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10/14/2005 -- Small changes mask big swings for US reserves
Proved reserves of natural gas in the US were up nearly 2% in 2004, while proved oil reserves fell more than 2%, the Energy Information Administration said.
10/13/2005 -- Husky completes seismic program, plans Summit Creek wells
Husky Energy Inc., Calgary, has completed a 200-km 2D seismic program on Block EL 397, which contains the Summit Creek B-44 discovery, in the Central Mackenzie Valley area of Northwest Territories, Canada.
10/13/2005 -- Newfield, ExxonMobil to explore S. Texas prospects
Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, and Exxon Mobil Corp. have agreed to jointly explore and develop 52,000 gross acres of ExxonMobil's properties in Kenedy, Starr, and Hidalgo counties in South Texas.
10/13/2005 -- Sharjah
Sky Petroleum Inc., Austin, said agreement is reached on the first two infill well locations to be drilled late this year or in early 2006 in Mubarek oil and gas field in the Persian Gulf off the United Arab Emirates.
10/12/2005 -- South Louisiana deep discovery indicated
McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans, plans to set a production liner to attempt completion at an apparent discovery in Vermilion Parish, La.
10/12/2005 -- Oil Search gets Egypt Eastern Desert block
Oil Search Ltd., Sydney, bought a 100% interest in Eastern Desert Area A on the west side of the central Gulf of Suez from Geopetrol SA, Paris.
10/11/2005 -- Vintage tests Upper Lam oil in Yemen
Vintage Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, has tested 43° gravity oil from the subsalt Upper Lam formation in An Nagyah field in Yemen.
10/10/2005 -- FX Energy advances E&D projects in Poland
FX Energy Inc., Salt Lake City, operator of the Wilga-2 natural gas and condensate well on the Lublin concession about 100 miles southeast of Warsaw in Poland's Permian basin, has let contract to the Polish firm PBG SA to develop the discovery.
10/10/2005 -- Pakistan, Gazprom seek oil, gas cooperation
Pakistan has signed a 1-year memorandum of understanding, effective Oct. 7, with JSC Gazprom of Russia for cooperation in oil and gas projects.
10/10/2005 -- Shell group finds oil, gas off Malaysia
Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd. reported that a Shell-Petronas Carigali-ConocoPhilips venture has discovered oil and natural gas on Malaysia's Block G, its third deepwater discovery off Sabah.
10/10/2005 -- Firms sign Indonesian exploration contracts
Indonesia's upstream oil and gas regulatory agency, BP Migas, has signed exploration contracts with nine local companies.
10/10/2005 -- Chevron to develop Gulf of Mexico field
Chevron Corp. plans to develop Blind Faith oil and gas field in 7,000 ft of water 160 miles southeast of New Orleans on Mississippi Canyon Blocks 695 and 696.
10/07/2005 -- Kazakhstan, CNPC to develop Caspian field
Kazakhstan's state oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz and China National Petroleum Corp. plan to develop Darkhan oil field in the north Caspian Sea.
10/07/2005 -- Sakhalin V area wildcat flows oil on test
CJSC Elvary Neftegas, a Rosneft and BP joint venture, has drilled and tested the second exploratory well on the 6,000 sq km Kaigansky-Vasuykansky exploration license in the southern portion of the Sakhalin V acreage 40 km off northeastern Sakhalin Island.
10/06/2005 -- Indian, South Korean firms to explore off Myanmar
South Korean trading firm Daewoo International Corp., in partnership with two Indian state-run oil and gas companies and a South Korean gas corporation, has signed an agreement to explore Block A3 off Myanmar.
10/05/2005 -- Devon plans first Beaufort Sea well in years
Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, plans to drill during the 2005-06 winter the first well in the Canadian Beaufort Sea in 15 years.
10/04/2005 -- Lundin to plug Aje-3 appraisal in Nigeria
Lundin Petroleum AB will plug and abandon its Aje-3 appraisal well in 3,100 ft of water on Block OML 113 in the Benin basin off Nigeria (OGJ, May 2, 2005, p. 58).
10/04/2005 -- Roc Oil eyes higher Cliff Head oil recovery
Roc Oil Ltd., Sydney, operator of the Cliff Head oil field development off Perth basin in Western Australia, has flagged a possible addition of $13 million (Aus.) to its project development budget of $227 million to recover an extra 1 million bbl of oil.
10/04/2005 -- ONGC to explore block off central Vietnam
ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), the overseas arm of India's state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp., expects to sign in November a contract for 100% interest in Block 127 in the Phu Khanh basin off central Vietnam.
10/04/2005 -- Japan seeks more talks in dispute with China
Japan has proposed to China to hold further talks on Oct. 19 in an effort to resolve their dispute over oil and gas drilling in the East China Sea.

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