey in 2003 that will represent the first exploration in the Fustercasas-Hesperides basin off northwestern Africa. -
10/21/2002 -- Deepwater experience, strategy shift drive efforts to optimize deep-shelf drilling
Mike SprawlsUnocal Corp.Drilling Manager,US Gulf Region & Deepwater Drilling Departments"We have to step off this treadmill (on the shallow-water Gulf of Mexico shelf), spend some time understanding the deep shelf plays, and then put a program together to go after these things."
