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Drilling Production 2005 P

  • 01/19/2005 -- Harvest to suspend Venezuelan drilling
    Harvest Vinccler CA (HVCA), the Venezuelan arm of Harvest Natural Resources Inc., Houston, said it would suspend drilling activities on its 158,000-acre South Monagas Unit, where it operates Uracoa, Tucupita, and Bombal oil fields in eastern Venezuela's Delta Amacuro state.
  • 01/18/2005 -- Human error cited for Snorre A gas leak
    Statoil ASA said human error caused the natural gas leak that forced it to shut in production from the Snorre A platform and a satellite in the Norwegian North Sea Nov. 28, 2004.
  • 01/18/2005 -- Safety alert issued on production system
    Cameron Controls Pres. Jack B. Moore has issued a safety alert to purchasers of a production control system that contains a high-pressure accumulator used in subsea and related production control systems.
  • 01/17/2005 -- Mudslide shuts in Vintage output
    Vintage Petroleum, Inc., Tulsa, has temporarily shut in net production of about 5,000 bo/d and 6 MMcfd of gas at its facility in Ventura County, Calif., due to heavy rains and mudslides in the area.
  • 01/14/2005 -- US drilling hits 19-year seasonal high
    US drilling activity increased by 16 units with 1,258 rotary rigs working this week, the highest rig count for the first month of a new year since 1986, when US drilling started the year with 1,915 active rigs, dropped to 1,880 in the second week, and tumbled to a summer low of 663.
  • 01/11/2005 -- Talisman starts up deep Monkman gas well
    Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, has begun production of a Permian Brazion deep natural gas well in the prolific Monkman area of Northeast British Columbia and has drilled two Triassic natural gas wells slated to go on stream in second quarter 2005.
  • 01/11/2005 -- Statoil seeks partial Snorre restart
    Statoil ASA notified Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) Jan. 11 that it is able to resume partial production from its Snorre A subsea production system in the North Sea. Full production of just less than 100,000 b/d of oil from Snorre and its Vigdis satellite must await additional work on the platform along with more inspections.
  • 01/11/2005 -- Canyon Express gas flow halted by leak
    Gas production from the deepwater Canyon Express system off Louisiana has been shut in since December due to a leak in the methanol delivery system, reported Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
  • 01/07/2005 -- Analysts see risk for US gas drilling
    Weakness in Henry Hub natural gas futures prices might lower the US rig count during the second quarter, Merrill Lynch & Co. analysts in New York forecast.
  • 01/07/2005 -- Suncor oil sands fire limits production
    Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, is investigating a Jan. 4 fire at its Fort McMurray, Alta., oil sands facility that cut production to 110,000 b/d from 225,000 b/d. It was not immediately known when full production might resume.
  • 01/07/2005 -- Total to develop field in Argentina
    Total SA's Argentine arm Total Austral SA, Buenos Aires, plans to spend $100 million this year to develop Aguanda Pichana gas field in Argentina's Neuquen province.
  • 01/07/2005 -- US drilling declines by 1 rig
    US drilling activity dipped slightly during the first week of 2005, down by 1 unit with 1,242 rotary rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Jan. 7.
  • 01/03/2005 -- Kerr-McGee brings James oil field on production in North Sea
    Kerr-McGee North Sea (UK) Ltd., operator of James oil field in the UK North Sea, said the field is now on stream, producing more than 8,000 b/d of oil from a single horizontal well.
  • 01/03/2005 -- US drilling declines in final week of 2004
    US drilling activity dipped slightly in the final week of 2004, down by 14 units with 1,243 rotary rigs still working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Dec. 31. That was still up sharply from 1,126 active rigs at the same period a year ago.