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11/16/2010 -- ExxonMobil rig attacked in Nigeria; production shut in
ExxonMobil Corp.’s Nigerian subsidiary confirmed a claim by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) that it attacked a company oil rig in the region and abducted eight oil workers, shutting in 45,000 b/d of natural gas liquids and condensate production.
11/12/2010 -- Statoil lets contracts on two more fast-track projects
Statoil let a $90 million contract to Subsea 7 Ltd. for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of pipelines and control cables for connecting the PanPandora and Katla fast-track developments in the North Sea to existing production installations.
11/12/2010 -- US rig count continues to edge upwards
US drilling activity increased again this week for the third consecutive week, up by 2 rotary rigs to 1,685 working, vs. 1,101 rigs in the comparable week a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
11/11/2010 -- Tullow looking to expand production off Ghana after Jubilee
Tullow Oil PLC outlined its plans to boost oil and natural gas production off Ghana once the West African nation initiates oil production by bringing Jubilee field on stream by yearend, the company said in an interim management statement posted on its web site on Nov. 10.
11/11/2010 -- Statoil halts drilling on Gullfaks
Statoil halted drilling on Nov. 10 already under way in its Gullfaks field in the North Sea to enable an additional review of its routines for planning and conducting drilling operations, the company said.
11/11/2010 -- BP suspends operations at Rhum field in North Sea
BP PLC said it is taking measures to shut a UK North Sea natural gas field it jointly owns with Iran, confirming a warning last month that new European sanctions could interrupt the operation.
11/11/2010 -- Interior IG traces deepwater ban peer review misunderstanding
The administration of US President Barack Obama incorrectly implied that a late-May recommendation for a deepwater drilling moratorium following the Macondo well accident and oil spill went through a scientific peer review, an investigation by the US Department of the Interior’s inspector general’s office found.
11/11/2010 -- Santos basin FPSO hulls ordered
The developers of the presalt discoveries on Blocks BM-S-11 and BM-S-9 in the Santos basin off Brazil have let a $3.46 billion contract with Engevix Engenharia SA for the engineering, procurement, and construction of eight floating production, storage, and offloading vessels, according to a disclosure made by Galp Energia SA, a partner in Block BM-S-11.
11/10/2010 -- DOI to require compliance statements from deepwater producers
Producers drilling for oil and gas on a federal deepwater lease will have to submit statements signed by authorized company officials that the operators have complied with the new drilling safety rule and all other regulations, the US Department of the Interior and its Bureau of Offshore Management, Regulation and Enforcement jointly announced.
11/10/2010 -- Contract let for Hebron gravity-based structure
ExxonMobil Canada Properties let a contract to Kiewit-Aker Contractors, a 50-50 joint venture between Peter Kiewit Infrastructure and Aker Solutions, for doing front-end engineering and design and site preparation for the Hebron gravity-based structure.

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