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Mexico eyes risk contracts to offset Cantarell downturn

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:05:40 GMT

November 20,2009 --

Mexico’s state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos and the Secretaria de Energia (Sener) are preparing risk contracts that will be offered to oil companies—international and domestic—in order accelerate the search for oil and gas, accor.......

US rigs increase for fifth week

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:50:50 GMT

November 20,2009 --

US drilling activity increased for the fifth consecutive week, up by 12 rotary rigs to 1,113 working but still well below the 1,941 units drilling during the comparable week a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.

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Third West Don production well under study

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:10:20 GMT

November 19,2009 --

A third production well is under study for West Don field in the UK North Sea, 150 km northeast of the Shetland Islands.

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Haynesville buried-array seismic work set

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:06:00 GMT

November 18,2009 --

El Paso Corp. let contract to MicroSeismic Inc. for a buried-array seismic monitoring program in its Haynesville shale development program south of Shreveport, La.

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Partners report high Bakken shale test rates

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:10:20 GMT

November 17,2009 --

Brigham Exploration Co., Austin, and US Energy Corp., Riverton, Wyo., reported high initial production rates from their first three completions in a six-well program in the Williston basin’s Bakken shale oil play.

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US rig count increases for fourth week

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:45:40 GMT

November 13,2009 --

US drilling activity continued to increase for the fourth week, up by 23 rotary rigs to 1,101 working but still well below the 1,941 units drilling during the comparable week a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.

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Suncor revives Firebag oil sands expansion

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:25:50 GMT

November 13,2009 --

Suncor Energy Inc. will resume investment in the 50%-complete third stage of its Firebag in situ development in the oil sands of Alberta.

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India approves Deen Dayal West gas development

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:30:50 GMT

November 12,2009 --

Authorities in India approved the development plan for Deen Dayal West gas-condensate field in the Krishna Godavari basin off eastern India.

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Concerns voiced about UK-based subsea industry

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:45:40 GMT

November 12,2009 --

Decreasing activity and project delays off the UK are raising concerns in the country’s subsea industry.

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Study: Cooperation key to growth in oil sands supply

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:10 GMT

November 10,2009 --

Although the oil sands industry will continue to develop in Alberta despite the jolt it received when oil prices plunged last year, total Canadian oil exports to the US face constraints, according to a study by the Center for Global Energy Stud.......

Chevron, CNPC to begin development of Luojiazhai gas field

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:35:30 GMT

November 9,2009 --

Chevron Corp. and partner China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) were given approval by the Chinese government to proceed with the development of the Chuandongbei (CDB) Natural Gas Project, which includes the Tieshanpo, Dukouhe, Qilibei, Gunzipi.......

Contract let for coal gasification plant

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:25:40 GMT

November 9,2009 --

Tenaska Energy Inc., Omaha, has let a contract to Siemens Energy for coal gasification technology at the planned Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), one of the first commercial-scale facilities of its kind in the US to use carbon capture and seque.......

Eni lets contract for Appaloosa development

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:20:20 GMT

November 9,2009 --

Eni SPA has started development of deepwater Appaloosa oil field in what it calls the Greater Longhorn area of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Investigation into Montara platform incident intensifies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:50:10 GMT

November 6,2009 --

The Australian government’s Commission of Inquiry will have the powers and authority of a Royal Commission in investigating into the Montara platform incident in the Timor Sea, according the Australian Resources and Energy Minister Martin.......

US rig count continues to climb

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:30:10 GMT

November 6,2009 --

US drilling activity increased another 9 units this week with 1,078 rotary rigs working the week ended Nov. 6.

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PSAC sees low 2010 Canadian drilling activity

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:10 GMT

November 6,2009 --

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) expects the oil and gas industry to drill 8,000 wells in Canada during 2010.

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Rio Napo JV starts operations at Sacha field in Ecuador

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:35:10 GMT

November 5,2009 --

Rio Napo, a 70-30 joint venture of Ecuador's state oil company Petroecuador and Venezuela’s Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), has begun operating Sacha oil field in Ecuador's Amazon.

