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04/04/2003 -- Iraqi exports remain obstructed; other production resumes
Firefighters resumed efforts Friday to put out the two remaining fires in Rumaila oil field in southern Iraq, reported the US Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration. "After firefighters ran out of trucked water earlier in the week, manmade lagoons were created to store water near the affected wellheads, and were filled on Thursday," EIA said.
04/04/2003 -- Multilateral, intelligent well completion benefits explored
A study examined the potential benefits of multilateral and intelligent completions over single horizontal laterals.
04/03/2003 -- BAS: High natural gas prices to stimulate US drilling count
The US drilling rig count continues to improve—and much ahead of normal seasonal levels—reported Banc of America LLC analyst James K. Wicklund in a recent research note.
04/03/2003 -- Perth basin oil field could open Australia's fourth offshore theater
The country would gain a fourth offshore producing area if the Cliff Head oil discovery on WA-286-P in the Perth basin off Western Australia were declared commercial.
04/02/2003 -- First gas delivered to Egypt from Scarab-Saffron field development off Nile Delta
BG Group PLC and its partners Monday reported first natural gas production from the Scarab-Saffron field development project to Egypt from the Burullus Gas Co.-operated West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession off the Nile Delta.
04/02/2003 -- Sterling production increased as new GOM gas well exceeds expectations
Gryphon Exploration Co. and its partners received a significant increase in gas revenues because of better-than-expected production from the Gryphon No. 2 well on High Island Block 52 field in the Gulf of Mexico, said partner Sterling Energy PLC, which holds a 7.58% royalty interest in the area.
03/28/2003 -- Slight improvement seen in disrupted oil supplies
Although Iraqi oil production remains on hold, firefighting crews continue to extinguish oil well fires in Rumaila field in southern Iraq, reported the US Energy Information Agency Friday. Only three wells are still aflame there.
03/28/2003 -- US land drilling activity continues to climb
US drilling activity continued to climb with an additional 16 rotary rigs working this week. That boosted the total US rig count to 962, up from 761 during the same period a year ago, said officials Friday at Baker Hughes Inc.
03/28/2003 -- Multilateral, underbalanced well drilled in mature Brazil field
A multilateral well drilled underbalanced in northeastern Brazil was highly successful in a mature field which had already been under waterflood and steam injection.
03/28/2003 -- Low storage levels underpin bullish gas outlook
If many analysts' expectations are fulfilled, the next heating season may begin with storage near record-low levels. Accordingly, the recent retrenchment of gas prices from their dizzying heights of some weeks ago may have already found a floor near $5/Mcf.
03/26/2003 -- MMS proposes new offshore royalty relief for deep gas in shallow waters
US Interior Sec. Gale Norton Wednesday said the Minerals Management Service wants to expand offshore royalty relief to increase deep natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico.
03/25/2003 -- Halliburton, Boots & Coots, Wild Well Control to fight Iraqi well fires
The US Army Corps of Engineers awarded Halliburton Co.'s engineering and construction subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root a contract to assess and extinguish oil well fires in Iraq.
03/24/2003 -- OPEC to make up shortfall from Persian Gulf production shutdowns
Because Iraq has shut down production of more than 2 million b/d of oil, OPEC announced Mar. 20 that it was temporarily suspending members' production quotas to maintain world oil supplies and prices.
03/21/2003 -- US drilling activity rebounds with 19 additional rotary rigs working
US drilling activity rebounded this week, adding 19 rotary rigs for a total of 946 working, up from 750 a year ago, officials at Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday.
03/21/2003 -- MMS, Louisiana agree on federal offshore oil, gas royalties-in-kind
Louisiana and the US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday, jointly agreeing to develop and implement a royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot program for oil and gas leases.
03/21/2003 -- Fiber optics profiles real-time temperature across horizontal lateral
A fiber-optic distributed temperature system across a horizontal wellbore off Trinidad provided valuable information and benefits such as identifying areas of oil and gas production.
03/19/2003 -- MMS reports high bids of $315.5 million in GOM Lease Sale 185
Apparent high bids totaling $315.5 million were offered for 561 offshore tracts at Lease Sale 185 for the central Gulf of Mexico, the US Minerals Management Service reported Mar. 19.
03/18/2003 -- Banc of America analyst sees US oil service fundamentals improving
The US rig count bottomed earlier in the year and has risen more seasonally than any time in the last 20 years, said Banc of America Securities analyst James K. Wicklund.
03/17/2003 -- Ensco, Keppel Fels JV to build new jack up
A unit of Ensco International Inc. and Keppel Fels Ltd. jointly agreed to acquire a 25% ownership interest in a new, high-performance jack up that Keppel Fels will construct in Singapore.
03/17/2003 -- UBS: US, Canadian drilling activity pauses before resuming upward trend
Oil and natural gas companies are taking a short breather after a recent run-up in drilling and workovers, and drilling activity is expected to resume upward soon in the US and Canada, UBS Warburg LLC said in its monthly PatchWork Survey.

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