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10/02/2002 -- SPE: Industry slow to adopt downhole robotics
Joe Donovan, Intelligent Inspection Corp., Houston, chronicled the oil and gas industry's slow adoption of autonomous downhole robots in his presentation at the 2002 SPE Conference & Exhibition today.
10/01/2002 -- Gulf of Mexico industry restarts after Isidore, plans for Lili
Gulf of Mexico producers mop up and resume production after tropical storm Isidore, while hurricane Lili enters the gulf—affecting production areas possibly by Thursday. MMS will close five Louisiana offices Oct. 2 until further notice; companies needing to contact district offices regarding operations, emergencies should refer to NTL 2000-G14 and NTL 2002-G11.
10/01/2002 -- Unocal reports sheen near new Makassar Strait well off Indonesia
A thin hydrocarbon sheen has been reported near a Unocal Corp. deepwater well site in the Makassar Strait, 46 miles off East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
10/01/2002 -- SPE: Microseismic, tilt meters add insights into hydraulic fracturing
Monitoring microseismic and tilt meter events can help a company understand the geometry of the fractures created by hydraulic stimulations.
10/01/2002 -- SPE: Government, industry unveil new drill pipe telemetry test results
Government and industry officials announced results from tests of new drill pipe telemetry technology that will allow high-speed data transmission from the drillbit to the surface during drilling.
09/27/2002 -- Gulf of Mexico operations resume in wake of tropical storm Isidore
Oil and gas industry personnel began returning Thursday and Friday to production sites in the Gulf of Mexico's outer continental shelf to assess facilities preparatory to restarting operations.
09/27/2002 -- US drilling activity jumps to second highest level for this year
US drilling activity this week jumped by 23 rotary rigs to 875, the highest level since the first week of this year when the rig count topped out at 883, officials at Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday.
09/26/2002 -- Harvest Natural Resources signs natural gas contract with PDVSA for Uracoa field's production
Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (HNR) announced a contract to sell natural gas to Venezuela's state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA, accelerating development of Uracoa field in eastern Venezuela.
09/23/2002 -- SCORE reflects weakening semisubmersible market
Houston-based GlobalSantaFe Corp.'s worldwide Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics (SCORE) for August was down from the previous month's SCORE by 4.5%.
09/23/2002 -- Canyon Station receives first gas from deepwater fields
A unit of Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, began receiving natural gas through its 500 MMcfd Canyon Station production-handling platform commissioned earlier this summer in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
09/20/2002 -- US drilling activity falls from 8-month high
US drilling activity dropped this week, with a falloff of land drilling for natural gas, officials at Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday.
09/19/2002 -- Shell drills world's first monodiameter well in South Texas
Shell Exploration & Production Co. (Sepco), Houston, has announced the successful completion of the world's first application of the expandable tubular technology the company calls MonoDiameter.
09/18/2002 -- BP makes first ultradeepwater discovery off Angola
BP Exploration on behalf of Angola's national oil company Sonangol EP and other partners, reported the Plutão oil discovery in ultradeepwater Block 31 off Angola, 248 miles northwest of Luanda.
09/17/2002 -- Simmons & Co. lowers 2002-03 rig count forecast for US, Canada
Simmons & Co. International has reduced its second half 2002 and 2003 rig count forecast for the US and Canada along with its oil service companies' earnings estimates.
09/17/2002 -- ExxonMobil taps Atwood Oceanics for drilling off Malaysia
ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Malaysia Inc. has awarded a 2-year contract to Houston-based Atwood Oceanics Inc. for drilling operations to be performed by Atwood's Vicksburg drilling rig off Malaysia.
09/17/2002 -- Ziff Energy: Western Canada field operating costs on rise
Operating costs at oil and natural gas fields in western Canada continue to rise, but producers can cut costs and maximize cash flow through better energy management programs, said Ziff Energy Group.
09/16/2002 -- Global staffing to reshape petroleum industry as current workforce ages
ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum Co. Technical Support Manager for Latin America Janeen Judah"In my view the solution (to future staff shortages) will be a greater international work force. The technical staff will become more nationally diverse and global, as companies grow and today's workforce ages."
09/16/2002 -- Alliance offers GTL technology to process stranded gas offshore
Rentech and Global Process Systems signed a memorandum of understanding to provide technology license and engineering services for gas-to-liquids process technology on floating production systems.
09/13/2002 -- US rig count increases to third highest level seen this year
US drilling activity increased this week with 863 rotary rigs working, up 12 from the previous week for the largest rig count since Jan. 18 and the third largest weekly tally this year.
09/10/2002 -- Vaalco Energy begins production in Etame field off Gabon
Production got under way over the weekend in Etame field off Gabon following completion of the third development well in August. That vertical ET-1VA well flowed 4,130 b/d through a 48/64-in. choke.

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