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04/17/2003 -- Suncor Energy plans to boost oil production to 330,000 b/d
Suncor Energy Inc. said it plans to spend $3 billion to boost production capacity at its oil sands facility near Fort McMurray, Alta., to 330,000 b/d by late 2007and to 500,000-550,000 b/d by 2012. Advances include expansion of its oil sands upgrading facilities and development of the Firebag in-situ oil sands project.
04/17/2003 -- Steam flooding intensifies subsidence at Wilmington field
Water-injection pressure maintenance may slow and ultimately arrest land subsidence in the Wilmington field.
04/16/2003 -- EIA reports narrow margin of surplus US natural gas production capacity
Available natural gas production capacity appears sufficient to meet the level of anticipated US gas production this year, but it's a narrow margin of surplus capacity, the Energy Information Administration said.
04/16/2003 -- Nigeria seeks lasting resolution to Niger Delta tensions
The Nigerian government, seeking to resolve tensions in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta that recently forced oil majors Chevron Nigeria Ltd., and Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co. Ltd. to shut in more than 40% of the country's crude oil output (OGJ Online, Mar. 24, 2003), established a presidential committee late last month to recommend solutions for restoring peace to the Warri area, OPEC News Agency reported.
04/14/2003 -- Venezuela's northern district oil output hits 804,000 b/d
Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) says that crude oil production in its eastern division, PDVSA Oriente Northern District, currently is averaging 804,000 b/d, OPEC News Agency reported Friday.
04/14/2003 -- Kinder Morgan CO₂'s Fox: SACROC a 'home run' for company
Charles E. FoxVice-President, Operations & TechnologyKinder Morgan CO2 Co. "(CO2 EOR is) a niche business where the returns are more certain than in some of the other parts of the E&P industry. but they are not as spectacular. It's a lower-risk, moderate-reward business that fits well into Kinder Morgan's portfolio."
04/11/2003 -- GlobalSantaFe to resume operations in Kuwait
GlobalSantaFe Corp. Chief Operating Officer Jon Marshall said Friday that conditions in Kuwait have stabilized enough to allow rig operations to resume safely and the company is preparing to resume drilling operations.
04/11/2003 -- Texaco, Agip drilling appraisal well on GOM Champlain prospect
The Discoverer Spirit drillship is on site in the Champlain prospect on Atwater Valley Block 63 in the Gulf of Mexico 160 miles south of New Orleans, preparing to drill an appraisal well for Texaco Inc. and Agip Petroleum Exploration Inc.
04/11/2003 -- US drilling increases amid signs of future growth
The number of rotary rigs working in the US continued to climb this week, amid signs that the upturn in drilling activity should accelerate in coming months.
04/10/2003 -- Shell Canada re-resumes production at Muskeg River Mine
Shell Canada Ltd. resumed bitumen production Apr. 4 at its Muskeg River Mine 75 km north of Fort McMurray, Alta., following Train 1repairs at a froth treatment plant damaged in a Jan. 6 fire.
04/10/2003 -- Unocal abandons Bohr prospect well on MC Block 637
Unocal Corp. said it has completed drilling operations on the Bohr prospect on Mississippi Canyon Block 637 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and has temporarily abandoned it.
04/10/2003 -- Intelligent completions vital for three-field deepwater project
Intelligent well completions were an essential part of the subsea gas development of the Aconcagua, Camden Hills, and King's Peak deepwater fields in the Gulf of Mexico.
04/10/2003 -- Kazakhstan Supreme Court cuts Tengizchevroil fine to $7 million from $70 million
Kazakhstan's Supreme Court reduced a lower court's fine against Tengizchevroil (TCO) to $7 million from $70 million for ecological damages the joint venture caused by storing millions of tons of sulfur on Tengiz field.
04/09/2003 -- Shell to produce oil in Bijupira, Salema fields by July; addresses Block BC-10
The Brazilian subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell Group in July will become the first non-Brazilian firm to produce petroleum off Brazil when it begins oil production of 70,000 b/d from its deepwater Bijupirá and Salema oil fields in the Campos basin.
04/08/2003 -- MMS funds Mexican study of deepwater current in Gulf of Mexico
The US Minerals Management Service in late March deployed a current meter mooring in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico as part of a study by the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Enseñada (CICESE), Baja California, Mexico.
04/07/2003 -- Anadarko has deepwater gas discovery on Jubilee prospect in eastern GOM
Anadarko Petroleum Corp, has a natural gas discovery at its Jubilee prospect in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The discovery well, Atwater Valley 349 No. 1, which was spudded in February in 8,800 ft of water about 200 miles southeast of New Orleans, was drilled to 18,310 ft TD and encountered 83 ft of net pay. The company estimates the field size at 40-50 million boe.
04/07/2003 -- One fire left burning in Rumaila oil field in southern Iraq
Firefighters extinguished one oil well fire in Rumaila field in southern Iraq over the weekend, leaving only one well continuing to burn in the area said US Army Brigadier Gen.
04/07/2003 -- Shell restarts some Niger Delta production
Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co. Ltd. indicated on Friday that it had restarted 18,000 b/d of crude oil production of the 320,000 b/d linked to the company's Forcados terminal that had been shut in because of widespread violence in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria.
04/04/2003 -- DRILLING MARKET FOCUS
US drilling activity continues climb from biggest first quarter jump in 15 years
First-quarter gains in US drilling activity are poised to expand further in the second quarter and beyond.
04/04/2003 -- ChevronTexaco resumes Nigerian production in western Niger delta
ChevronTexaco said Friday its Chevron Nigeria Ltd. unit is gradually restarting Nigerian production it shut down 12 days ago because of ethnic clashes.

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