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Drilling Production 2005 P

  • 07/26/2005 -- Devon plans 800 wells on Iron River leases
    Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, plans to drill more than 800 wells during the next 4 years on Iron River leases it has acquired from ExxonMobil Canada Energy in western Canada. About 70 locations are ready to drill.
  • 07/26/2005 -- Petrobras charters second Golfinho FPSO
    State-owned Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) announced plans to charter a floating, production, storage, and offloading platform (FPSO) for Module II development of Golfinho oil field in Espírito Santo basin off Brazil.
  • 07/22/2005 -- Canada-US drilling activity continues surge
    Rotary rig activity in Canada and the US continued to surge this week with the addition of 34 active rigs, reported Baker Hughes Inc. July 22. Canada showed the greatest increase, with a net gain of 28 active units, for a total of 521 working. The US gained 6 units to 1,410.
  • 07/22/2005 -- Phu Horm gas deliveries to begin in 2006
    A four-company consortium led by Amerada Hess (Thailand) Ltd. has signed an accord to sell natural gas from the onshore Phu Horm gas field in northeastern Thailand to Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTT). Phu Horm is on Block E5N in Udon Thani province.
  • 07/22/2005 -- MMS issues rule on floating platforms
    The US Minerals Management Service issued a final rule July 19 that streamlines permitting for floating platforms and incorporates industry standards for floating production systems into MMS regulations.
  • 07/21/2005 -- Teikoku won't rush E. China Sea drilling
    Drilling in a disputed area of the East China Sea could be too dangerous for employees of Teikoku Oil Co. Ltd. despite a go-ahead from the Japanese government last week, according to the firm's president.
  • 07/20/2005 -- Elf Nigeria awarded license off Nigeria
    Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. has signed a production-sharing contract with Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. for Oil Prospecting License 223 off southeast Nigeria.
  • 07/20/2005 -- CAPP: Oil sands boosting Canadian production
    Canada's oil sands production, currently exceeding 1 million b/d, is forecast to reach nearly 2.7 million b/d by 2015, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
  • 07/19/2005 -- BP's Thunder Horse platform returns to trim
    The Thunder Horse semisubmersible platform has been restored to normal trim, BP PLC said July 19. The cause of platform's earlier tilt remains undetermined pending more inspections and assessments by BP and the US Coast Guard.
  • 07/18/2005 -- BP's Thunder Horse platform nearly trim
    The Thunder Horse semisubmersible platform's decking was 46 ft out of the water as of July 17, and its angle of list had been reduced to 5°, BP PLC said, adding that crews continued to work toward achieving normal trim.
  • 07/18/2005 -- Esso Angola starts Kizomba B production
    Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd. has started production from its Kizomba B deepwater project off Angola.
  • 07/18/2005 -- Pan-Ocean starts up two Tsiengui oil wells
    Pan-Ocean Energy Corp., St. Helier, Jersey, UK, has started production from two wells in Tsiengui oil field in Gabon and awaits interpretation of a 50 sq km seismic survey to assist with further development.
  • 07/15/2005 -- Analyst: US needs 850 rigs in 5 years to meet demand
    The US will need 850 more drilling rigs in the next 5 years, said J. Marshall Adkins, Raymond James & Associates Inc.
  • 07/13/2005 -- Sakhalin-1 partners drill 10 Chayvo wells
    Exxon Neftegaz Ltd. (ENL), operator of the Sakhalin-1 project in the Russian Far East, reported it and partners have drilled 10 extended-reach wells out of a total of 30 planned for Chayvo offshore oil and gas field.
  • 07/13/2005 -- Drilling applications up in most states
    Regulators in several states are handling record numbers of drilling applications, reported the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
  • 07/13/2005 -- Crews board listing Thunder Horse platform
    Crews boarded the listing Thunder Horse semisubmersible drilling and production platform in the Gulf of Mexico July 12, restored partial power, and began pumping operations to restore the platform to normal, said BP PLC.
  • 07/12/2005 -- Imperial files plans for oil sands project
    Imperial Oil Ltd. filed applications July 12 with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board and Alberta Environment officials for development of the joint-venture Kearl Oil Sands Project.
  • 07/12/2005 -- BP's Thunder Horse platform listing in Gulf of Mexico
    BP PLC said the Thunder Horse semisubmersible platform on Mississippi Canyon Block 778 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles southeast of New Orleans, was discovered listing after Hurricane Dennis passed through the area.
  • 07/07/2005 -- Visund well sets record for length, Statoil says
    Statoil ASA's A-6 natural gas well in Visund oil-gas field on Blocks 34/8 and 34/7, in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, is the longest well drilled from a floating platform, the company claims.
  • 07/07/2005 -- Maersk to use Gorilla VII in North Sea
    Maersk Oil & Gas AS of Denmark has awarded Rowan Cos. Inc. a 1-year contract for use of the Rowan Gorilla VII jack up in North Sea drilling beginning in August.