ConocoPhillips, Anadarko Announce New Satellite Discovery Near Alpine.HOUSTON -- ConocoPhillips (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COP), and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) is one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies, with 2.37 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) of proved reserves and a production of 190 million BOE in 2004. Ranked No. (NYSE:APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ) today announced the discovery and test production from the Qannik accumulation, a satellite oil field overlying overlying suffocation of piglets by the sow. The piglets may be weak from illness or malnutrition, the sow may be clumsy or ill, the pen may be inadequate in size or poorly designed so that piglets cannot escape. the Alpine oil field on the North Slope North Slope, Alaska: see Alaska North Slope. of Alaska. The Qannik accumulation was tested for 19 days in June 2006 by the CD2-404 well, which recorded an average production rate of 1,200 barrels per day Barrels per day (abbreviated BPD, bbl/d, bpd, bd or b/d) is a measurement used to describe the amount of crude oil (measured in barrels) produced or consumed by an entity in one day. of 30-degree API gravity The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water. If its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks. oil from a 25-foot thick sandstone at 4,000 feet sub sea. The Qannik accumulation would be the third satellite field to be developed near Alpine. The previously announced Fiord fiord: see fjord. and Nanuq satellite accumulations are currently being drilled with first production scheduled for later this year. Plans for further delineation and development of the Qannik field are currently under way. The current plan is to develop Qannik from the Alpine CD2 drill site. Project planning will proceed throughout the remainder of this year, and the CD2 gravel pad will be extended during the coming winter. First production may occur by late 2008. ConocoPhillips is operator of and holds a 78 percent interest in the Alpine field and its satellites, while Anadarko holds a 22 percent interest. ConocoPhillips is an integrated petroleum company with interests around the world. For more information, go to www.conocophillips.com. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE "SAFE HARBOR Safe Harbor 1. 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