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Discoverer drillship starts operation for Chevron

Transocean reported the newbuild ultradeepwater drillship Discoverer Inspiration started operations for Chevron USA in the Gulf of Mexico under a 5-year contract. Photo from Transocean.

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West Orion semi christened; delivery due

The ultradeepwater West Orion semi was christened at Jurong Shipyard in Singapore and is on schedule for delivery early in the second quarter. Photo from Sembcorp Marine.

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ERCB reports on 2006 Joslyn Creek SAGD steam release

Alberta's ERCB released an incident report on the May 18, 2006, steam release at Total E&P Canada’s Joslyn Creek SAGD oil sands project as well as Total's report on the incident. Photo from Total.

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Crude nears record quarterly price (Mar 15, 2010)

Oil prices had a strong start this year with the first quarter on course for the fifth-highest quarterly average price ever for key benchmark crudes and “on track to average even higher for the balance of the year,” said Costanza Jacazio, vice-president of Barclays Capital Commodities Research in New York.
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Health-care tactics raise new worry in oil and gas issues (Mar 19, 2010)

An industry loathed by the political left should cringe at audacious manipulations deployed in service to unpopular legislation for reform of US health care.
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MEND threatens Nigeria's oil and gas industry

Nigeria's militant Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) continues to threaten the country’s oil industry, this week saying it would attack oil firms in an effort to force them to meets its demands.“In the coming days, we will carry out a...

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ARI: More carbon dioxide EOR could help environment

Advanced Resources International Inc. of Arlington, Va., recently issued a report studying both the economic benefits of increased US oil production and the environmental benefits of increased enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide.ARI outlines its...

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Does your Organization Have an Effective Failure Reporting Process?

Does your company have a process used  to control or eliminate failures. Does your organization use a CMMS/EAM or a specialized Reliability Software to identify, eliminate, mitigate or control failures?Does your organization use failure reports which...

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New OCS program’s delay isn’t surprising

There’s been some sound and fury recently, mostly from congressional Republicans and domestic resource development advocates, about US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s supposedly saying the new five-year Outer Continental Shelf program won’t take effect...

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