Message-ID: <20131499.1075840747480.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 06:01:40 -0800 (PST) From: newsletter@rigzone.com To: vkamins@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: vkamins@enron.com 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=09 =09Wednesday January 30, 2002=09[IMAGE] =09=09=09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09=09 [IMAGE]=09=09 RIGZONE [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09=09=09 [IMAGE]=09=09home | news | search | maps | data | jobs | = market | store =09[IMAGE]=09=09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=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] Woodside Hits with Enfield-4 A= ppraisal Well Woodside Petroleum Ltd said its Enfield-4 appraisal well of= fshore Western Australia had found oil. Petro-Canada Acquires Veba Assets = Petro-Canada announced that it has agreed to acquire the international oil= and gas operations of Veba Oil & Gas Gmbh from Veba and BP p.l.c. for a pr= ice of Cdn $3.2 billion in cash. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] advertisement A Nati= onal-Oilwell designed, 1992 built modular offshore drilling rig is availabl= e for sale direct from the manufacturer. This rig drilled only 5 wells fro= m the Draugen platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Click on = the link below for full details, photos and seller contact information: h= ttp://www.rigzone.com/market/surplus_listing.asp?eq_id=3D397 Exp= loration [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Murphy To Begin Drilling At Sepa= ng Field Offshore Malaysia Murphy Oil Corp. plans to begin drilling its fi= rst exploratory well in the Sepang field located offshore Sarawak Block SK = 309 later this week. BG Considers Exploration Offshore Greenland BG Group= is considering exploring for oil offshore Greenland's west coast. OMV Tes= ts Well in Block 111 Offshore Vietnam OMV has completed a well in a previo= usly unexplored area offshore of Vietnam and is preparing to test the struc= ture. Venezuelan Field Falls Short of Expectations The consortium operati= ng Venezuela's LL-652 field large fourth-quarter write-downs as the block c= ontinues to fall short of expectations. [IMAGE] Production [IMA= GE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Duke Energy Begins Construction on Tasmania= n Gas Pipeline Duke Energy International has started on the A$400 million = undersea gas pipeline that will deliver gas beneath Bass Strait to Tasmania= for the first time. [IMAGE] Company & Financial News [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Westfort Files Lawsuit Against Patterson Drilling= Westfort has filed a lawsuit against Patterson Petroleum L.P. and Patters= on Drilling L.P. in connection with the Pelahatchie Field in Mississippi. = ENSCO Announces Senior Management Changes ENSCO International Incorporated= announced that Cary A. Moomjian, Jr. has joined the Company and will s! er= ve as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. CHC Wins Phillips Con= tract CHC Helicopter Corporation has been awarded a new offshore transport= ation contract by Phillips Petroleum. Technip Coflexip Lands Brunei Develo= pment Project Technip-Coflexip has recently been awarded a contract by Bru= nei Shell Petroleum Co. for its Egret Phase 1 Gas Development Project, offs= hore Brunei. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Last 7 Days Top Stories [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Kvaerner Awarded Escravos FEED Contract Kvaerner h= as been awarded the FEED work for the Escravos Gas Project Phase 3 by NNPC/= Chevron. Court Rules on Offshore Inju! ry Case United States Fifth Circui= t Court of Appeals decides that wireline perforation used in drilling and c= apping wells is not "ultrahazardous". Conoco Sets Budget for 2002 Conoco = to spend the majority of its $2.8 billion dollar budget on upstream operati= ons in 2002. Transocean Puts Two Rigs Back to Work Transocean Sedco Forex= Inc. has been awarded contracts for two high-specification floating drilli= ng rigs and has received a contract extension on a third high-specification= floating drilling rig. Pogo Plans Aggressive Capital Program in 2002 Po= go's Board of Directors has approved a $340 million capital and exploration= budget for 2002 and has planned an aggressive exploration and drilling sch= edule. Kvaerner To Open New Umbilicals Facility Kvaerner has decided to i= nvest NOK 100 million in a new umbilicals production facility for the subse= a segment of the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico or Houston area= . AEC and PanCanadian Confirms Merger Plans Alberta Energy Company and Pa= nCanadian join forces in a "merger of equals" that will create one of North= America's largest independent energy companies. Shell Hits Offshore Niger= ia Shell Nigeria has made a significant discovery in the deep waters offsh= ore Nigeria. Marathon Makes Discovery in Alaska Marathon oil has made a s= ignificant discovery on its Ninilchik Prospect located approximately 35 mil= es south of Kenai, Alaska. Bouygues/Saipem Awarded Algerian Contract Sona= trach has awarded a joint venture of Saipem and Bouygues a $257 million oil= field development project in Algeria. Trident Appraisal Well Successful U= nocal Corporation said that it continues to be encouraged after successfull= y completing the first appraisal well at the Trident deepwater Gulf of Mexi= co discovery in Alaminos Canyon Block 903. Unocal Installs Production Plat= form Offshore Indonesia Unocal's Yakin field production platform was insta= lled using a float over and ballast down technique resulting in a substanti= al cost and time savings for Unocal. 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