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Drilling Production 2005 P

  • 08/17/2005 -- Tighter Pinedale Anticline density approved
    The Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission has approved 10-acre density for drilling in the Lance and Mesaverde formations in parts of giant Pinedale Anticline gas field in the Green River basin.
  • 08/17/2005 -- IFC finances Argentine drilling, waterfloods
    International Finance Corp. signed a $250 million loan for the Argentine unit of Pan American Energy LLC to finance drilling and waterflood projects in southern Argentina's Golfo San Jorge basin.
  • 08/16/2005 -- Statoil drilling 10,000-m well to North Sea satellite
    Statoil ASA is drilling what could become one of the longest penetrations on record to develop a Gullfaks field satellite in the North Sea off Norway.
  • 08/16/2005 -- Stena Drilling orders ultradeepwater drillship
    Stena Drilling Ltd., Aberdeen, has placed an order with Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., South Korea, for the construction of a $600 million drillship. The dynamically positioned Stena Drill Max, which will have six propellers, will displace 105,822 tons.
  • 08/15/2005 -- Pearl to install two more Jasmine platforms
    Pearl Energy Ltd., Singapore, plans to install two additional production platforms and associated pipelines for Jasmine oil field, Block B 5/27, Gulf of Thailand.
  • 08/15/2005 -- Malaysia's South Angsi oil field on stream
    Talisman Malaysia Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, reported first oil production Aug. 14 from South Angsi field on Block PM-305 off Malaysia.
  • 08/12/2005 -- Drilling slips in US, rises in Canada
    US drilling activity slipped from a 19-year high this week, down by 7 rotary rigs to 1,429 working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Aug. 12. That compares with 1,232 rigs working in the same period a year ago.
  • 08/09/2005 -- ATP retrofits semi to produce Gomez field
    ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, will use a retrofitted Rowan Midland semisubmersible to handle production from Gomez oil and gas field, on Mississippi Canyon Block 711 in the western Gulf of Mexico.
  • 08/09/2005 -- Veslefrikk, Huldra back on stream
    Statoil ASA resumed normal production of 35,000 b/d of oil Aug. 8 from Veslefrikk oil field in the North Sea.
  • 08/09/2005 -- Repsol YPF buys fields off Trinidad and Tobago
    Repsol YPF SA has acquired Teak, Samaan, and Poui oil fields and the undeveloped Onyx gas-condensate discovery in shallow water off southeastern Trinidad for $229 million and will invest $500 million there through 2025.
  • 08/09/2005 -- Samsung to build two semisubmersible rigs
    Norway's Eastern Drilling ASA has let a contract to Samsung Heavy Industries, Seoul, to build two $465 million semisubmersible drilling rigs.
  • 08/08/2005 -- RasGas WHP 5 on stream off Qatar
    Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. has begun production of 4.7 million tonnes/year of natural gas equivalent from its Wellhead Platform 5 on Ras Laffan Block B in North field off Qater.
  • 08/05/2005 -- North American drilling continues to climb
    US drilling activity continued to increase this week to a 19-year high of 1,436 rotary rigs, up by 24 from the previous week and exceeding the 1,235 units that were working at the same time a year ago, said Baker Hughes Inc. on Aug. 5.
  • 08/04/2005 -- Production remains stalled from Statoil's Veslefrikk field
    Production from Statoil ASA's Veslefrikk oil field in the Norwegian North Sea could remain shut in for as long as 2 weeks for work on lifeboats on two platforms.
  • 08/04/2005 -- Etame ET-6H well on stream off Gabon
    A consortium led by Vaalco Energy Inc., Houston, has started up the Etame ET-6H well off southern Gabon and tied it in to Etame oil field's floating production, storage, and offloading vessel.
  • 08/03/2005 -- Korea National Oil to assist Iraqi drilling
    South Korea's state-run Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iraqi government to provide technological support for oil development.
  • 07/29/2005 -- US drilling activity continues to gain
    US drilling activity continued to increase this week, inching up by 2 rotary rigs to 1,412 working, up from 1,229 rigs a year ago, said Baker Hughes Inc. on July 29.
  • 07/28/2005 -- India's Mumbai High platform lost in collision, fire
    India's state Oil & Gas Natural Gas Corp. reported a support vessel lost control and collided with the Mumbai High North processing platform July 27, resulting in a fire that destroyed both the support vessel and the platform and killed at least 10 workers.
  • 07/27/2005 -- Petrobras signs letters for Modec floaters
    Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) signed letters of intent with Modec Inc., Houston, to supply both a floating production, storage, and offloading platform and a floating storage, and offloading vessel in the Campos basin.
  • 07/27/2005 -- Kuparuk River output tops 2 billion bbl
    Kuparuk River oil field on Alaska's North Slope produced its 2 billionth bbl of oil July 20, reported ConocoPhillips. Kuparuk, in operation since 1981, is the second largest producing oil field in the US.
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