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09/09/2005 -- Premier, Shell plan wildcat off Pakistan
A consortium led by operator Shell Development & Offshore Pakistan BV plans to invest more than $40 million to drill an exploratory well in Block 2365-1 on the Indus E deepwater oil exploration license off Pakistan.
09/08/2005 -- Total taps FMC for subsea systems off Congo
Total SA let a $115 million contract to FMC Technologies Inc., Houston, for supply of subsea systems for Moho Bilondo field off Congo-Brazzaville. The field, just north of the Angolan border, lies 80 km offshore in 540-740 m of water.
08/30/2005 -- S. Korean group gets two blocks off Nigeria
A South Korean consortium will sign a production-sharing agreement in September covering the OPL 321 and OPL 323 areas off Nigeria.
08/30/2005 -- CNOOC, partners to survey Spratly Islands area
China National Offshore Oil Corp., Philippine National Oil Co., and Vietnam Oil & Gas Corp. have agreed to shoot marine seismic surveys around the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
08/25/2005 -- Chevron lets contract for Tahiti flowlines
Chevron USA Inc. has let a contract to a J. Ray McDermott SA subsidiary for installation of infield flowlines, associated pipeline connections, and steel catenary risers (SCRs) for the Tahiti development in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.
08/24/2005 -- UK approves Cavendish gas field development
The UK Department of Trade & Industry agreed to the development plan for Cavendish natural gas field in the UK North Sea's Southern Gas basin.
08/24/2005 -- SOCO wildcat strikes oil off Vietnam
SOCO International PLC, London, said its wildcat well TGT-1X confirmed the presence of oil in sedimentary clastic reservoirs on eastern Block 16-1 off Vietnam.
08/24/2005 -- South Korean firms make entry into Nexus Gippsland program
Nexus Energy Ltd. has completed its farmout deal with Korea National Oil Corp. and Seoul City Gas Co. Ltd. for the companies' entry into Nexus Energy's Gippsland basin permits Vic/P56 and Vic/P49 off Victoria.
08/23/2005 -- Indonesia seeks Cepu field clarification
Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro will ask state oil and gas company Pertamina and ExxonMobil Corp. to clarify their respective stakes in Cepu oil field of east-central Java.
08/23/2005 -- Statoil, ExxonMobil form Gulf of Mexico pact
Statoil ASA and ExxonMobil Corp. have entered a Gulf of Mexico exploration agreement and plan to drill, with partners, one or more exploratory wells in the Alaminos Canyon area.
08/22/2005 -- Oil firms show high interest in latest Thai bidding round
Nine groups of international oil firms have applied for 11 petroleum exploration blocks in Thailand's latest bidding round.
08/19/2005 -- Anadarko, Chevron to drill Gulf of Mexico wells
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Chevron Corp. have signed an agreement to jointly participate in drilling four deepwater Gulf of Mexico prospects. Chevron will operate all four wells.
08/19/2005 -- Aramco awards contracts for Saudi Arabian offshore oil fields
Saudi Aramco has awarded J. Ray McDermott SA subsidiaries contracts for fabrication and installation services associated with field development in Marjan, Zuluf, and Safaniya oil fields off Saudi Arabia.
08/18/2005 -- Toreador, partners find gas in Black Sea off Turkey
Toreador Resources Corp., Dallas, and partners reported successful tests from Ayazli-2 and Ayazli-3 natural gas wells in the Black Sea's South Akcakoca subbasin off Turkey.
08/18/2005 -- Timor-Leste launches first offshore bid round
Mari Altakiri, prime minister of Timor-Leste, announced the country's first oil exploration bidding round for the Timor Sea.
08/17/2005 -- Firm takes option on block in Washington
A unit of Torrent Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC, took an option on a large acreage block held by a major forest products company in southwestern Washington.
08/17/2005 -- Thailand offers 82 blocks in licensing round
Eighty-two onshore and offshore blocks covering 440,407 sq km are up for bid in the 19th bidding round announced by Thailand's Ministry of Energy.
08/16/2005 -- Reliance delineates CBM in east-central India
Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, has told authorities it has established the presence of 3.7 tcf of coalbed methane in place in east-central India.
08/12/2005 -- Statoil to develop Tampen area discovery
An oil discovery by Statoil ASA and partners in the M5 structure in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea will be produced through installations on the group's Vigdis field just to the north.
08/11/2005 -- McMoRan adds deep shelf gas-condensate finds
McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans, has gauged more deep shelf gas-condensate discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico as its production ramps up there.

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