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08/27/2008 -- Vanco, Lukoil lease drillship for Ghana deep water
Vanco Ghana and partner Lukoil Overseas Ghana have completed contractual arrangements with Aban Loyd for use of its Aban Abraham dynamic positioning drillship to drill off Ghana.
08/26/2008 -- Petrobras orders FPSO for Tupi area production
Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co. Ltd. (MODEC) has signed a letter of intent with Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) to supply, charter, and operate a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel as the Pilot FPSO in the giant Tupi field area of the Santos basin off Brazil.
08/23/2008 -- Pemex annual oil output slides 10%; Cantarell 36%
Production from Mexico's Cantarell oil field fell 36% over the past year, reducing the country's overall oil production and creating a sharp decline in its exports.
08/22/2008 -- Record-breaking Colorado lease sale still falls short of what many expected
The long-anticipated Roan Plateau lease sale netted a record $113.9 million, the US Bureau of Land Management said on Aug. 14. But the amount was less than what many Colorado politicians and groups anticipated.
08/22/2008 -- IPAMS, IER separately announce plans for energy issues advertising
Two organizations are planning energy-themed advertising campaigns stressing the need for more domestic oil and gas production as the Democratic and Republican national conventions approach.
08/22/2008 -- 'New drilling has to be part of our energy solution'
US Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the presumed 2008 Republican presidential nominee, during an Aug. 19 visit to the Chevron Genesis deep sea production platform 100 miles off Louisiana's coast.
08/21/2008 -- Maersk Contractors to send jack up rig to Brunei
Brunei Shell Petroleum has contracted the Maersk Convincer jack up rig for 1 year to drill off Brunei with an option to twice extend the 1-year contract.
08/19/2008 -- StatoilHydro lets contract for Troll B gas injection
StatoilHydro let a $100 million contract to Subsea 7 to design and install Troll B gas injection facilities to improve oil recovery at the country's largest gas field in the Norwegian North Sea.
08/16/2008 -- US rig count continues to climb
US drilling continued to increase the week ended Aug. 15, with 23 more rotary rigs for a total of 1,990 working, up from 1,795 during the same period in 2007, said Baker Hughes Inc.
08/15/2008 -- Azerbaijan reduces oil production by 80%
Azerbaijan has reduced its oil production by 80% as oil transport has been suspended via its export pipelines, Baku-Supsa and BTC, according to local media.
08/14/2008 -- Queensland oil shale project still in the wings
Queensland Energy Resources has shunned the Alberta-Taciuk Processor revolving kiln oil shale processing technology in favor of the Paraho II technology to develop its deposits along Queensland's east coast.
08/13/2008 -- ExxonMobil brings Kizomba C oil fields on production
ExxonMobil Corp. has begun oil production from Saxi and Batuque fields, which are part of the Kizomba C development project on Block 15 off Angola.
08/13/2008 -- Turkey's Thrace basin gas to flow in 2009
A group led by Incremental Petroleum Ltd., Perth, plans to start gas production in mid-2009 from the Edirne license in the Thrace basin northwest of Istanbul.
08/13/2008 -- Ascent Resources begins gas production in Hungary
Ascent Resources PLC, London, has begun natural gas production from its PEN-104 well in the Peneszlek area of the Nyirseg permits in eastern Hungary.
08/12/2008 -- Northern Offshore to acquire Arctic semis from Transocean
Northern Offshore has entered into agreements with affiliates of Transocean to acquire for $750 million the semisubmersible drilling rigs GSF Arctic II and GSF Arctic IV.
08/12/2008 -- Colorado cleared for Anvil Points leasing revenue
The US Energy and Interior secretaries jointly notified Congress on Aug. 8 that the way has been cleared for Colorado to begin receiving leasing revenue from Naval Oil Shale Reserves Nos. 1 and 2 on the Roan Plateau.
08/11/2008 -- Gas production begins at Tunisia's Chergui field
Petrofac Energy Developments began natural gas and condensate production Aug. 8 from Chergui field on Kerkennah Island in Tunisia.
08/11/2008 -- Jubilee field partners lease FPSO from MODEC
Tullow Ghana, operator of Jubilee oil field off Ghana, has signed a 7-year lease agreement in which MODEC will provide and operate the FPSO vessel for Jubilee field.
08/08/2008 -- US drilling increases
US drilling rebounded this week, up by 16 units to 1,967 rotary rigs working, vs. 1,798 a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
08/08/2008 -- A new natural gas study could have an unintended impact
Aubrey K. McClendon apparently expected a new natural gas supply study to change the US energy game plan when he came to Washington on July 28. It may do just that, but in a way that probably won't please producers seeking more access to federal lands.

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