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Date:Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:56:29 -0800 (PST)


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[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] UBS Warburg Wins Enron's Tradi=
ng Operations UBS Warburg was the successful bidder for Enron's North Amer=
ican wholesale electricity and natural gas trading business. National-Oilw=
ell Acquires HALCO National-Oilwell has acquired HAL Oilfield Pump & Equip=
ment Company. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] advertisement A National-Oilwell desig=
ned, 1992 built modular offshore drilling rig is available for sale direct =
from the manufacturer. This rig drilled only 5 wells from the Draugen plat=
form in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Click on the link below for=
full details, photos and seller contact information: http://www.rigzone.=
com/market/surplus_listing.asp?eq_id=3D397 Exploration [IMAGE] =
[IMAGE] [IMAGE] BG Bids Again for Indian Gas Fields BG to submit =
a new bid for the 30 percent interest in the Panna, Mukta and Tapti fields =
offshore India. BP Says Skarv Appraisal Well Successful BP said the resul=
ts from the Skarv appraisal well are within expectations and production tes=
ting will be performed shortly. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Production [IMAG=
E] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Snohvit Moving Ahead Norway's energy ministry=
has formally proposed advancing the controversial NOK 40 billion for the B=
arents Sea Snohvit LNG project. Production Reduced at Norne Field Bad wea=
ther has slowed the output from the Norne field in the Northern Norwegian S=
ea. Unocal To Bring North Pailin Onstream This Year Unocal Thailand will=
bring natural gas block North Pailin onstream during the second quarter of=
this year. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Company & Financial News [IMAGE] =
[IMAGE] [IMAGE] Kongsberg Awarded Crazy Horse Project Kongsberg Sim=
rad has been awarded a contract for providing an integrated control and mon=
itoring system to BP for the Crazy Horse PDQ semisub. Aker Lands Kristin W=
ork Aker Stord has been awarded a contract for appoximately 5 billion NOK =
to build the topsides for the Kristin platform. CNOOC Receives Ratings Upg=
rade Moody's has upgraded CNOOC's rating from stable to positive! . This =
gives CNOOC the highest rating status among all Chinese rated companies fro=
m Moody. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] advertisement [IMAGE] Human Resources in O=
il and Gas is the comprehensive HR forum for the industry. The conference w=
ill deal with attracting and retaining quality staff and dealing with the e=
ffects of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring. This conference is a mu=
st for anyone involved in the often hectic human resources decisions of tod=
ays oil and gas companies. HR in Oil and Gas is being held in Aberdeen on F=
ebruary 27 and 28. Click here for more information. Last 7 Days =
Top Stories [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Halliburton Says the Rumors A=
re Not True Halliburton says there is no basis for the rumors that the com=
pany has filed for bankruptcy. BP Scales Back Alaskan Operations BP has d=
ecided to downsize its staff in Anchorage and shelve its Liberty project at=
this time. PetroChina and Shell Sign Gas Pipeline Deal PetroChina and Sh=
ell have entered into a preliminary agreement for an $18 billion East/West =
China pipeline project. Torch Offshore Purchases Construction Vessel Tor=
ch Offshore has purchased a 520-foot vessel which it intends to convert to =
a DP-2 offshore construction vessel and rename the Midnight Express. Prosa=
fe Awarded FPSO Work Offshore Nigeria! Prosafe has been awarded an eight-=
year contract for an FPSO to work on the Abo field offshore Nigeria by a co=
nsortium led by Agip. Houston Exploration Completes Acquisition Houston E=
xploration finalizes South Texas property acquisition from Conoco for $69 m=
illion. Newfield Makes Management Changes Newfield Exploration has made m=
anagement changes in Australia and Anadarko Basin office locations. Unocal=
Increases Production Offshore Thailand Unocal Thailand has plans to doubl=
e the crude output in the Gulf of Thailand this year as part of a six-year =
development plan. Kerr-McGee Announces 2002 Capital Budget Kerr-McGee to =
allocate $310 million of its 2002 exploration a! nd production budget for t=
he North Sea. Petrobras Awards FMC $17 Million Contract FMC will provide =
Petrobras with three deepwater solutions with a contract value of approxima=
tely $17 million. Devon Hits Offshore Brazil Devon Energy has made a disc=
overy in the shallow waters of Campos Basin offshore Brazil. Anderson Empl=
oyees Destroy Enron Documents Andersen reports that individuals in the fir=
m have disposed of a significant number of electronic and paper documents a=
nd correspondence relating to the Enron account [IMAGE] [IMAGE] =
Upcoming Oil & Gas Industry Events [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Jan. 2=
2 Alliances and Partnering in Oil & Gas Singapore Feb. 6 Torch Mid=
-Winter Energy Conference New York Feb. 7 Marine Construction 2002 Ho=
uston Feb. 10 2002 SPE International Petroleum Conference & Exhibition i=
n Mexico Villahermosa Feb. 26 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference and Exh=
ibition Dallas Feb. 27 Human Resources in Oil & Gas Aberdeen Mar. 10 =
AAPG Annual Meeting Houston Mar. 20 LNG North America Houston Apr. =
9 2002 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Conference and Exhibition Houston May. =
6 Offshore Technology Conference 2002 Houston list your conference v=
iew upcoming events [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Hori=
zon Offshore Global Completion Service HoverDril DataLog Baker Hughes =
[IMAGE] [IMAGE] promote your company [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] So=
il Remediation for the Petroleum Extraction Industry, 2nd Edition [IMAGE] =
[IMAGE] Reservoir Stimulation , 3E [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Essentials of Modern =
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E] Wartsila Generator Sets [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] more equipmen=
t [IMAGE] [IMAGE] featured jobs: - Pipeline Technical Specialist - =
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hot jobs << featured candidates: - Gas & Oil Senior Field Development En=
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<< [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Drillships: To 5000': 50.0%=
(7/14) +5000': ! 96.0% (24/25) Semisubs: 2nd Gen: 67.1% (49/73) 3rd =
Gen: 86.0% (43/50) 4th Gen: 100.0% (38/38) 5th Gen: 100.0% (7/7) Jac=
kups: To 200': 56.7% (38/67) 200' MC: 50.0% (12/24) 200' MS: 14.3% =
(3/21) 300' IC: 86.5% (83/96) +300' IC: 90.7% (49/54) Severe Env.: 81=
.0% (17/21) [IMAGE] [IMAGE] view complete utilization report [IMA=
GE] [IMAGE] Light Crude Oil: $19.68/BBL (-3.81%) Brent Crude Oil: $20.6=
5/BBL (-2.96%) Natural Gas: $2.20/MMBtu (-0.90%) Unleaded Gasoline: $0.=
57/gal (-3.39%) prices from: 1/11/2002 change since: 1/10/2002 [IMAGE] =
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