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  • Det Norske Achieves Record Production for September

    In September, Det norske achieved a record production of 2,122 barrels per day from the Company's interests in the fields Jotun, Glitne, Enoch, and Varg.
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  • Devon Restores 30,000 BOEPD Production in GOM

    Devon Energy has restored approximately 30,000 oil-equivalent barrels per day of offshore oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Company was producing approximately 50,000 boepd prior to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
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  • El Paso Reports Storm Impact on E&P

    El Paso Corporation has provided an update on the effects of Hurricane Ike on its Gulf of Mexico and onshore production.
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  • Egypt's Daily Oil Output Reaches 700,000 Barrels

    Egypt has increased its oil output by 55,000 barrels per day, bringing the country's daily oil production to 700,000 barrels for the first time in 14 years, the official MENA news agency reported.
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  • Jumbo to Transport for Pluto LNG Project Offshore Western Australia

    Jumbo is contracted to ship a total of approximately 235,000 freight tons for the Pluto LNG project of Australian energy major Woodside.
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  • BNK Petroleum Underscores Tishomingo's Production

    BNK Petroleum has interests in wells producing about 500 barrels of oil equivalents net from the Woodford shale in its Tishomingo Field in Oklahoma.
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  • Nexen Moves Forward with Long Lake Oil Sands Project

    Nexen expects to reach full design rates of 72,000 bbls/d of bitumen production, upgraded to approximately 60,000 bbls/d of PSC(TM) in early 2010 at its Long Lake oil sands project.
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  • Elixir's Pompano Wells Back On-Stream & Ramping Up Production

    Elixir reported that following the shut-in of the two wells at Pompano as a result of the passage of Hurricane Ike, production has been re-established at rates similar to that being achieved prior to the shut-in.
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  • StatoilHydro Schedules Shutdown at Snohvit

    Production from the Snohvit field in the Barents Sea is due to stop on October 4 for a planned 30 days to replace two heat exchangers at the gas liquefaction plant.
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  • Gazprom Could Delay South Stream Startup to 2015

    Gazprom could delay the launch of the South Stream gas pipeline to Europe by two years.
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  • BP to Keep Azeri Oil Output Capped in October

    A BP-led group will not be able to restore oil production from its Azeri offshore fields until the end of October and will keep pumping at a third of capacity, an industry source said on Friday.
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  • OPEC Oil Output Falls in September

    OPEC oil supply in September fell, the first monthly decline since April, as violence in Nigeria cut output and top exporter Saudi Arabia trimmed production, a Reuters survey showed on Friday.
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  • Tokyo Gas Co. Inks Deal with North West Shelf LNG Consortium

    Tokyo Gas will purchase around 1.6 million tons of LNG per year from April 2009, including the LNG from North West Shelf expansion project from which Tokyo Gas has been importing LNG since fiscal year 2004.
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  • Sakhalin-1 Oil Project Continues to Achieve Record Production Milestones

    The Sakhalin-1 Consortium, operated by Exxon Neftegas, announced that the Sakhalin-1 Project in eastern Russia continues its record of achievement in commercializing Russia's energy resources to meet growing worldwide energy demand.
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  • MMS: '55% of Gulf Oil Production Still Shut-In'

    MMS reported that personnel are evacuated from a total of 116 platforms and 1 rig, and 55% of Gulf oil production and 46.1% of natural gas production is still shut-in.
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