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BLM to collect higher drilling permit application fee

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:10:10 GMT

November 5,2009 --

The US Bureau of Land Management has begun collecting a $6,500 processing fee for each new oil and gas drilling permit application.

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CERI updates oil sands production, cost outlook

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:55:20 GMT

November 4,2009 --

The realistic scenario in the latest Canadian Energy Research Institute outlook expects Alberta oil sands production to increase to 1.7 million b/d by 2015, 2.5 million b/d by 2020, 4.5 million b/d by 2030 before reaching a peak of 5.3 million .......

Montara platform fire out; leak plugged in Timor Sea

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:45:50 GMT

November 4,2009 --

Thai company PTTEP Australasia has finally managed to plug the oil leak from a well drilled from its Montara oil and gas field platform in the Timor Sea and in the process snuff out a damaging fire that had broken out engulfing the platform and.......

Longhorn gas field starts in Gulf of Mexico

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMT

November 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.

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BP, CNPC signs deal to hike Rumaila output

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:15:40 GMT

November 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.

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BPTT starts gas production from Savonette off Trinidad

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:40:50 GMT

November 3,2009 --

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

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Chevron lets contract for Big Foot work

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:55:40 GMT

November 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.

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Fire breaks out on Montara wellhead platform in Timor Sea

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:25:00 GMT

November 2,2009 --

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

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Denbury-Encore merger to test carbon dioxide-oil synergies

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:30:10 GMT

November 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.

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API issues second of four planned hydraulic fracturing guidelines

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:15:10 GMT

November 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.

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US rig climbs 21 units to 1,069

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:26:00 GMT

October 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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BHP Billiton shuts in Griffin oil field off W. Australia

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:35:30 GMT

October 30,2009 --

BHP Billiton has shut in the Griffin oil field off Western Australia in licence WA-10-L since it has come to the end of its economic life after 15 years of production.

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Chesapeake decides not to drill in New York City watershed

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:25:50 GMT

October 30,2009 --

Chesapeake Energy Corp. does not plan to drill natural gas wells within the New York City watershed.

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Encore plans 22-stage frac in Williston lateral

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:35:10 GMT

October 29,2009 --

Encore Acquisition Co., Fort Worth, plans to apply a 22-stage frac in a Three Forks-Sanish (TFS) horizontal well in the Williston basin in order to compare single-stage and multistage frac effectiveness.

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24-stage frac job planned for Sanish Three Forks well

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:30:30 GMT

October 28,2009 --

Whiting Petroleum Corp. plans to use 24-stages for hydraulically fracture its Ogden 11 TFH horizontal well, completed in the Three Forks reservoir in the Sanish field, Mountrail County, ND.

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Daniel Boone discovery starts up in US gulf

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:06:00 GMT

October 28,2009 --

W&T Offshore Inc., Houston, started oil and natural gas production from the Daniel Boone discovery well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

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PTTEP abandons attempt to plug oil leak from Montara platform

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:20:30 GMT

October 28,2009 --

Thai company PTTEP has been forced to abandon its fourth attempt to plug the oil leak from its Montara oil platform in the Timor Sea after the drilling assembly failed while being run in the relief well.

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Nexus Energy brings Longtom gas field on stream

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30:20 GMT

October 27,2009 --

Nexus Energy Ltd., Melbourne, has brought on stream its wholly owned Longtom natural gas field in Bass Strait.

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Arrow lets contract for Surat basin CSM project

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:56:00 GMT

October 27,2009 --

Arrow Energy Ltd., Brisbane, has appointed WorleyParsons as program manager for the front-end engineering and design study for its Surat basin coalseam methane project in Queensland.

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Suncor speeds tailings-pond reclamation

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:35:50 GMT

October 23,2009 --

Suncor Energy Inc. is seeking approvals for a process it says can shrink the environmental footprint of oil sands mining operations.

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Chevron lets contract for Escravos project off Nigeria

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:40:30 GMT

October 23,2009 --

Chevron Nigeria Ltd. let a $500 million contract to Acergy SA to carry out pipeline and subsea work for the Escravos gas project off Nigeria.

