DNO International ASA has restarted production at West Bukha oil field on Block 8 offshore Oman after repairing a blocked pipeline connecting the field with Bukha field.

Americas Petrogas Inc., Calgary, has begun to production test the operated LTE.x-1 well on the Los Toldos II block in Argentina’s Neuquen basin after performing a five-stage hydraulic frac of the Vaca Muerta shale.

Underground Energy Corp., Santa Barbara, Calif., has attained light and heavy oil production at two wells in the Santa Maria and San Joaquin basins in California while it sells a noncore asset and seeks other ways of raising capital to expand operations.

BHP Billiton reported strong rates of return in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas where the Australian firm is aggressively pursuing development, Chief Executive Officer J. Michael Yeager told the Barclays Capital CEO Energy & Power Conference in New York on Sept. 4.

Shell Canada Ltd. has approved construction of the first commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Canadian oil sands producing region (OGJ Online, July 12, 2012).

A study conducted for the Alberta government’s research organization has created a framework for developing technologies related to tailing ponds in oil sands mining operations.

The Victorian government imposed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing pending legislative changes to implement new standards for the oil and gas industry.

Natural gas production from the Antrim shale of Michigan basin is dropping because most oil and gas companies are focusing on better-known unconventional plays elsewhere in the US, said a report by GlobalData of London.

Five refineries were shut down and six others operated at reduced rates as the slow-moving Isaac made its way across Louisiana where it was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm several hours after making landfall near New Orleans late on Aug. 28.

Loyz Energy Ltd. of Singapore and technical partner Rex Oil & Gas Ltd. have agreed to participate in the drilling of 80 wells in Colorado and North Dakota on acreage held by Fram Exploration, Trondheim, Norway.

The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) released a recommended practice for surveying water supplies before drilling, marking the third in a series of MSC recommended practices aimed at reinforcing the coalition’s guiding principles to “continuously improve our practices and seek transparency.”

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has recognized Statoil ASA for improving oil recovery via gas injection at Oseberg field in the North Sea off Norway.

Statoil ASA let a contract to ABB to install high-voltage subsea cables to provide power for two new gas compressors planned for the Troll A platform in the North Sea off western Norway.