Message-ID: <22749224.1075840984792.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:18:41 -0800 (PST) From: newsletter@rigzone.com To: alewis@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: alewis@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Lewis, Andrew H.\Deleted Items X-Origin: LEWIS-A X-FileName: andy lewis 6-25-02.PST =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09 =09Friday January 18, 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] Latest Offshore Rig Activity = The worldwide mobile offshore rig count was up 4 for the week with 3 jackup= s and one semisub seeing new contracts. CNOOC Jackup Leaves China CNOOC s= ecured the first contract for overseas service as an independent contractor= in the international drilling market. [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] Celtic Resources To Farmout Nort= h Sea Licenses Mustang Oil Ltd and Celtic Petroleum Ltd have entered a f= armout agreement for their United Kingdom Seaward licences North Sea blocks= 49/1c, 49/2b and 49/2c, to GDF Britain Ltd. Conoco Focuses on Indonesia = Conoco expects to spend over $2.5 billion in Indonesia during the next ni= ne years, as part of planned investment of $3.4 billion between 1998 and 20= 10. Novus Petroleum Wins Padre Island Acreage The Padre Island Project j= oint venture has been awarded drilling leases totaling 12,630 acres in the = Padre Island area, in shallow waters offshore Texas. Statoil and ExxonMobi= l Swap Norwegian Acreage On January 1, 2002, Statoil took over operatorshi= p and a 20 percent stake in the F-p! rospect of the Barents Sea from ExxonM= obil. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Production [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE= ] Edison and BG Supply LNG to Gaz de France Edison and BG will soon sign = a 20-year agreement to supply Gaz de France with liquefied natural gas begi= nning in 2005. Statoil Makes Record Gas Sales On January 13, 2002, Statoi= l supplied a total of 137 million cubic meters of gas to customers in Europ= e beating the record set last winter. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Company & = Financial News [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Enron To Select New Audito= r The Enron Corp. Board of Directors voted today to discharge Arthur And= ersen as ! the company's auditor. PGS Awarded $58 Million in New Contracts= Petroleum Geo-Services ASA announced that its onshore division has secure= d new seismic acquisition contracts in the United States, Ecuador, India an= d Bangladesh valued at $58 million. Lukoil Announces New Directors LUKOIL= has nominated Mark Mobius and a leading ChevronTexaco executive to be inde= pendent directors. Global Industries Announces Management Changes Global = Industries, Ltd. has appointed William J. Dore, Jr. to the position of Vice= President - Investor Relations. FTC Requests More Info from Phillips and= Conoco Phillips Petroleum Company and Conoco have both received requests = from the Federal Trade Commis! sion for additional information. [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] advertisement [IMAGE] Human Resources in Oil and Gas is the co= mprehensive HR forum for the industry. The conference will deal with attrac= ting and retaining quality staff and dealing with the effects of mergers, a= cquisitions, and restructuring. This conference is a must for anyone involv= ed in the often hectic human resources decisions of todays oil and gas comp= anies. HR in Oil and Gas is being held in Aberdeen on February 27 and 28. C= lick here for more information. Last 7 Days Top Stories [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Former Enron Execs Start New Company Several for= mer Enron senior executives have formed a new company to provide risk manag= ement services to the energy industry. Anadarko Petroleum Provides 2002 Ou= tlook Anadarko Petroleum Corporation outlines its expectations for capital= spending for 2002 and offers guidance on 2001 financial and operating resu= lts. U.S. Approves Deepwater Royalty Relief Gale Norton, Secretary of the= Interior, announced that oil and gas companies drilling in Gulf of Mexico = deepwater will be given royalty reductions. National-Oilwell Acquires HALC= O National-Oilwell has acquired HAL Oilfield Pump & Equipment Company. An= derson Employees ! Destroy Enron Documents Andersen reports that individua= ls in the firm have disposed of a significant number of electronic and pape= r documents and correspondence relating to the Enron account Venture To Be= gin Drilling Program on Sycamore Field Venture Production will start drill= ing in May of this year at its Sycamore field in the UK Sector of the North= Sea. Statoil Sells First Oil From Girassol Statoil has sold its first lo= ad of crude - one million barrels - from the TotalFinaElf-operated Girassol= field offshore Angola. Energy Partners Completes Hall-Houston Acquisition= Energy Partners, Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Hall-Houston and h= as elected Gary Hall, HHOC's founder, to the post of Vice-Chairman of EPL. = Shell and CNOOC Sign PSC Agreement CNOOC and Shell Exploration China Limi= ted signed a Production Sharing Contract for the exploration of the Bonan a= rea of Bohai Bay. Kongsberg Awarded Crazy Horse Project Kongsberg Simrad = has been awarded a contract for providing an integrated control and monitor= ing system to BP for the Crazy Horse PDQ semisub. Talisman Expects to Spen= d $2 Billion in 2002 Talisman's 2002 budget for exploration and developmen= t is $2 billion which is a 6% increase over the 2001 budget. Petronas and = Bahrain Develop Offshore Exploration Program Petronas and Bahraini offical= s met over the weekend to discuss a program for drilling offshore Bahrain. = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Upcoming Oil & Gas Industry Events [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Jan. 22 Alliances and Partnering in Oil & Gas Sin= gapore Feb. 6 Torch Mid-Winter Energy Conference New York Feb. 7 M= arine Construction 2002 Houston Feb. 10 2002 SPE International Petroleu= m Conference & Exhibition in Mexico Villahermosa Feb. 26 2002 IADC/SPE = Drilling Conference and Exhibition Dallas Feb. 26 Offshore Oil and Gas= Safety Seminars Aberdeen Feb. 27 Human Resources in Oil & Gas Aberdee= n Mar. 10 AAPG Annual Meeting Houston Mar. 20 LNG North America Hou= ston Apr. 9 2002 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Conference and Exhibition Hou= ston list your conference view upcoming events [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IM= AGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Horizon Offshore Global Completion Service Hover= Dril Baker Hughes [IMAGE] [IMAGE] promote your company [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Well Completion and Servicing [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Mobile Dr= illing Units of the World CD-ROM [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Drilling Data Handbook, = 7th Ed. 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