The use of categorical exclusions for OCS exploration and drilling will be restricted pending a review of regulations, according to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement Director Michael R. Bromwich.
McMoRan Exploration Co. says its Blueberry Hill #9STK1 well in Louisiana State Lease 340 in 10 ft of water has hydrocarbon indications.
Vantage Drilling Co. has agreed to supervise and manage construction and marketing of the ultra-deepwater drillship/FPSO, Dalian Developer, formerly known as the MPF-01.
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. has agreed to suspend a Gulf of Mexico contract on the deepwater Ocean Confidence and will take up a contract for the rig offshore Congo.
A new flow-channel hydraulic fracturing technique called HiWAY from Schlumberger is designed to maximize production by creating open flow channels within the propped fracture.
Well A-11 ST#1 on North Padre block 975 in the Gulf of Mexico flowed gas at 4.44 MMcf/d on a 16/64-in choke, reports Entek Energy Ltd.
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