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Gallic sees potential in two Aquitaine basin formations May 22, 2012 Gallic Energy Ltd., Calgary, temporarily suspended completion operations at its Ossun-2D reentry well on the Ger permit in the Aquitaine basin in southern France.
Total confirms G4 well top kill completely stopped Elgin gas leak May 21, 2012 Total UK Ltd. said 5 days of close monitoring confirms the success of a May 15 top kill operation on the leaking G4 natural gas well on the Elgin complex, 240 km from Aberdeen in the UK North Sea.
DOI says leases remain idle; industry groups dispute claim May 21, 2012 More than two thirds of federal offshore tracts leased by the oil and gas industry and more than half of the federal onshore acreage companies hold in the Lower 48 remains idle, the US Department o...
Repsol declares Cuba deepwater wildcat dry May 18, 2012 Repsol SA has declared a dry hole at its deepwater exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico north of Cuba, press reports indicated May 18.
US drilling rig count gains 12 units to reach 1,986 May 18, 2012 There were a total of 1,986 oil and gas drilling rigs working in the US this week, up by 12 units from last week. The rig count for the week ended May 18 was up by 156 rigs compared with the same p...
Diamond Offshore orders drillship, sells jack ups May 14, 2012 Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. ordered a $655 million ultradeepwater drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. with delivery scheduled for fourth-quarter 2014.
US drilling rig count rises to 1,974 May 11, 2012 US oil and gas drilling activity this week rose by 9 units to reach 1,974 total rigs working. The rig count for the week ended May 11 was up by 144 rigs compared with the same period a year ago, Ba...
Cuba drilling continues as US groups press spill response need May 11, 2012 Repsol SA continues drilling Cuba’s first offshore oil well as some US government agencies, oil and gas organizations, and environmental groups press to ease restrictions that would keep US compani...
CGX group sees petroleum system offshore Guyana May 8, 2012 CGX Energy Inc., Toronto, found water-bearing sandstones with hydrocarbon shows in the Eagle-1 wildcat on its 100% owned Corentyne Petroleum Prospecting License offshore Guyana.
Chevron's dual gradient drillship arrives in Gulf of Mexico May 7, 2012 Chevron Corp. said the Pacific Santa Ana, a deepwater drillship built with the capacity to perform dual gradient drilling (DGD), has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico to work for Chevron under a 5-year...