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Longhorn gas field starts in Gulf of Mexico (Nov 3, 2009)

Eni SPA has started production from Longhorn gas field in 2,500 ft of water on Mississippi Canyon Blocks 502/546 in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

BP, CNPC signs deal to hike Rumaila output (Nov 3, 2009)

BP PLC and China National Petroleum Corp. have signed the technical service contract with the Iraqi government that will enable them to nearly triple oil production in supergiant Rumaila field to 2.85 million b/d.

BPTT starts gas production from Savonette off Trinidad (Nov 3, 2009)

BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) has started its first natural gas production from Savonette field off Trinidad and Tobago.

Chevron lets contract for Big Foot work (Nov 2, 2009)

Chevron USA Inc. plans to develop Big Foot oil field in the Gulf of Mexico with a dry-tree floating drilling and production facility in 5,300 ft of water.

Fire breaks out on Montara wellhead platform in Timor Sea (Nov 2, 2009)

PTTEP Australasia is now fighting a fire on the Montara wellhead platform in the Timor Sea.

Denbury-Encore merger to test carbon dioxide-oil synergies (Nov 2, 2009)

The production-sequestration synergies of crude oil and carbon dioxide will receive a new test under a $4.5 billion acquisition by Denbury Resources Inc. of Encore Acquisition Co.

API issues second of four planned hydraulic fracturing guidelines (Nov 2, 2009)

The American Petroleum Institute published a new guidance document outlining industry best-practices for properly drilling and cementing wells that are being hydraulically fractured.

US rig climbs 21 units to 1,069 (Oct 30, 2009)

US drilling activity shot up by 21 units this week with 1,069 rotary rigs working the week ended Oct. 30. This compares with 1,971 rigs drilling in the same period last year, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.

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