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WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

A feasibility study on the West African Gas Pipeline project that the scheme's promoters handed to the German company Pipeline [...] (858 words)

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WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

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LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

TECHNIP SCORES AND SCS GROWS

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

CHEVRON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND Free

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

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

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

CHEVON SEEKS TWO OTHER JACK-UPS FOR THE MOMENT

CHEVRON TO KEEP THREE JACK-UPS OUT OF FOUR

SHELL STILL SEEKING TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA

METHANE GAS PROJECT

CHEVRON FORMULA FOR WAGP

NEW SHELL-SEDCO CONTRACT FOR TRIDENT VIII

SHELL REPLACES PUMPING STATIONS

DEEPWAER FRONTIER TO DRILL ON CI-105

SHELL APPLIES FOR TWO BLOCKS

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

WOODSIDE AND ROC OIL TAKE OPTION ON 120,000 SQ.KM. LEASES

SHELL LOOKS FOR ELUSIVE HIGH PRESSURE JACK-UP

SASOL-CHEVRON PACT ON SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTS

TOTAL TO USE SEDCO 709

CHEVRON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN GAS?

FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH TRIDENT XIV

SEDCO 709 JOB FOR SHELL

SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

KADUNA SLATED FOR PRIVATIZATION

SHELL POLISHES ITS PR

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

CHEVRON REDUCES JACK-UP FLEET UNTIL MAY

NEW TURBINE FOR TAKORADI

SHELL SLOWS DOWN ON DRILLING

SHELL UNVEILS $8.5 BN PROJECTS

NEW CONTRACT FROM CHEVRON FOR ETPM

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

BLOCK O TO PROVIDE 600,000 BPD

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

CHEVRON RELEASES PETROBRAS XVI AND LIMITS ITSELF TO FOUR JACK-UPS

CHEVRON RELINQUISHES ONE OF TWO JACK-UPS

LAST OBSTACLES TO GAS PIPELINE

BRAKE ON EXPLORATION ON BLOCK 14

SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

SHELL SEEKS TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA PROJECT

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