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Drilling Production 2008 P
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11/18/2008 -- BLM finalizes oil shale regulations
The US Bureau of Land Management published final regulations on Nov. 17 to establish a commercial oil shale development program on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. -
11/18/2008 -- PTTEP's Arthit North due on stream by yearend
PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) looks set to put on stream in mid-December a sister field of Arthit, one of Thailand's largest natural gas fields. -
11/18/2008 -- Fort Hills Energy defers oil sands project decision
Officials of Fort Hills Energy said they will defer until 2009 a final investment decision on a bitumen upgrader at an integrated oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alta. -
11/16/2008 -- US drilling activity falls
US drilling activity fell by 51 rotary rigs to 1,941 working, up from 1,797 during the same period last year, said Baker Hughes Inc. -
11/15/2008 -- BTC pipeline to boost throughput by yearend
The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline will resume shipments of 1 million b/d by the yearend, according to Azerbaijan's Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev. -
11/13/2008 -- Aussie bill sets up CO2 sequestration framework
The petroleum industry has approved passage of Australia's Offshore Petroleum Amendment Bill, which establishes the world's first regulatory framework for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). -
11/13/2008 -- Chevron starts oil production from Blind Faith field
Chevron Corp. reported oil production started from its Blind Faith field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. -
11/13/2008 -- StatoilHydro assesses Statfjord oil spill impact
StatoilHydro did not cause any obvious harm to the environment with the December 2007 oil spill from the Statfjord platform in the Norwegian North Sea, according to the environmental report on the spill. -
11/12/2008 -- Mexico's oil production drops, but gas rises
Mexico will account for 26.1% of Latin America's regional oil demand by 2012 while providing 28.34% of supply, according to a recent analyst report. -
11/11/2008 -- Vaalco restarts production off Gabon
Vaalco Energy has successfully upgraded its FPSO vessel off Gabon and restored production from its oil fields sooner than expected. -
11/10/2008 -- Saudi output dominance to continue, analyst says
Saudi Arabia will account for 20.93% of Middle Eastern regional oil demand by 2012 while providing a dominant 40.71% of supply, according to a recent analyst report. -
11/10/2008 -- Pakistan to privatize Qadirpur gas field
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved a plan to privatize Qadirpur gas field. -
11/10/2008 -- Italian Castello gas field development approved
Italy has granted Sydney-headquartered producer Po Valley Energy Ltd. a 20-year production concession for Castello gas field near Milan. -
11/08/2008 -- ConocoPhillips lets contract for Greater Ekofisk platform
ConocoPhillips has awarded the FEED for its Greater Ekofisk area development's 2/4 Z wellhead platform in the Norwegian North Sea to two John Wood Group companies, Mustang Engineering and JP Kenny. -
11/07/2008 -- US rig count hits 6-week high
US drilling activity climbed by 21 rotary rigs to 1,992 units drilling this week—the highest count in 6 weeks—vs. 1,801 working in the same period a year ago, said Baker Hughes Inc. -
11/07/2008 -- As BLM completes Utah resource plans, possible December lease sale draws fire
New resource management plans for five of the US Bureau of Land Management's six Utah field offices received final approval on Oct. 31, while the sixth is being reviewed at the US Department of the Interior. -
11/06/2008 -- Pemex can 'triple' drilling program says official
Pemex could triple the amount of its exploratory drilling to an average of 1,800 wells/year from the current 600 as the result of new contracting arrangements approved under reform legislation. -
11/04/2008 -- Brazil's oil development bonanza shapes up
Brazil's Petrobras, even as it eyes greater output for the future, exported a record 574,000 b/d of oil in October, breaking the previous monthly high of 532,000 b/d in April. -
11/03/2008 -- Jordan freezes oil shale proposals for 18 months
Jordan has stopped all oil shale activities in central Jordan for 18 months to enable the government to explore for uranium. -
11/01/2008 -- Drilling caused Indonesian mudslide, petroleum geologists say
Petroleum geologists, polled on the cause of the mudslides from Indonesia's Lusi volcano, say they were caused by oil and gas company Lapindo Brantas, which drilled the Banjar-Panji-1 exploration well.
