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08/05/2002 -- Croatia
The Agip unit of Italy's state ENI SPA and Croatia's state-owned INA Group plan to develop more gas discoveries in the northern Adriatic Sea and start production at yearend 2004.
08/05/2002 -- Boundary dispute settlement opens Canada's Laurentian subbasin to exploration
Settlement of a boundary dispute has opened the exploration door to the strongly prospective Laurentian subbasin off Canada's East Coast.
08/01/2002 -- Operators drilled more wildcats, reported fewer discoveries in 2001
Operators made 173 new oil field discoveries and 162 gas discoveries outside North America in 2001, down from 2000 totals, reported IHS Energy Group, Epsom, U.K.
07/30/2002 -- PTTEP expands exploration operations to Oman
Oman's Ministry of Oil & Gas has awarded an oil and gas exploration license in Oman to PTTEP Middle East Co. Ltd., marking the company's first entry into Middle East exploration.
07/24/2002 -- PTTEP moves to Bongkot Phase 3C development
The Thai-European consortium led by PTT Exploration & Production PCL has awarded a $33 million contract to Nippon Steel Corp. to build and install the 13th wellhead platform at Bongkot gas field.
07/24/2002 -- Thunder Energy, Burlington enter into CBM joint venture in central Alberta
Thunder Energy Inc., Calgary, has entered into a joint venture with Houston-based Burlington Resources Inc. to assess coalbed methane resources on Thunder Energy's existing properties.
07/23/2002 -- Apache has three more Egyptian discoveries
Apache Corp. made three more Egyptian discoveries in June and July, two of them on its 2.3 million acre Khalda concession in Egypt's Western Desert.
07/23/2002 -- Remington and partners find natural gas on West Cameron Block 347 in Gulf of Mexico
Remington Oil & Gas Corp., Dallas, and two other Texas-based independents made a natural gas discovery on West Cameron Block 347 in the Gulf of Mexico.
07/22/2002 -- COMMENT
US Offshore Oil and Gas Policy: A Fresh Look is Needed
Former MMS Associate Director Carolita Kallaur A national commission is needed to resolve logjam over much-needed US offshore oil and gas leasing.
07/16/2002 -- Canada
Wiser Oil Co., Dallas, said its Canadian operating base is expanding with drill bit success in Alberta.
07/15/2002 -- Trinidad and Tobago seeks sustainable gas development
Gregory McGuire, NGC manager of strategic planning
07/15/2002 -- Conoco takes farmout via interest in ChevronTexaco well off Nova Scotia
Conoco Canada Resources Ltd. will participate with ChevronTexaco Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corp., and Petro-Canada Ltd. in the drilling of the Newburn H-23 wildcat.
07/12/2002 -- Gaz de France to operate Touat field in Algeria
Gaz de France has been awarded the Touat exploration permit, with hydrocarbon exploration and development rights in the Sbaa basin in southwestern Algeria.
07/09/2002 -- Kollsnes gas plant to process Visund gas
The North Sea's Visund field partners plan to deliver natural gas from the field to Statoil's planned 26 million cu m/day gas processing plant at Kollsnes near Bergen, Norway.
07/08/2002 -- Pioneer agrees to buy Gulf Canada's interest in Tunisia
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has agreed to buy Gulf Canada Tunisia, which means acquiring Gulf Canada's 40% participating interest in the Borj El Khadra (BEK) permit in the Ghadames basin in Tunisia.
07/08/2002 -- UK onshore
Bow Valley Energy, Calgary, has spudded the West Compton-1 well, which is the first to examine prospects updip from the giant Wytch Farm field in the Wessex basin, said partner Sterling Resources.
07/03/2002 -- Woollybutt field partners purchase FPSO for further development
Partners in the development of the Woollybutt oil field project off Western Australia have inked an agreement to lease a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel from Vanguard Floating.
07/02/2002 -- MMS's 5-year OCS leasing plan wins approval
US Interior Sec. Gale Norton has approved the US Minerals Management Service's 5-year program for oil and natural gas lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf for 2002-07.
07/01/2002 -- MMS introduces well logs online
The Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service late last week announced a new online ordering system that allows companies to research oil and gas well logs online.
06/28/2002 -- Development planned for commercial Kashagan field
The Kashagan super giant oil discovery in the northeastern sector of the Caspian Sea off Kazakhstan was officially declared commercial Friday, opening the way for preparation of a development plan.

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