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07/17/2006 -- Signet to drill next three Sawn Lake wells
Signet Energy Inc., a unit of Surge Global Energy Inc., San Diego, and operator of the Sawn Lake Oil Sands Development in Alberta, has received government approval to drill the next three vertical and horizontal wells in the Bluesky formation of the Sawn Lake area.
07/14/2006 -- US drilling activity rebounds
US drilling activity rebounded from 2 weeks of declines, up by 9 units with 1,668 rotary rigs working this week, vs. 1,404 a year ago, said Baker Hughes Inc.
07/14/2006 -- Venezuelan oil exports to US down 6%
Venezuela's oil exports to the US decreased by 6% in the first quarter, according to the US Department of Energy. Venezuela shipped 178.2 million bbl of oil and oil products to the US in the first quarter, compared with 190.1 million bbl in the same period of 2005.
07/14/2006 -- Ivanhoe resumes tests at heavy oil facility
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. has resumed test runs at its heavy oil upgrading commercial demonstration facility (CDF) in Bakersfield, Calif., after a series of upgrades (OGJ, Mar. 27, 2006, Newsletter).
07/14/2006 -- Qatar launches Al Khaleej gas project phase
Qatar Petroleum Co. and ExxonMobil Middle East Gas Marketing Ltd. have signed a development plan and initiated the second phase of the Al Khaleej Gas (AKG-2) project in giant offshore North field.
07/12/2006 -- TX Holdings plans work on Texas leases
TX Holdings Inc. believes 2 years of development can lift production to nearly 3,000 b/d from Eastland County, Tex., leases in which it has acquired a 60% working interest.
07/11/2006 -- Statoil modifying platforms for Tyrihans field
Statoil has awarded a 440 million kroner contract to Norway's Aker Reinertsen to integrate development of Tyrihans oil and gas field onto the Kristin and Aasgard B platforms in the Norwegian Sea.
07/11/2006 -- Operators confirm fatal Grand Isle fire
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. and ExxonMobil Corp., joint owners of the Grand Isle 9A production facility in the Gulf of Mexico, have confirmed a July 8 flash fire in which a worker was killed.
07/11/2006 -- Ithaca Energy secures jack up for North Sea
Ithaca Energy's subsidiary Energy (UK) Ltd. has let contract to Global Santa Fe turnkey drilling contractor Applied Drilling Technology International for two wells in the UK North Sea in 2007.
07/11/2006 -- Husky boosts White Rose field production
Husky Energy Inc., Calgary, has increased production of White Rose oil field off Newfoundland to 110,000 b/d by bringing a fifth well online.
07/10/2006 -- Syncrude to restart new coker FGD unit
Syncrude Canada Ltd. is preparing to restart a coker flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) unit at its Mildred Lake oil sands plant in Alberta, reported Canadian Oil Sands Trust.
07/10/2006 -- Avouma platform in place off Gabon
The production platform for Avouma oil field off Gabon has arrived at the field, Pan-Ocean Energy Corp. Ltd. said.
07/07/2006 -- US drilling activity continues decline
US drilling activity continued to decline for the third consecutive week from a 20-year high in mid-June, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
07/07/2006 -- PRB plans 300 CBM wells in Wyoming
PRB Energy Inc. plans to drill 300 Moyer coalbed methane (CBM) wells on 29,500 acres it has acquired from Pennaco Energy Inc., a Marathon Oil Corp. subsidiary, in the Powder River basin in Wyoming. Moyer is a Paleocene Fort Union coal.
07/06/2006 -- Oudna oil field to come on line off Tunisia
Lundin Petroleum and Atlantis Holding Norway AS plan to start production from Oudna oil field off Tunisia in September.
07/06/2006 -- Firm to frac three wells in Chinese field
China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd. (CNEH) soon will begin fracing three wells in Qian 112 oil field southeast of Qian'an in Jilin Province.
06/29/2006 -- Husky boosts activities in the Jeanne d'Arc basin
Husky Energy Inc. has started drilling a well in the Jeanne d'Arc basin off Newfoundland and Labrador using Rowan Cos. Inc.'s Rowan Gorilla VI jack up rig. Drilling began June 27 and is expected to take 60 days.
06/29/2006 -- Buzzard project moves closer to production
Nexen Inc., Calgary, reported the successful installation of production facilities at its Buzzard project, which is to come on stream later this year in the UK North Sea.
06/29/2006 -- Discoveries near Norne may extend field life
Statoil ASA projects that its Norne oil field in the Norwegian Sea is likely to continue producing longer than previously expected due to the close proximity of commercial discoveries and promising new prospects near the Norne area.
06/29/2006 -- ConocoPhillips to resume Algeria field production
ConocoPhillips, operator of Algeria's Menzel Lejmat North (MLN) field on Block 405a in the Berkine basin, plans to resume oil production from that field by the end of the third quarter, reported Talisman Energy Inc., a 35%-interest partner.

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