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Exploration Development 2005 P

  • Thu Jan 20 09:01:00 CST 2005 -- Western Gas Resources 2005 budget up 21%
    Rocky Mountain basins are the target of 87% of the $338.8 million in capital spending Western Gas Resources Inc., Denver, plans in 2005.
  • Wed Jan 19 16:01:00 CST 2005 -- MMS sees larger gulf, Atlantic gas resource
    The volume of undiscovered but technically recoverable natural gas on the US Outer Continental Shelf is 12% higher as of late 2004 than it was when last assessed in 2000, said the US Minerals Management Service.
  • Wed Jan 19 15:01:00 CST 2005 -- Petronas makes oil find in Niger
    Petronas Carigali Niger Exploration & Production Ltd. has encountered hydrocarbons on Agadem Block 1 in eastern Niger.
  • Wed Jan 19 15:01:00 CST 2005 -- PetroKazakhstan exploration finds oil in South Turgai
    Petro-Kazakhstan Inc., Calgary, reported several exploration successes on its blocks in the South Turgai basin of western Kazakhstan.
  • Tue Jan 18 19:01:00 CST 2005 -- Iraq calls for field studies by foreign firms
    Iraq's Ministry of Oil has let contracts for integrated reservoir studies of the country's two largest oil fields—Kirkuk in the north and Rumaila in the south—to Exploration Consultants Ltd., Epsom, UK.
  • Tue Jan 18 12:01:00 CST 2005 -- India offers 20 exploration blocks
    The Indian government has offered 20 oil and gas blocks for exploration in the fifth round of bidding under its New Exploration Licensing Policy.
  • Mon Jan 17 18:01:00 CST 2005 -- Cuba
    Pebercan Inc., Montreal, said completion of its No. 103 well boosted production in Seboruco field on the North Cuba heavy oil belt to 14,000 b/d from 9,000 b/d.
  • Mon Jan 17 18:01:00 CST 2005 -- Pioneer expands Alaska acreage position
    Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, is expanding its portfolio of undeveloped lands on the Alaska North Slope to more than 1.6 million gross acres.
  • Fri Jan 14 16:01:00 CST 2005 -- OMV discovers oil in western Iran
    OMV Iran Onshore Exploration GmbH has made its first oil discovery on Mehr Block in the Zagros region of western Iran.
  • Fri Jan 14 15:01:00 CST 2005 -- ChevronTexaco has oil finds off Cambodia
    Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Ltd. (COPCL) has discovered oil in four exploration wells on its 55%-held Block A off Cambodia.
  • Thu Jan 13 14:01:00 CST 2005 -- Fiddich-1 well abandoned off W. Australia
    Apache Northwest Pty. Ltd., Perth, which drilled the Fiddich-1 well on behalf of Origin Energy Ltd., Perth, operator of exploration permit WA-226-P off Western Australia, has plugged and abandoned the well that it spudded in late 2004 (OGJ Online, Dec. 7, 2004).
  • Thu Jan 13 14:01:00 CST 2005 -- Woodside, Dana acquire 2D data off Kenya
    Woodside Petroleum Ltd. affiliate Woodside Energy (Kenya) Pty. Ltd. and its partner, Dana Petroleum PLC, Aberdeen, are acquiring 2D seismic data on Blocks L-5 and L-7 off Kenya using the Polar Duke seismic survey vessel.
  • Thu Jan 13 14:01:00 CST 2005 -- Angostura field producing off Trinidad
    BHP Billiton Ltd., Melbourne, and its partners have begun production from Angostura oil field on Block 2C about 38.5 km off eastern Trinidad and Tobago in water 40 m deep.
  • Wed Jan 12 15:01:00 CST 2005 -- MOL group has large find in NW Pakistan
    A group led by MOL Pakistan, Budapest, reported a second discovery on the 4,600-sq-km Tal block southwest of Peshawar in northern Pakistan.
  • Tue Jan 11 19:01:00 CST 2005 -- Delineation well logs pay off Brazil
    State-owned Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) said a well drilled within Golfinho field boundary areas in Brazil's offshore Espírito Santo basin penetrated sandy formations about 90 m thick saturated with high-quality light oil.
  • Tue Jan 11 14:01:00 CST 2005 -- ESSO lets contract for Chad ESPs
    Esso Exploration & Production Chad Inc. awarded Wood Group ESP a 10-year contract to supply electric submersible pumping (ESP) systems and related services for three oil fields in the Doba region of southern Chad (OGJ Online, Nov. 24, 2004).
  • Fri Jan 07 15:01:00 CST 2005 -- Usan field discovery extended off Nigeria
    Total SA's Nigerian operating subsidiary Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. (EPNL), which operates deepwater oil prospecting license (OPL) 222 off southeastern Nigeria, has extended Usan oil field to the west.
  • Fri Jan 07 14:01:00 CST 2005 -- OGDC makes discovery at Dhakni
    Pakistan's Oil & Gas Development Co. Ltd. (OGDC) has made a deeper-pool discovery at Dhakni condensate field in northern Pakistan.
  • Fri Jan 07 14:01:00 CST 2005 -- Orient, Zaver awarded Punjab Block 2970-3
    Pakistan has granted a petroleum exploration license to a joint venture of Orient Petroleum Inc. (OPI) 80% and Zaver Petroleum Corp. Ltd. 20% for Sakhi Sarwar Block 2970-3, which covers 2,125 sq km in Punjab Province.
  • Wed Jan 05 16:01:00 CST 2005 -- Woodside, Explore Enterprises set alliance
    Woodside Energy (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Perth, Australia, has formed an alliance with Explore Enterprises LLC, Covington, La., to conduct exploration, acquisition, development, and production in the shelf and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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