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BP's investigation finds series of failures in Macondo blowout

BP, operator of the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, said a series of failures, both mechanical and human, made by “multiple companies” contributed to the well’s blowout and subsequent fire and explosion on Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon semi.

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General Interest

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BP doing Macondo well diagnostics, more fishing (Sep 8, 2010)

Dana agrees to buy UK North Sea interests (Sep 8, 2010)

BP's investigation finds series of failures in Macondo blowout (Sep 8, 2010)

Industry task forces submit offshore spill proposals to DOI (Sep 7, 2010)

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Exploration & Development

Oregon (Sep 8, 2010)

Uzbekistan (Sep 8, 2010)

Mongolia (Sep 8, 2010)

Central Mediterranean gas discovery indicated (Sep 8, 2010)

Chevron to operate ex-Devon blocks off China (Sep 7, 2010)

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Drilling & Production

Marathon ramps up Droshky production (Sep 8, 2010)

Chevron lets contract for Jack, St. Malo topsides (Sep 7, 2010)

Rowan to move two Gulf of Mexico rigs to Middle East (Sep 3, 2010)

BOE begins inquiry into Mariner offshore platform explosion (Sep 3, 2010)

BHP brings Ravensworth oil field on stream off W. Australia (Sep 3, 2010)

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Processing

Delayed coker due at Assam, India, refinery (Sep 8, 2010)

IOCL adding hydrotreater at Haldia refinery (Sep 7, 2010)

Russia, China resolve Tianjin refinery oil supply issue (Sep 2, 2010)

Petronas to buy BP's Malaysian ethylene, PE assets (Sep 1, 2010)

Joint venture to fund Bangladeshi refinery expansion (Aug 31, 2010)

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Transportation

TransCanada launches open season for oil shipments to US Gulf (Sep 8, 2010)

Contract let for Abu Dhabi pipelines (Sep 2, 2010)

Enterprise to build 350,000 b/d Eagle Ford oil pipeline (Sep 1, 2010)

Fos Cavaou LNG terminal operating at full capacity (Sep 1, 2010)

PNG LNG project venture signs design contract (Aug 31, 2010)

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OGJ Oil Diplomacy Blog

by Eric Watkins

Brightoil takes on the big boys

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, said it has won a contract with Shenzen-based Brightoil Petroleum Holdings Ltd. to build five very large crude carriers (VLCC) at $537.5 million.Hyundai Heavy said it plans to construct and...

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Health, Safety & Environmental Blog

by Paula Dittrick

Scientists find new microbe in Macondo oil spill

US Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists found microbes degraded oil in deepwater much faster than anticipated, and this degradation appears to take place without a significant level of oxygen depletion.That is among the...

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Maintenance and Reliability in Oil and Gas

by Ricky Smith CMRP

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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OGJ Washington Pulse Blog

by Nick Snow

Another explosion, and “lessons learned”

Can life get any more ironic than Mariner Energy Inc.’s Gulf of Mexico production platform exploding the same day BP PLC issued a report about lessons learned from the Apr. 20 Macondo well blowout, rig explosion, and crude oil spill? I don’t think so.The...

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