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	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Mauritania to take 12 % interest in Woodside’s Chinguetti oil field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It said the election to participate is limited to the area of the current Exploitation Perimeter, and does not include the rest of PSC B. The Government has a similar right to participation in each new development in the PSC.
		Chinguetti, which was discovered in 2001, has proven and probable reserves estimated at around 120 mm barrels of oil.
		The field is believed to be larger than the Chinguetti field with some project participants suggesting it may contain 300-400 mm barrels of recoverable oil.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cns44948.htm (362 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The program is to begin next month and continue until Chinguetti development drilling begins in the fourth quarter this year.
		The huge effort reflects the aim of the Chinguetti partners to determine the size of the newly found Mauritanian oil and gas province off West Africa as quickly as possible to assess its commercial prospectivity.
		Chinguetti was discovered in May 2001 after Woodside farmed-in on acreage awarded to Hardman Resources by the Mauritanian Government.
	www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=3693&Action=V&Sort=D&Page=1 (377 words)

	Offshore Technology - Chinguetti Oil Field Mauritania
		Geologically, Chinguetti is a faulted anticlinal structure with an area of around 12km² and a diameter of 4.5km.
		It is dominated by a major east-west trending normal fault with a maximum throw in excess of 250m at the crest.
		Chinguetti is dominated by a major east-west trending normal fault with a maximum throw in excess of 250m at the crest.
	www.offshore-technology.com /projects/Chinguetti (714 words)

	Falkland Islands News Network - Teaberry Express
		Chinguetti 4-2 Appraisal Well: encountered a 94 metre gross oil column on the northern (upthrown) flank of the salt structure.
		Chinguetti 4-4 Appraisal Well: encountered a 114 metre gross oil column on the downthrown side and confirmed an oil column from drilling of at least 280 metres.
		The Chinguetti Oil field is a typical salt dome structure with a vertical relief at the target depth of over 300 metres.
	www.falklandnews.com /text/public/story.cfm?get=2396&source=2 (2866 words)

	UNESCO Courier: The treasures in Mauritania's dunes - ancient trading centers
		The dunes conceal four jewels: Ouadane and Chinguetti in the north, Tichitt and Oualata in the southeast.
		Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata may be drawing their last breath, but they are essential to understanding the history of this area, whose fate was closely linked to the water table and the trade routes that span the Maghreb, the Sahel and fl Africa.
		The Chanaguita [inhabitants of Chinguetti] were skilled merchants who established regular contacts with the Maghreb, Egypt and Arabia to the north, and Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria to the south, playing an important part in the spread of both Arabic and Islamic culture.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1310/is_2000_Dec/ai_77035066 (1442 words)

	BG Country Operations - Mauritania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Both PSCs and the Chinguetti EEA are operated by Woodside.
		Three oil fields (Chinguetti, Tiof and Tevet) have been discovered in PSC B, and a gas field (Banda) has been discovered in PSC A. With multiple additional prospects, around seven exploration and appraisal wells may be drilled during 2005.
		BG Group is also investigating the possibility of developing an LNG export project in Mauritania, dependent upon the discovery of sufficient gas reserves and agreement on fiscal and contractual terms that would make such a project economic.
	www.bg-group.com /development/international/int-mauritania.htm (290 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Woodside to pump Mauritania oil
		Chinguetti was discovered in 2001, and has proven and probable reserves of about 120 million barrels of oil.
		Woodside chief operating officer Keith Spence said the terms of the deal with the Mauritanian government, which remain confidential, were "fair, reflecting the need to support and encourage an emerging oil province in deepwater West Africa".
		The Chinguetti development will include six production wells, four water injection wells, and a gas injector well, attached to a permanently moored floating production, storage and offloading vessel situated in about 800 metres of water.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/3763927.stm (336 words)

	afrol News - Mauritania's oil adventure comes true
		Chinguetti, which was discovered in 2001, has "proven and probable reserves estimated at around 120 million barrels of oil," according to Woodside.
		While production on the Chinguetti field now is assured, Mauritanian authorities and oil companies are now putting their hopes into the offshore Tiof field, which could become the country's second oil producing field.
		Chinguetti went into a short period of test production in September last year, marking the first oil production ever in Mauritania's history.
	www.afrol.com /articles/13012 (875 words)

	Open Briefing - Hardman MD on Banda Oil & Gas Discovery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Chinguetti trap on the other hand, is a salt dome anticline that has "punched" upwards through the sand system and although it is a smaller sized hydrocarbon trap, it can still hold very significant volumes of oil.
		MD TED ELLYARD The fact that we have now discovered oil and gas in a stratigraphic trap unrelated to salt dome structures like Chinguetti is very encouraging as it upgrades the potential of the many similar stratigraphic sand targets which we have identified in the basin.
		However, following the success of the Chinguetti 4-2 well which proved that the oil field extends over both the downthrown and upthrown sides of the structure, Hardman is confident that our earlier reserve estimate of 110 million barrels recoverable will be met.
	www.asx.com.au /asx/statistics/showSignalgDetail.do?issuerId=612&announcementId=514900 (1158 words)

