Drilling & production - 29 January 2015

Buru Energy continues drilling at Sunbeam 1 well in WA's permit EP 129.

Gulfsands completes testing on Dardara Southeast 1 well.

Fracking moratorium voted down in Colorado town by Board of Trustees.

DNV GL has been selected by Wintershall Norge AS as the verification supplier for the SURF part of the Maria field development project.

Chevron Corporation has announced that Inge G. Thulin has been elected to Chevron's Board of Directors effective 28 January 2015.

BP forms alliance to advance Paleogene discoveries in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

New online sealing technology resource centre for oil and gas engineers.

Total has signed a new 40-year onshore concession agreement with Abu Dhabi and ADNOC, granting Total a 10% participating interest effective 1 January 2015.

Weatherford explain how a framework for real time geomechanics optimises drilling and borehole stability in complex reservoirs.

The total cost to design, build and operate such a vessel over a 10 year period is estimated at more than US$100 million.

Ground level ozone in the US declined by 18% between 2000 and 2013, according to EPA data.

The acquisition provides Flotek with complete control over the manufacturing and service quality of a next-generation proprietary design.

OMV has adjusted its medium-term planning in light of the rapid fall of the oil price in recent months.

The collaboration is aimed at accelerating the development of more environmentally and economically sustainable energy solutions.

New patterns emerging as energy demand growth decoupled significantly from GDP growth for the first time in 2014.