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11/02/2004 -- Nigeria, Sao Tome authority invites bids for oil blocks
The Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Authority (JDA) will offer for bids in December blocks 2, 3, 4, and 6 in the Gulf of Guinea, OPEC News Agency reported.
11/01/2004 -- Norway invites block nominations for 19th round
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Thorhild Widvey has invited oil companies to nominate blocks in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea for the 19th licensing round, with licenses to be awarded in the first quarter 2006.
11/01/2004 -- FPC reports MZLN-1 gas, condensate success, tests other wells
First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. reported that the MZLN-1 discovery well on FCP's 100% held Ledjmet Block 405b in Algeria's Berkine basin flowed on test at rates of 214.4 MMcfd of natural gas and 9,863 b/d of condensate, normalized to a flowing wellhead pressure of 2,000 psi.
10/29/2004 -- McMoRan, Palace form Gulf of Mexico venture
McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans, and Palace Exploration Co., New York, have formed the McMoRan-Palace Joint Venture, expanding their joint participation in Gulf of Mexico ventures since 2003.
10/29/2004 -- Tui-Amokura-Pateke oil fields off New Zealand declared commercial
The PEP 38460 prospect joint venture, led by New Zealand Overseas Petroleum Ltd. (NZOP), has declared commercially viable the Tui-Amokura-Pateke oil fields in the Taranaki basin off New Zealand.
10/29/2004 -- Egypt's western desert onshore oil and gas production strong
The western desert has come alive with major discoveries of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons on land.
10/28/2004 -- XTO Energy focuses on US long-life gas reserves
XTO Energy Chairman and CEOBob R. Simpson "We will keep our discipline, and we will make acquisitions that make sense, or we will do something else with the money."
10/28/2004 -- Greece
Private Kavala Oil SA, Kavala, Greece, spudded a second well near its Kallirachi discovery in the northern Aegean Sea north of South Kavala field.
10/27/2004 -- Vintage Petroleum horizontal well flows oil
Vintage Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, reported that its An Nagyah 11 well in An Nagyah field on Block S-1 in central Yemen has produced oil from the subsalt Upper Lam formation.
10/27/2004 -- McDermott completes deck for Central Azeri platform in Caspian Sea
McDermott Caspian Contractors Inc. (MCCI), a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott SA, has completed the fabrication, load-out, and sail-away of an integrated deck for the Azerbaijan International Operating Co. (AIOC) Central Azeri platform in the Caspian Sea.
10/27/2004 -- Pipeline group slams Australia's energy market reform
The Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) has taken a swipe at the direction and tardiness of the country's energy market reform agenda.
10/27/2004 -- Southwestern Energy marks progress in Arkansas shale gas play
Southwestern Energy Co., Houston, now pursuing a shale gas play in and adjacent to the Arkoma basin gas producing fairway, has estimated dry gas in place at 58-65 bcf/sq mile in the formation in a new field in Conway County, Ark.
10/26/2004 -- Cairn to start oil flow from Rajasthan fields in 2007
Cairn Energy PLC, Edinburgh, received formal government approval of its declaration of commerciality of several discoveries on 5,000-acre Block RJ-ON-90/1 in Rajasthan, India, near the border with Pakistan.
10/26/2004 -- Ras Laffan LNG awards contract for wellhead platform jacket off Qatar
Ras Laffan LNG Co. Ltd. (II) has awarded J. Ray McDermott Eastern Hemisphere Ltd. a contract to install an additional wellhead platform jacket, WH8, off Qatar for the RasGas Expansion field development. McDermott will provide full engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of the 12-slot jacket and associated facilities.
10/26/2004 -- Kerr-McGee reports eighth oil discovery in Bohai Bay off China
Kerr-McGee Corp. Monday reported its eighth Bohai Bay oil discovery off China—the CFD 14-5-1 well in Block 09/18. The well was drilled to 13,970 ft TD and encountered 85 ft of net oil pay.
10/26/2004 -- Sharp eyes, interpretation needed to surmount checkshot data errors
Attention can prevent common checkshot errors, which often cause targeted horizons to be mispositioned in time, depth, or surface location.
10/22/2004 -- Global Industries to install Pemex Lobina pipelines
Pemex Exploration & Production has awarded a $77 million contract to Global Offshore Mexico S de RL de CV, Carlyss, La., to install four 50 km pipelines as part of the Lobina project in Mexico's Bay of Campeche.
10/22/2004 -- Syntroleum kicks off low-Btu gas program in central Kansas
Syntroleum Corp. said the flow rate exceeded expectations from the first well in its low-BTU gas initiative in central Kansas and it has ordered the first nitrogen separation plant for operation in early 2005.
10/21/2004 -- IFP: Global E&P outlays to reach $135 billion in 2005
Worldwide exploration and production expenditures should continue to ride on the wave of soaring oil prices to reach $135 billion in 2005, up from $114 billion in 2003.
10/20/2004 -- Repsol YPF signs exploration contract in Iran
Repsol YPF has signed a $27 million contract with National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) to explore the Mehr and Forooz blocks in the south of the Persian Gulf for 2 ½ years.

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