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Friday, March 11, 2011

Fuel for Thought - 11 March 2011




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Weekly Newsletter - 11 March 2011

FUEL FOR THOUGHT

Chevron has reached an agreement with Valero Energy to sell the 220,000 barrel per day Pembroke Refinery... Read more

The Norwegian government decided to gather more facts relevant to a possible future impact assessment... Read more

Noble has been awarded contracts for six of its jackup units with PEMEX ... Read more

Technip was awarded an installation contract worth more than 20 million Euros for the development of the ... Read more

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CERAWeek: service companies cry foul on feds Oil & gas companies are still reeling from the aftershocks of the BP Macondo disaster and the subsequent deepwater drilling moratorium nearly a year after the event, CERAWeek speakers said.

CERAWeek: US shouldn't tap into strategic reserve In light of the political conflict in the Middle East that has caused a drop in production and an increase in oil price, Total chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie urged the US not to dip into its strategic oil reserve.

IADC: better business through process safety The oil & gas industry must focus on process safety and what it measures in terms of safety, speakers said during the third plenary session at SPE/IADC Drilling Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam.

IADC: An industry under pressure Oil prices may be kicking around the $100/bbl mark, but banks are twitchy about the oil & gas industry. At the same time, companies are finding it challenging to safely meet the local content level for personnel that countries around the world are demanding.

IADC: people, tech, paranoia fuel competition People and technology are two areas where companies strive to remain sustainably competitive, a Total executive said at the SPE/IADC Drilling Exhibition & Conference.

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Siemens in bid for Poseidon, Bennex
Siemens will acquire subsea companies Poseidon Group and Bennex Group from Subsea Technology Group.

Noble orders third deepwater rig Noble Corporation has exercised an option with Hyundai Heavy industries for construction of an additional ultra-deepwater drillship.

Iara appraisal backs up numbers The latest pre-salt Iara appraisal well confirms operator Petrobras' estimates that the field in 2280m of water holds recoverable reserves of 3 billion boe to 4 billion boe.

Maersk confirms gas at Culzean Maersk Oil believes its latest appraisal well has confirmed the 2008 Culzean discovery as one of the most promising HPHT discoveries in the UK sector of the North Sea in years.

Cuu Long wells confirm pay The Hoang Long Joint Operating Company has completed the drilling of four batch-drilled development wells at the Cuu Long Basin Block 16-1 and begun drilling an eighth development well at the Te Giac Trang development.


 

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1 comment:

  1. We just had some safety speakers come and talk on the oil rig I work on. It was a good reminder of how dangerous it is to do what we do. But they brought it all up in a really fun way. Not something we get on the rig much.

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