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02/06/2004 -- Shell Canada bags conditioned approval for Jackpine oil sands mine
Shell Canada Ltd. inched a little closer to its goal of producing 500,000 b/d from its Athabasca oil sands leases in northern Alberta when the joint review panel established by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board and the Government of Canada gave it environmental approval for Phase 1 of its Jackpine mine project.
02/06/2004 -- Operators announce 2004 budgets, drilling plans
Operators plan to increase drilling budgets around the world in 2004, with the greatest increases expected at state-owned companies.
02/05/2004 -- Total's Gulf of Mexico platform salvage completed
A 38-year-old production platform operated by a unit of Total SA that sank of the Gulf of Mexico in September 2002 has been removed. Hurricane Lili, a Category 4 hurricane packing 140 mph winds, toppled the structure in 180 ft of water as it was undergoing decommissioning and removal from Eugene Island 275A some 70 miles off Louisiana (OGJ Online, Oct. 22, 2002).
02/03/2004 -- Stone Energy reports two Gulf of Mexico wells in production
Lafayette-based Stone Energy Corp. reports production under way from two discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico, both drilled from existing facilities.
02/03/2004 -- Glitne production life span doubled
Statoil ASA reports that Glitne field in the North Sea now is thought to have more than 50 million bbl of crude oil—double the company's original estimate—and the field is expected to produce until 2007 from six wells instead of the three originally planned.
02/02/2004 -- Anadarko reaping large Bossier gas volumes in East Texas, North Louisiana
The East Texas Bossier play made what main operator Anadarko Petroleum Corp. termed a "remarkable turnaround" in 2003.
02/02/2004 -- Partners tap West Navigator drillship for Norwegian Sea program
Statoil ASA and Norsk Hydro ASA have awarded a $13 million contract to Stavanger-based Smedvig ASA for deepwater drillship West Navigator to drill two wells on production licenses 128 and 159 in the Norne area in the Norwegian Sea.
01/30/2004 -- Japan undertakes ambitious hydrate drilling program
Japan will drill 16 shallow exploratory wells in deep waters off its coast, from Mie to Shizuoka prefectures, to determine the expanse and density of methane hydrate deposits.
01/30/2004 -- Offshore drilling down, utilization at 10-month low
US drilling activity dipped by 3 units with 1,084 rotary rigs working this week, up from 873 during the same period in 2003, officials at Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday.
01/30/2004 -- CNOOC Ltd. announces 2004 production target of 118-123 million boe
CNOOC Ltd., which produces oil and natural gas off China, said its target net production volume for 2004 is 118-123 million boe compared with an estimated 108 million boe in 2003.
01/29/2004 -- Far East Energy begins drilling program in China
Far East Energy Corp., Houston, has drilling operations under way on its second gas well (FCY-EH02) on the Enhong-Laochang coalbed methane block in the Yunnan Province of southern China. A third test well (FCY-EH03) is scheduled for February, with completion of all three expected by early spring. Far East Energy will spend $1.1 million to drill the three wells and conduct desorption tests.
01/29/2004 -- Woodside, Esso contract Smedvig drilling rigs for West Africa, Malaysia
Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has awarded Stavanger-based Smedvig ASA a new $80 million contract for continued use of its West Navigator deepwater drillship off West Africa, and Esso Production Malaysia Inc. has extended the working contract for Smedvig's T-2 self-erecting tender rig in Malaysia.
01/28/2004 -- Raymond James: Russian oil output still growing, but its growth rate expected to slow
Russian oil production is expected to grow for the foreseeable future, but the average 9%/year growth rates observed during 2000-03 are unsustainable, an analyst said.
01/23/2004 -- US drilling activity falls by 40 rigs
US drilling activity plummeted this week, down by 40 units from last week's 27-month high, with 1,087 rotary rigs still working, officials at Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday.
01/23/2004 -- Cairn Energy to test sizable oil find in Rajasthan, India
Cairn Energy PLC, Edinburgh, reported that a significant oil discovery has followed a long string of tantalizing smaller successes in the Rajasthan basin in northwestern India.
01/23/2004 -- Kerr-McGee to use truss spar for Constitution field deepwater hub development
Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, said it will develop its 100%-owned Constitution field in the Gulf of Mexico with a truss spar similar in design to three of its existing spars to speed the field's development timetable. Constitution will be Kerr-McGee's sixth deepwater hub.
01/23/2004 -- Antrim awards Peak Group drilling management project off Australia
Antrim Energy Inc., Calgary, has awarded a drilling management contract to the Peak Group, London, for Antrim's first offshore exploration well on the North West Shelf off Australia (OGJ Offshore, Dec. 1, 2003). Antrim and Peak plan to finalize well planning and rig contracting immediately.
01/23/2004 -- Pemex sets the course for Mexican Drilling
Interest among international companies is driving increased activity in Mexico's on and offshore basins.
01/22/2004 -- Derek Oil & Gas, Ivanhoe formalize LAK ranch development agreements
Derek Oil & Gas and Ivanhoe Energy Inc., both of Vancouver, have signed agreements for the joint development of LAK Ranch field, a horizontal well, thermal oil recovery project covering 7,500 acres in the Powder River basin in Weston County, Wyo.
01/21/2004 -- Statoil plans 10,000-m, $44 million well to tap Gullfaks satellite
Norway's Statoil will attempt one of the world's longest penetrations in the Norwegian North Sea later this year.

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