News for the Oil and Gas Industry
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Latin America | There are few starker signs of the decline of the principles over which decades of Cold War were fought such as US/ Western style free enterprise, free economy and democratic institutions than the demagogic populism that has engulfed and infected man... |  Read More | |
| OGX identified additional hydrocarbons in its OGX-6 well at the Etna prospect in the shallow waters of the Campos Basin offshore Brazil ... | | Read More | Published: 3/12/2010
Posted in: Production, Features, Latin America |
| Jurong Shipyard won a contract valued at S$130 million to carry out pre-conversion work on the MT SUVA VLCC, to be renamed FPSO P-62 for Petrobras' Roncador field development ... | | Read More | Published: 3/11/2010
Posted in: Rigs & Vessels, Features, Latin America |
| Natural gas could potential meet a number of the world's energy challenges by 2050, ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva told a gathering in Houston on 9 March 2010 ... | | Read More | |
| 'The Future of the Offshore Drilling Industry to 2015-Market Analysis, Capital Expenditure, and Competitive Landscape' report forecasts an annual average growth of 6.6% for global drilling expenditure between 2009 and 2015 ... | Read More | |
| While operating in Brazil's pre-salt region does require an array of technologies, Petrobras CEO Jose Gabrielli told a Houston lunch that a bigger challenge lies in meeting logistical demands for operating in deep waters offshore ... | | Read More | |
| Banking on customer desire for a round floater that offers drilling, storage, and/or production along with dry tree capabilities, SSP Offshore has made its SSP320+ Plus design ready for the market . . . | | Read More | |
| Gas produced along with oil is often disposed of by flaring - a wasteful and environmentally unfriendly process that is increasing subject to regulation - or by re-injection back into the reservoir at considerable expense ... | | Read More | |
| Deep Sea Supply Plc announced that the vessels Sea Otter and Sea Marten have been awarded 3 years time charter contracts with Petrobras ... | | Read More | |
| Aker Solutions bagged a $41-million contract from Petrobras to supply the sulphate removal units for two FPSOs destined for production offshore Brazil ... | Read More | Published: 3/8/2010
Posted in: Production, Features, Latin America |
| Increasing production rates and ultimate recovery while reducing development costs are the three chief needs operators have in deepwater scenarios ... | | Read More |
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| Saving costs, retaining personnel, and the means to deal with salt occupied attention during IADC's Deepwater Drilling conference in Rio de Janeiro on 2 March 2010 ... | | Read More | |
| Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard plans to deliver the West Orion, the third in a series of four turnkey ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs, to Seadrill Limited in the second quarter of 2010. The announcement follows the official ... | | Read More | Published: 3/2/2010
Posted in: Rigs & Vessels, Features, Latin America
Tags: company:seadrill, country:brazil, person:petrobras, company:sembcorp, person:jurong shipyard, region:west taurus, company:seadrill limited, region:west orion, person:trevor demara, region:west sirius, person:jurong |
| Technical service provider for the oil and gas industry GL Noble Denton has opened an office in Port of Spain ... | | Read More | Published: 2/26/2010
Posted in: Firms & Faces, Latin America |
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