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Hydrates slowed removal of pipe from Macondo well

BP has flushed out hydrates that it found in Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon semi BOP and a capping stack on the blown-out Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo from BP.
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Transocean outlines indemnity language in Deepwater Horizon contract

Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon semi, filed a quarterly report with the US SEC outlining 206 claims filed against it as of June 30 in various courts concerning the Apr. 20 rig explosion.

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Apache extends drilling in Egypt's Faghur basin

Apache Corp. reported two oil discoveries and a significant appraisal in the Faghur basin in the far southwest of Egypt's Western Desert. Photo from Apache.

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Problems on problems in Uganda

Uganda’s nascent oil and gas industry is very much in the news these days as a tax dispute between the government and Heritage Oil Co. escalates to include Tullow Oil, as well as Total SA and CNOOC.At bottom, the dispute is over the amount of capital...

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Crews to protect Macondo casing hanger during BOP swap

The casing hanger and annulus seal have taken center stage in BP PLC’s plan to replace the Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible's blowout preventer with another blowout preventer.Engineers and scientists calculated 80,000 pounds of force can...

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Maintenance Supervisors? Are they key to success?

My belief is Maintenance Supervisors are the key to effective maintenance work execution and thus hold the key to optimizing equipment reliability.If you agree, how do we make this happen? How do you engage maintenance supervisors to motivate their...

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Colorado, 9 producers agree to protect wildlife

Washington policymakers considering stronger regulations sometimes look to states for ideas. Colorado’s new oil and gas regulations may be providing exactly that.Nine oil and gas producers have reached historic agreements under those regulations which...

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Shell Perdido covers the record breaking development of this Gulf of Mexico project from start to finish. Additional coverage includes technology profiles from the service and supply companies that helped make this field a success.

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