	Kids News
		Chinguetti, located on the Adrar plateau 500 km into the Sahara desert, is a ghost town today.
		But it was once the seventh holiest city in the Islam religion and was venerated by pilgrims who assembled here to travel to Mecca, the holiest of all cities to the Muslims.
		Local scholars decided that given the city's holy stature and importance, the people of Chinguetti needed to be able to study Islamic wisdom.
	www.pitara.com /news/news_world/online.asp?story=149 (371 words)

	Adventures of Mauritania: Chinguetti
		But as Chinguetti once was really venerated as one of the most holy cities in Islam (ranked, even today, as number 7), this is off limit to non-Muslims.
		Rooms are to be found, but there are not many of them, and the choice range is limited.
		Connections to the even more remote Ouadane, are difficult and expensive, and has to be arranged in Chinguetti.
	lexicorient.com /mauritania/chinguet.htm (247 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.K.
		Chinguetti, which was due to be approved this quarter, holds about 120 million barrels of oil.
		Chinguetti, one of seven projects Woodside may approve this year to help reverse falling output, could provide 11 percent of production and 12 percent of revenue in 2006-2008, Woodside said.
		The second phase of the Chinguetti project, involving the drilling of four additional wells, is scheduled for 2007 or 2008.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=a24AuITHXyGs&refer=uk (677 words)

	CNNTraveller - Written in the sands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		If you walk through the sand-choked backstreets of Chinguetti these days, you could easily be confused as to where the town ends and the Sahara begins.
		Nowadays Chinguetti's small population of 2,000 Moors is sustained by deep-sunk wells and a string of palmeries - small gardens shaded by groves of date palms.
		It is not enough, he claims, and in the past families have sold books or left Chinguetti because of economic hardship; often leaving the books stored in poor conditions.
	www.cnntraveller.com /2005/mar_apr/chinguetti (1400 words)

	Oil explorers stung by coup
		Chinguetti, a joint venture with Hardman Resources and Roc Oil, is in waters off the West African nation's coast.
		It is also the poor nation's first oil project, with first production due in the first quarter of next year.
		It said the Chinguetti development had maintained normal drilling operations, except for a minor disruption due to delays in freight movements.
	fairuse.1accesshost.com /news2/age26.html (305 words)

	Chinguetti oil project faces $80m blow-out - Business - Business - theage.com.au
		The heat is on both Woodside and Hardman Resources as exploration costs mount over the Chinguetti oil project in Mauritania.
		The Chinguetti development is more than 66 per cent complete, with the floating production, storage and off-take vessel Berge Helene three-quarters finished.
		The 120 million barrel Chinguetti field is expected to produce at a rate of more than 75,000 barrels a day.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Business/Chinguetti-oil-project-faces-80m-blowout/2005/05/29/1117305499694.html (503 words)

	September 2002 ASX Release
		The Chinguetti 4-4 well will be drilled to a proposed total depth of 2,925 m, on the southern downthrown flank of the Chinguetti structure, approximately 1.5 kilometres east of the Chinguetti-1 discovery well.
		The discovery is positioned between the 2001 Chinguetti oil discovery, approximately 20 km to the southwest, and Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott, 75 km to the northeast (Attachment 1).
		Since the last report, the Chinguetti 4-2 well in Area B has been suspended due to the mechanical failure of test equipment during preparations to test the second of two zones in the well.
	www.rocoil.com.au /Pages/ASX_Releases/2002_Releases/September-2002.htm (5962 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of airlines
		Al Rida Airways is an airline based in Mauritania.
		Chinguetti Airlines is an airline based in Mauritania.
		Air Mauritius is the national airline of the island of Mauritius flying regional and international services.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-airlines (4221 words)

	Geoff's Travel Scrapbook - Travel Notes from Mauritania
		Noa, Jeff, Josh and myself (we all met on the train from Nouadhibou) all stayed at an auberge in Atar, Bab Sahara, where we met Paul and Becky from the UK, whose Landrover was stuck in a garage for some major repairs, and David from France.
		We all planned on visiting Chinguetti and Ouadane, so between the seven of us we pooled our resources and hired a 4WD and driver for three days and two nights.
		In the Arab world Mauritania is still known as the Land of Chinguetti; Mauritania means land of the Moors.
	www.geoffstravelscrapbook.co.uk /main/notes/2004/nouakchott.htm (1289 words)

	The Australian: Oil find out of Africa looks good [ 17oct02 ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Chinguetti discovery, named for a Mauritanian city that is Islam's seventh most sacred site, was made in May last year.
		Depending on how the drill results are calculated, the Chinguetti reservoir was originally estimated to contain between 60 million and 100 million barrels of oil after encountering an 89-metre gross oil column.
		One of the reasons appears to be the sheer lack of knowledge of West Africa and the difficulties the Chinguetti partners face in commercialising the find.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,5299452,00.html (615 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - johnsakura's Chinguetti Travel Page
		I arrived in Chinguetti about 3 o'clock afternoon and went directly to the police station asking for the mayor.
		Chinguetti is now composed by two parts of the town, the new and the old part.
		Chinguetti was one of the most holy cities in Islam ranked, even today, as number 7.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/5beaa/2017de (518 words)

