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There is a chance however remote that growth might come inorganically, says ABN Amro, describing a merger with BP or Total as "possible and desirable"
The development, which has no scheduled start date, has been dogged by regulatory obstacles, spiraling costs, and delays by partners Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp.
The Chinese energy company Cnooc is preparing to mount an aggressive international search for oil”
Friday 5 August 2005
By DAVID LAGUE,
International Herald Tribune
Published: August 5, 2005
BEIJING, Aug. 4 – The Chinese energy company Cnooc is preparing to mount an aggressive international search for oil and gas supplies in the aftermath of its failed bid for Unocal, oil industry experts say.
In announcing on Tuesday that it would abandon its $18.5 billion offer, Cnooc, shorthand for the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, signaled that it would continue to work with foreign governments and companies in its search for overseas oil and gas reserves.
“Estimated to cost at least A$11 billion and produce its first gas in 2010, Gorgon is 50% owned and operated by Chevron. Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RD) and ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) each own 25% of the venture.”
Thursday 14 July 2005
By Veronica Brooks
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)–Negotiations between China National Offshore Oil Corp. and the Chevron Corp. (CVX)-led Gorgon liquefied natural gas project are still alive, Australia’s Industry and Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane said Thursday.
Thursday July 07, 2005
SYDNEY (AFX) – Officials from the Chevron Corp-led Gorgon project, off Australia’s north-west coast, have denied a newspaper report that China National Offshore Oil Company has pulled out of negotiations for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract.
Gorgon partners spokesman Scott Walker, an employee of Chevron, told XFN-ASIA that “confidential discussions are on-going with CNOOC and have been since 2003.”
Walker said rumors that CNOOC had pulled out could have originated an interview that CNOOC chairman Fu Chengyus gave to The Wall Street Journal on July 6.
Wednesday July 06, 2005
Nigel Wilson, Energy writer
CHEVRON and Shell Australia have joined forces in a bold, new program to explore the deep-water Exmouth Plateau west of the Greater Gorgon gas discoveries in the Indian Ocean.
For Shell, the program marks its return to exploration in Australia after an absence of about a decade.
Chevron and Shell successfully bid for the exploration rights to four deep-water blocks in the Carnarvon Basin.
Chevron is the operator for the 50-50 partnership which bid a three-year work program, including seismic reprocessing, more than 3000km of two-dimensional seismic, 3500km of three-dimensional seismic and the drilling of two exploration wells.
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