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08/01/2003 -- How the petroleum system relates to the petroleum province
A petroleum province and a petroleum system (PS) have very close links.
07/30/2003 -- AGC Guinea Bissau-Senegal
Early processing results are encouraging from a 380 sq km 3D seismic survey acquired earlier this year over the Dome Flore and Dome Gea salt dome heavy oil accumulations in the Casamance basin, said operator Fusion Oil & Gas PLC, Perth, WA.
07/28/2003 -- BP and partners drill second ultradeepwater discovery off Angola
Angola's state-owned oil firm Sonangol EP and BP Exploration (Angola) Ltd. Monday reported making an oil discovery in the ultradeepwater Block 31 off Angola.
07/28/2003 -- PETROLEUM SYSTEM-1: The petroleum system: A fundamental tool
The petroleum system is today a paradigm of hydrocarbon geology and is a reliable tool for oil and gas explorationists and geoscientists.
07/24/2003 -- Heidrun platform receives sulfate-removal plant
The Saipem 7000 crane barge, one of the world's largest, delivered a new filtration plant to Statoil ASA's Heidrun platform in the Norwegian Sea Wednesday.
07/23/2003 -- Marathon Oil makes natural gas discovery off Equatorial Guinea
Marathon E.G. Production Ltd., a unit of Marathon Oil Corp., reported making a natural gas discovery on Block D off Equatorial Guinea.
07/22/2003 -- Ramco Energy expects Seven Heads to deliver natural gas early in fourth quarter
Ramco Energy PLC, London, has drilled five wells of a six-well program in its Seven Heads gas field in the Celtic Sea and expects first gas early in the fourth quarter.
07/22/2003 -- Gazprom agrees to explore in Pakistan
OAO Gazprom signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistani government, agreeing to engage in exploration activities in Pakistan and also to consider developing gas storage infrastructure in northern Pakistan.
07/21/2003 -- Detachment folds and triangle zones: Unexplored hydrocarbon potential along eastern Cumberland escarpment, Tenn.
An 80 km-long unexplored subsurface detachment fold, the Eureka Structure, exists in the southern Appalachian thrust belt just east of the Cumberland escarpment in eastern Tennessee.
07/17/2003 -- Petrobras rejects bids for two semisubmersible production platforms
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil company, has rejected all bids for contracts to build two electric power generating modules for two new semisubmersible production platforms, the P-51 and the P-52.
07/16/2003 -- Shell, Total sign Saudi natural gas agreement
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Total SA signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to form a joint venture with Saudi Aramco for the exploration of gas in an area of 200,000 sq km.
07/15/2003 -- Petrobras makes oil discovery off Espírito Santo state
Brazil's state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA ( Petrobras) reported that it has made an oil discovery off the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The 1-ESS-123 well, on Block BES-100, lies in 1,374 m of water about 60 km from shore and 80 km from that state's capital, Vitória.
07/14/2003 -- GulfTerra, Valero finalize Cameron Highway oil pipeline agreement
GulfTerra Energy Partners LP, Houston, and San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. Monday reported the completion of several agreements to form a 50:50 joint venture in the $458 million Cameron Highway oil pipeline project.
07/14/2003 -- N. Sea's Heidrun field handles produced water with no harmful discharge
Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea became the first Statoil ASA field that can handle all produced water without any environmentally-harmful discharges, the company announced.
07/14/2003 -- Libya: Energy investments persist in a puzzling land
Contradictory political signals, a climate of delay, and other enigmas demand patience and flexibility when doing business in Libya.
07/11/2003 -- Total-led consortium inks PSA for first ultradeepwater exploration off Pakistan
Pakistan recently signed its first production-sharing agreements for petroleum exploration off Pakistan. It issued to a Total SA-led consortium PSAs for two blocks in ultradeep Indus Delta waters 200 km off Karachi, which lie in a physically challenging environment.
07/09/2003 -- Total's Carina, Aries field development off Argentina delayed as DB 60 laybarge damaged
Total SA subsidiary Total Austral SA has been delayed again in its development of Carina and Aries fields 50 miles off Southern Argentina in the South Atlantic Ocean, following weather-related damage to the J. Ray McDermott SA-operated DB60 laybarge, formerly the ETPM 1601.
07/09/2003 -- Industry Urged To Watch For Regular Oil Production Peaks, Depletion Signs
Depletion is an everyday experience: The glass of beer starts full and ends empty. We are born, pass prime, and die. Yet, strangely, oil depletion is counterintuitive: Nothing quite like it has happened before.
07/08/2003 -- Apache's Qasr-1X discovery marks Egypt's Western Desert as substantial hydrocarbon province
Apache Corp., Houston, Monday reported the "most-significant discovery" to date in Egypt's Western Desert with its Qasr-1X discovery well, which tested at a combined rate of 51.8 MMcfd of natural gas and 2,688 b/d of condensate from two zones.
07/08/2003 -- Burullus awards subsea development contract for Egypt's Simian-Sienna fields
Burullus Gas Co. has awarded a $300 million contract to Technip-Coflexip for the subsea development of Burullus's Simian-Sienna natural gas fields off Egypt.

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