Subject:  New Oil and Gas Projects

New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Sedimentation and Centrifugation World Markets subscribers, http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/water.html#n005 .    Here are the project titles for the month of June.

Oil and Gas

Updates

June 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

    U.S.

·         Kodiak Oil & Gas Provides an Operational Update on its Green River Basin, Wyoming Properties

·         Nevada Oil, Gas Exploration Expected to Pick up After Record Sale

·         Moratorium on Oil, Gas Drilling Sought in the Great Lakes

·         McMoRan Updates Golf of Mexico, Energy Hub Activities

·         Stone Energy Starts Montana’s Dual Horizontal Williston Well

·         Outer Banks may be Site of Gas and Oil Research

·         Barrier Islands Drilling Fought

·         CNOOC says Acquisition of Unocal will not Affect US Oil and Gas Market

·         Rising Value of Central Utah Oil and Gas Leases Positive for Avalon

·         BLM Plans August Oil and Gas Lease Sale

·         RPT-Land Trade Targets Wildlife Refuge’s Oil and Gas

CANADA

·         Patch Anticipates Commercial Well from new ‘W%M’ Oil and Gas Drill Project in Alberta

·         Delta Oil and Gas Cases Todd Creek Well

MEXICO

·         TransCanada to Lay Gas Pipeline in Mexico

·         Russia, Mexico Talk Up LNG

BRAZIL

·         Transocean Wins Contracts for five Brazil-Based Rigs

VENEZUELA

·         Venezuela Gas Find Boosts Chevron LNG Plans

AUSTRALIA

·         Australia to Capitalize on Strong LNG Growth

·         Australia Warned over Falling Oil Reserves

·         Woodside’s Gas Plans Spring a Leak

CHINA

·         Xinjiang to be Turned into Largest Oil, Gas Supplier

·         BP in Talks with China’s Big 3 Oil Firms to Supply more LNG

·         Asian Reaction to Uocal Bid Is Muted

INDIA

·         Gujarat State Petroleum Corp. Discovers Indian Gas

·         GAIL to Participate in Gas Grid Project

MALAYSIA

·         Norwegian Oil & Gas Service Providers Look to Establish Presence in Malaysia

·         Siemens Tapping Malaysian Oil and Gas Sector

PAKISTAN

·         Iran-India-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Decision Imminent

THAILAND

·         Pogo Agrees to Sell Thailand Oil and Gas Assets for $820 Million; Strengthens Balance Sheet; Works on Acquisitions

VIETNAM

·         PetroVietnam Surges Ahead in Crude Oil, Gas Exploration

UNITED KINGDOM

·         Perisai in Deal on New Oil and Gas Technology

·         Shell Ploughs Billions into finding more Oil and Gas

·         Paladin Produces First Oil from North Sea Brechin Field

NORWAY

·         An Extra 5 Billion Barrels Oil & Gas may be Extracted from Norwegian Shelf

·         Snøhvit LNG Production Barge Moved to Norway

·         Operators Discover Norwegian Shelf Oil and Gas

NORWAY/RUSSIA

·         Gazprom, Statoil, Norsk Hydro Sign Deal to Identify Oil, Gas Resources in Arctic

UNITED KINGDOM

·         North Sea Oil and Gas License Bids Hit a High

·         Tullow Oil Begins Gas Work in North Sea

·         UK Ministers to Spend £40m on Plan to Store Waste Gas under Sea

ALGERIA

·         SNC-Lavalin, Black & Veatch Consortium Awarded Algerian Contract

EAST AFRICA

·         India and China Eyeing East Africa’s Oil and Gas Reserves

NIGERIA

·         Nigeria Offers 14 Additional Oil Blocks

·         Nigerian Government Challenged Over Emissions

RUSSIA

·         TNK-BP Offers Gazprom Kovykta Gas Field JV

·         Russia Offers Pipelines for Caspian Oil and Gas

AZERBAIJAN

·         OVL, GAIL to Explore off Azerbaijan

KAZAKHSTAN

·         Ukraine’s Ukrnafta Aims to Explore New Oil and Gas Fields in Kazakhstan

KHUZESTAN

·         Six Big Oil, Gas projects to become Operational in Khuzestan

TURKMENISTAN

·         Four US, UK COs to Assess Oil Gas Reserves in Turkmenistan

ABU DHABI

·         ADMA Powers Oil and Gas Exploration with Intel Itanium’ 2-based Supercomputing Cluster

IRAN

·         Iran to Give IOC-Petropars a Block in North Pars Gas Field

·         Petronas Still Considering Iran LNG Project

·         India says Change of Regime in Iran will not Impact Pipeline Talks

·         BP Interested in Long-Term Investment in Iran

IRAN/INDIA

·         Iran, India, Thailand, Sign Deals on LNG, Oil

IRAQ

·         Revitalizing Iraqi Oil, Gas Sector will Cost $25 Billion

KUWAIT

·         Fluor Tapped for Olefins II Work in Kuwait

QATAR

·         Qatar likely to buy Q-Max LNG Carriers after Q-Flex Order Sealed

·         Qatar to Forge Strategic Partnership with India

SAUDI ARABIA

·         Gas Discovery in Saudi Arabia

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Bob McIlvaine

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