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Drilling & Completion: US & Gulf of Mexico

Anadarko Heidelberg appraisal well in deepwater GoM finds oil

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) found oil in the Heidelberg-2 appraisal well in Green Canyon block 903 of the Gulf of Mexico.

Shell gets OSPR plan approval on Chukchi Sea drilling

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has approved Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.’s Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) for the Chukchi Sea.

Buccaneer gains clearance for Alaska exploration drilling

Buccaneer Energy (ASX:BCC) has secured two permits for oil and gas exploration in the Cook Inlet offshore Alaska.

ATP works to complete MC 942 #2 well in the GoM

ATP Oil & Gas Corp. has completed drilling the Mississippi Canyon 942 #2 well in the Gulf of Mexico at the Telemark Hub.

Buccaneer lines up deal to operate Cosmo offshore Alaska

Buccaneer Energy has agreed to acquire the two main productive leases in the former Cosmopolitan Unit (Cosmo) from Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska.

Anadarko contracts ENSCO 8506 for GoM

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has contracted the newbuild ENSCO 8506 ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig to work in the US Gulf of Mexico for 30 months at a day rate of $530,000, plus adjustments.

Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration

The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year.

Diamond to convert stacked rig for new duty

A Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. subsidiary has contracted Keppel AmFELS to build a moored semisubmersible drilling rig using an existing hull from Diamond’s cold-stacked Ocean Voyager.

McMoRan continues with GoM shallow-water, ultra-deep gas successes

McMoRan Exploration continues to build on its successes in its shallow-water, ultra-deep gas play in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ensco rig returns to GoM for Cobalt contract

Cobalt International Energy Inc. says that the Ensco 8503 drilling rig, contracted to Cobalt, has returned to the US Gulf of Mexico following a sublet of the rig to drill a well in French Guiana.

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