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CybeRelease: Vast Oil Deposit Found in Gulf


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(CybeRelease, September 6, 2006) - Lake Harmony - Chevron Corp. and two partners said yesterday that they had tapped a potentially huge source of oil in the Gulf of Mexico’s deep waters, raising hopes that further discoveries in the region could help ease the nation’s oil supply woes.

The successful test of the deepest well ever drilled in U.S. territory showed such promise that some think the undersea oil pool could be the largest domestic discovery of crude since Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay field began flowing nearly 40 years ago.

“An opportunity like this only comes once every few decades,” said Daniel Yergin, chairman of Boston-based Cambridge Energy Research Associates. “It holds out the prospect that this means more supply, and more supply is good news for consumers.”

The geologic formation being targeted by Chevron’s group and others could begin producing oil steadily as early as 2012, and could yield 800,000 barrels of crude a day, which would be about 11 percent of total U.S. production, according to an August report from Yergin’s group.

Chevron, whose partners include Devon Energy Corp. of Oklahoma and Norway’s Statoil, would not specify the size of its find except to note that the deep-water gulf could hold 3 billion to 15 billion barrels of oil and natural gas.

Although the discovery suggests that the undersea region holds more oil than previously thought, experts warn that the crude will be expensive to extract and years in coming.

What’s more, the growing demand for oil in the United States and elsewhere could quickly eat away the expected production gains.

Another company that could benefit is Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. (OTC PK: BDGR). Check out their web site at http://www.black-dragonoil.com/

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