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Drilling Production 2008 P
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04/28/2008 -- Strike, attacks curtail Nigerian oil output, exports
Nigeria is suffering a shutdown of nearly 70% of its oil production and exports due to a workers' strike, a recent militant attack, and other security-related problems. -
04/25/2008 -- Strike, attack cut Nigerian oil output
Nigerian oil production was cut by an estimated 1 million b/d, about 40% of the country's recent output of 2.5 million b/d, by a workers' strike as well as an attack by militants on a main oil pipeline. -
04/25/2008 -- BP to shut Forties pipeline as refinery strike looms
BP PLC will shut down its UK North Sea Forties pipeline by day's end Apr. 26 because of the planned strike at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland. -
04/25/2008 -- StatoilHydro starts CO2 injections from Snohvit
StatoilHydro has begun to inject carbon dioxide from the Snohvit well stream into the Tubasen sandstone formation beneath the field to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the liquefaction plant. -
04/25/2008 -- Total domestic footage drilled set first quarter record, API says
Domestic oil and gas drilling activity continued to increase during 2008's first three months, the American Petroleum Institute said in its latest quarterly well completion report. Separately, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said that the number of rigs working matches the highest number operating in the current drilling expansion. -
04/25/2008 -- Awareness of potential US-Mexico deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil dispute grows
Mexico and the United States are becoming more aware of the potential for disputes over deepwater Gulf of Mexico crude oil resources, experts agreed at a forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. -
04/25/2008 -- Pittsburgh conference will examine many aspects of carbon capture and sequestration
The seventh annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration conference will be held May 5-8 at the Sheraton Station Square hotel and conference center in Pittsburgh. -
04/24/2008 -- Nigerian refinery legislation to be passed soon
Nigeria is planning to introduce legislation that will require international oil companies working in the country to refine a percentage of their crude oil production there. -
04/23/2008 -- BP begins oil production from Gunashli field
BP PLC has started oil production from the third phase of Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Azerbaijan area of the Caspian Sea. -
04/22/2008 -- Shell considers carbon capture for Browse project
Shell Australia is thinking of introducing a CCG side to the proposed floating LNG development at its wholly owned Prelude gas find in the Browse basin off Western Australia. -
04/22/2008 -- IOR-EOR now offers lowest-cost reserves additions
Unlike in past years, improved or enhanced oil recovery is now the least costly method for adding reserves, according to a presentation at the 16th SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Apr. 21 in Tulsa. -
04/18/2008 -- Tengizchevroil to challenge latest environmental fine
Chevron affiliate Tengizchevroil said it will challenge a $307 million fine levied by Kazakhstan allegedly for violating the country's environmental law at its main production site. -
04/18/2008 -- Petrobras orders three newbuild semisubmersibles
Petrobras signed three lease contracts with Seadrill for three newbuild semisubmersible drilling rigs and a separate contract with MPF Corp. Ltd., Bermuda, for a multipurpose floater. -
04/18/2008 -- House Republicans bring up their own inconvenient truth in beach bill debate
House Democrats expected to debate a bill to increase beach safeguards on April 10. House Republicans had other plans. They wanted to discuss the impacts of record high crude oil prices on consumers. -
04/17/2008 -- Centrica secures rig to develop Grove gas field
Centrica PLC will drill three wells and add offshore compression facilities in Grove gas field in the southern North Sea during the third quarter to boost production. Completion of the wells is scheduled for spring 2009. -
04/16/2008 -- Eni starts gas production from Badhra field
A joint venture led by Eni has begun gas production from Badhra field, southeast of Bhit gas field in Pakistan, and has commissioned the third train at Bhit gas treatment plant. -
04/15/2008 -- Yetagun gas field production resumes off Myanmar
Production resumed Apr. 10 from Myanmar's offshore Yetagun gas field after two ruptures in a pipeline were repaired. -
04/15/2008 -- Petrofac snares Syrian contracts worth $1 billion
Oil and gas facilities service provider Petrofac announced two major gas field development contracts with Syria worth a total $1 billion. -
04/14/2008 -- StatoilHydro drills long horizontal Gulltopp well from Gullfaks-A
StatoilHydro drilled and completed the 9,910 m-long horizontal Gulltopp well from the Gullfaks-A platform, in 439 ft of water. -
04/14/2008 -- StatoilHydro maintenance to cut Norwegian Sea production
StatoilHydro will shut down the Norne FPSO vessel in the Norwegian Sea and 25 platforms for maintenance during 2008, resulting in a total production shortfall of 10.4 million boe.
