Hess completes Pony sidetrack
Hess Corp. has completed its Pony sidetrack well No. 2 in Green Canyon block 468.
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Todco signs rig contract with Pemex
Todco has signed a two-year drilling contract for its THE 206 rig with Pemex. The contract begins in June 2007.
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Petsec hits GoM gas again
Petsec Energy Ltd. hit gas with the Mobil Bay 993 #1 well in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says the gas will be brought onstream in 3Q 2007.
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Petsec spuds GoM wells
Petsec Energy Ltd. has spudded the first of the three wells on the Mobile Bay 993 and 994 leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The target is bout 14 bcf of natural gas reserves.
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Parker selling two workover barges to Basic Marine
Parker Drilling Offshore USA LLC has agreed with Basic Marine Services Inc. to sell two workover barge rigs in the Gulf of Mexico for $20 million.
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Water-depth completion record set by Deepwater Millennium
The world record water depth for a well completion was set at 2,731 m (8,960 ft) by Transocean's Deepwater Millennium drilllship in the Gulf of Mexico for Anadarko at the Independence Hub project.
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Anadarko strikes oil in deepwater Gulf
Anadarko drilled an oil discovery at its Mission Deep prospect on Green Canyon block 955 in 2,225 m (7,300 ft) of water.
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Energy Partners scores hat trick on Gulf shelf
Energy Partners Ltd. has drilled three successful exploration wells on the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf.
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Murphy plugs Thunder Ridge exploration well
Murphy Oil Corp. has temporarily plugged and abandoned its Thunder Ridge exploration well in Mississippi Canyon block 737.
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Statoil charters Maersk semi for four-year deepwater program
Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC has entered into an agreement with Maersk Contractors USA for a four-year charter of a newbuild semi, worth $696 million.
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ATP converts semi for fast-track deepwater development
With limited infrastructure in the vicinity and an aggressive schedule to first production, ATP elected to develop its Gomez field in the Gulf of Mexico with a converted semisubmersible rig, a solution that hadn’t been used in the Gulf since 1995.
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Great expectations for drilling contractors
Mark Burns, vice president and division manager for Noble Drilling, gave attendees at this year's DOT a drilling perspective for 2007 and beyond.
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Anadarko, Transocean complete deepest subsea well
Anadarko and Transocean drilled and completed the deepest subsea well in the world, according to the companies.
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Statoil to acquire deepwater Gulf of Mexico interests
Statoil has agreed to pay Anadarko $901 million for interests in two deepwater Gulf of Mexico discoveries and one prospect.
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ATP updates deepwater E&P in Gulf of Mexico
ATP provided an update on its deepwater E&P activities in the Gulf of Mexico for the first six months of 2006.
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Nexen updates deepwater Gulf E&P
Nexen has provided an update on its E&P activities in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
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Eni makes Longhorn North discovery in GoM
A new GoM gas discovery was made by Eni at the Longhorn North well 195 km southeast of New Orleans in Mississippi Canyon block 502.
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Devon contracts West Sirius for GoM
Devon Energy Corp. has signed a four-year, $690-million contract with Seadrill Offshore AS to use the West Sirius semisubmersible in the Gulf of Mexico.
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EPL, Stone Energy terminate merger agreement
Energy Partners Ltd. (EPL) and Stone Energy Corp. have agreed to terminate their June 22, 2006 merger agreement.
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Petsec mobilizing drilling rig for program in Mobile Bay
Petsec Energy Ltd. is mobilizing a rig for a 2 to 3-well drilling program in Mobile Bay.
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Mariner Energy hits pay in GoM
Mariner Energy Inc. has made a material conventional shelf discovery with the High Island (HI) 116 #5ST1 well
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New design drillship pushes operations depths to meet future needs
To build the drilling rig of the future, designers need to know what the operations of the future will require.
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Rugged notebook PC confronts harsh offshore environment head on
The working environment aboard offshore drilling and production facilities is tough enough on fixed machinery and on drill string or wellhead equipment.
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PXP sells selected GoM interests to Statoil
Plains Exploration & Production Co. has agreed to sell to Statoil ASA for $700 million two deepwater Gulf of Mexico working interests in discoveries at Big Foot and Caesar, and one exploration prospect at Big Foot North covering Green Canyon blocks 683 and 952, and Walker Ridge blocks 28 and 29.
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Seadrill's West Sirius destined for GoM
Seadrill has signed a letter of intent on a four-year contract for the semi West Sirius in the Gulf of Mexico.
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