Drilling & production - 12 December 2013

Gordon Cope looks at developments across a broad spectrum of technologies that are driving the upstream industry forward.

Tethys Petroleum gives an update on its operations in Kazakhstan.

Apache and United Ag have opened the first compressed natural gas station between Houston and Corpus Christi.

Shallow-water blocks in Bay of Bengal attract low investor interest. Due to competition from India and Myanmar incentives are needed.

Capital expenditure for 2014 in the Wolfcamp Shale forecast to reach almost US$ 2 billion.

Statoil has renewed a contract with Bilfinger Industrier Norge for a number of North Sea production facilities and onshore plants on the Norwegian coast.