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US rig count rises 8 units

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:30:40 GMT

October 23,2009 --

US drilling activity increased by 8 units this week with 1,048 rotary rigs working the week ended Oct. 23.

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Petrobras to use ultradeepwater drillship off Angola

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:30:20 GMT

October 22,2009 --

A subsidiary of Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) will use the Petrobras 10000 ultradeepwater drillship for work off Angola.

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Oil flow from Malaysian block delayed again

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:15:00 GMT

October 22,2009 --

Start of production at Malaysia’s offshore Block SK-305 will be delayed again by technical problems, said an official of Indonesia’s state-owned PT Pertamina, which holds a minority stake in the development.

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Gazprom eyeing earlier start at Sakhalin-3

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:16:00 GMT

October 20,2009 --

Russia's state-owned OAO Gazprom plans to start production at the Sakhalin-3 project's Kirinsky field in 2011 or 2012, 2-3 years ahead of schedule, according to a senior company executive.

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Analyst sees continued growth in Kuwaiti oil, gas production

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:40:20 GMT

October 19,2009 --

Kuwait will account for 10.35% of Middle East regional oil supply by 2013, while representing just 2.71% of demand, according to the latest Kuwait Oil & Gas Report from Business Monitor International.

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US rig count dips slightly

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:10:50 GMT

October 16,2009 --

US drilling activity was little changed from a week ago, down just 1 unit with 1,040 rotary rigs working the week ended Oct. 16.

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Yuri Korchagin offshore installations completed

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:46:00 GMT

October 16,2009 --

OAO Lukoil is closer to bringing its Yuri Korchagin oil field on stream in the Caspian Sea this December following installation of offshore facilities.

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Repairs start at fire-damaged oil sands unit

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:00:20 GMT

October 15,2009 --

Suncor Energy Inc. expects repairs to be complete by month’s end to fire damage at one of its two oil sands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, Alta.

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Neptune Explorer drillship completes upgrade

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:55:20 GMT

October 15,2009 --

Neptune Marine Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of Jasper Investments Ltd., completed a $340 million upgrade of its deepwater drillship, the Neptune Explorer.

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Shell lets contract for Bonga Northwest flowlines

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:20 GMT

October 15,2009 --

Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co. Ltd. let a contract to Saipem SPA to carry out subsea development of Bonga Northwest field on OML 118 about 120 km off Nigeria.

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Diamond Offshore renames rig Ocean Valor

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:15:20 GMT

October 14,2009 --

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. bought the newbuild 7,500-ft, dynamically positioned semisubmersible PetroRig II and renamed it the Ocean Valor.

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Buoyant Iraqi minister sees 'big leap' coming in production

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:15:40 GMT

October 14,2009 --

Following agreement on two new oil service contracts, Iraq’s oil minister said he expects his country to increase its oil production to 10-12 million b/d over the next 6 years from the current 2.5 million b/d.

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Aegean Energy chairman sees promise for IOCs in Greece

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:10 GMT

October 14,2009 --

Aegean Energy SA is considering several new drilling operations off Greece after recent exploration showed signs of additional undersea reserves.

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Energy XXI to boost Main Pass 61 oil output

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:40:50 GMT

October 13,2009 --

Three development wells, one of which found a new oil pay zone, are to be completed shortly in Main Pass 61 oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, said Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd., Houston.

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API: US drilling up slightly, but still below year-ago counts

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:11:00 GMT

October 13,2009 --

US oil and gas drilling activity rebounded somewhat from the previous 3-month period during 2009’s third quarter but remained substantially lower than the comparable 2008 period, the American Petroleum Institute reported.

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Suncor plans turnaround work for Alberta oil sands plant

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:40:10 GMT

October 12,2009 --

Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, let a contract to KBR Canada to carry out turnaround services next year for its oil sands plant in Fort McMurray, Alta.

