ORYX ADDING TO GULF OF MEXICO PRODUCTION

Oryx Energy Co., Dallas, has advanced three gas projects off Sabine Pass in the Gulf of Mexico. The company is producing 46 MMcfd of gas from a platform on High Island Block 384, 120 miles south of Sabine Pass. About 34 MMcfd of that volume and 150 b/d of condensate comes from six completions in five wells on Block 384. The other 12 MMcfd comes through a 15 mile, underwater flow line from a subsea well on Garden Banks Block 224 operated by Santa Fe International Corp., Alhambra, Calif.