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03/26/2007 -- Aramco lets contracts for ancillary platforms
Saudi Aramco has let contract to National Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC) of the UAE for ancillary platforms in Zuluf and Marjan oil fields off Saudi Arabia.
03/23/2007 -- Drilling activity rebounds slightly
US drilling activity rebounded slightly, up by 5 rotary rigs from last week to 1,745 working the week ended Mar. 23 vs. 1,571 during the same period last year, said Baker Hughes Inc.
03/22/2007 -- Pokohura platform off New Zealand on stream
Gas and condensate production from offshore wells in Pokohura field off New Zealand has begun.
03/21/2007 -- Gas production starts from Bibiyana field in Bangladesh
Chevron Corp. has brought on production from Bibiyana gas field on Block 12 in the Habiganj district of northeast Bangladesh.
03/16/2007 -- Rotary rig numbers down slightly in US, Canada
The number of rotary rigs working in the US was 1,740 the week ended Mar. 16, which is 17 less than were working the same time last week but up by 194 from Mar. 17, 2006, according to Baker Hughes in Houston.
03/15/2007 -- Murphy taps Tanjung for jack up rig in Malaysia
Murphy Sarawak Oil Co. Ltd. has awarded a $122.7 million contract to Tanjung Offshore Services Sdn. Bhd. subsidiary Tanjung Offshore Bhd. to provide a jack up drilling rig.
03/15/2007 -- Dragon Oil to expand Turkmenistan oil terminal
Dragon Oil PLC, which has just commissioned its 50,000 b/d oil terminal in Turkmenistan, is developing plans to double its capacity in 2010 when operations are expected to begin on Phase 2.
03/15/2007 -- Maersk expands Al Shaheen work off Qatar
Maersk Oil Qatar AS has let an engineering, procurement, installation, and construction contract to National Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC) of Abu Dhabi for platforms in Al Shaheen oil and gas field off Qatar.
03/13/2007 -- Callon plans to produce Entrada by 2009
Callon Petroleum Co., Natchez, Miss., plans to take a development partner and has set a goal of starting production from Entrada field in the Gulf of Mexico by 2009.
03/13/2007 -- Nitrogen project planned at Weeks Island, La.
Meridian Resource Corp., Houston, plans to begin nitrogen injection at giant Weeks Island oil and gas field near New Iberia, La., in mid-2007.
03/13/2007 -- Statoil to continue production from Norne field
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has granted Statoil ASA consent to employ Transocean Offshore's Polar Pioneer drilling rig to continue oil production in Norne oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea.
03/09/2007 -- US drilling increases by 5 rigs
US drilling activity increased this week with a net gain of 5 rotary rigs for a total of 1,757 working. That's up from 1,752 active rigs in the same period last year, said Baker Hughes Inc.
03/08/2007 -- BPTT expects Mango-Cashima fields output in fall
BP Trinidad & Tobago LLC is moving to bring online 800 MMcfd of natural gas from its Mango and Cashima fields off eastern Trinidad and Tobago this fall.
03/07/2007 -- ConocoPhillips starts gas delivery from Indonesia's Suban field
ConocoPhillips(Grissik) Ltd., operator of Suban gas field on the Corridor Block production-sharing contract (PSC) area in South Sumatera, has achieved first gas delivery via a gas processing plant recently completed as part of the Indonesian field's second phase development.
03/06/2007 -- Rig shortages to delay Libya's E&P projects
Exploration and production programs in Libya are facing significant delays because of a shortage of drilling and workover rigs, according to Phoenicia Group, a Libya-based investment and trade consultancy firm.
03/02/2007 -- Indonesia, Premier negotiate gas price deal
Indonesia has offered a larger production split to production-sharing contractor Premier Oil PLC as compensation for a proposed cut in price of the firm's natural gas from Natuna field.
03/02/2007 -- US drilling slips slightly
US drilling activity dipped slightly this week with a net loss of 2 rotary rigs, but 1,752 are still working. That's up from 1,531 active rigs in the same period last year, said Baker Hughes Inc.
03/02/2007 -- Shell starts Changbei field gas production
Commercial gas production has begun at Changbei gas field in China, said Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the field's operator, on Mar. 1. The field is expected to plateau at 3 billion cu m/year in 2008 and deliver gas to Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, and Hebei.
02/26/2007 -- Suncor to expand oil sands mining, use new system
Suncor Energy Inc. plans to develop an oil sands mining project 3 km southwest of its existing oil sands operation north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
02/23/2007 -- Petrobras eyes oil in Jordanian shales
Petroleo Brasilerio signed a memorandum of understanding with Jordan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to study the viability of Petrobras's patented Petrosix mining technology at the Attarat Umm Ghudran oil shale deposit 50 miles south of Amman.

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