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Pemex to review, not suspend work in Chicontepec oil region

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:40:20 GMT

October 9,2009 --

Responding to earlier media reports, Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) confirmed it is reviewing performance in the Chicontepec oil region, but is not suspending work there.

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Half of Shell's production will be gas by 2012, CEO says

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:11:00 GMT

October 9,2009 --

Oil and natural gas are indispensable in a growing world energy market, and Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to make gas roughly half of its total production by 2012, its chief executive officer said on Oct. 8.

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US rig count gains another 17 units

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:50:30 GMT

October 9,2009 --

US drilling activity increased again this week, up 17 units to 1,041 rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported Oct. 9.

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Petrobras seeks bids to build 28 offshore platforms

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:15:30 GMT

October 9,2009 --

Brazil’s state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) will receive bids next week from shipyards to build 28 offshore platforms for developing oil fields in the ultradeep subsalt layer.

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Kazakhs peg Khvalynskoye development at $5 billion

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:35:20 GMT

October 8,2009 --

Development of Khvalynskoye natural gas field in Kazakhstan’s sector of the Caspian Sea will cost $5 billion in the first phase, Kairgeldy Kabyldin, chief executive officer of state-owned KazMunaiGaz (KMG), told delegates at the Kazakhsta.......

SPE: Pemex aspires for 60% oil recovery from Cantarell

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:50:50 GMT

October 7,2009 --

Pemex Exporation & Production is studying new ways for recovering more oil from the tight reservoir matrix of the Cantarell field off Mexico.

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Apache to tap Argentina unconventional gas

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:15:20 GMT

October 7,2009 --

Argentina’s secretary of energy has approved the first contract under an incentive program to encourage development of unconventional natural gas reservoirs.

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SPE: Stimulation chemistry scoring index proposed

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:50:40 GMT

October 6,2009 --

A chemistry scoring index may help address the recent controversy on assessing the hazards of chemicals used in stimulating wells, according to Ron Hyden, strategic business manager for Halliburton’s production enhancement product service.......

SPE: Oil recovery takes NOC, IOC, service company collaboration

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:45:50 GMT

October 6,2009 --

Recovering the world’s remaining oil resources will require a collaborative effort of national oil companies, international oil companies, and service companies, according to Mohammed Al-Qahtani, executive director, petroleum engineering .......

Tengizchevroil to increase production in 2009

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:30:30 GMT

October 5,2009 --

The Chevron Corp.-led Tengizchevroil (TCO) consortium will increase its planned production of oil by yearend to 22.5 million tonnes from 21.5 million tonnes, according to a senior Kazakh official.

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Apache, Santos let Reindeer field pipelay contract

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:35:50 GMT

October 5,2009 --

Apache Energy Corp. and Santos Ltd.—partners in the Reindeer field-Devil Creek natural gas project in Western Australia—have let a $195 million (Aus.) contract to a joint venture of Malaysia’s Sapura Crest Petroleum and Norway.......

Ghana's GNPC lets contract for Jubilee oil field

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:25:40 GMT

October 5,2009 --

Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) has selected Nigeria’s Oando PLC to lead a consortium that will develop offshore and onshore pipelines, a processing facility, and other infrastructure for the Jubilee oil field.

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Oyong gas field off Indonesia comes on stream

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:10:40 GMT

October 5,2009 --

Santos Group’s Oyong natural gas field off Indonesia has been brought on stream as part of the field’s Phase 2 development.

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US rig count gains another 7 units

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:30:10 GMT

October 2,2009 --

US drilling activity increased again this week, up 7 units to 1,024 rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.

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StatoilHydro lets contract for Gullfaks A drilling facility upgrade

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:01:00 GMT

September 30,2009 --

StatoilHydro has awarded Aker Solutions a 50 million kroner front-end engineering design (FEED) study for upgrading the Gullfaks A drilling facilities.

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Petrobras lets contract for basins off Brazil

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:55:30 GMT

September 30,2009 --

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has awarded the Brazil business unit of Global Industries Ltd. a $70 million contract for diving, remotely operated vehicle, and construction services to be performed off Brazil in areas of the Campos, Santos,.......

