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08/16/2004 -- Libya advertises blocks for licensing round
National Oil Corp. of Libya delineated 15 areas that contain 55 blocks available for bidding in the country's first exploration and production licensing round.
08/16/2004 -- Nelson Resources updates field operations in western Kazakhstan
Nelson Resources Ltd., Toronto, reported broad progress with its oil field operations in western Kazakhstan and acquired controlling interest in Chaparral Resources Inc., Houston, key participant in Karakuduk field.
08/13/2004 -- Occidental to explorethree blocks in northern Peru
Occidental Petrolera del Peru Inc. now has three blocks on which to explore in Peru, having signed a license Aug. 9 with Peru's state oil agency Perupetro SA for Block 103 between the Loreto and San Martin regions in Peru's Upper Amazon, where it will record 400 km of 2D seismic and drill two exploratory wells.
08/13/2004 -- Norske Shell begins seismic acquisition in 18th round license
AS Norske Shell has engaged Western Geco, Houston, to acquire 3D seismic data on production License 326 in the Vøring basin of the Norwegian Sea, where the company recently was awarded operatorship in the 18th bidding round.
08/13/2004 -- Subsurface temperature as a passkey for exploration of mature basins: Hot anticlines-a key to discovery?
Temperature anomalies probably can be used reliably as a passkey for petroleum exploration in mature areas, thus the concept of hot anticlines could be a key to discovery.
08/13/2004 -- Brazil's ANP qualifies 24 firms for its sixth oil, gas licensing round
Of 30 applicants vying to participate in Brazil's sixth oil and gas round scheduled for Aug.17-18, a record 9 Brazilian and 15 international companies have qualified, reported the country's National Petroleum Agency (ANP).
08/12/2004 -- PTTEP announces PSC in Myanmar's Gulf of Martaban
Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) was awarded a production-sharing contract (PSC) for exploration of Blocks M-3 and M-4 in Myanmar's Gulf of Martaban, about 200-300 km south of Yangon.
08/12/2004 -- Cairn Energy has fourth oil discovery in northern Rajasthan
Cairn Energy PLC has located a mean 300 million bbl of oil in place in northern Rajasthan, India, with its N-V-1 exploration well on Block RJ-ON-90/1, but oil density and viscosity limited the flow rate.
08/12/2004 -- Husky Energy reports White Rose production test results
Calgary-based Husky Energy Inc. reported Monday that it has drilled four wells, including an oil producer that underwent testing, and three water injectors in White Rose oil field off Newfoundland and Labrador. Husky said it expects to produce first oil by late 2005 or early 2006.
08/11/2004 -- Jurassic oil discovery gauged in Aquitaine basin, France
Esso Rep, the E&P arm of Esso SAF (Société Anonyme Française), and Lundin Petroleum AB, Stockholm, gauged 36° gravity oil at the rate of more than 1,600 b/d in the South Mimosa-1 exploration well in the Aquitaine basin.
08/10/2004 -- Corsica
TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co., Naersnes, Norway, received a nonexclusive, preliminary authorization to run seismic surveys off Corsica in France's Mediterranean waters.
08/09/2004 -- Petrobras signs deal to explore for oil off Iran
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil company, inked an initial $35 million oil exploration contract with state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) of Iran, a Petrobras spokesperson told OGJ.
08/09/2004 -- Reliance-Niko combination scores more gas off northeastern India
Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, and Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, added gas discoveries on blocks D-6 and NEC-25 in the Bay of Bengal off India's northeast coast.
08/06/2004 -- CNOOC makes oil discovery in Bohai Bay
CNOOC Ltd. has made an oil discovery with exploration well JZ 21-1S-1, which was drilled on the JZ21-1 south structure in Liaozhong Sag in Bohai Bay.
08/06/2004 -- Smaller field developments off UK, Norway dominate activity off Northwest Europe
Smaller operators entering the North Sea are better suited than the exiting majors to developing marginal fields and old depleting fields.
08/05/2004 -- Anadarko reports higher Bossier gas rates in East Texas, North Louisiana
Production rates are up in the Jurassic Cotton Valley (Bossier) gas fields of East Texas and North Louisiana in the quarter ended June 30 compared with the first quarter of 2004, said Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
08/03/2004 -- Sonatrach awarded gas block to Spanish partnership
Algerian state company Sonatrach awarded am exploration block to a partnership formed by Spanish companies Repsol YPF and Gas Natural SDG.
08/03/2004 -- Pakistan Petroleum to drill on Pasni Block 2462-1 in Arabian Sea
Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. (PPL) plans to begin drilling the Pasni X-2 natural gas well off Pakistan by the end of the year, said PPL's Managing Director Syed Munsif Raza. Pasni X-2 is on Pasni Block 2462-1 in the Arabian Sea.
08/02/2004 -- BP signs additional subsea systems contract for Greater Plutonio project off Angola
BP PLC has signed additional contracts worth $80 million with FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS, a unit of Houston-based FMC Technologies Inc., for the supply of subsea systems and related services for the BP-operated Greater Plutonio project on Block 18 off Angola.
08/02/2004 -- ChevronTexaco awards subsea equipment contract off Angola
ChevronTexaco Corp.'s Angola-based affiliate Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. awarded a $125 million subsea equipment contract to the Houston-based Vetco Gray for the Lobito Tomboco project on Block 14 off Angola.

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