FACTBOX - Major Gulf producers' 2010 drilling plans

May 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. government's moratorium on new drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico delayed about $1.6 billion in oil and gas industry spending across the Gulf of Mexico region, according to energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.

The drilling suspension, imposed in response to the massive oil spill at the BP-operated Macondo field, was slated to expire on Friday.

A government source told Reuters on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will announce on Thursday that the suspension of new permits for deepwater drilling will continue, but the ban on shallow-water drilling would be lifted. [ID:nN26215306]

Wood Mackenzie said a six-month extension would defer 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, or 4 percent, of 2011 deepwater Gulf oil and gas production.

Delays in timeframes of current projects could defer more than 350,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day -- nearly 19 percent -- of 2015 and 2016 deepwater Gulf production, the consultancy said.

Here are examples of already approved 2010 deepwater drilling plans by major Gulf producers:

BP: (BP.L) (BP.N)

* Tiber: About 200 miles (322 km) southeast of Galveston, Texas. Had planned to drill an appraisal well this year after September 2009 announcement of discovery potentially exceeding 1 billion barrels; postponed as company focuses on oil spill response.

* Kaskida: About 250 miles (400 km) southeast of Galveston. Second appraisal well planned for second half of 2010; Kaskida has more than 3 billion barrels of oil in place.

SHELL: (RDSa.L) (RDSa.N)

* Appomattox: Appraisal well 2010 or 2011, 170 miles (273 km) southeast of New Orleans.

* Stones: Appraisal well, 220 miles (354 km) south of New Orleans.

CHEVRON: (CVX.N)

* Buckskin: Three exploration wells and one appraisal well, 280 miles (450 km) southwest of New Orleans.

* Tahiti 2: Two development fields in expansion of Tahiti project 190 miles (306 km) south of New Orleans, which produces 125,000 barrels a day of oil and 70 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. The expansion is intended to maintain long-term production at the facility which began pumping in May 2009.

EXXON MOBIL: (XOM.N)

* Hoover/Diana: New production well, 160 miles (257 km) south of Galveston.

ANADARKO: (APC.N)

* The company's plan for for to six exploration wells and three to four appraisal wells includes an appraisal well at the Shenandoah field, 230 miles (370) southwest of New Orleans.

PETROBRAS: (PETR4.SA)

* Production well in Cascade, 250 miles (400 KM) south of New Orleans, in the second half of 2010. One production well each in Cascade and neighboring Chinook are ready to produce. The new project is slated to begin pumping oil this summer, and two additional wells are slated for each field in 2011.

MARATHON OIL: (MRO.N)

* Exploration wells at three fields: Flying Dutchman, 100 miles (160 km) south of New Orleans; Bronco, also 100 miles (160 km) south of New Orleans; and Innsbruck, 160 miles (257 km) southeast of New Orleans.

NOBLE ENERGY:

* Gunflint: Appraisal well, 160 miles (257 km) southeast of New Orleans. (Reporting by Kristen Hays)