Stay Connected
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013

Drilling Production 2013 P

  • Fri May 17 12:24:00 CDT 2013 -- US drilling rig count unchanged at 1,769
    The US drilling rig count was unchanged during the week ended May 17, maintaining a total of 1,769 rotary rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
  • Wed May 15 12:36:00 CDT 2013 -- Enquest lets contract for Thistle repair
    Enquest PLC, London, has let a contract for inspection, repair, and maintenance services to Hallin Marine in its revitalization of the Thistle Alpha drilling and production platform in the North Sea 275 miles northeast of Aberdeen (OGJ Online, Feb. 5, 2013).
  • Tue May 07 15:14:00 CDT 2013 -- OTC: Petrobras presalt output to reach 2 million bo/d by 2020
    Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) plans to increase net production from its offshore presalt formation in the Campos and Santos basins to more than 2 million bo/d by 2020, from 311,000 b/d of oil as of Apr. 17, according to Carlos Tadeu de Costa Fraga, the company’s presalt executive manager. Fraga spoke May 7 to attendees of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.
  • Fri May 03 13:17:00 CDT 2013 -- US drilling rig count gains 10 units to 1,764
    The US drilling rig count gained 10 units during the week ended May 3 to a total of 1,764 rotary rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported. That compared with 1,965 rigs working in the comparable week last year.
  • Wed May 01 11:47:00 CDT 2013 -- BSEE, Helix, and Noble test spill containment equipment
    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has started a drill to test the deployment of Helix Well Containment Group’s capping stack system for Noble Energy Inc. in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
  • Mon Apr 29 10:31:00 CDT 2013 -- Imperial starts up Kearl oil sands mine
    Production of mined diluted bitumen has begun from the first of three trains at Imperial Oil Ltd.’s Kearl oil sands project 75 km northeast of Fort McMurray, Alta. (OGJ Online, Feb. 4, 2013).
  • Fri Apr 26 12:34:00 CDT 2013 -- US drilling rig count down 4 units to 1,754
    The US drilling rig count fell by 4 units during the week ended Apr. 26 to a total of 1,754 rotary rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
  • Thu Apr 25 10:23:00 CDT 2013 -- Dana spuds Dutch N. Sea exploratory well
    Dana Petroleum PLC has spudded an exploratory well from near its De Ruyter platform offshore the Netherlands to test new-pool potential.
  • Wed Apr 24 12:38:00 CDT 2013 -- Cenovus hikes Canada oil sands, conventional output
    Cenovus Energy Inc., Calgary, reported a 15% increase in its western Canadian oil production in the quarter ended Mar. 31 on strong performance by its Christina Lake oil sands project.
  • Tue Apr 23 15:57:00 CDT 2013 -- Three North Slope exploratory tests find oil
    Repsol SA said its winter exploratory campaign on Alaska’s North Slope resulted in three “good quality hydrocarbon discoveries” whose results are encouraging for future development, but the company did not use the word commercial in its announcement.
file