11/26/2007
-- Steady flow may near for Colombia's Rubiales Petro Rubiales Energy said it plans to truck Rubiales field crude to Guaduas field in Colombia for export via the OCENSA pipeline.
11/26/2007
-- Gasification project planned in North Dakota Great Northern Power Development LP (GNPD), Houston, and Allied Syngas Corp., Wayne, Pa., have developed a $1.4 billion coal gasification project in southwestern North Dakota.
11/26/2007
-- Petrobras starts production tests at P-52 platform Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) on Nov. 23 began production tests at Platform P-52 in Roncador oil field in the Campos basin 125 km off Brazil.
11/26/2007
-- Sakhalin Energy shuts in oil at Vityaz complex Production of 80,000 b/d of oil has been suspended from the Vityaz complex off northeastern Sakhalin Island because of turbulent weather, SEIC said Nov. 26.
11/21/2007
-- Juanambu discovery on stream in Colombia Gran Tierra Energy, Calgary, has placed the Juanambu-1 discovery well on production on the Guayuyaco Block in the Putumayo basin of southern Colombia, said partner Solana Resources Ltd.
11/21/2007
-- Problems noted in new Brazilian production Brazilian officials have acknowledged that state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA is having problems increasing production in existing fields with new offshore platforms and floating units.
11/21/2007
-- Corvina oil field starts producing off Peru BPZ Energy has begun oil production through the CX11 platform in Corvina field on Block Z-1 off northwestern Peru.
11/19/2007
-- Oil output begins from Oyong oil field off Java Santos-operated Oyong oil field off East Java has shipped its first cargo of oil from the field's Shanghai floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
11/19/2007
-- Cantarell and Ku Maloob Zaap production falling Production of crude oil in Mexico's main oilfields—Cantarell and Ku Maloob Zaap, in the Gulf of Mexico Campeche Sound—is falling due to water and salt seepage into the reservoirs, official documents reveal.
11/19/2007
-- BHP brings Stybarrow project on stream BHP Billiton Ltd. has begun production, ahead of schedule, from the Stybarrow development on Block WA-32-L in the Exmouth subbasin 65 km off Western Australia's North West Shelf. The $760 million development initially was expected to start up in early 2008.
11/19/2007
-- BP starts up Mango gas field off Trinidad and Tobago BP Trinidad & Tobago began natural gas production from its wholly owned and operated Mango field on Galeota block about 35 miles southeast of Galeota Point in 235 ft of water off Trinidad and Tobago.
11/16/2007
-- US drilling activity dips slightly US drilling activity slipped slightly this week, down 4 units with 1,797 rotary rigs still working, compared with 1,696 active rigs in the same period last year, said Baker Hughes Inc.
11/13/2007
-- Saipem secures rig for Gulf of Mexico work Italy's Eni SPA has awarded Saipem a 5-year contract for the new Scarabeo 9 deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig for work mainly in the Gulf of Mexico.
11/12/2007
-- Gas plant boosting East Texas field flow Madisonville Gas Processing started up a gas treatment plant expansion at Madisonville field in Madison County 100 miles north of Houston to handle sour gas from the Cretaceous Rodessa formation at 12,000 ft.
11/12/2007
-- Storm damage temporarily shuts in Buzzard platform Nexen Inc. has temporarily shutdown the Buzzard platform in the North Sea after storms damaged the upper section of one of the three power generation turbine exhaust stacks.
11/09/2007
-- US drilling at 9-week high US drilling activity continued to increase to the highest level in 9 weeks with 1,801 rotary rigs working this week, 6 more than the previous week, and up from 1,693 a year ago, said Baker Hughes Inc.
11/09/2007
-- Storm shuts in production in Norwegian North Sea Major operators in the Norwegian North Sea shut in production of 540,000 boe/d on their platforms in early November because of a major storm.
11/09/2007
-- Daewoo Shipbuilding lets drilling equipment contracts Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) has let two drilling equipment contracts totaling $213 million to Aker Kvaerner unit Aker Kvaerner MH, Kristiansand, Norway.
11/08/2007
-- Compression to buoy Sawan gas output in Pakistan OMV (Pakistan) Exploration GMBH has awarded a $100 million contract to ABB Process Solutions & Services SPA to install a compression facility at Sawan gas field in Sindh Province, in the central Indus basin 500 km from Karachi.
11/06/2007
-- ReedHycalog: Rig-building persists; N. American fleet use drops Robust oil and gas prices continue to drive fleet growth in the drilling market, and the number of land and marine drilling rigs continues to increase worldwide, according to ReedHycalog Rig Census.
