(September 12, 2008, 9:09 AM)
The Indonesian parliament has been told that a floating offshore storage project jointly planned by ExxonMobil Corp. and state-owned PT Pertamina EP may incur up to $1.2 billion in state losses.
(September 09, 2008, 3:09 PM)
GFZ German Research Center, France's IFP, and Holland's TNO are establishing a consortium of 15-16 university institutes and energy centers to map possible gas shale sites in various European countries.
(September 06, 2008, 8:09 AM)
US drilling activity dropped from a 23-year high, down by 18 rotary rigs this week with 2,013 still working, said Baker Hughes Inc.
(September 05, 2008, 2:09 PM)
Aramco, which earlier had to delay a planned start-up, has begun production from its Khursaniyah oil field, according to company officials.
(September 05, 2008, 11:09 AM)
The NPD and Gassnova, the state company that handles CCS, have commissioned a seismic survey to see if Troll field in the North Sea can accommodate carbon dioxide from plants at Mongstad and Karsto.
(September 04, 2008, 4:09 PM)
Kazakhstan's Kashagan oil field, long the subject of uncertainty over a start-up date, will begin producing crude in 2014 instead of in 2013, according to the head of a Kazakh energy association.
(September 02, 2008, 5:09 PM)
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, aboard platform JK P-34, has launched oil extraction from the presalt layer of Jubarte field in the Campos basin off Espirito Santo state.
(August 29, 2008, 8:08 PM)
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico have begun evacuating platforms and rigs in the path of Tropical Storm Gustav.
(August 29, 2008, 4:08 PM)
There were 2,031 rotary rigs working in the US the week ended Aug. 29, up 33 from the previous week and the first time the count has topped 2,000 since Mar. 8, 1985, when 2,011 units were drilling, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
(August 29, 2008, 11:08 AM)
Drilling contractor Pride International Inc., Houston, has placed an order for construction of a fourth advanced-capability, ultradeepwater drillship to be constructed at the Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd. (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.
(August 28, 2008, 11:08 AM)
Oil production has started from Vincent field in the Carnarvon basin production licence WA-28-L off Western Australia, reported Woodside Petroleum, the field's lead joint venture partner.
(August 27, 2008, 3:08 PM)
Petrofac Energy has spudded the first well on the West Don field in the UK North Sea, which is expected to start production in second-quarter 2009, along with Don Southwest field.
(August 27, 2008, 12:08 AM)
Vanco Ghana and partner Lukoil Overseas Ghana have completed contractual arrangements with Aban Loyd for use of its Aban Abraham dynamic positioning drillship to drill off Ghana.
(August 26, 2008, 3:08 PM)
Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co. Ltd. (MODEC) has signed a letter of intent with Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) to supply, charter, and operate a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel as the Pilot FPSO in the giant Tupi field area of the Santos basin off Brazil.
(August 23, 2008, 8:08 AM)
Production from Mexico's Cantarell oil field fell 36% over the past year, reducing the country's overall oil production and creating a sharp decline in its exports.
(August 22, 2008, 11:08 PM)
US drilling activity continued to increase, up by 8 rotary rigs to 1,998 working, the highest weekly count since the week ended Mar. 8, 1985, and up from 1,816 in this period a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported for the week ended Aug. 22.
(August 21, 2008, 10:08 AM)
Brunei Shell Petroleum has contracted the Maersk Convincer jack up rig for 1 year to drill off Brunei with an option to twice extend the 1-year contract.
(August 19, 2008, 12:08 AM)
StatoilHydro let a $100 million contract to Subsea 7 to design and install Troll B gas injection facilities to improve oil recovery at the country's largest gas field in the Norwegian North Sea.
(August 16, 2008, 8:08 AM)
US drilling continued to increase the week ended Aug. 15, with 23 more rotary rigs for a total of 1,990 working, up from 1,795 during the same period in 2007, said Baker Hughes Inc.
(August 14, 2008, 2:08 PM)
Queensland Energy Resources has shunned the Alberta-Taciuk Processor revolving kiln oil shale processing technology in favor of the Paraho II technology to develop its deposits along Queensland's east coast.
Eric van Oort, Planning & Business Improvement Manager, Shell E&P Americas Douwe Franssens, Global Real Time Technology Manager, Halliburton Sperry Drilling Services
Laurence "Larry" Lines, President-Elect, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Fred Aminzadeh, President, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Leon Thomsen, Chief Scientist, Delta Geophysics Michael S. Bahorich, Executive Vice-President - Exploration and Production Technology, Apache Petroleum Corp. Bob Williams, Director of Research, PennEnergy's Oil & Gas Journal Online Research Center and PennEnergy Online Research Center
David Petruska, Riser Technical Authority - GoM Performance Unit, BP James D. Stear, Ocean Engineer, Chevron Dave Wisch, Chevron Fellow, Chevron Energy Technology Co. Steve Leverette, Manager of R&D, SBM - Atlantia , ,
William F. (Bill) Lawson, General Chair, 16th Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Rafael Sandrea, President, IPC Petroleum Consultants, Inc./IOR 2008 Plenary Speaker Paul Willhite, Technical Program Chair, 16th Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Bob Williams, Director of Research, Oil & Gas Journal Research Center
