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 IN BIG PERU HEAVY OIL FIND
    LOS ANGELES, April 7 - Occidental Petroleum Corp said the
Shiviyacu-23 development well on Block 1-AB in the Peruvian
Amazon jungle is producing 6,593 barrels of 22 degree gravity
oil per day from depths of 9,543 to 9,547 and 9,556 to 9,599
feet.
    The company said it is drilling a new exploration well on
the block, Southeast Shiviyacu-1, 2.5 miles away.