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10/17/2005 -- BP to double its Wamsutter field gas flow
BP America Inc. plans to invest as much as $2.2 billion to double production from its acreage in Wamsutter natural gas field to 250 MMscfd by 2010. Wamsutter field is in southwest Wyoming's Green River basin.
10/14/2005 -- US rig count static at 1,482
US drilling activity was essentially static for the third consecutive week with 1,482 rotary rigs working, 1 more than the previous week and up from 1,225 during the same period last year, said Baker Hughes Inc.
10/14/2005 -- Sleipner production halts due to gas leak
Statoil ASA suspended production of 45 million cu m/day of gas and 95,000 b/d of condensate from Sleipner East and West fields in the Norwegian North Sea.
10/11/2005 -- Statoil extends rig contract for Tampen work
Statoil ASA has secured a 1-year contract extension for the Transocean Leader semisubmersible for exploration and production drilling in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea.
10/10/2005 -- Cost estimate raised for Syncrude expansion
Canadian Oil Sands Trust, which holds a 35.49% working interest in Syncrude Joint Venture, increased its cost estimate for third-phase expansion of Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s oil sands plant in Fort McMurray, Alta.
10/07/2005 -- Rig counts down by 2 in US, 60 in Canada
US drilling activity slipped this week by 2 units to 1,481 rotary rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. That compares with 1,230 rotary rigs working in the same period a year ago.
10/07/2005 -- Northern Alberta Foothills gas flow planned
Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, plans to bring on production of more than 35 MMcfd of sales gas net to its interests in the northern Alberta Foothills during the next 14 months.
10/06/2005 -- Attempt to set structure off Turkey fails
Toreador Resources Corp., Dallas, reported an unsuccessful attempt to set a protective production structure for the recently completed Ayazli 2 and 3 gas wells in the South Akcakoca subbasin in the Black Sea off Turkey (OGJ Online, Aug. 18, 2005).
10/06/2005 -- Suncor completes Alberta upgrader expansion
Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, has commissioned an expansion of its oil sands upgrading operation at Fort McMurray, Alta., increasing production capacity to 260,000 b/d of upgraded crude oil from 225,000 b/d.
10/06/2005 -- Ex-Im Bank supports exports to Pemex
The Export-Import Bank has approved three long-term loan guarantees totaling $1 billion to support US exports of equipment and services to Petroleos Mexicanos.
10/06/2005 -- PTTEP lets contract for Arthit platform
Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) let a $110 million contract to J. Ray McDermott SA for installation of a processing platform for Arthit gas field in the Gulf of Thailand.
10/04/2005 -- Australia seeks CO₂ sequestration program
Australia wants to become a world leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the capture and long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide, according to Ian Macfarlane, Australia's Minister for Industry, Tourism, and Resources.
09/29/2005 -- Suncor plans Fort McMurray delayed coker
Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, will use ConocoPhillips technology for a large, grassroots delayed coking unit to be installed at its Fort McMurray oil sands upgrader in northern Alberta. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
09/29/2005 -- On-site Gulf of Suez FPSO repair completed
Zaafarana Oil Co. maintained oil production from Zaafarana field in the Gulf of Suez off Egypt during a recent on-station repair to the field's 120,000 dwt Al Zaafarana floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (OGJ Online, Nov. 15, 2001).
09/28/2005 -- NEB examines growing Canadian oil production
Canadian oil activity is picking up in response to higher oil prices, although the oil-related activity has been overshadowed by gas drilling in Western Canada, the National Energy Board (NEB) said in a recent report.
09/28/2005 -- Suncor completes upgrader repairs
Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, has restarted its 225,000 b/d oil sands upgrader that was damaged by fire in January.
09/28/2005 -- Restart operations suspended at El Bibane
Workover operations to restart production from El Bibane field off Tunisia have been unsuccessful, said Candax Energy Inc., Toronto. Operations are being suspended and equipment demobilized.
09/27/2005 -- Occidental shipping Libyan oil to US again
Occidental Petroleum Corp. has lifted its first Libyan crude oil for shipment to the US since leaving its operations in Libya's prolific Sirte basin in 1986 because of US economic sanctions.
09/27/2005 -- Chevron lets contract for Tahiti spar
Chevron Corp. has let a contract to France's Technip for the engineering, procurement, and construction of the spar hull and mooring systems for deepwater Tahiti field in the Gulf of Mexico (OGJ, Sept. 5, 2005, Newsletter).
09/21/2005 -- Compass Energy buys production semi
Compass Energy Group, an offshore engineering firm based in Singapore, purchased on speculation the semisubmersible production unit Petrobras XXIV to use for fast-track field development and offshore accommodation projects.

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