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Deepwater Oil Drilling: Canada

Statoil finds oil in deepwater Harpoon offshore Newfoundland

Statoil has discovered light oil in the Harpoon prospect in the Flemish Pass basin offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

BP gains deepwater blocks offshore eastern Canada

BP has been successful in its bid for four deepwater exploration blocks offshore Nova Scotia.

Nalcor contracts Ikon for shelf, deepwater pore pressure studies

Nalcor Energy Oil and Gas Inc. has contracted Ikon Science Ltd. a project to identify the regional pore pressure distribution in the offshore shelf and deepwaters of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Shell gets deepwater exploration tracts offshore Nova Scotia

The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has awarded to Shell Canada Ltd. exploration rights for four deepwater parcels offshore southwestern Nova Scotia.

BOEMRE director discusses offshore development at OTC

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) director Michael R. Bromwich discussed the path forward for U.S. regulation of offshore oil and gas development at the recent Offshore Technology Conference.

Chevron to spend $22.6 billion upstream in 2011

Chevron Corp. says it plans to spend $22.6 billion on upstream oil and gas exploration and production projects worldwide in 2011.

$350 billion spend on E&P needed per year

To meet the future worldwide demand for energy, investment of some $350 billion is estimated to be needed every year in upstream activity for the next 20 years, according to Andrew Gould, Schlumberger Chairman and CEO.

Deep in the heart of offshore

Global overview of offshore oil & gas operations for 2005-2009

A paucity of new giant discoveries in mature onshore petroleum provinces and restricted access to new business opportunities in major oil and gas producing countries are pushing the industry to explore offshore locations and especially frontier deepwater and ultra deepwater basins.

Addax contracts Deepwater Pathfinder

Addax Petroleum has contracted Transocean's drillship Deepwater Pathfinder to begin a deepwater exploration campaign in the Gulf of Guinea.

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