US major ConocoPhillips will jointly ex-plore for shale gas in Western Australia withdomestic minnow New Standard Energy, for-malizing a partnership first envisaged earlierthis year (IOD Jul.14’11).Under the deal, Conoco will spendUS$109.5 million to explore the Goldwyershale gas prospect in Western Australia’sCanning Basin. In return, Conoco will re-ceive a 75% working interest and can takeover operatorship if it desires.
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机译：美国主要康菲石油公司将与国内小鱼min新能源公司（New Standard Energy）联合在西澳大利亚开采页岩气，以使今年初（IOD 7月14日）首次设想的合作伙伴关系化为现实。根据交易，康菲公司将斥资1.095亿美元用于勘探西澳大利亚州坎宁盆地的Goldwyershale天然气勘探区。作为回报，康菲公司将获得75％的工作权益，并在需要时接管运营商。
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