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  Offshore | Pomeroon Licence | East Venezuela Basin
  One of hottest exploration basins in the world
  Trinidad has identified 21 tcf of proven gas reserves
    Expected to increase to 36 tcf within five years
  PdVsa estimate 40 – 80 tcf of gas in adjacent Deltana Platform
  4.7 million tonne per year LNG terminal to be built on Paria Peninsula
     
  Activity since October 2004
    BBtt discovery offshore Trinidad
      1,400 feet pay, > 2 tcf
      US$2.4 billion budget over next three years
    ConocoPhillips declares commercial discovery Venezuela Gulf of Paria
      Approved for development drilling
      Initial production 80,000 bopd, growing to 120,000 bopd
      Assume five year reserve life index; minimum reserves 200 million bbls
    ChevronTexaco - Conoco discovery Venezuela Deltana Block 2
      755 feet pay; six reservoirs; > 5 tcf
      When declared commercial, US$2 billion development program
    ChevronTexaco - BG pool extension into Trinidad
      899 feet pay; six gas sands; currently testing
    Statoil-Total drilling three well program on Venezuela Deltana Platform Block 4
      If successful exploration, $3 billion development program
    PetroBras enters into 60 day review of Venezuela Deltana Platform Block 5 on Feb14
    PetroBras enters into 60 day review of offshore Guyana on February16
     
  Diverse development on Deltana
Offshore Engineer
by Marshall DeLuca
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
     
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