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Drilling Production 2010 P

  • 12/14/2010 -- Pride International to build ultradeepwater drillship
    Pride International Inc. plans to build another ultradeepwater drillship, which is the fifth that the drilling contractor has ordered since 2007.
  • 12/13/2010 -- ExxonMobil finishes Shute Creek carbon capture expansion
    ExxonMobil Corp. completed its $86 million expansion of the carbon dioxide capture plant near La Barge, Wyo.
  • 12/10/2010 -- New jacket slated for South Nemba off Angola
    Chevron Corp. plans to install a new unmanned four-pile jacket, multideck platform that will bridge connect to the existing South Nemba platform on Block 0 off Cabinda, Angola. Chevron subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. operates the field.
  • 12/10/2010 -- US drilling activity continues to rise
    US drilling activity continued climbing this week from a 2-year high, up by another 10 rotary rigs to 1,723 working, compared with 1,161 active units in the same period a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
  • 12/10/2010 -- Four-pile jacket ordered for Gulf of Mexico Riker prospect
    Arena Offshore LP let a contract to a subsidiary of McDermott International Inc. for the construction and installation of a four-pile, bottom-founded jacket for the Riker prospect in 275 ft of water on Eugene Island Block 338 in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • 12/09/2010 -- BHP Billiton lets contract for Macedon development
    BHP Billiton has awarded to Oceaneering International the contract for umbilicals and distribution equipment for the $1.5 billion Macedon natural gas field development in retention lease WA-12-R off Western Australia.
  • 12/08/2010 -- Gulf of Suez well tests 1,700 b/d of light oil
    National Petroleum Co., Cairo, said a new well in Shukheir Bay field in the Gulf of Suez about 125 km north of Hurghada, Egypt, has flowed 1,700 b/d of 41° gravity oil during tests.
  • 12/07/2010 -- Ithaca Energy advances Athena field development
    Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd. let contracts for installation of subsea equipment and a floating production, storage, and offloading mooring system for Athena field development in the UK North Sea.
  • 12/06/2010 -- Underground coal gasification proposed for Oklahoma
    Clean Global Energy Ltd. intends to purchase an existing Farrell Cooper Mining Co. coal mine and supply syngas generated from underground coal gasification to AES Corp.'s Shady Point power station, near Panama, Okla.
  • 12/06/2010 -- Zubair output hits cost-recovery threshold
    Crude oil production from Zubair field in southern Iraq has achieved the 10% boost triggering cost recovery for companies redeveloping the field under a technical service contract.