Message-ID: <14855678.1075855462013.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:46:34 -0800 (PST) From: newsletter@rigzone.com To: vkamins@enron.com Subject: RIGZONE Newsletter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "newsletter@rigzone.com" @ENRON X-To: vkamins@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Vincent_Kaminski_Jan2002_1\Kaminski, Vince J\Deleted Items X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: vkamins (Non-Privileged).pst =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09 =09Friday December 28, 2001=09Petrocom =09=09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09 [IMAGE]=09=09 RIGZONE [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09=09 [IMAGE]=09=09home | news | search | maps | data | jobs | = market | store =09[IMAGE]=09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09 [IMAGE]=09=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] In This Issue [IMAGE] [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] Current Oil and Gas Industry News T! op Stories for the Past= 7 Days Featured Events and Conferences What's in Store - Books & More = Featured Employment Opportunities Surplus Oilfield Equipment For Sale World= wide Offshore Rig Utilization Oil & Gas Prices [IMAGE] [IMAGE] I= ndustry Headlines [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Pemex Encounters Natural Gas = Development Oppositon Pemex runs into opposition on plans to raise the fo= riegn investment capital needed to for natural gas development plans [IM= AGE] [IMAGE] Exploration [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Repsol O= ffshore Exploratory Licenses Too close to Morrocco Morocco has denounced S= pain's violation of the country's maritime territory after Madrid distribut= ed offshore oil prospection licenses for the Canary Islands in Moroccan con= trolled seas. BP Awards Caspian Geophysical a Marine Seismic Contract BP= has awarded Caspian Geophysical a major marine seismic contract offshore A= zerbaijan [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Production [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [I= MAGE] Gullfaks Turns 15 December 22nd marks the 15th anniversary of the G= ullfaks development in the North Sea. Phillips Gets Go-Ahead for Bayu-Unda= n Development Project Phillips Petroleum receives approval from the East T= imor Council of Ministers to proceed on the development of the Bayu-Undan g= as project. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Company & Financial News [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Delta Petroleum to Buy Piper Petroleum Delta Petrol= eum Corporation, an independent energy exploration and devel! opment compan= y, has entered into an agreement to purchase Piper Petroleum Company, a pri= vately owned oil and gas company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Vecto= r Energy Announces Second Quarter Results Vector Energy Corporation annou= nced today the results of the second quarter ended Oct. 31, 2001 Kinder Mo= rgan Buys Tejas Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP of Houston entered into a= n agreement to purchase Tejas Gas LLC for approximately $750 million in cas= h. Nexen Sets Next Years Budget Nexen's new capital budget is 1.24 bill= ion dollars. About $240 million is scheduled for worldwide exploaration pro= jects. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] advertisement A National-Oilwell designed, 19= 92 built modular offshore drilling rig is available for sale direct from th= e manufacturer. This rig drilled only 5 wells from the Draugen platform in= the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Click on the link below for full d= etails, photos and seller contact information: http://www.rigzone.com/mar= ket/surplus_listing.asp?eq_id=3D397 Last 7 Days Top Stories [IMA= GE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Petrobras Acquires 75% Stake in Block OPL324 = Offshore Nigeria Petrobras has inked a deal for a 30-year contract on bloc= k OPL324 offshore Nigeria. The company would have a 75% interest in the bl= ock and serve as operator. Shell Awards Landmark E?Data Contract Landmark= has been awarded a three-year E?data management contract by Shell. Landma= rk will manage over two terabytes of seismic data using the PetroBank syste= m. Oman to Cut Production by 40,000 bpd Oman pledges to cut an additional= 15,000 bpd bringing its total production cut to 40,000 bpd. Conoco Acquir= es Additional Interests Offshore Vietnam Conoco Inc. announced its agreeme= nt with Statoil ASA to purchase a portion of its interests in the $1.3 bill= ion Na! m Con Son natural gas project, offshore Vietnam. Stena Don Heads t= o Work Statoil has taken delivery of the Stena Don. The newbuild semisubm= ersible will drill its first well on the Staer prospect offshore Norway. R= epsol, British Gas and TotalFinaElf to Explore Offshore Argentina Repsol a= nd British Gas have been joined by TotalFinaElf to explore offshore Souther= n Argentina. Patterson/UTI Energy, Inc Buys Clere Drilling Company Assets= PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. the second-largest operator of land-based oil = and natural gas drilling rigs in North America, today announced the acquisi= tion of 17 land-based drilling rigs from Cleere Drilling Company Gazprom = To Borrow $100 Billion Rubles to Finance Exploration Gazprom is seeking to= borrow $100 billion rubles to finance exploration and increase natural gas= output in 2002. ENI and NNPC Form Exploration Joint Venture ENI and Nige= rian National Petroleum Corp. and formed an alliance to explore for Block 2= 44 offshore Nigeria. Statoil Orders Two More Carriers for Snohvit Statoil= and its partners have entered into an agreement with K-line and Mitsui for= the construction of two new LNG carriers to be used on the Snohvit field i= n the Barents Sea. Landmark and SGI Jointly Market GeoProbe Software Land= mark and SGI team up to market the GeoProbe visualization software that was= developed by Magic Earth. Wellstream Achieves ISO 14001 at UK Facility H= alliburton's Wellstream business unit achieves ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 ce= rtifications at its UK facility. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] advertisement "From= The Rigzone Career Center" I am a 1983 Louisiana Tech Petroleum Engineerin= g graduate with 18 years of Amoco, Conoco and Ocean Energy deepwater drilli= ng engineering experience. I have been and would like to continue to be a= n effective member of a drilling team involved with planning, rig selection= , and operational performance measurement. 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