Pemex lets contract for onshore fields in southern Mexico

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:05:30 GMT

September 29,2009 --

Petroleos Mexicanos has let a $11.2 million contract to Wood Group Pressure Control (WGPC), part of John Wood Group PLC, to provide 125 wellheads and christmas trees for onshore oil and gas fields in southern Mexico.

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Aramco lets FEED, PMS contracts for Shaybah NGL program

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:50:10 GMT

September 29,2009 --

Saudi Aramco has awarded KBR a contract for an undisclosed sum for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) and project management services (PMS) for its Shaybah natural gas liquids program at Shaybah field in Saudi Arabia.

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UT assessing carbon storage in Gulf of Mexico

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:15:50 GMT

September 29,2009 --

The University of Texas at Austin will use $6 million in federal and state grants to identify possible carbon sequestration sites on state-owned property under the Gulf of Mexico.

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Santos-led JV lets contract for Casino-Henry gas field

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:11:00 GMT

September 28,2009 --

The Santos-led joint venture has awarded engineering and construction company Subsea 7 an $80 million contract to install a subsea pipeline for the Casino-Henry gas field development in the Otway basin off western Victoria.

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Cabot ordered to cease Marcellus fracs

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:36:00 GMT

September 28,2009 --

State regulators ordered Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, to cease hydraulic fracturing in northeastern Pennsylvania in connection with surface spills.

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US rig count remains above 1,000 units

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:30:20 GMT

September 25,2009 --

US drilling activity increased for a second week, up 7 units to reach 1,017 rigs working during the week ended Sept. 25, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.

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E.On installs Babbage gas platform

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:30 GMT

September 25,2009 --

E.On Ruhrgas AG is installing its first operated gas production platform in the UK southern North Sea, which is expected to process gas from Babbage field in April 2010.

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Dong lets contract for Oselvar flowlines

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:45:40 GMT

September 25,2009 --

Dong E&P Norge AS has let a €45 million contract to Technip for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of flowlines and umbilicals at Oselvar oil field in the Norwegian North Sea.

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Typhoon Koppu halts Huizhou field production

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:40 GMT

September 24,2009 --

Typhoon Koppu on Sept. 14 damaged the mooring lines and delivery hose of the single point mooring system for the Nanhi Faxian floating, production, storage vessel, resulting in production stopping from Huizhou field, according to CNOOC Ltd.

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Freedonia: US demand growth for oil field chemicals to exceed 4%/year

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:15:10 GMT

September 24,2009 --

Demand for oil field chemicals in the US will reach $10.7 billion in 2013, according to a new study by the Freedonia Group Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.

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Angola LNG partners let pipeline contract

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:10:30 GMT

September 23,2009 --

Total E&P Angola and BP Angola (Block 18) BV let a contract to Acergy SA for the installation of more than 70 km of pipeline from Angola’s Block 2 to the onshore pipeline for the 5.2 million tonne/year Angola LNG liquefaction facility.......

BP Norge lets contract for NCS development

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:56:00 GMT

September 23,2009 --

BP Norge AS has let a well intervention services contract to Aker Solutions ASA focusing on its Valhall, Ula, and the future Skarv development, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

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World's first acoustic optical fiber installed

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:35:50 GMT

September 22,2009 --

Composite Energy Ltd., Stirling, UK, installed the world's first downhole distributed acoustic optical-fiber monitoring system in a coalbed methane well in Scotland, according to Fotech Solutions Ltd., Hampshire, UK, the fiber's manufacturer.

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Camamu-Almada basin block to be relinquished

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:05:30 GMT

September 21,2009 --

A group led by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) plans to relinquish the B-CAM-40 exploration block to Brazil’s Agencia Nacional do Petroleo (ANP).

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US rig count climbs above 1,000 again

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:45:10 GMT

September 18,2009 --

For the second time in 23 weeks, US drilling activity increased to more than 1,000 rotary rigs working, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.

