12/01/2009
-- ExxonMobil starts Rotterdam aromatics unit ExxonMobil Chemical has started up an expansion of its Rotterdam aromatics plant (OGJ, Oct. 1, 2007, Newsletter).
11/30/2009
-- China Far East Energy Corp., Houston, let contracts for five rigs that are to begin drilling coalbed methane development wells starting in mid-December 2009 on the Shouyang block in China’s Shanxi Province.
11/25/2009
-- Brazil Petroleo Brasileiro SA has towed out the platform jacket for Mexilhao gas field for setup in the northern Santos basin off Brazil.