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OPEC Over Quota in December <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2486>
OPEC's 10 members with output quotas cut 23,000 barrels bpd from their production in December to 23.65 million bpd.

TotalFinaElf and Yukos Form Partnership <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2481>
TotalFinaElf has formed a 50/50 joint venture with Russia's Yukos to explore and develop the Shatsky area in the Black Sea.

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Iran Puts South Pars Up For Bid <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.! asp?a_id=2479>
Iran has put the offshore South Pars oilfield back up for bidding and intends to reveal the winning investor this spring.

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Langsa Field Well Back Production <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2485>
The Matrix Oil L1 well has been placed back on production. The well was taken off production in December due to a glycol leak.

Heimdal and Huldra Back Onstream <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2484>
The Heimdal gas center resumed its production and processing of natural gas from the Huldra field Jan. 24, after a forced shut down due to control system problems on Jan. 21.

Statfjord C Back on Stream <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2482>
Production from Statoil's Statfjord C platform, shut! down for four days, was resumed early yesterday evening, January 24th. 

Terra Nova Starts Producing <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2480>
Petro-Canada reports that the Terra Nova field offshore Newfoundland continues to improve on its daily production numbers.

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Halliburton in Norway Achieves ISO 14001 <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2483>
Halliburtonannounces that the Shared Services Operations and the Production Enhancement product service line of its subsidiary Halliburton AS in Norway have been awarded the ISO 14001 accreditation.

PanCanadian in Merger Talks <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2478>
PanCanadian and Alberta Energy are in discussions regarding the possible merger of the two companies.

Goodrich Sells Partial Interest in GOM Assets <http://w! ww.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2477>
Goodrich has agreed to sell a portion of its interest in its Burrwood and West Delta 83 fields for $12 million. 

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Drilling Operations Halted on West Navion <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2427>
Drilling operations on the West Navion have been halted for the next 2-3 weeks so the rig can undergo an inspection of its derrick.

Pemex Increases Exploration Spending in 2002 <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2435>
Pemex plans to concentrate spending on explortion and production projects in 2002.

Kerr-McGee Sells Ecuadorian Assets <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2436>
Kerr-McGee has agreed to sell two oil lease concessions and its! stake in a pipeline project in Ecuador to Perenco.

CNOOC Acquires Repsol-YPF's Indonesian Assets <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2428>
CNOOC has acquired Repsol-YPF's Indonesian assets for US $585 million in cash. This acquisition will make CNOOC the largest offsohre oil producer in Indonesia.

Kvaerner Awarded Escravos FEED Contract <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2463>
Kvaerner has been awarded the FEED work for the Escravos Gas Project Phase 3 by NNPC/Chevron.

Court Rules on Offshore Injury Case <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2473>
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decides that wireline perforation used in drilling and capping wells is not "ultrahazardous".

Transocean Puts Two Rigs Back to Work <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2448>
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. has been awarded contracts for two high-specificat! ion floating drilling rigs and has received a contract extension on a third high-specification floating drilling rig. 

Conoco Sets Budget for 2002 <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2474>
Conoco to spend the majority of its $2.8 billion dollar budget on upstream operations in 2002.

Marathon Makes Discovery in Alaska <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2460>
Marathon oil has made a significant discovery on its Ninilchik Prospect located approximately 35 miles south of Kenai, Alaska.

CNOOC Announces 2002 Strategy  <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2429>
In 2002, CNOOC will continue to focus on growing production, executing development plans and adding reserves through exploration.

Bouygues/Saipem Awarded Algerian Contract <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2457>
Sonatrach has awarded a joint venture of Saipem and Bouygues a $257 million oilfield development project in Algeria.

Westcoast Energy Reaches Milestone in Mexico <http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=2447>
Westcoast Energy announced has reached a major milestone in the development of the Campeche Natural Gas Compression Services Project in Mexico.

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