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CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Nexen Inc. (Toronto:NXY.TO - News), Canada's No. 4 oil explorer, said on Wednesday it will boost spending 16 percent to C$1.8 billion ($1.4 billion) in 2004, with most of it earmarked for major projects and exploration.
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Nexen will concentrate on developing its assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, offshore west Africa, the Middle East and Alberta's oil sands amid strong oil and gas prices that have fueled industry-wide jumps in cash flow.
It projected 2004 production after royalties at 180,000-195,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, compared with a 2003 estimate of 185,000 bpd.
Cash flow next year could be C$10.20 a share, assuming an average U.S. oil price of $25 a barrel and natural gas futures price of $4.25 per million British thermal units, which are both well below current levels.
If current prices hold, cash flow could top C$15 a share next year, up from a 2003 estimate of C$14, Nexen said.
Among big outlays, the company plans to spend C$391 million on the C$3 billion Long Lake, Alberta, oil sands project, should its board make a go-ahead decision in the first quarter, as expected.
Last week, it said it delayed the decision on the project, in which it has a 50 percent stake, but stressed it remained on track to pump 60,000 barrels of synthetic crude a day starting in 2007.
Nexen also plans to shell out C$161 million for its share of Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s expansion, which has a total price tag estimated at C$5.7 billion.
Expenditures in the Gulf of Mexico are budgeted at C$190 million. Production there is expected to top 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day by the end of 2004 as its Gunnison deep water project starts up and it garners additional output from its Aspen field, it said.
Both enjoy low-royalty status as new projects.
"Deep-water Gulf of Mexico developments are very attractive. At current prices, the cash netback from Aspen production is almost double our corporate average," chief executive Charlie Fischer said in a statement.
The prolific Masila block in Yemen has long been Nexen's marquee property. It expects to drill 80 wells there this year and net production is projected as high as 118,000 bpd.
The company also said it would spend C$163 million developing Yemen's Block 51, a new project expected to pump up to 25,000 bpd by 2005.
Nexen's chemicals and marketing units will be target of C$95 million in capital spending, up from C$55 million last year, it said.
The company's shares jumped 95 Canadian cents to a 52-week high C$44.39 on the Toronto Stock Exchange (News - Websites) on Wednesday. It announced its capital spending plans after the market closed.
($1=$1.33 Canadian)
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