Message-ID: <21784831.1075840753414.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:30:53 -0800 (PST) From: newsletter@rigzone.com To: j.kaminski@enron.com Subject: RIGZONE Industry News Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "newsletter@rigzone.com" @ENRON X-To: Kaminski, Vince J X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \vkamins\Deleted Items X-Origin: KAMINSKI-V X-FileName: vincent kaminski 1-30-02.pst =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09 =09Thursday January 24, 2002=09[IMAGE] =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] Statoil Relinquishes Greenland= License Statoil has relinquished its exploration license in the Fylla are= a offhsore Greenland. BG Revises Offer for Enron India BG Group has revis= ed its agreement for the purchase of the entire share capital of Enron Oil = & Gas India Limited. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] advertisement A National-Oilwel= l designed, 1992 built modular offshore drilling rig is available for sale = direct from the manufacturer. This rig drilled only 5 wells from the Draug= en platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Click on the link be= low for full details, photos and seller contact information: http://www.r= igzone.com/market/surplus_listing.asp?eq_id=3D397 Exploration [I= MAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] CNOOC Begins Exploration Offshore Hainan Pr= ovince CNOOC Ltd. has begun drilling the Dongfang 1-1 Well, the first in t= he offshore Dongfang field. Murphy Optomistic About West Patricia Murphy = Oil had positive results from its appraisal well on the West Patricia oil p= rospect offshore Sarawak in east Malaysia. Marathon Makes Discovery in Ala= ska Marathon oil has made a significant discovery on its Ninilchik Prospec= t located approximately 35 miles south of Kenai, Alaska. Meridian Acquires= Additional Acreage in Louisiana The Meridian Resource Corporation recentl= y closed on the purchase of a major land rights position covering over 190,= 000 acres located in the Company's focus area of south Louisiana. [IMAGE= ] [IMAGE] Production [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Kvaerner Awa= rded Escravos FEED Contract Kvaerner has been awarded the FEED work for t= he Escravos Gas Project Phase 3 by NNPC/Chevron. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] = Company & Financial News [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Remington Exten= ds Two Gulf of Mexico Fields Remington Oil and Gas has successfully comple= ted two offshore field extensions and expects both 4th quarter and 2002 pro= duction volumes to fall in line with prior guidance. GlobalSantaFe Reports= 2001 Results GlobalSantaFe Corp. posted a 71 percent drop in fourth-quart= er earnings as merger-related costs weighed on its results, but its rev! en= ues rose on strong international drilling activity. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] = Last 7 Days Top Stories [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Drilling Oper= ations Halted on West Navion Drilling operations on the West Navion have b= een halted for the next 2-3 weeks so the rig can undergo an inspection of i= ts derrick. Pemex Increases Exploration Spending in 2002 Pemex plans to c= oncentrate spending on explortion and production projects in 2002. Conoco = Focuses on Indonesia Conoco expects to spend over $2.5 billion in Indone= sia during the next nine years, as part of planned investment of $3.4 billi= on between 1998 and 2010. U.S. Approv! es Deepwater Royalty Relief Gale N= orton, Secretary of the Interior, announced that oil and gas companies dril= ling in Gulf of Mexico deepwater will be given royalty reductions. Kerr-Mc= Gee Sells Ecuadorian Assets Kerr-McGee has agreed to sell two oil lease co= ncessions and its stake in a pipeline project in Ecuador to Perenco. CNOOC= Acquires Repsol-YPF's Indonesian Assets CNOOC has acquired Repsol-YPF's I= ndonesian assets for US $585 million in cash. This acquisition will make C= NOOC the largest offsohre oil producer in Indonesia. CNOOC Jackup Leaves C= hina CNOOC secured the first contract for overseas service as an independe= nt contractor in the international drilling market. PGS A! warded $58 Mill= ion in New Contracts Petroleum Geo-Services ASA announced that its onshore= division has secured new seismic acquisition contracts in the United State= s, Ecuador, India and Bangladesh valued at $58 million. Bouygues/Saipem Aw= arded Algerian Contract Sonatrach has awarded a joint venture of Saipem an= d Bouygues a $257 million oilfield development project in Algeria. CNOOC A= nnounces 2002 Strategy In 2002, CNOOC will continue to focus on growing p= roduction, executing development plans and adding reserves through explorat= ion. Shell Hits Offshore Nigeria Shell Nigeria has made a significant dis= covery in the deep waters offshore Nigeria. Westcoast Energy Reaches Miles= ton! e in Mexico Westcoast Energy announced has reached a major milestone = in the development of the Campeche Natural Gas Compression Services Project= in Mexico. 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