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Aegean to start second drilling phase at Epsilon field

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:20:10 GMT

September 18,2009 --

Aegean Energy SA and Kavala Oil SA will use the Ensco85 (E85) jack up rig to start the second phase of its drilling program in Epsilon field off Greece with what would be the deepest and longest well ever drilled there.

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StatoilHydro studies carbon dioxide reduction at Leismer

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:45:10 GMT

September 18,2009 --

StatoilHydro is exploring ways to reduce water use and carbon dioxide emissions at its Leismer Oilsands demonstration project, 160 km south of Fort McMurray, Alta.

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Total sees falling gas production from block off Indonesia

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:46:00 GMT

September 17,2009 --

Total SA subsidiary Total E&P Indonesie, the biggest producer of natural gas in Indonesia, said its production in East Kalimantan’s Mahakam block will decline to 2.55 bcfd this year from 2.57 bcfd in 2008.

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Volund field off Norway starts producing

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:25:50 GMT

September 16,2009 --

Marathon Petroleum Co. (Norway) LLC started production from Volund field on Block 24/9 in the Norwegian North Sea.

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Goliat subsea production system contract let

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:20:50 GMT

September 16,2009 --

Eni Norge AS awarded Aker Solutions a 2.3 billion kroner contract for delivering a production system for Goliat field in the Barents Sea, off Norway.

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Talisman farms into Horizon Papua New Guinea permits

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:40:30 GMT

September 15,2009 --

Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, signed a $60 million deal with Horizon Oil Ltd., Sydney, to farm into Horizon’s gas and condensate interests in the western province of Papua New Guinea.

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PTTEP begins drilling Montara relief well

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:15:10 GMT

September 15,2009 --

PTTEP Australasia of Thailand has begun drilling a relief well to stop the oil leak from the Montara field wellhead platform in the Timor Sea.

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Eni starts Blacktip gas field off Australia

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:06:00 GMT

September 15,2009 --

Eni Australia’s wholly owned Blacktip natural gas field in the Bonaparte Gulf has been brought on stream via two wells on a wellhead platform, with production moving to a gas processing plant at Wadeye on the Northern Territory coast and .......

Pan Orient to buy Indonesian interests from Fuel-X

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:30:20 GMT

September 14,2009 --

Pan Orient Energy Corp., Calgary, agreed to buy Indonesian interests held by Fuel-X International Inc. of Alberta, which was placed in receivership in September 2007.

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US rig count dips below 1,000

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:00:50 GMT

September 11,2009 --

US drilling activity dropped by 10 rotary rigs to 999 units working this week, down from 2,031 in the same period a year ago, said Baker Hughes Inc.

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Russia, Venezuela agree on energy agreements 'package'

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:05:10 GMT

September 11,2009 --

Russia and Venezuela, during Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's 2-day visit to Moscow, have signed a package of energy agreements, including one to develop the Latin American country's Orinoco belt and its 235 billion bbl of heavy oil reserves........

BHP lets contract for Macedon field off Western Australia

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:10:40 GMT

September 10,2009 --

BHP Billiton has let a $12 million contract to Clough Australia for front-end engineering and design work for Macedon natural gas field in retention licence WA-12-R off Western Australia.

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Through-tubing rotary drilling tested at Asgard

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:50:30 GMT

September 10,2009 --

A new through-tubing rotary drilling and well technology makes possible the reuse of old subsea wells in a simpler and more inexpensive way, according to StatoilHydro.

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Propane fracs run at New Brunswick gas wells

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:45:50 GMT

September 10,2009 --

Corridor Resources Inc., Halifax, NS, reported successful initial gas rates following the first liquid propane fracs in McCully field in New Brunswick and is identifying nearby locations for potential drilling in 2010.

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Production at Shenzi exceeds design capacity

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:50 GMT

September 10,2009 --

Production from seven subsea-completed wells tied in to the Shenzi tension-leg platform on Green Canyon Block 653 in the Gulf of Mexico is now at 120,000 bo/d, which exceeds the 100,000 bo/d nominal design capacity of the facility, BHP Billiton.......