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The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has awarded Shell and Petronas Carigali a contract for technical assistance in developing one of the largest oilfields in the world, the Majnoon field in Iraq.
BJ Services Co. have set a world record for cementing the longest solid expandable tubular liner; a specially formulated cement had to be developed to accomplish the feat.
The US EPA issued a statement on 7th December that confirms the findings of its investigations into greenhouse gases and human health.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) have made an agreement to formally work together for the mutual benefit of both societies.
ExxonMobil Production Co. has resumed drilling on two wells started earlier this year at Point Thomson and is on schedule to reach total depth by the end of 2010.
Otto Energy Ltd has announced that it will commence a 3D seismic data acquisition programme in SC55. The company plans to acquire 590 square kilometres of 3D data in the southwest part of SC55, which is located in Palawan Basin, Philippines.
A BP investigation into its Lisburne pipeline leak suggests extensive ice plugs could be to blame for excess pressure in the line.
Cemtrex Inc. has entered into an agreement with a South American coal mine company to develop, supply and construct a coal mine methane (CMM) project.
The UK Coal Authority has awarded Clean Coal Ltd licences to investigate the potential for underground coal gasification (UCG) at five sites in the UK. If the investigations are successful, commercial operations could start by 2014/15 and could lead to UGC producing 3 – 5% of the UK’s total energy requirement.
BP is ranked 1st under ‘alternative energies’ and ‘environmental transparency’ categories of a new study on the most environmentally sustainable large O&G companies.
Production has now hit over 1 million bbls of oil at the Parque das Conchas fields 120 km off the coast of Brazil, where ultra deep water and a constant swell makes for tough operating conditions.
A renewable technology that generates heat from below the ground could produce a third of the UK’s renewable heat by 2020, a report from the Environment Agency has found.