04/14/2008
-- Reliance, L&T to start building rigs Two Indian industrial conglomerates plan to begin manufacturing deepwater drilling rigs to relieve the global shortage of such units.
04/11/2008
-- Other local voices come to Washington When several Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States members came to Washington for their annual "call-up" visits to Congress and regulators in early April, other business leaders from their communities came along.
04/10/2008
-- Petrobras inks CVA contract for Gulf of Mexico FPSO Petrobras America signed a certified verification agent contract with Det Norske Veritas to ensure that the Gulf of Mexico's first FPSO vessel meets US regulations.
04/08/2008
-- COSL to enter onshore drilling market China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) plans to enter the onshore drilling market this year for the first time.
04/08/2008
-- Woodside group lets contract for N. Rankin B platform The Woodside-led North West Shelf gas project JV has awarded a contract to Eos to carry out detailed EPM services for the N. Rankin B platform development off Western Australia
04/08/2008
-- StatoilHydro awards 5-year drilling contract StatoilHydro awarded Aker Drilling ASA a 5 billion kroner contract for 5-year drilling operations in the Norwegian Sea.
04/07/2008
-- Myanmar gas field to resume production this week Myanmar's Yetagun offshore gas field is expected to resume production by Apr. 11 following repair of two ruptures in a gas pipeline to western Thailand, Thai Energy Minister Poonpirom Liptapanlop told reporters.
04/07/2008
-- Petrobras awards Aker Solutions equipment contract Brazil's Petrobras has awarded Norway's Aker Solutions a $223 million contract to provide offshore oil production equipment over the next 3 years.
04/04/2008
-- Colombia shortlists 20 firms for heavy oil projects Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) has invited 20 companies to submit formal proposals in May to develop eight greenfield heavy-oil blocks in the East Llanos basin, the head of the agency told OGJ.
04/04/2008
-- US rig count hits 22-year high The US rig count jumped by 22 to 1,830 rotary rigs working—the largest number since the week ended Jan. 10, 1986, when 1,880 units were drilling, said Baker Hughes Inc.
04/04/2008
-- Petrobras leases five deepwater rigs for $4 billion Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Noble Corp. to lease five deepwater rigs over a period of 29 rig years at a potential cost of $4 billion.
04/03/2008
-- Indonesia aims to boost oil, gas production in 2008 Indonesia's state-owned PT Pertamina aims to increase production of crude oil and natural gas in 2008, despite falling short of planned output in both areas during 2007.
04/02/2008
-- Gabon strike shuts in 60,000 b/d of Shell oil production Gabon has asked Shell Gabon to restart 6,000 b/d of oil production at its Gamba site, leaving around 54,000 b/d of production still shut in amid an oil workers' strike.
04/01/2008
-- AP Moller-Maersk lets contract for Peregrino FPSO AP Moller-Maersk let an EPC contract to a unit of J. Ray McDermott for the 6,500-tonne topside modules for the Peregrino FPSO vessel.
04/01/2008
-- Chevron lets Platong platform work contract Chevron Thailand let a contract to J. Ray McDermott SA to build a central production-processing platform, living quarters, and associated facilities for the Platong Gas II project, Gulf of Thailand.
03/31/2008
-- NWS venture to develop North Rankin off W. Australia The Woodside Petroleum-led North West Shelf gas project joint venture has made its final investment decision to go ahead with the North Rankin B platform development off Western Australia.
03/28/2008
-- Rig count rebounds to high for 2008 US drilling rebounded by 24 rotary rigs to 1,808 working this week, up from 1,650 in the same period a year ago and the largest number of active units so far in 2008, said Baker Hughes.
03/28/2008
-- Crew returns to Neptune TLP; analysis continues BHP Billiton Ltd. said Mar. 27 that it is continuing its structural analysis of a hull anomaly identified on the Neptune tension-leg platform.
03/27/2008
-- PTTEP brings Arthit on stream in Gulf of Thailand Arthit, one of the largest natural gas fields in the Gulf of Thailand, has come on stream after encountering minor production system problems during tests earlier this month.
03/26/2008
-- Anomalies found in Neptune TLP Certain hull anomalies were identified in the Neptune tension-leg platform during the TLP's commissioning, resulting in a structural inspection and analysis, said project partner Woodside Energy.
