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Drilling Production 2008 P
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09/12/2008 -- BP says WREP line remains shut in after conflict
BP PLC said its trans-Caucasus Baku-Supsa pipeline, also known as the Western Route Export Pipeline, remains shut a month after its closure due to the conflict last month between Russia and Georgia. -
09/12/2008 -- Floating Indonesian storage project to incur losses
The Indonesian parliament has been told that a floating offshore storage project jointly planned by ExxonMobil Corp. and state-owned PT Pertamina EP may incur up to $1.2 billion in state losses. -
09/12/2008 -- Hurricane Ike roars out of the Gulf of Mexico and across eastern Texas
Federal officials moved to facilitate restoration of US Gulf Coast oil and gas production, oil refining and transmission after Hurricane Ike roared through eastern Texas and headed toward north-by-northeast. -
09/12/2008 -- Early progress reported as industry begins recovery from Hurricane Ike
The US oil and gas industry reported early progress as it began to recover from damages caused by Hurricane Ike. -
09/12/2008 -- 'This is their final chance to take action before the November elections'
US President George W. Bush, in his weekly radio address on Sept. 6, urges Congress to pass energy legislation by the end of the month. -
09/09/2008 -- Operators forecast decline in Indonesia oil, gas production
PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia has forecast that production from its concessions will decline due to aging fields and seasonal floods. -
09/09/2008 -- Institutes to map European gas shale sites
GFZ German Research Center, France's IFP, and Holland's TNO are establishing a consortium of 15-16 university institutes and energy centers to map possible gas shale sites in various European countries. -
09/08/2008 -- Reactions mixed as BLM issues EIS for oil shale
The US Bureau of Land Management issued a final programmatic environmental impact statement Sept. 4 to guide the use of public land containing oil shale and tar sands in three western states. -
09/06/2008 -- US drilling activity falls from 23-year high
US drilling activity dropped from a 23-year high, down by 18 rotary rigs this week with 2,013 still working, said Baker Hughes Inc. -
09/05/2008 -- Saudi Aramco begins Khursaniyah field production
Aramco, which earlier had to delay a planned start-up, has begun production from its Khursaniyah oil field, according to company officials. -
09/05/2008 -- Norwegian authorities look at CCS in Troll field
The NPD and Gassnova, the state company that handles CCS, have commissioned a seismic survey to see if Troll field in the North Sea can accommodate carbon dioxide from plants at Mongstad and Karsto. -
09/05/2008 -- ND oil pipeline capacity limited as production, imports climb, Kelliher warns
North Dakota crude oil production and imports from Canada exceed current pipeline capacity in the region, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher told a US Senate subcommittee on Sept. 3. -
09/04/2008 -- Kashagan field start-up delayed to 2014
Kazakhstan's Kashagan oil field, long the subject of uncertainty over a start-up date, will begin producing crude in 2014 instead of in 2013, according to the head of a Kazakh energy association. -
09/04/2008 -- N. Dakota oil pipeline capacity limited as production, imports climb
North Dakota crude oil production and imports from Canada exceed current pipeline capacity in the region, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph H. Kelliher told a US Senate subcommittee Sept. 3. -
09/02/2008 -- Petrobras begins Jubarte presalt oil production
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, aboard platform JK P-34, has launched oil extraction from the presalt layer of Jubarte field in the Campos basin off Espirito Santo state. -
08/29/2008 -- Evacuations begin before Tropical Storm Gustav
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico have begun evacuating platforms and rigs in the path of Tropical Storm Gustav. -
08/29/2008 -- US rig count tops 2,000 first time in 23 years
There were 2,031 rotary rigs working in the US the week ended Aug. 29, up 33 from the previous week and the first time the count has topped 2,000 since Mar. 8, 1985, when 2,011 units were drilling, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. -
08/29/2008 -- Pride orders fourth ultradeepwater drillship
Drilling contractor Pride International Inc., Houston, has placed an order for construction of a fourth advanced-capability, ultradeepwater drillship to be constructed at the Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd. (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. -
08/28/2008 -- Woodside-led JV starts oil production from Vincent field
Oil production has started from Vincent field in the Carnarvon basin production licence WA-28-L off Western Australia, reported Woodside Petroleum, the field's lead joint venture partner. -
08/27/2008 -- Petrofac begins Don fields drilling campaign
Petrofac Energy has spudded the first well on the West Don field in the UK North Sea, which is expected to start production in second-quarter 2009, along with Don Southwest field.
