OIL GAS DRILLING TECHNOLOGY UPDATES: Fuel For Thought

Weekly Newsletter - 6 April 2011

FUEL FOR THOUGHT

	PEMEX announced the discovery of a new oil field located 10km from the city of Comalcalco... Read more		Steel cutting ceremony of newbuild NB293 took place in March 2011... Read more

	Laidlaw Energy Group acquired a power plant located at the former Polaroid facility ... Read more		TAG Oil confirmed the Sidewinder-3 exploration well as a light oil and gas discovery ... Read more

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Zola-1 a hit for Santos Block partner Santos announced the Zola-1 exploration well offshore Western Australia had intersected over 100m of net gas pay sands over a 400m gross interval in the Mungaroo formation.

Flaring wastes 5% of world's gas output A new report estimates that flaring of unused gas wastes about 5% of the world's annual production while emitting 400 million metric tonnes of CO2 per year.

Ophir chalks up Tanzanian find with Chaza-1 Ophir Energy found gas with its Chaza-1 exploration well offshore Tanzania.

Statoil Skrugard wildcat pays off Statoil announced finding between 150 million and 250 million boe of recoverable hydrocarbons at its Skrugard prospect in 370m of water in the Barents Sea.

A week to ten days Oil will one day run out, but in this fictional account, the tap's turned off not long in the future, but next month. It's a short story penned for BH by Chris Cleave, the author who won the Somerset Maugham Award.

Petrofac working on Majnoon EPS Shell has awarded Petrofac a contract valued at over $240 million to provide engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction management services for a new early production system (EPS) for the Majnoon field in southern Iraq.

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Maersk dives into ultra-deep market Maersk Drilling will invest $1.3 billion in two new Samsung Heavy Industries-built ultra-deepwater drillships, the first in the company's fleet.

Lundin find at Tellus Lundin Petroleum's Tellus well 16/1-15 offshore Norway found oil in a 50m column, confirming that the discovery is likely a northern extension of the Luno field.

Obama's Empty Gasoline Tank All of the President's -- from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, who has just joined the club -- have wrung their hands and exhorted Americans to use less oil in general and less foreign oil in particular.

Total, CNOOC farm-in to Uganda blocks Tullow Oil is selling two-thirds of its interest in three blocks in Uganda, with CNOOC and Total each purchasing one-third interest in each of the blocks.

Offshore Engineer EVENTS
Deepwater Intervention Forum - "The Next Steps, the New Reality" 16-18 August 2011 - Galveston, Texas www.deepwaterintervention.com - Deepwater Intervention forum will expand into Subsea Technologies allow which will allow for more presentations and exhibitors to participate. In its 7th year, the forum understands the critical needs areas for Subsea Technologies and Intervention tools. Read more		Drilling & Completing Trouble Zones - "Challenging Problems, Collaborative Solutions" 25-27 October 2011- Galveston, Texas www.drillingtroublezones.com - Schlumberger has committed to the Title Sponsor for the DCTZ workshop which will focus on all areas of horizontal drilling with problem solving leaders and quantifiable results. Read more	Emerging FPSO Forum - "On the Horizon" 20-22 September 2011 - Galveston, Texas www.emergingfpso.com - The following FPSO experts will speak at the Forum Joe Lovett - SBM; Boyd Howell - MODEC; Claude Rouxel - BW Offshore; Alastair Trower - Welaptega; and David Rosenberg - IPA Plus representatives from USCG; BOEMRE; Arctic Securities; Douglas Westwood; Ziff Energy; Helix Read more

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