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ELF AIMS FOR 10 MT IN 1996

Set to reach 6 million tons this year, Elf Congo's output of crude could hit the 10 Mt mark by [...] (468 words)

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ELF AIMS FOR 10 MT IN 1996

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KUITO STARTS PRODUCING

LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO

THE EXECUTIVE LINE-UP AT TOTALFINA-ELF

KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

TOTALFINA-ELF, RESOLVED BUT SELECTIVE

EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS

SEDCO EXPRESS TO BE DELIVERED IN JANUARY

7TH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 CONFIRMED

UP TO THREE WELLS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ON MPS

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

TOTAL MADAGASIKARA AVIATION IS BACK

CLOSER LOOK AT CONGO BASIN

POSSIBLE MOVES LOOMING FOR ELF GABON, ENERGY AFRICA AND AMERADA

KOMBI-LIKALALA IN PRODUCTION

ADDAX BUYS AGIP'S ASSETS

SIR SELL-OFF POSTPONED

PRIDE AFRICA TO START WITH APPRAISAL WELL

ELF'S EVER-FASTER OUTPUT DROP

TOTALFINA-ELF, ENI LEAVES OPTIONS OPENED

DISCOVERIES ON BLOCKS 15 AND 17

DEEPWATER FRONTIER FOR ULTRA-DEEP ELF WELL?

AGIP TO KEEP SCARABEO 3 UNTIL APRIL, 2001

PRIDE AFRICA ON THE WAY

ELF CONTRACT FOR SBM Free

COOPERATION PACT WITH BHP

NIMR LINES UP ACTINIA

SEDCO-TRANSOCEAN TIE-UP IN WAKE OF BP-AMOCO

TOTALFINELF A MARKET GIANT?

DEBUT FOR AUSTRALIAN

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

STILL NO GREEEN LIGHT FOR AMENAM-KPONO

DROP IN INVESTMENT CONTAINED?

ELF OFFERS SLOTS WITH SEMI SUBS

AGIP AWAITING NEW BIDS FOR DRILLING ON BENIBOIYE

ELF Z4 PLAN NEARLY READY

ELF'S 5TH FIND IN BLOCK 17

BP AMOCO CANCELS PEREGRINE DEAL

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR DRILLING ON AMENAM-KPONO

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

RANDOLPH YOST TO DRILL FOR AGIP

SEDNETH 701 ON KOMBI-LIKALALA

SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

ELF SEEKS RIG FOR WORKOVER Free

GAS JV ERA JUST BEGINNING

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

ELF RELEASES GLOMAR ADRIATIC V

AGIP POISED TO DRILL WITH THE RANDOLPH YOST Free

TECHNICAL OFFER FOR SOLIMA

GIRASSOL PUT BACK A FEW MONTHS

TWO THIRDS OF ELF OUTPUT FROM AFRICA

ELF GABON'S INVESTMENTS FALL FOR SIXTH YEAR RUNNING

FEED CONTRACT FOR ALIA

SHELL UNVEILS $8.5 BN PROJECTS

ELF DROPS SEDCO 700

TEXACO-R&B FALCON CONTRACT CONFIRMED

CANOXY-ELF BUY-IN CONFIRMED

GIRASSOL TO START IN LATE 2000

TEXACO-R&B FALCON DEAL IN VIEW?