Wed Feb 27 11:02:00 CST 2008
-- Aramco lets contract for Tarzan-class rig Saudi Aramco has let a 3-year drilling contract to Rowan Cos. Inc. for offshore work starting in the second quarter.
Tue Feb 26 10:02:00 CST 2008
-- Neptune Marine to buy, reactivate semi Neptune Marine Oil & Gas Ltd., Nicosia, has agreed to buy the Atlantic Venture semisubmersible drilling rig, former Sedco 708, and plans to reactivate it.
Mon Feb 25 10:02:00 CST 2008
-- ExxonMobil offers latest development plan for Alaska ExxonMobil Production Co. submitted the latest in a series of development plans for the Point Thomson Unit (PTU) gas-condensate lease on Alaska's North Slope.
Mon Feb 25 10:02:00 CST 2008
-- US drilling dips; Canada increases US drilling activity dipped lower during the week ending Feb. 22 with 1,771 rotary rigs working, said Baker Hughes Inc.
Fri Feb 22 09:02:00 CST 2008
-- McMoRan reenters Blackbeard gas prospect in gulf McMoRan Oil & Gas has entered into a multiwell drilling contract with Rowan Cos. that includes its reentering the Blackbeard gas prospect in the ultradeepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Tue Feb 19 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- BPZ Energy working to restart oil production off Peru BPZ Energy expects to restart production of its 21XD and 14D wells in Corvina field off Peru within 3 weeks. The wells were shut in following an accident involving a BPZ-chartered tanker.
Mon Feb 18 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- Petrobras lets contract for P-57 FPSO unit Petrobras reported signing a $1.195 billion turnkey contract for the construction of the P-57 FPSO unit with Single Buoy Moorings.
Fri Feb 15 14:02:00 CST 2008
-- US rig count rebounds by 18 US drilling activity rebounded, increasing 18 units with 1,773 rotary rigs working this week vs.1,746 during the same period in 2007, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
Fri Feb 15 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- StatoilHydro leases deepwater drillship StatoilHydro AS will use the GSF Explorer ultradeepwater drillship to drill three exploration wells on Indonesia's Karama Block off West Sulawesi in late 2009.
Fri Feb 15 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- UK subsea sector increases 30% in value The UK subsea oil and gas sector has grown by almost 30% in value to £4.3 billion in 2007, according to industry association Subsea UK.
Thu Feb 14 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- EnCana lets EPC contract for Deep Panuke field EnCana Corp. has let a $195 million engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract to Acergy SA for offshore installation work on Canada's Deep Panuke field.
Wed Feb 13 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- StatoilHydro lets Troll C modification contract StatoilHydro AS awarded Aker Kvaerner an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract for modifying the Troll C semisubmersible accommodation and processing platform.
Wed Feb 13 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- StatoilHydro starts Volve oil and gas production StatoilHydro has begun oil and gas production from Volve field in the Norwegian North Sea from the large Maersk Inspirer jack up rig.
Mon Feb 11 16:02:00 CST 2008
-- ExxonMobil drills record extended-reach well at Sakhalin-1 ExxonMobil surpassed its own world record for reaching offshore deposits with land-based extended-reach technology, drilling from an onshore well at its Sakhalin-1 project in eastern Russian.
Fri Feb 08 15:02:00 CST 2008
-- US rig count down by 8 US drilling activity declined by 8 rotary rigs to 1,755 working this week, up from 1,731 in the same period a year ago, said Baker Hughes Inc.
Thu Feb 07 11:02:00 CST 2008
-- Mexico oil production decline to increase in 2010 Mexico will face difficulties in producing crude oil over the coming 2 years, according to a media report, which claims that Cantarell and Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) fields will decline simultaneously in 2010.
Wed Feb 06 12:02:00 CST 2008
-- Operators, contractors agree safety is priority Although oil companies call their safety programs by different names, operators agree that safety must come first, and that drilling contractors and operators can help one another improve safety.
Tue Feb 05 18:02:00 CST 2008
-- Total, PDVSA sign heavy oil agreements Total SA signed two joint study agreements with Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) to appraise extraheavy oil reserves and assess a production project for Block Junin10 in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt.
Fri Feb 01 14:02:00 CST 2008
-- Drilling activity in US, Canada continues to rise US rig activity continued to accelerate for the second straight week, with an additional 16 rotary rigs working the week ended Feb. 1, Baker Hughes reported.
Fri Feb 01 11:02:00 CST 2008
-- Suncor plans $20.6 billion oil sands expansion Suncor Energy is planning to invest $20.6 billion (Can.) to expand the oil production capacity at its oil sands operation north of Fort McMurray, Alta., by 200,000 b/d, to 550,000 b/d in 2012.
