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Petrobras completes appraisal well in Barra
Posted on 23 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Petrobras has finished drilling the first appraisal well in the Appraisal Plan Area following the Barra discovery in the deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin…
Petrobras signs contracts for 9 drillships, final phase in Sete Brasil’s 21-rig order
Posted on 13 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Petrobras has signed contracts with Sete Brasil, Odebrecht and Etesco to charter and operate nine drillships…
Exclusive video: Honghua Group taps shale gas, offshore rig markets
Posted on 09 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier, Videos
DC editor and publisher Mike Killalea visited the headquarters of Honghua Group in Chengdu, China…
Petrobras signs 15-year contracts for 12 rigs for pre-salt
Posted on 09 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Petrobras has signed chartering and operation contracts with Sete Brasil, Queiroz Galvão, Petroserv, Odebrecht, Odfjell and Seadrill for…
Keppel to build 5 more DSS 38E semis for Sete Brasil
Posted on 09 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Efficient Rig, The Offshore Frontier
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiary Fernvale, has secured contracts with Sete Brasil Participações SA…
Record increases in US crude oil, natural gas reserves in 2010
Posted on 09 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, Onshore Advances
US proved crude oil and natural gas reserves achieved record annual volumetric increases in 2010 according to a new report by the US Energy Information Administration…
Eni makes new discovery in Mozambique
Posted on 01 August 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Eni has made a new giant natural gas discovery in the eastern part of Area 4, offshore Mozambique, at the Mamba North East 2 exploration prospect…
Seadrill secures $4 billion commitment on three ultra-deepwater units
Posted on 26 July 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News, The Offshore Frontier
Seadrill has received a commitment from a major oil company for contracts on ultra-deepwater newbuild…
Shell signs offshore deals with CNOOC and CNPC
Posted on 25 July 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, News
Shell has signed two offshore oil and gas production sharing contracts with CNOOC and CNPC for a new development phase for the Changbei gas field in China…
China looks to unconventionals development, technology breakthroughs
Posted on 17 July 2012 in Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, News
With a goal to produce 6.5 billion cu meters of shale gas per year by 2015, Chinese energy companies are…
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