	The Treasures in Mauritania's dunes
		These cities, known as ksours—of which Chinguetti was probably the most famous—were located on major caravan routes, and over the centuries turned into metropolises of trans-Saharan trade, especially in gold and salt.
		The Chanaguita [inhabitants of Chinguetti] were skilled merchants who established regular contacts with the Maghreb, Egypt and Arabia to the north, and Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria to the south, playing an important part in the spread of both Arabic and Islamic culture.
		Thus tradition is passed down from one generation to the next, like the beams that still pump water from old wells in the small farm plots and nonchalantly bow up and down across the centuries.
	www.unesco.org /courier/2000_12/uk/doss4.htm (1686 words)

	Cost of Chinguetti project shoots up - Business - Business - smh.com.au
		Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum said its Chinguetti oil project off the coast of Mauritania might cost as much as $US750 million ($974 million), 25 per cent more than original estimates.
		Woodside increased the estimated project cost to $US625 million in January and later said that may be exceeded by as much as 10 per cent because additional drilling and work was required.
		Chinguetti holds about 123 million barrels of proved reserves and is due to start producing at a rate of 75,000 barrels a day.
	www.smh.com.au /news/business/cost-of-chinguetti-project-shoots-up/2005/09/20/1126982061152.html (499 words)

	Pipeline :: Serving the energy industry across the Middle East
		In Mauritania, Premier will acquire Fusion’s 6 per cent interest in PSC B (containing the Chinguetti discovery) and 3 per cent interest in PSC A (containing the Banda discovery) for a cash consideration of $10 million and an overriding royalty.
		For Chinguetti, the value of the royalty is estimated at $5 million (net present value at 10 per cent p.a.), or $8 million (undiscounted), at a constant real oil price of $20 per barrel.
		The Chinguetti discovery is expected to receive development consent in the next 12 months and production of the estimated 120 mmbbls of oil reserves (Premier share 7.2 mmbbls) is planned to commence in 2005/6.
	www.pipelinedubai.com /press/pr_0609.htm (499 words)

	Travelogues
		The ancient towns of Chinguetti, Ouadan and Atar were important centre for camel caravans, when salt, dates and gold were the main merchandise transported to Timbuctu.
		Atar is a very lively town, an important market centre for a vast region, with nomads coming into town in order to stock up, as well as sell their products (mainly foodstuffs and animals).
		Atar was founded in the 17th century and became the first market in the area, instead of Chinguetti and Ouadane.
	homepages.adhoc.net /rlombardi/mauri/m5.htm (334 words)

	TMF: 2005 April Monthly Update / Hardman Resources NL (HNR)
		Chinguetti 12.5% $4.38 $6.25 123 100.00% 19.00% 23.37 $0.22 $0.22
		Chinguetti is actually set at the bottom of similar channels where the sands are actually emerging out into the less constrained and wider base of the continental shelf The Tiof reservoir is a much flatter, linear structure two kilometres wide by about eight kilometres long.
		As a shareholder, I would much rather the JV take their time in gaining a better understanding of the geological structure and implement the best development plan (with higher recovery factor), then to spend $2 billion and screw up a 1 billion barrel oil field (in place reserves that is).
	boards.fool.co.uk /Message.asp?mid=9285872&sort=postdate (3473 words)

	Motorsport.com: News channel
		But the doctor at the Chinguetti hospital told us that it wouldn't be of much use for them because they lacked much more basic things, so we established a list of priorities with her help.
		Once the material has been gathered, the transport to Chinguetti has probably been a difficult question to be solved as well...
		From Atar to Chinguetti, I made the mistake of thinking that we would be able to take it ourselves, but it won't be possible; first because the cars are in parc ferme and second because it's too risky.
	www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=174802&FS= (2242 words)

	Govt takes 12% of Chinguetti - Business - www.smh.com.au
		Woodside said separately that an appraisal well at its Tiof oil and gas discovery off Mauritania had found oil, in line with its expectations.
		Chinguetti will be Mauritania's first producing oilfield when it starts in March 2006.
		Woodside's stake in Chinguetti falls to 47.4 per cent from 53.8 per cent.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/11/16/1100574465816.html?from=moreStories (391 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Australian hunt for African oil
		The quantities of oil at Chinguetti are unknown
		The drilling is expected to confirm the presence of 95 million barrels, the company said - a significant find for a small explorer and impoverished country but a relatively small field by international standards.
		Chinguetti 4-5 is the first of four wells to be drilled this year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/3084578.stm (315 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Woodside prepares to develop Tiof discovery and Chinguetti project
		A decision will be made after a four-well appraisal drilling program on Tiof which begins before the end of this year.
		Woodside CEO Don Voelte, who joined the company in April, said seismic data indicated Tiof contained a similar volume of oil to Chinguetti, 25 km to the south, which is estimated by Woodside to contain around 120 mm barrels of recoverable oil.
		Earlier this year Woodside said the $ 600 mm Chinguetti development would provide about 12 % of its annual revenue and 11 % of its production in the three years from 2006.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cns43563.htm (498 words)

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