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NIGERIAN GAS PIPELINE ON TRACK

The NNPC's project to build a gas pipeline to Ghana, for which talks began early this year as AEM stated [...] (340 words)

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KUITO STARTS PRODUCING

TECHNIP SCORES AND SCS GROWS

CHEVRON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND Free

ELECTORAL SCENARIOS

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

TRIDENT 4 TO DRILL ON ATORA?

KUITO IN PRODUCTION IN NOVEMBER

CHEVRON PLANNING TWO NEW WELLS Free

CHEVRON NEEDS SECOND JACK-UP

CHEVON SEEKS TWO OTHER JACK-UPS FOR THE MOMENT

TIGHT TIMING FOR NEW PLAN

WORLD BANK COVERS ITSELF

CHEVRON TO KEEP THREE JACK-UPS OUT OF FOUR

WORLD BANK FOLLOWS SUIT

THREAT TO PIPELINE LOOMS LARGE

CHEVRON FORMULA FOR WAGP

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

SASOL-CHEVRON PACT ON SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTS

CHEVRON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

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FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH TRIDENT XIV

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THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

CHEVRON REDUCES JACK-UP FLEET UNTIL MAY

NEW CONTRACT FROM CHEVRON FOR ETPM

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NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15

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TRIDENT IV TAKES BREAK

NEW PIPELINE BARGAINING

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SOCIR CAUGHT UP IN REBELLION

OSO II IN SERVICE

YEAR 2000 START FOR SONGO SONGO

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GREENS FRET OVER PIPELINE PLAN

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JACK-UP MARKET INCREASINGLY SOFT

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BOUYGUES LANDS CONTRACT

SLOWCOACH PRIVATIZATION

CHEVRON PUTS OPOLO INTO PRODUCTION

MAYBE HELP FOR PRIVATIZATION

PIPELINE WAITS IDA GREEN LIGHT

MARATHON MOVES FAST ON KOWE

400,000 BPD FOR TWO FIELDS

NEW DISCOVERY FOR ELF

CHEVRON CONTRACT CANCELLED

CHEVRON RENEWS CONTRACT FOR SEAREX Free

WORLD BANK SECRETS

KITINA TO PRODUCE 42,000 BPD

KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

ELF TESTS NEW DISCOVERY