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• 09/06/2011 -- ConocoPhillips completes shutdown after Bohai Bay oil spill
  ConocoPhillips China has completed a temporary shutdown of oil and natural gas production at Penglai 19-3 field in Bohai Bay as ordered by China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA) while ConocoPhillips and its partner, China National Offshore Oil Corp., develop and submit a compliance plan to SOA.
• 09/02/2011 -- Halliburton sues BP over Macondo blowout
  Halliburton Co. filed claims against BP PLC on Sept. 1 in Texas state court for negligent misrepresentation, business disparagement, and defamation related to the Apr. 20, 2010, Macondo well blowout.
• 09/02/2011 -- US drilling rig count takes slight hit
  US oil and gas drilling rig activity fell slightly this week with the loss of 7 rigs, bringing the total working rigs to 1,968. This week’s count, however, is up by 315 rigs from the comparable period a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
• 09/02/2011 -- China's SOA orders ConocoPhillips to develop spill compliance plan
  China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA) ordered ConocoPhillips China to suspend production operations at Peng Lai 19-3 field in Bohai Bay while the oil company develops a compliance plan with its partner in the field, China National Offshore Oil Corp.
• 09/01/2011 -- Noble Corp. orders ultradeepwater drillship
  Noble Corp. has ordered an ultradeepwater drillship to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., subject to finalization of a construction contract within the next several weeks.
• 09/01/2011 -- Buccaneer jack up to drill in Cook Inlet in mid-2012
  Alaska’s Cook Inlet may soon have two jack up rigs, the first drilling units to have operated there in many years.
• 09/01/2011 -- Poland: Nida Trough exploratory drilling nears
  San Leon Energy PLC will shortly spud the Belvedere-1 exploratory well in the Nida Trough in southern Poland.
• 08/31/2011 -- Libya sees oil production rising to prewar levels in 15 months
  Libya can resume crude oil production within a matter of weeks and can return to prewar output within 15 months, according to the newly appointed chairman of state-owned National Oil Corp.
• 08/30/2011 -- BLM completes Hornbuckle oil field environmental assessment
  The US Bureau of Land Management’s environmental assessment of Samson Resources Co.’s proposed development of the Hornbuckle oil field in northern Wyoming is available, BLM’s Casper, Wyo., field office announced on Aug. 26.
• 08/29/2011 -- Total starts Pazflor output off Angola
  Total SA has started production from giant deepwater Pazflor field off Angola, saying it expects output to reach full capacity of 220,000 b/d of crude oil “over the coming months.”