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08/18/2003 -- IOGCC: US marginal well oil, gas production up last year
A significant portion of the increase in US onshore natural gas production in 2002 came from stripper wells, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) reported.
08/15/2003 -- Shell starts oil production off Brazil
Royal Dutch/Shell Group reported production start-up from the Bijupirá and Salema fields, in the Campos basin, 120 km off Rio de Janeiro state. The project is a joint venture of Shell Brasil Ltda., operator with 80% interest, and state-owned oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) 20%.
08/15/2003 -- Unocal orders new FPSO for Gulf of Thailand oil production
Unocal Thailand Ltd, a subsidiary of Unocal Corp, has awarded a 10-year contract to Teekay Shipping Corp. for the long-term lease and management of a floating storage and offloading vessel for its crude oil production in the Gulf of Thailand.
08/15/2003 -- Environmental groups sue to block drilling in Alaska's historic Katalla oil field
Environmental and local land preservation groups have asked a US District court in Alaska to block exploratory drilling in the historic Katalla oil field within the Chugach National Forest.
08/15/2003 -- US drilling recovers from previous loss
US drilling activity rebounded this week, increasing by 22 rotary rigs to 1,096 working and virtually wiping out the previous week's loss.
08/15/2003 -- Hook hangers provide flexible reentry options, reduce multilateral risks
Various applications in diverse regions of the world show the reentry flexibility and reduced completion risk of hook-hanger junctions.
08/12/2003 -- Nexen, OPTI receive approvals for Long Lake oil sands project
Alberta's Energy and Utilities Board ("EUB") and the Alberta legislature have given 50:50 joint-venture partners Nexen Inc., Calgary, and OPTI Canada Inc. approval to proceed with the $3 billion Long Lake oil sands project in Alberta. Long Lake, 40 km southeast of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, combines steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) with on site upgrading.
08/12/2003 -- ONGC contracts Transocean's Discoverer Seven Seas to drill in deep water off India
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC) awarded a $137 million, 3-year contract to Houston-based Transocean Inc. Aug. 6 for its deepwater drillship Discoverer Seven Seas to drill off India.
08/08/2003 -- DRILLING MARKET FOCUS
US rig count down 23 in 'temporary' loss
US drilling activity plunged this week, down by 23 rotary rigs to 1,074 still working, officials at Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday.
08/08/2003 -- Petrobras declares Caravela Sul discovery commercial
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and its partners on Block BS-3, in the Santos basin 175 km off Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil, sent a filing to Brazil's National Petroleum Agency Wednesday declaring the commerciality of its Caravela Sul discovery made by well 1-SCS-10 A earlier this year (OGJ Online, Jan. 17, 2003).
08/08/2003 -- BHP Billiton's Neptune-5 appraisal well in the Gulf of Mexico indicates 'impressive' sands
BHP Billiton reported Friday the results from its Neptune-5 appraisal well, which was spudded July 2 on Atwater Valley Block 574 in the Gulf of Mexico about 135 miles off Louisiana.
08/08/2003 -- New technique combats lost circulation
Matador Operating Corp. combated lost-circulation problems in Monument field, Hobbs, NM, by combining tubing release procedures with a specialized cement-plug setting technique.
08/07/2003 -- Petrobras contracts Halliburton to stimulate production in Campos basin
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has awarded a $31 million contract to Halliburton Co. unit Halliburton Energy Services—through its Brazilian subsidiary— for a 274-ft, world-class well stimulation vessel to optimize production in Petrobras' Campos basin off Brazil.
08/05/2003 -- Group to study Kazakh oil export via now-idle Ukraine pipeline
Kazakhstan and Ukraine are examining the possibility of using an existing, but as-yet-unused oil pipeline through Ukraine as an export pipeline for Kazakh oil, reports Dow Jones Business News.
08/05/2003 -- S&P: US land drilling for gas to increase throughout year
US natural gas exploration and production companies are apt to increase land drilling activity throughout this year, Standard & Poor's said in a recent survey.
07/29/2003 -- Chad-Cameroon oil development project partners report first oil operations
Partners in the Chad-Cameroon oil development project Monday reported first oil operations and the startup of pipeline fill activities.
07/29/2003 -- Alberta EUB orders Athabasca oil sands gas shut-in
The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board ordered the interim shut-in of natural gas production in northeastern Alberta, effective Sept. 1, in an effort to stem pressure depletion in formations in the Athabasca oil sands.
07/29/2003 -- PDVSA, Petrobras partnerships near on deepwater exploration off Venezuela
There should be an agreement this week between Venezuela oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) and Brazil's oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) for partnerships in deepwater exploration, said Petrobras' International Director Nestor Cervero on Wednesday, reported Caracas-based online newsletter Petroleumworld.
07/28/2003 -- Indian, British, US firms form consortium for Kuwait oil block bid
Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) and ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), the overseas subsidiary of the Indian government-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp., are in talks with oil majors ChevronTexaco Corp., BP Group PLC, and ExxonMobil Corp. to forge a consortium to bid for an oil-producing block in Kuwait.
07/28/2003 -- Brazil's interest to explore for oil in Cuban sector of Gulf of Mexico remains strong
During a recent visit to Brazil, Cuba's Vice-President Carlos Lage said that Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed strong interest in accepting the Cuban government's earlier invitation to explore for oil in the Cuban sector of the Gulf of Mexico.

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