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11/08/2005 -- EOR program proceeds in LAK Ranch field
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and Derek Oil & Gas Corp., both of Vancouver, BC, commenced continuous steaming operations at the enhanced oil recovery pilot program in LAK Ranch oil field in Weston County, Wyo.
11/08/2005 -- More Bohai Bay production brought on stream
CNOOC Ltd. announced initial production from the Caofeidian (CFD) 11-3/5 oil fields in western Bohai Bay Block 04/36. Using an unmanned facility, the fields are producing at 13,800 b/d of crude oil.
11/08/2005 -- Greater Sooner to begin oil production in Oklahoma
Greater Sooner Exploration Inc. of Healdton, Okla., plans to begin oil production early December from two leases in Carter County, Okla.
11/07/2005 -- Chevron reports start of Tahiti spar hull construction
France's Technip has started cutting steel for construction of the spar hull and topsides modules of a floating production and mooring system to be installed in the deepwater Tahiti field in the Gulf of Mexico (OGJ, Oct. 3, 2005, Newsletter).
11/04/2005 -- US rig count ties near 20-year record
US drilling activity increased by 16 units to 1,496 rotary rigs working this week, tying a nearly 20-year record, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Nov. 4. That's up from 1,268 rigs working a year ago.
11/04/2005 -- US stripper well oil down in 2004; gas up
The number of onshore US marginal oil wells increased last year, but production totals for those wells dropped from the previous year, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission reported.
11/03/2005 -- Shell lets contract for Mars platform work
Shell US Inc. has let a contract to Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for support work on the Mars oil and gas production platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
11/03/2005 -- Kristin field comes on stream off Norway
The high-pressure, high-temperature Kristin gas and condensate field in the Norwegian Sea has come on stream, reported Total SA, a partner.
11/03/2005 -- Chinese, Japanese firms busy in Indonesia
Chinese and Japanese firms are increasing operations in Indonesia.
10/28/2005 -- US drilling increases by 6 rigs
US drilling activity increased by 6 rotary rigs with 1,480 units working this week, up from 1,251 a year ago at this time, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
10/25/2005 -- Kerr-McGee to continue work off Morocco
Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, has expressed its intention to continue geophysical reconnaissance off southern Morocco despite threats to its operations from the Polisario Front (PF), a Western Saharan independence movement.
10/25/2005 -- Platform fire shuts in Åsgard production
Production from the Åsgard B platform in the Norwegian Sea has been shut down after a fire was detected Oct. 15 in the exhaust section in one of the main generators. An investigation is under way.
10/24/2005 -- Terasen, Pembina study diluent pipeline
Terasen Pipelines Inc. and Pembina Pipeline Corp. have formed a partnership to study feasibility of a pipeline system between Kitimat, BC, and Edmonston, Alta., that would carry 100,000 b/d of imported condensate for use as diluent in the transportation of heavy oil.
10/24/2005 -- Celtic Sea drilling program planned
Ireland's Island Oil & Gas plans a drilling program in the Celtic Sea off Ireland in 2006.
10/20/2005 -- Costs up in western Canada's oil, gas fields
Operating costs for oil and gas fields in western Canada have increased "significantly," according to Ziff Energy Group, Calgary.
10/20/2005 -- Toreador secures jack up for work off Turkey
Toreador Resources Corp., Dallas, has secured an option on Petromar's Saturn jack up for drilling in the South Akcakoca subbasin off Turkey.
10/20/2005 -- Contract let for export system off Brazil
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has let a contract valued at $210 million to France's Technip for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation for a subsea pipeline and free-standing hybrid riser (FSHR) for deepwater oil export in the Campos basin off Rio de Janeiro.
10/19/2005 -- Altex proposes Alberta-Gulf Coast crude line
Altex Energy Ltd., a private Calgary company, has proposed to build and operate a pipeline to transport processed crude directly from northern Alberta's oil sands region to refineries on the US Gulf Coast.
10/18/2005 -- IFP, Riped to develop E&P technologies
Institut Français du Pétrole and PetroChina Co. Ltd.'s Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development have signed a long-term cooperation agreement to develop exploration and production technologies.
10/18/2005 -- Production resumes from Sleipner East field
Statoil ASA has resumed full production of 22 million cu m/day of gas and 40,000 b/d of condensate from Sleipner East field in the Norwegian North Sea.

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